Swim Report – April 24, 2010 – Another new Lake Monster takes on turbulent Lake Michigan!

Taking advantage of a mid-spring “heat wave,” I biked out to Ladder #1 to get in a weekend swim before the air temperature dropped below 50F. At 7:00am, the outside mercury read 52F with the lake coming in at 50F.

New Lake Monster Liz showed up, and we did a 1.2 mile swim to the beach and back to the north wall. It wasn’t as chaotic as last week, but we still got buffeted around quite a bit in the “washing machine.” The spring turnover has definitely arrived, though, as the lake is quite tolerable to swim in!

Liz, Lake Monster #38 (congrats!)

Today’s video report:

3 Replies to “Swim Report – April 24, 2010 – Another new Lake Monster takes on turbulent Lake Michigan!

  1. Thanks for the shoutout on the website, Steve! It was a fun swim, and great preparation for this coming weekend. I’ll be sure to let you know how it goes…

  2. Hi Ricky! We’re typically out there at sunrise, or just a bit after. Just keep checking the “Next Meetup” widget on the home page as I usually update that by mid-week.

  3. What time do you shoot for to get to ladder #1 in the morning, I’ve been following along for the past 6-8 months and id like to come join. It’ll probably happen when its a bit warmer though because i don’t’ have a wetsuit. Either way id like to watch on some morning in the near future.

    Thanks

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