Okay, I just had to share this email below… Dan is far to modest to post something like this himself… but it is so well written and describes swim races and life so well that… well, I wished I written it!
Just shows you how different people have different perspective… someone else might have been ticked off that they were injured and couldn’t swim and just missed the race. Not Dan. Not only did he come to the race, he volunteered. And not only was he not bored watching the swimmers plug away from his vantage point in the patrol boat, he saw swimming and life in a very special way! Very cool.
(note: the blockquote is of my doing).
Thanks for being a LOSTie, Dan!
Cheers,
Rob
Hey Rob,
Glad to hear you are going to start training again . I was down at Lake Huron the other day, the water looked so inviting, calm and blue, between the ice flows – would have been a thrill to swim form one flow to the next!
Went to the Northshore Challenge web site and was reminded of last years LOST swim … as I remember it from one of the support boats …
I can’t remember the last time I saw something so human. People striving in an unfamiliar environment, the rhythmic, persistent movement, not knowing what lies ahead or beneath, but moving forward with each stroke, leaving behind the unfamiliar, moving toward the unfamiliar, experiencing each moment, not dwelling on the moment, moving forward, sharing and churning the soup, individually and together, not knowing how close they are, each at their own pace, each a hero, to experience more, learn more, be more.
Quietly, sounds muffled, visions blurred; the coolness of the water everywhere, the bright sun and blue sky, a reminder of a world that exists outside their moment. Each stroke just a splash, combined strokes and rhythmic splashes as relaxing as a gentle waterfall. A beautiful thing, people being people, experiencing the moment.
The way I saw it, from the support boat, LOST Swim August 2014, really quite a miracle to see all these people come together in a foreign envrionment, to experience it individually and together …
Cheers for now,
Dan
ps I signed up for the north shore 3.8k!
