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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWow!… 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...
View ArticleSecret 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...
View ArticleLOST 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWhat 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleLOSTies 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...
View ArticleDarren 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...
View ArticleRacing 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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