Point to Point 1.2-Mile Avalon Bay Swim

What an amazing day of swimming at the Point to Point 1.2-Mile Avalon Bay Swim! The current was rough, & it felt like the longest left turn ever, but we were all awesome

Meghan O'Keefe for winning her age group & to Ducks Ellen& Carolyn for placing in their age groups! So proud of you all! Way to go ladies!

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Swimming on in honor of Coach Rick Field

I thought of swimming as a solitary activity. The rhythmic breathing, 18-20 strokes to the wall, flip turn, repeat, blocking out all sound and sights and just following the black line. Other than being a part of my high school swim team, which I had joined because my friend Tara encouraged me, I’ve been swimming laps by myself for more than 20 years. Coach Rick I was in the pool at Rocky Run Y several years ago, when Rick Field walked over and told me my right hand was entering the water too far to the side. I had met Rick in 2011, when he first started as a swim coach and teacher at the Y. I didn’t know what to make of him at first, he seemed loud and maybe a bit pushy, but he grew on me and I saw how much he cared for his swimmers to succeed. The Cedar Island 5K So in November 2019, after many years of asking me to join his swim workouts, I broke away from the solitary swim life to be part of a team again. Every Sunday from 7-8:30 a.m., our swim group would try our best follow...

Swimming out to sea! The misty Poverty to Cove 2.4-Mile Swim in Cape May, N.J.

The Jellyfish Swim of 2022 still holds the top spot for my Worst Open Water Race ever. Swimming in a fog of nothingness & floating out to sea Poverty to Cove race, has now elbowed its way to the second spot over the Miniature Child Swim Cap Debacle of 2022 at the Cedar Island 5K race! Stinging wildlife, weather conditions & swim gear issues will always land a spot on my "never again" race list. The hot & humid day & 85-degree Lake Nockamixon was a fun challenge, in contrast to the dense fog at last Sunday's Poverty to Cove 2.4-Mile Swim in Cape May. I've competed in all types of weather conditions, but I'll definitely take soaking wet & racing in a Broad Street Run 10-Miler downpour or a hot tub lake any day over drifting out into the Atlantic. When I swam this race two years ago, my first ocean race, it was a beautiful day & I loved swimming past the oceanfront Victorian houses. Arriving at Poverty Beach about 6:45 a.m., I not...

Kevin Cain Make My Day 5K in Havertown - race #1

My goal is to run a 5K race each weekend in Delaware County (and one 10-miler in Philadelphia) for the next six weeks. They're fun, a goal I can work toward each week & they're almost all in a five-mile radius of my house. The races are usually $20, I get a T-shirt I can brag about & the money raised always go to a good cause. Back in 2008, my New Year's resolution was to run a 5K, and since then I've done 14 races. That year I started with the Kevin Cain Make My Day 5K in Havertown. (See photos & video of the race at http://tinyurl.com/6kfhcyb ). Being in good shape, I thought I could translate my swimmer's endurance from the pool to the pavement. It was a little bit tougher than that, and the Kevin Cain race is one of the more challenging 5K routes I've done. After taking off from it last year, I was back to race it last Sunday, April 3. It's a huge party, wi...

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