Reminder:  Open Water Clinic #2 - tomorrow at 4pm
Theme:  Efficient Sighting (actual course this time)
Bring:  spare shoes that may get wet or muddy

Better Directions:  Take Woodside Rd(84W)/Seaport Court exit from 101 (Note: can be very confusing; this is NOT 84 East); drive to the end of Seaport Blvd until you hit the office park (Pacific Shores Center).  Go right and look for parking lot 1600 on the right; just after 1600, take a right onto the dirt road by the small black mailbox.

We had a great group last week included three athletes that completed their first open water swim - Fantastic Job !!  Photos coming soon...

**There will be an award for those who attend all four sessions !

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Open Water Clinic/Practice
FREE 4-clinic Tri-Series
Focus:  Preparation for Stanford Treeathlon

Location: Westpoint Harbor (new swim course for the Treeathlon)
                   (protected boat marina swim course - no waves !)
                  Meet at the Harbor Masters's office at Westpoint Marina (directions link below).

Join us for  these practice open water swims at the beautiful, new Westpoint Marina !!  These swims will be lifeguard monitored and we will have at least one surf board alongside swimmers.

PLEASE OBSERVE ALL MARINA RULES:
- THERE IS NO SWIMMING ALLOWED IN THIS MARINA - we have special permission
- Please do not swim without the group or our privileges will be taken away
- SPEED LIMIT ON DIRT ROAD is 10mph; do not exceed this please!
- NO BIKES on the docks
- Stay off seeded grass area (on race day there will be special paths to the transition area)
- Note:  no public restrooms on site

Day/Times:
The following day/times attempt to mimic the same tides that we will face on race day (March 7th, 2009).
(All dates/times subject to change.)
# 1 -- January 24th, Saturday,  start time:  9:30am
# 2 -- January 30th,  Friday, start time:  4:00pm
# 3 -- February 7th, Saturday, start time:  9:00am
# 4 -- February 21st  Saturday, start time:  8:30am (as part of Practice Treeathlon)

Note:  NO SWIMMING FEB 28TH - sailboat races all weekend.

More information on the Treeathlon:
http://triathlon.stanford.edu/treeathlon/index.shtml

 More information and directions to the Westpoint Harbor/Marina:
http://www.westpointmarina.com/

Tide information (choose Westpoint Slough):
http://www.saltwatertides.com/dynamic.dir/californiasites.html#francisco

Hope to see you there !

/Coach Sherry

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Happy Training,

/Sherry
www.sherrysmith.com
408.242.3330