Monthly Archives: June 2012

this tracks her on a map… http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0cAjquq6FOarjFHTO97xpp2abd0R729uN this is how you can follow her on Facebook… https://www.facebook.com/pages/Penny-Palfrey/243127792390792 As of 3:30 pm on Saturday: Penny is swimming steady and strong. Penny has swum over 60 nautical miles which equals approxitemly 69.05 miles or … Continue reading →

Okay the last week and a half has been some crazy swimming… at least temperature-wise!  Check this out… on Sat, June 16, we were in Key West, water temp: 90F… then Tuesday, back at Nelson Pool in Burlington: 80F… then … Continue reading →

So my friend, Penny Palfrey, has started her swim from Havana to Florida today!  This will be the longest swim by any person in history.  Breaking her own record she set last year swimming between the Cayman Islands… which was … Continue reading →

… so I recently got a couple of emails from a couple of LOSTies who are off doing some other interesting things!  Alexei, who has been a LOSTie for several years and one of the biggest LOST enthusiasts sent me … Continue reading →

Hi all, I kinda feel guilty for not being there these past two weekends due to Key West and Mt. Tremblant… but not that guilty.  Besides… you had a whole bunch of great people stepping in and helping out… which … Continue reading →

Two big 1/2 Ironman tri’s this weekend:  Welland and Mount Tremblant. First The Welland Half Iron-distance, because I wasn’t there and can only report the results and scan the result, but here are some LOSTies and Locals that I recognize. … Continue reading →

Hi all, Margaret Dorio of the Tri Club of Burlington (TCOB), who many of you know and who is a great triathlete in her own right, has arrange a swim and talk by Miguel Vadillo, who many of you might know … Continue reading →

… I love LOST Swimming… but we really didn’t miss anything… we were in Key West, baby! haha.  However, a good number of the good people of LOST did turn out for a nice little dip in the Great Lake.  … Continue reading →

Hi all, So 15 LOSTies did the FKCC Swim Around Key West on Saturday and we all arrived at various times.  I flew in and emailed Darren as he had arrived on an earlier flight.  I found him in the … Continue reading →

Hi all, So 15 LOST Swimmers and 10 LOST “aquatic supporters” are off to Florida shortly to complete the 20 km ”The FKCC Swim Around Key West”! And those LOSTies are: Solo Rob Kent (dat’s me!) Bud Seawright (Etobicoke Masters and won the … Continue reading →

So we have one LOSTie who likes to quietly slide under the radar… and he does some pretty cool swims… and he likes NYC… even though he’s from Barrie… or maybe because he’s from Barrie. Steve Faulkner, who gets down … Continue reading →

    >> Take a fresh look at swimming H2Open Newsletter no.17 With the rapid growth of mass participation open water swimming events – often swum in wetsuits (which are sometimes compulsory) – one could be (and some people are) … Continue reading →

Lynn and I decided to get some distance… and confidence… with one week remaining before we and several others make the trip to Key West, so we met down on the beach on Sunday morning ready for a nice long … Continue reading →

I woke up and looked out the window at 5:45 and it was pouring rain.  The devil sitting on my left shoulder said “screw this… I’m going back to bed”… and the angel on my right shoulder said “are you … Continue reading →

Okay… first things first… a big pat on the back… or high five… or maybe it should be a seal clap… to Madhu Nagaraja who is swimming Lake O this summer… and on Friday attempted his qualifying swim… of 6 hours!  5 of … Continue reading →

Hi all, So the weather is looking pretty nice this afternoon… for Madhu’s 6 hour qualifying swim for his Lake O Crossing!  Go Madhu Go! I don’t think it is supposed to be quite as sunny tomorrow, but the water looks … Continue reading →

okay, our Saturday morning LOST Swims aren’t always flat as glass… the pic below was what it looked like Friday, only hours before we were to be swimming on Saturday morning!  Wow. The amazing thing is… this is what the … Continue reading →