Monthly Archives: July 2011

… I’m starting to take these LOST World Records for granted… we’ve broken them so many times this year!  So guess how many people we had out for our LOST Swim this morning… the previous record was 37… okay, I’ll … Continue reading →

… just a quick explanation why Alex, Jackie, Rick and Peter don’t do the usual 11 km run with the rest of us in the summer on Wednesday nights… and why we love Lake O!!!  The picture pretty much says it … Continue reading →

Diana Nyad, a marathon swimmer, hopes to be the first person to cross from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage.  (Suzie Maroney is the only person to do it with a shark cage). ByLIZETTE ALVAREZ Published: July 18, … Continue reading →

Hi all, The Ontario Masters Open Water Championships are being held Sunday August 7th. There is a 1, 3, 5, and 10 k swim race planned. The 1k is open to anyone over age 11. You do not need to … Continue reading →

Oakville swimmer to attempt crossing Lake Ontario Swimmer Melanie Price will attempt to cross Lake Ontario next month. Glenn Lowson By Vinay Menon Columnist       When out in the open water, Melanie Price feels oddly grounded. “It gives … Continue reading →

… so the Lake had rolled over again a couple of days earlier, but the rolls tend to be less severe and not last as long as the first one of the season… which is how the Lake as a … Continue reading →

Our American friend, Ted Gregory and his relay team just made it across the English Channel!!!  (recall Ted has driven up a few times to swim with us… a 7 hour drive from Pennsylvannia!… a hard-core LOSTie!) I don’t have many … Continue reading →

So shortly after the LOST swim on Saturday, about a dozen of us headed up to Peterborough to do the Half Ironman on Sunday!  This was very much a training and preparatory race for everyone, as pretty much all of … Continue reading →

Lake O never ceases to amaze… remember way back when… like, last week, when it was a bit chilly… 49F… well, Alex and few of the guys went down for a swim on Thurday night and it was still that … Continue reading →

Here is a great story from the New York Times… it is about a 7 day, staged race down the Hudson River to NYC!  It is put on by a buddy of mine, David Barra, he and I swam the … Continue reading →

Well, I’ll tell you the essentials, but the story of the Lake rolling over was best told in the email below by Brett.  (at least I thought so… I couldn’t stop laughing!)  I was out for a long ride yesterday … Continue reading →