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Swim Report – June 16, 2012 – New Lake Monsters at 5:15am!

June 17, 2012 By Steve

The summer solstice takes place in few days, so the meetup times are ridiculously early right now. Nevertheless, that didn’t keep us from having ourRead More

Swim Report – June 9, 2012 – Paradise at 5:30am

June 9, 2012 By Steve

I’ll be the first to admit that 5:30am is painfully early. But I’ll let you in on a fairly well-known secret. The lakefront starts toRead More

Swim Report – June 2, 2012 – Bright and early

June 2, 2012 By Steve

Five of us met out at L1 just before 5:30am, and we were lucked out in that we didn’t miss the “sunrise.” Technically, the sunRead More

Swim Report – May 26, 2012 – One step ahead of the storm!

May 26, 2012 By Steve

There are three major reasons we do our swims so early in the morning: 1) We have the lake to ourselves, 2) The sunrises –Read More

Swim Report – May 5, 2012 – Return to the fog!

May 5, 2012 By Steve

The sun had already risen by the time I arrived at L1. But you wouldn’t have known it from the conditions at 6:00am! I metRead More

Swim Report – April 28, 2012 – Birthday Swim!!!

April 28, 2012 By Steve

Mother Nature threw everything at us this morning, but we still got in a swim! I met Nick at 6:30am out at L1 amidst aRead More

Swim Report – April 21, 2012 – Plan B: Ohio Street Beach

April 21, 2012 By Steve

Throughout the day on Friday, numerous people told, texted, and emailed me about how bad the forecast was looking for Saturday morning. Everything from 20Read More

Swim Report – April 7, 2012 – Holy Saturday Sunrise Swim!

April 7, 2012 By Steve

It was all about nature’s show this morning… Mike, Marlena, and I met up with Nick at L1 just a few minutes before sunrise. IRead More

Swim Report – April 1, 2012 – Perfect Conditions!

April 1, 2012 By Steve

I’m making this quick since I’m just about to leave for L1 right now. And I’d strongly recommend you get out there ASAP as well!Read More

Swim Report – March 31, 2012 – March Madness (and new Lake Monsters!)

March 31, 2012 By Steve

When it comes to trying to predict the lake conditions, I always defer to Dave’s quote, “You get what you get when you get there.”Read More

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