Today’s swim was definitely the calm after the storm. Yesterday’s Across the Lake Swim in Kelowna had the windiest conditions they’ve had for that race in years and finish times MUCH slower than normal Today however we had conditions that would’ve been welcomed yesterday with clear skies, no…
Only five of us chose a lake swim yesterday to beat the 36 degree heat although the two in wetsuits likely did not beat it by much. The 23 degree water was very pleasant for the three of us who swam naked. Unfortunately, with the wind coming…
There were 12 of us who decided to beat the heat with a dip into the lake last evening. The 23.5 degree water felt refreshingly cool in the 36 degree heat, especially for the two swimmers who still wore their wetsuits. We all swam out to the…
At 7:15 this morning a group of seven of us took off from Juniper Beach and began an extended swim to the Point just before Cosens Beach, a distance of 2.7 km one way. The water was just over 20 degrees at the beach for the first…
For the nine of us gathered at the park before our swim tonight all we could talk about was the success of Robynne and Kylie in their solo Channel Swims. Each and every one of us was over the moon knowing that they had done it.
Robynne set off from Samphire Hoe just west of Dover for the start of her channel swim. If you go to the WhatsApp chat (linked below), you will see another link to the Sea Leopard, her guide boat. It has a map showing the boat's progress. The start…
Our mouths stood agape as we walked down into the park and gazed over Juniper Bay. What was that we saw? Was it flat water? We weren't sure what it looked like anymore. Was this it? We did a deep dive into our memory banks to try to recall…
"We're sloggin' in the rain
Just sloggin' in the rain
What a glorious feelin'
We're happy again"
We just completed two swims in the last 24 hours and the conditions for the second swim this morning were the same as last night's.
A group of four of us ambitiously started out at 7:15 with a plan to swim all the way to Cosens Bay Point. However, a heavy chop that got bigger at the Point put a damper on our enthusiasm and we decided that Gary's log was ambitious…