![]() Swimming stretches my body beyond its earthly limits, helping to soothe every ache and caress every muscle. ![]() Tell me, as the medical world does from time to time, to think of something pleasant and count backwards, and I’m back in the drink, enveloped by an ocean, a lake, or a turquoise box, carving long and languorous laps that lull me into serenity.Īt one level, it’s purely sensual: the silky feeling of liquid on skin the chance to float free, as close to flying as I’ll ever get the opportunity to reach, if not for the stars, at least for the starfish. Ask me in the middle of winter, or at the end of a grueling day, or after a long stretch at the computer, where I’d most like to be, and the answer is always the same: in the water, gliding weightless, slicing a silent trail through whatever patch of blue I can find. ![]() Sherr's book interweaves fascinating facts about swimming and its history with the story of her own pursuit of one of swimming's legends: swimming across the Hellespont, now called the Dardanelles, the busy shipping lane that divides Europe from Asia.īook Excerpt: 'Swim: Why We Love the Water' By: Lynn Sherr Robin Young and former broadcast journalist and writer Lynn Sherr take a dip in the placid waters of Crystal Lake in Newton, Massachusetts, and talk about Sherr's new book, "Swim: Why We Love the Water." ![]() ![]() Facebook Email This article is more than 10 years old. ![]()
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