LOST Swimming… August 17…

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… well, at least it was sunny!

What a cool shot... I love when you can't tell the lake from the sky on the horizon!  (No, I didn't photoshop that!)
What a cool shot… I love when you can’t tell the lake from the sky on the horizon!                                                  (No, I didn’t photoshop that!)

Actually it was a beautiful day and the water was flat as glass… it’s just that this dang Lake isn’t really cooperating this year!  We had a few nice stretches where it got up to 74F – 76F… but then it rolled over, like it should… but then it never heated up again!  I guess we are making up for the unusually warm water we had last year.  Oh well.

All that is to say that the water on Saturday was a whopping, mid-August temp of 57F!  Mike was in the game though… as Bill was away on his adventure out in the Maratimes with Mel… Mike was in charge of setting up the buoys this week… and he cut the loop down a bit!  From 750m to 450m!

Yes, we saw you sneak away Owen and Bud!  Champs last week... Chicken's this week!
Yes, we saw you sneak away Owen and Bud! Champs last week… Chicken’s this week!

But, as is typical of the tough bunch of LOSTies… we all got in (well except Owen and Bud!… yes, I saw you guys sneak away!)… all 42 of us… and swam a loop.  In fact, it was just like I had predicted.  The first loop was the hardest, but by the time you got back to the start, you’d be warmed up and fine.  Most people did 3 or 4 loops.  It ended up being a really nice swim!

Good job everyone… see you next week… and for as long as the Lake will let us!  (maybe mid-Sep?!).

Cheers,

Rob

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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!