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A new milestone for LOST Swimming… 100 swimmers out yesterday!!!
That’s what 100 LOST Swimmers look like! (okay, not everyone was in the pic… if you are going to count each head!)(click to enlarge any photos) I guess Dylan said it best as he and I laughed at...
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Find your LOST Clothing here!
Sorry, but I can’t help you with you’re “lost clothing” from the party on the weekend (but send me an invite next time!)… but I can help you with some great “LOST Clothing” from the Lake Ontario Swim...
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Same old beautiful morning for a swim… with a twist!
June 25, 2016… 58F that dropped to 54F… while we were swimming! All 76 of us! I saw this post on the LOST Facebook page that a prospective LOSTie (Renee Devereaux, whom I’ve never met by the way),...
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The Canada Day… Polar Bear Dip!
I’m always saying that we have one of the best places in the world to swim… and we do… a little cold at times (like this weekend was!)… but if having beautiful, cold, clean water is the worst thing…...
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Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls…
92 swimmers, 64F/18C and a beautiful summer day for a swim. Nice. With apologies to The Clash… but the sentiment is right! If you went into hiding after last week’s 48F dip, it’s time to come out and...
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nice to get that out of the way… my 6 hour qualifying swim!
None of us look too much worse for wear after being out on the water for 6 hours!… or we’re just happy to be done! Loren and I both have a big swim coming up in the next few weeks. Loren is doing a...
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FREE GLOBAL SWIM SERIES T-SHIRTS!!!
Hi LOSTies and LOST friends! So the big “LOST Race” and the new “LOST Mile” are coming up very soon… Saturday, August 13! I hope that you have all registered and will swim it… but we need a few...
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No sharks… but watch out for our own LOST aquatic-life!
A good ol’ fashion Saturday morning swim with a bunch of LOSTies! Who knew… the world didn’t stop if I wasn’t there! haha. Thanks to Dylan, Darren and the gang for picking up the slack while I was...
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LOSTies pay it forward… and LOSTies swim the English Channel!
July 23, 2016… a chilly 57F/14C… and 87 tough LOSTies… and a great swim! So we had another great swim day on Saturday… the stats: 87 swimmers, 57F/14C. I could go on and on about how 57F is still...
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The LOST Race: 1.6k, 3.8k, medals, beer glasses, trophies and mansions!
LOST Race and LOST Mile medals! Each year we try and make the LOST Race better. And aside from controlling the water temp (haha) we’ve been able to do that. And this year is the 9th Annual LOST Race...
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Wow!… what a week… big waves, Crossings, Long Island and Mountains!
Ok, I know I’m a little slow getting this out from last week’s swim, but when see everything that has been going on this week you’ll see why! A bit of a rough and tumble day… but 50 LOSTies still took...
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Secret swim last week… the LOST Race & LOST Mile this week!
68F/20C and 86 swimmers… best swim this year!!! So what was the big secret surprise swim last week? It was the test run of the LOST Mile! As you hopefully are aware, at the LOST Race this year we are...
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LOST Race & LOST Mile…
Well a picture is worth a thousand words… and the 9th Annual LOST Pier Pic says a lot about all the LOSTies… it was a great race and a lot of fun! So here is the jist of it… it was our biggest and...
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The last LOST Swim of the season is this Saturday… and Marilyn Bell is going...
So this is a special treat for all you LOSTies out there! And a nice way to wrap up the season. Marilyn contacted me this week to see if she could come and swim with the LOSTies. Her and her...
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What a great season ending swim… with Marilyn Bell!
That’s Marilyn Bell on the far right in the bright blue! (click to enlarge) So that was pretty cool. And for once I’m not talking about the water temp… it was 67F, by the way, toasty warm,...
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The 3rd Annual “LOST Swimmers vs Connor’s Runners BEER MILE!”
3rd Annual “LOST Swimming vs Connors Runners BEER MILE! Al Wiggins… winner for the second year in a row! And broke the 7:00 BEER MILE! As usual, that was about as much fun as you can stand. But...
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LOSTies do the Canadian Death Race!
Remember when I said in my previous write up about the LOST Swimmers beating Connor’s Runners at the BEER MILE… and that that wasn’t exactly true… I mean we did win, that part was true… but that we...
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Darren swims Alcatraz!
So Darren and Al have shown “how you do it”. These guys are adventurers that make LOST proud! First Darren, David and Al did the Canadian Death Race… then Al won the LOST Swimming – Connor’s Runners...
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Racing the turtles in Barbados!
About to start the 5k and 10k! What an incredible swimming experience in Barbados! If you’re someone that’s on the fence about doing a destination race for open water swimming, it might be time to...
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