Huntington Masters Swim Team: The Brooklyn Bridge Swim: In the Middle of the East River

Huntington Masters Swim Team

The Huntington Masters Swim Team ("HUMS"), an official club of US Masters Swimming, holds daily early-morning pool workouts year-round at the Huntington YMCA, 60 Main Street, Huntington (contact the Y at 631-421-4242 for Full Y membership fee information).

Indoor Pool Workouts in one of the Y’s two 25-yard pools begin at 5:30 a.m. weekdays and 7:00 a.m. weekends and last one to two hours. These workouts are open to all Full Y members.

Open-Water Swims are held from May to November at West Neck Beach and other local Long Island beaches. Outdoor swim schedules are posted on The Water-Blog.

Want to swim for the Home Team? You can! Join HUMS at clubassistant.com.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

The Brooklyn Bridge Swim: In the Middle of the East River

The escort boats are all lined up below giving us a safe path to swim thru. They were great at stopping the river traffic but they couldn't do anything about the currents!

It really was a beautiful day for a swim under the bridge and a very unique view.

Keep on swimming, they can't keep the East River closed ALL day!

If you look real close, you'll see Mike (front of this pack, left arm all the way out of the water).

We've already made our left turn under the Brooklyn Bridge and we're in the home stretch now heading for the finish line in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Ironically enough, Brooklyn Bridge Park is NOT under the Brooklyn Bridge but closer to the Manhattan Bridge in the background.