If you’ve ever been bored swimming out in the lake, today would have cured that… Six of us met up at 8:00am out by L1,Read More
Category: Lake Monsters
Today’s morning forecast called for high winds and scattered showers, so we were greatly relieved when we arrived to find a sunny and calm lake!Read More
We got an earlier start this morning in order to avoid the high traffic from the Red Bull Flugtag, which was scheduled to take placeRead More
Dave was at L1 this afternoon and ran into Michael, a big OWC fan who’s visiting Chicago from Salem, OR. Since Michael can’t make thisRead More
The remnants of Hurricane Isaac finally hit the Chicago area, and the sustained winds brought plenty of excitement out to L1 this morning. While theRead More
If you were ever asked to describe a perfect morning for a lake swim, I’ll bet you would cite this past Saturday as a strongRead More
Due to the Air and Water Show going on today and tomorrow, I scheduled a super early start time for this morning’s swim (5:30am). BecauseRead More
I’m out of town again for another stretch – this time for work – but I was able to sneak in a swim meetup earlyRead More
Big kudos to Paul Carter for finishing his first ever open water swim event in this morning’s Swim Across America! Paul started swimming just aRead More
I will freely admit that it is nothing short of excruciating to conjure oneself out of bed for a 5:30am swim time. The rewards, however,Read More