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The off-season… with EOMAC and the Global Swim Series…
So one nice thing about LOST Swimming is there is an off season! That’s when I get a bit lazy and don’t put up as many posts (although there is still a ton of stuff on the LOST Swimming Facebook page,...
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Here is something kinda fun and different… get a team together and swim a relay for an hour against other teams! Winner gets a turkey! Looks like fun! Check out embraceopenwater.com for all the...
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6th Annual LOST Polar Bear Dip!!!
Come on out to the 6th Annual LOST Polar Bear Dip… it is kind of like the LOST Beer Mile… if you don’t want to participate that’s okay… it’s fun just to watch! But it’s more fun to dunk! Same LOST...
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The Polar Bear Dip… and 100 x 100’s on 100!
2016, 37 dippers, -2C air, +3C water! Special thanks to Darren “The Neoprene Kid” for bobbing around out there keeping an eye on everyone! Now that’s a fun way to roll into the New Year! Maybe I’m...
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The first LOST Swim of 2016… and the new “LOST Mile!”
The first LOST Swim of 2015… 60 swimmers, 50F… and the 10th year of LOST Swimming!!! Hello LOSTies! First LOST Swim of 2010… 62F… 14 swimmers! Okay, I know I’ve been a little remiss in putting up posts...
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2 things I hope we don’t see in Lake O this summer…
A large Horseshoe Crab washed up during Hurricane Bonnie at Myrtle Beach, SC. Jill named him Thor… … Hurricanes and freaky, alien-lookin’ Horseshoe Crabs! So we have 3 kids. Dylan swam NCAA at...
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5 useful tidbits about LOST Swimming…
Just some LOST related tidbits I thought you might find useful: A couple of years ago myself and a few others did CPR on a runner that collapsed near the end of the Hamilton Marathon (that’s another...
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LOST Swimming starts this Saturday! And how it all started…
The first LOST Swim of 2015… 60 swimmers, 50F… and the 10th year of LOST Swimming!!! For the 11th consecutive year I will be down at the beach by the Navy Street Pier at 8:00 am on the first Saturday...
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11th year of LOST Swimming starts with biggest turnout ever!
Well that was really something… 11th year of LOST Swimming and we are still having lots of “firsts”! First of all, that was the warmest opening day ever… June 4 and 64F/18C! Wow. Flat as pool...
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LOST Swimming… and the weather…
Louis Pugh, one of the cold water greats, swimming in Antarctica! So several people have asked me about the weather tomorrow as it is supposed to be 30C and possible thunderstorms… are we going to...
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… a tough workout… and Ali and Howe!
Embrace swim coach, and my right hand man at LOST, Miguel Vadillo, arranged a “long swim” at the Caledon Quarry on Sunday, (and then paddled around for hours, helping us feed!) for a few of us that are...
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Told ya… and that’s why you don’t cancel…
June 11, 2016… 73 swimmers, 50F/10C… still a bit nippy this time of year… but trust me, it does warm up! I must have got a dozen people email me asking me if we were going to cancel LOST Swimming on...
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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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