Remember 2008, Beijing and Michael Phelps’ record-breaking eight gold medals? And at the end of July, the 2012 Olympics will remind forgetful Americans - as it does every four years - that as a competitive sport, swimming can be thrilling. Camps and swimming programs have geared up. It’s June, and the kids are out of school and into the pool. When I go do laps at my house on Long Island, my kids know if the phone rings, I’ll call back unless it’s an emergency.”Įven the grandkids know the drill: “They know when I go to my side of the pool, nobody gets in my way. When I’m swimming, that’s a moment nobody can get to me. “Like everybody, I’m bombarded with my BlackBerry, family, phone, deadlines.?.?. “I like that quiet time,” says Sherr, author of Swim: Why We Love the Water. But water means something more vital to ABC correspondent and avid swimmer Lynn Sherr: It means peace.Perhaps this goes a long way toward explaining our affinity for water, even if we’re just floating around the pool with a cold beverage. Our bodies are made up mostly of liquid so is our planet.
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