I've Still Never Drowned Anyone.

Kind of an odd, frustrating day at the pool this morning. It was a shame, too, because I had good stuff in the water. 

I get there, and a guy is swimming, and thinking nothing of it, I start to jump into the lane with him. But while I'm still stretching, that guy gets out and another guy jumps in. Dude gives me a hard look and says, "I'm not a good swimmer, so I prefer not to share a lane."

Friends, this is not a thing at your local YMCA. We all have to share. That's just simple reality.

Race Report: Swim Across the Sound 2015

St. Vincent's Hospital held their annual Swim Across the Sound yesterday, and I participated for the first time.  My friends George, Ben, and I swim together frequently at the Woodruff Family YMCA in Orange, CT, and George has been trying to get me into marathon swimming for a while now.  He's a veteran; he's crossed the English Channel, done the Sound solo, and has many other impressive marathon swim finishes.  I agreed, but not until the last minute, unfortunately, because our family's schedule has been pretty damned busy of late.  Our girls are in triathlon camp (they have their first race next weekend), Sally's their coach, she's also woring to get a little PLYOGA practice off the ground, and there's always my work in Manhattan.  Anyway, George named our team "Y Me?" because we're all YMCA swimmers, and in fact, the Woodruff Family YMCA sent two full teams to compete in this year's race.  That is pretty awesome.