Welcome to my Manhattan Island Marathon swim website. For those of you who don't know me, I swam Lake Ontario the easy way in 1983 and the hard way in 1984 (details on the Solo Swims of Ontario website). I “came out of retirement" to swim the English Channel (EC) in 2011 (www.englishchannel2011.blogspot.com). Last year I become the oldest Canadian to swim the strait of Catalina in California.

This year I will be swimming the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (MIMS) on July 12, a distance of 40 km. This is a tide and current assisted amateur race with a time cut off of 9 hours 30 minutes. http://nycswim.org/Event/Event.aspx?Event_ID=2416 By completing the Manhattan race, I hope to become the first Canadian to complete the Triple Crown of open water swimming. The other 2 swims are the English Channel and the Catalina Strait. http://openwaterpedia.com/index.php?title=Triple_Crown_of_Open_Water_Swimming

I am pleased to be able to use this opportunity to raise money for the Good Shepherd Centres in Hamilton. They run a network of shelters and services for troubled youth, abused women and children, the dying, the mentally and physically challenged, the hungry and the homeless. They strive to support people through crisis and help them re-establish healthy and productive lives. They have been very good to my patients over the years and for this I am grateful. Please support my swim by donating to the Good Shepherd Centres. Thank you. http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=1941545&langPref=en-CA

Sunday, 11 August 2013

18 km training swim in Lake Ontario

I swam 18 kilometers in Lake Ontario today, accompanied by a pacer and my trainer in an inflatable boat. Final time was 8 h 17 min. It was a beautiful day, sunny in the morning and cloudy in the afternoon. The wind was generally light but it did blow in my face fairly strongly for 2 hours. The water temperature at 68-69 deg F (20-21 deg C) was about 2 degrees warmer than the Catalina strait. But the air at 19-22 deg C was way cooler than California, so I hope it all balances out.
I'd like to thank the staff at the Fifty Point Marina and the Hamilton Beach rescue unit for their enthusiastic assistance.
This was my last big training swim before I leave for California. I think I am ready.
Marilyn
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