Monthly Archives: May 2012

 Hi all, So I got an email from Dave Dame the race director for the Zoot Open water swim this Sunday… asking me to invite you all up for an early season open water swimming race! So for those of … Continue reading →

As most of you know there are several of us that are doing some marathon swimming this summer!  It is going to be one of the busiest summers ever for Lake Ontario Crossings, with LOSTies making up 5 of the … Continue reading →

What an amazing turnout!  So we kicked off the season of LOST Swimming with a HUGE turn-out… 40 swimmers!… on the first day… and we’re still in May!  Incredible. It was a great day, water conditions were probably the best … Continue reading →

Hi all, So to add more safety to this year’s LOST Swimming on Saturdays I want to get one person doing a “check in/out” of swimmers and one person (or more) as a “kayaker” (I have a good stable kayak)… and … Continue reading →

… or at least it will this Saturday, May 26 at 8:00am! woohoo!!! Of course it could have started this weekend… but who knew?!  A week ago today Lake Ontario was 51F / 10C… so I really didn’t think it … Continue reading →

So here is a great article by Simon Griffiths, the editor of H2Open magazine that I thought was relevant for our group and this time of year especially! As open water swimming has grown, in large part due to the popularity of … Continue reading →

Hi all, In the evolution of LOST Swimming… “this is one long race for LOST swimmers, one giant leap for LOST Swimming”… we’ve just landed the “Masters Swimming Canada 10k National Championship”!!! I have now loaded the registration forms and … Continue reading →

… that’s the answer to the question that everyone is asking… “when will we be starting outdoors?” Truth is, I’m getting a bit anxious myself!  But despite the fact that we had a very nice winter… the spring is way … Continue reading →

Hi all, Kind of like John Gayford’s invitation to swim in the 1.2 km Lorne Pier to Pub race near Melbourne, Australia… here is another invitiation… you may not be able to make it… but it’s always nice to know … Continue reading →

So no sooner do I write a story about all kinds of interesting swimmers that I’ve met or have come to swim with LOST than Carl emails me with this amazing story about Dan Martin!  Dan is a Brit who … Continue reading →

So you know how I was saying in my race report from Tampa Bay how I find part of the adventure, meeting so many interesting people… well here are 3 more stories about cool people I’ve been lucky enough to … Continue reading →

So Darren Miller, who I recently met in Tampa Bay and then who stopped in for a dip in Lake O with me (see post below) just completed his swim with a few other big time open water swimmers too!  … Continue reading →

… I know a guy… who knows a guy… who can get you and a friend into either of the NYC Triathlon or the NYC Ironman!  I believe you still have to pay, but both of these races sold out in … Continue reading →

… so here is a bit of LOST trivia that I thought I’d share with you… LOSTswimming.com is 2 years old today! visits to LOSTswimming.com in the first year = 95,241 or 261 visits per day! visits to LOSTswimming.com in … Continue reading →