Grew up on the Lakes of Arizona(believe it or not there are more far more boatable lakes in AZ then there are here) been swimming since before I was a year old, I can probably still get my Lifeguard Certifications today at 44, thought about doing the iron man in Boulder even mainly for the swimming, the only question for the iron man is the running portion, I know I could do it though.

When we moved to Colorado in 86 I took a test to bypass the school districts requirement to have a full year of swimming in order to graduate, the schools swim coach wanted me on the swim team.

Yeah I can swim pretty good.