Promontory Point, July 13

With Jody away I needed someone to swim with so I hooked up with Will and Nickki from my winter swim team. Even though they are both north siders they prefer Promontory point which reader of this blog know as one of my 3 favorite Chicago Swim sites. Will and Nikki are actually very compatible with me as to speed and endurance, and both signed up for Big Shoulders, so it is a good match. Besides, they like to go out for a big greasy breakfast afterwards recouping any calories lost by swimming. I'm happy to go along with that.

In terms of the Lake there was hardly anything to complain of, lots of sun, cool air this time of morning, some light swells and 72 degree water. I'm only giving it a 9 instead of 10, the water was just a tad warm. We did about a mile, halfway out and back.