The first LOST swim of 2011 is in the books!!!… what a great Polar Bear Dip!!!

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We had a great turn out for the Polar Bear Dip at Coronation Park in Oakville on New Year’s Day!  The water was a balmy +2C / 35F and the air temp was +10C / 55F!!!  Apparently the LOST swimmers (and several Burlington Masters as well!) made up about 20 of the 700+ swimmers and were part of the fund raising for water wells in Tanzania which raised over $150,000!!!  Several of the LOST Swimmers came back to Rob and Joanne’s house after for the “Wet and Chili Party” too.  I could tell you more about it, but the video pretty much says it all!!!  It was a great time and we’ll get even more of you out for it for next year’s dip and “Wet and Chili Party” too!!!

Gotta love the yellow LOST caps!

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!