I had a flashback moment recently. The CBS Sunday Morning Show did a feature on the South End Rowing Club in San Francisco. I have seen the club, watched people swimming in the bay. They do open water swimming in San Francisco Bay. So part of the flashback was I have seen Aquatic Park, and that club, but deeper, the real flash back for me was 32 years ago, at the peak of my fitness, I did open water swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, along the coast of Florida.
I would go out probably 100 yards from shore, and swim parallel to the shore. I was swimming a lot, 2-3 hours a week of laps in a pool. I learned to stay afloat as a child, I seriously learned to swim so I could compete in two seasons of Sprint Series TriAthlons, with swims up to half a mile. I recall swimming as much as half a mile, parallel to the coast in open water. It is peaceful, powerful, relaxing. It is surprisingly fast. Wonderful memories.
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