Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, 2013… & Cold Water Acclimatization Training…

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Hi all,

Tampa Bay Marathon Swim

I just got an email from my buddy, Ron Collins, who runs the Tampa Bay Marathon Swim!  Entry is now open for next year… and given that Tampa Bay cools off in the winter, it’s a great place to get in some cold water training, if you happen to be planning a English Channel swim!

I did the solo last year (cancelled after 6 1/2 hours due to large lightning storm unfortunately, but got in about 25k) and a few other LOSTies put together a relay… it is a great event and a nice one to get some distance in early in the year.  Check it out:

Tampa Bay Marathon Swim route… swimming south to north.
Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, 2012… it was rough even before the storm!

 

Hi Rob, 

The entry form for the 16th Annual 24 Mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim is now available at http://distancematters.com/entryform.pdf   Hope you can make it to our event next April 20th, 2013!  If not, please feel free to pass along the info to someone who is considering swimming as a soloist or relay.

Also, we are booking training/qualifying sessions here in Clearwater/Tampa, Florida for November – March.  Our water temps usually hover around 60F during the winter, so contact us if you would like to plan your cold water acclimation training or qualification swim with us in the coming months.

Thank you,

Ron Collins
www.DistanceMatters.com

naturally, the day after the race was nice though!
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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!