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MARCH 2014
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TRIATHLON CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
T MARCH CLUB MEETING “MOVIE NIGHT” Thursday, March 6th Featuring Cheetah: The Nelson Vails Story Schedule: 6pm Doors Open & Food 6:30pm Announcements/Raffle and Interview 7:00pm Showing Location: La Paloma Theatre 471 South Coast Highway 101 Encinitas
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Question of the Month Wetsuit 101 Race for a Cause
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hat day in mid-May would stay etched weekday mornA Tale of Fiction in Jonah’s memory forever. He had ing, and no other swimmers By Barbara Javor recently bought a new wetsuit for ocean were in the water. He stood on the bluff overlooking the swimming, which gave him extra assurcove before ance he A Tale of Fiction descending the would never steps to the sink. He had sand. The air been swimby Barbara Javor carried the ming weekly sounds of gulls and seals somewhere nearby. The with a group of buddies swells were calm, the water glassy, and the at Treasure Cove, buildtide was low, exposing a small, rocky reef ing up his confidence to that barely jutted out of the water. It was reach the quarter-mile about a quarter mile from the beach, but not buoy and return to shore in the same direction as the buoy. What the without hyperventilating hey. I’ll swim around the exposed rocks instead. and panicking. His goal A flock of gulls circled above, and a few landed was to race in a on the rocks momentarily before taking flight t r ia t h l o n , again. Well, I won’t be totally alone. and he With his wetsuit on and his goggles snugged, Jonah started the swim with slow, easy strokes until he found his rhythm and gained confidence. Every few strokes he lifted his head and sighted on the circling seagulls. The water was deep enough that he couldn’t see the bottom for most of the distance between the shore and the reef, but as he needed neared the gulls, dark shapes appeared below to swim solo. With him. Jonah slowed his pace, the first twinges his new gear and a few of apprehension gripping him. They’re just big months of practice, he felt boulders. See? They aren’t swimming. There are ready to tackle the course alone. No one has reported sighting sharks no big creatures down there. He glided near the exposed rocks, an area no here for a number of years, and today will be no different. It was a continued on page 6
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