Practicing Open Water Swimming in the Pool!

Can you really do it? Can you practice Open Water Swimming in an Indoor Pool? Well, Coach Rich and Coach Bob, (pictured below), were more than willing to give it a try as they hauled out two orange open-water buoys and anchored them to the bottom of Norton Pool. 



Did their very novel idea work? You bet it did! Just take a look at the You Tube footage below,  (there are two films available), -- it was almost like swimming in Huntington Bay or Cold Spring Harbor -- just 30 plus degrees warmer! And, oh yes, there were lane lines!






Swim to the right...

Swim to the left... practice went every way but over the top!

LI half Marathon Local Huntington Area Results

The Long Island Half Marathon was held again this year on May 4, 2008. Below are the results for some local runners (a few are swimmers too!)

Name.......... Place..... Time

Nancy Aboff.......... 137..... 1:34:01

Greg Linakis.......... 268..... 1:39:52

Nancy Lipira.......... 543..... 1:47:32

Roger Levin.......... 704..... 1:51:20

Eileen Knauer.......... 1118..... 1:58:27

Lynn Perzeszty.......... 1143..... 1:58:44

Lisa Kristel.......... 1144..... 1:58:44

Leslie Levchuk.......... 1249..... 2:00:34

Colleen McManus.......... 1283..... 2:00:56

Steve Kristel.......... 1376..... 2:02:35