Hungry Swimmer

It's been over a year since I've published a blog entry. I have about a million drafts, mostly about ice swimming, but nothing seems quite ready for or worthy of publication just yet. But, to keep things going just a bit (and at the encouragement of my kids, who seem to like the idea that I am a "blogger" and wonder if I still can be, having not published anything in 13 months), I wanted to at least share reflections and photos from a recent swim. DC Marathon Swim On June 18 2022, I embarked upon what was my toughest swim to date--the DC Marathon Swim. The DC Marathon Swim is a 20.5 mile marathon swim in the Potomac River, which is my "home river". I drive across or alongside the Potomac several times a day; we live 2 miles from its shore. I do much of my training in the Potomac, although I'm not able to swim close to my home as swimming is actually illegal in DC waters. More on that later.  The Potomac River is where I began my open water journey, and a