Lake Joseph - Marilyn' story

It was a beautiful day. The lake was calm and pleasantly cool at 20 deg C. The water was calm for the first 5 hours until the boaters started making waves. In the afternoon the sun warmed the water up to 22 deg C. We swam the last few kilometers close to shore to avoid the boat traffic, and the water was even warmer near shore. It seemed to take forever to get through all those waves to the finish. I really enjoyed laying back in the boat and watching Lake Joseph go by at high speed on our way back to the marina.
A big thank yo to all my crew and thanks to everyone who sent me good wishes.
Don't forget to donate, the Good Shepherd website should be operational soon, if it isn't already.
http://www.muskokaregion.com/sports-story/4605104-swimmer-challenges-lake-joe-her-final-muskoka-lake/

Land!!!! At 4:53 pm with elapsed time 9:30. She is feeling Great!

At km 22 and only 300m to shore

Now at 20 km. Wake continues

19 km mark light breeze from north lots of wake

At 17 km calm after some choppy waves. Sun is hot andsky is clear blue. More boats on lake now. Stroke rate 59 and steady. Only 5 more!!!

At halfway point 11kms either way! Calm sunny and no waves only a few boats. Gorgeous scenery great to be out on Lake Joseph. Marilyn is swimming at a steady pace. Elapsed time 4:36

Passed 6km at 9:55. First boat passed us just now. Calm just ripples on water.Average 25 min per km. Water 21C

Started swim at 7:23am water 20C v calm
Lake Joseph quiet no one awake. Blue sky
with light clouds and mostly sunny. Just completed 3kms.

Friday night

All is ready for swim. Weather looks good. Team is ready.

Lake Joseph 2014

I am planning on swimming Lake Joseph on June 21, 2014, starting at 6 a.m. from Port Sandfield and swimming to the Clear Lake Rd beach in Port Cockburn, a distance of 21.6 kilometers. It is anticipated that the swim will take 9-11 hours.

The swim has three purposes. First, Lake Joseph is a training swim for the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim 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

Second, I continue to raise money for the Good Shepherd Centres in Hamilton, which provide services to troubled youth, abused women and children, the dying, the mentally and physically challenged, the hungry and the homeless. Good Shepherd programs and staff have provided loving care and hope for my patients and I wish to express my gratitude and further support their mission.

Third, Lake Joseph completes my challenge of the 3 Muskoka Lakes, having swum Lake Rosseau in 2009 from Rosseau to Port Carling and Lake Muskoka in 2013 from Gravenhurst to Port Carling.

We will keep you posted with updates to this blogspot.