New Year's Swim, Thursday, January 4, 2004
temperature, 37-degree air temperature, low tide: The annual New Year's Day swim.
Matt Curran, one of the old hands at this, Mark Curran, his 11 1/2 year old son, and Dave "I was talked into it by Bob Gillis" Geary represented Team Gloucester among the 30 or so to take the plunge. Most ran in, dove and ran out.
Matt, as is his tradition, lolled around in the water for awhile. No Gillis at the countdown-- he's running over from Gloucester. As people are coming out of the water, Bob shows up. "I had a choice of staying on the roads and being on time or duck into the woods part of the way and risk being late. What would I do?" Into the woods and to the beach a few minutes late.
No matter, Bob stripped down for a solo plunge. "I'll go back in with him," said Matt and the two of them ran off to do their thing. Mark Curran, not that much his father's son this day, passed on the second swim.
