Mona has been pulled from the relay… due to hypothermia!!!

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Hi all,

So here is the latest on the “Because Girls Can Relay”, the LENGTH of Lake Ontario (305 k)!  The roll over we felt last weekend at LOST Swimming is becoming a factor in the relay!  Go Girls!

Cheers,

Rob

July 26, 2013 water temp map

This just in from The Star:

To recap: Because Girls Can swimmer Mona Sharari, 18, was pulled put of the water about an hour ago near Newmarket and taken to hospital. The team paramedic noticed she was showing symptoms of hypothermia. Mona is fine, the team spokesman says, it’s not at all a life threatening situation. She was sent to hospital as a precautionary measure. She may well rejoin the team and continue the swim; too early to tell. The swimmers and crew have taken a short break in Newscastle and will continue the swim with or without her.

Looks like this is the best place to get updates:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/07/22/live_swimmers_crossing_lake_ontario.html

 

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I founded LOST Swimming because I like open water swimming and would like to see it grow and thrive in Lake Ontario. I started as a competitive swimmer as a kid and ended up getting as far as a silver medal at Nationals and going to the Olympic Trials in 1988. But I retired after that, I was sick of swimming. So I got into running marathons and have run over 35 to date, as well as a few ultra marathons, including the Marathon des Sables (7 day, ultra across the Sahara Desert). I also kind of fell into triathlons and have done a handful of Ironman tri's too. This gradually got me back in the water and in 2006 I took the plunge and attempted swimming the English Channel. I didn't quite make it across, but the circle was now complete and after 17 years I was a swimmer again! Although I still do plenty of pool swimming, I now much prefer open water swimming and like to say that open water swimming is to pool swimming, what trail running is to treadmill running! As a result I hope to encourage more people to join me for a dip in Lake Ontario as often as we can!