The weather conditions for the A Long Swim – Tower Road Beach – Lake Michigan – Winnetka Event on Sunday, August 5 were perfect. Air temps were 75-85, water temps in the low 70’s, zero rain. The wind was projected to be 5-10 knots from the southwest, which should lead to minimal waves. And the turnout was great!
A Long Swim – a foundation that uses open water swimming to raise funds for ALS research – has proven that teamwork is the best way to accomplish lofty and sometimes extreme goals. Teamwork gets a swimmer across a channel,
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This 18-mile marathon swim started on Nantucket’s western end of Eel Point and the goal was to land at the Edgartown Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard. The swim was comfortable while we were in flat water that was protected by land,
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Man with Medtronic disc swims the English Channel Star Tribune, by Janet Moore | August 22, 2011 Doug McConnell had been swimming about 20 miles a week in preparation for this week’s English Channel attempt. Doug McConnell had just polished
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