wow that's awesome isabel! good job!! glad you're on my tahoe relay
team! you're my hero!!

On 7/5/09, L Halprin <gteamhj@...> wrote:
> Isabel, good going!!! Whoooooo! You're a determined woman. Inspiration for
> me.
> Lyra
>
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Isabel <zabelf11@...> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Just wanted to give you all an update on the 4th of July swim from Nimbus
>> flat at lake Natoma up to the rainbow bridge after Negro bar.
>> Lisa Martinez and I where representing DAM at this swim.
>> Since the organization of the swim would be in big trouble if there were
>> any signs of an organized swim going on(because of liability and insurance
>> issues) we kinda all started whenever we were ready so some people left
>> earlier some later. I think there must have been about 20 people swimming
>> and there were some Kayaks. Ryan and Jon took Ryan's parents Kayaks and
>> stayed with me and Lisa, since we were one of the few people without wet
>> suits.
>> The water I think must have been 57-59 all the way up, so I didn't feel
>> like I was warming up at all during the whole swim.
>> Jon stayed with Lisa the whole way and she didn't stop at all during the
>> 4.5 miles. Ryan stayed with me and I stopped every once in a while to
>> drink
>> water or eat a gel (man those things are nasty!). I finished at exactly
>> 3hrs
>> but I think it took me 1hr to go from Negro bar to the bridge. The current
>> was pretty strong and if I stopped at all i would immediately start
>> drifting
>> back towards Natoma. I was tired cold and cranky but just put my head down
>> and kept on going. I think what really made me want to finish was seeing
>> this guy in a wetsuit trying so hard to move forward and just swimming in
>> place while I stood drinking water in a shallower part of the river. I
>> thought if he's not giving up I can't give up either!
>> I think there were some people that got pulled out by the kayaks due to
>> hypothermia, but overall i think everyone finished and felt pretty good
>> (after some food and a nap!).
>>
>> Thank you Chuck for posting this swim to the group. Us DAM swimmers had a
>> great time and we'll be back next year for sure!
>>
>> (sorry for the long post!)
>>
>> Isabel
>> Davis Aquatic Masters
>>
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