To the End of the World… and back!

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Hello LOSTies!

Madhu, Loren and Mark training for the Strait of Magellan... November in Ontario... air 4C... water 4C!!! Now those guys are what LOST Swimming is all about... ADVENTURE!
Madhu, Loren and Mark training for the Strait of Magellan… November in Ontario… air 4C… water 4C!!! Now those guys are what LOST Swimming is all about… ADVENTURE!

As you have probably heard, Madhu is off to swim the Strait of Magellan at the most southern tip of Chile!!!  And we are going to have a nice “warm” send off for him this Saturday, just hours before he, Mike and Alan head off for the bottom of the World!!!

... living the dream... at Bean There!
… living the dream… at Bean There!  (okay this was take in the summer, but you get the idea!)

Location: “Bean There” cafe, (NW corner of Lakeshore and Reynolds in Oakville)

When: Saturday morning, 9:00 – 11:00ish, Jan 24, 2015

Who: LOSTies, CR’s and all well wishers!

For Whom: Madhu and his crew of Mike Morton and Alan Swankie that will be crewing for him in Chile!

Why: because Madhu, Mike, Alan, Loren, Mark, Steve, Marty, Brett, Darren and the rest of the gang deserve a nice warm drink and a pat on the back for all the hard work and training they’ve put in in the preparation for this adventure of monumental proportion!

Note: a bunch of us are moving our Saturday morning long run from JC’s Bagels to Bean There for this Saturday only, so we can run and have coffee with Madhu and the team!  If you care to join us for a run before coffee, please do!!!  We will leave from Bean There at 7:00 am sharp (just an out and back on Lakeshore going east, for as long as you want to go!)

See you there!

PS.  yes, I will keep you all posted about when he actually swims (very weather dependent!) and get all the live coverage from Mike and Alan as he swims… and put it up on this site!

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!