Open Water Racing in Florida

Open Water Swimming: takes place in outdoor bodies of water 

 "The water is your friend. You don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move." Aleksandr Popov 

Florida is the greatest playground for water lovers.  If you can do it on in the water you will find it in Florida.  This morning it was an open water mile long swim race.

"I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." Isaac Newton 

"Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce." John F. Kennedy 

"Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore." Lord Byron 

"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow