Meandering Sunday Swim
Got in a nice swim this morning. OK, it was short and mostly an excuse for me to find myself in front of my preferred garden supply store, but the laps were plural and it did feel good to stretch things out.
Two good swimming articles in print edition of this morning’s Times though:
- Grevers opting to fight be on the U.S. team rather than accept an invitation to swim for the Netherlands.
- Shanteau deciding to swim rather than seek immediate cancer treatment.
No breaking news, just good write-ups of interesting things. Good writing and good editorial choices just reinforce the decision that the only print newspaper we get here is the Sunday New York Times. OK, the crossword puzzle helps in that decision.
On a semi-related note, I crossed the statistical five-year line last Monday. I’m now a five-year survivor of prostate cancer. Going through treatment was probably when I really started to appreciate the meditative aspects of swimming. Sometimes tuning everything out except for the little black line you’re following works, and everything else just seems to go away. That can be a very good thing.
I’m happy about the results.