Thanks for the tip Lise. I suppose I could start swim training today since I have to go down to Northwestern.....Gotta dig up my swim suit and cap/goggles.

I was doing some reading about the swim bit on some websites and they mentioned the sighting skill. I guess this is where that lifeguard training I did will come in handy. They used to make us swim laps upon laps with our heads above the water. If I've done the math right, a 1 mile swim is 70 laps in a 25 yard pool. I used to swim the 500 yd freestyle which was 20 laps. Hey only have to do 3.5 of those!