Another perfect swim…

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Lake O never ceases to amaze… remember way back when… like, last week, when it was a bit chilly… 49F… well, Alex and few of the guys went down for a swim on Thurday night and it was still that cold!  So they weren’t holding out much hope for swimming a day and a half later… but when I got down there Saturday morning and took the temp it was a very balmy 67F!!!  Nice.  That Lake can really change on a dime!

The perfect LOST swim! 67F, flat water and 34 swimmers eager to go!

So we ended up with spectacular swim.  Nice and flat, toasty warm and 34 swimmers!  I think we went for about 50 – 55 minutes or so.  Honestly 67F is just about the perfect temperature, if you are used to swimming without a wetsuit it is really nice, if you are not it is very comfortable too.  In a wetsuit, if the temp gets much over 70F, you can run the risk of over-heating.  This was perfect. 

We’ll try and stretch it out a bit longer next week if we still have the good weather and water temp!  Got to take advantage of it while it’s here! 

It was good to see a few newbies out for the first time… and just some “newer” faces, as well as lots of old vets!

See you next week, we should be good for a while, I don’t expect another roll over for a while, which means the water will be great!  See you soon!

PS.  A few people were asking about the LOST T-shirts ($15), I’ll have them in the Jeep next week if you are so inclined!

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!