You Won't See These in a Pool!

Even though it's still hot as hell down here and wetsuits may not be legal for Sunday's race I wanted to be prepared. I met my coach at BZ beach near Miami Sequarium for an open water swim lesson. He has taught me to keep my head down when I swim looking straight down. So I'm making my way from buoy to buoy and all of the sudden I see this thin black thing that looks like a coaxial cable you would hook your comcast up to your tv. The odd thing was this cable was out in front of me and appeared to be moving in same direction. I turned my head for a breath and then returned my head to focus on the bottom. That's when I realized the black cable was the tail of a huge Spotted Eagle Stingray! It scared the crap out of me. I immediately popped my head out of the water. Lee was next to me on his paddleboard laughing his ass off! I'm glad someone was amused. All said and done I had a great lesson and actually swam pretty well.