Kingston Woman Swims Lake Ontario and Breaks Two Records
Darren McEwen
Thursday, August 18, 2005 6:34 AM
Marathon swimmer Vicki Keith is catching up on some much-needed rest as she, once again, enters the record books.
The Kingston woman completed her swim across Lake Ontario late Wednesday night.
Kieth swam 77 kilometres butterfly, breaking her old record but fell just short of a plan to swim 80 kilometres.
The 44-year-old woman also set a record for spending the longest amount of time swimming in open water. Keith, who didn't plan to set the record, was in the lake for 64 hours. She made the gruelling trek to support a local charity.
Keith became the first and only person to complete a double-crossing of the Great Lake 19 years ago.
From www.cfra.com/.../index.asp
Isn't it crazy? How does one do fly for 64 hours straight?
That was my thinking. How do you anything for 64 hours straight?
She tried the swim couple of weeks ago, went for 50+ hours, and had to stop due to waves and headwind. Then she goes out again and does it. To raise money for her swim team. Truly an amazing woman.
Originally posted by bitwiz
That was my thinking. How do you anything for 64 hours straight?
She tried the swim couple of weeks ago, went for 50+ hours, and had to stop due to waves and headwind. Then she goes out again and does it. To raise money for her swim team. Truly an amazing woman.
I bake muffins to raise money for my swim team. :D
Amazing indeed!
I'm on my knees thanking God that she isn't my mother, that's for sure.
I can't imagine the strength and arms of steel this woman must have, not to mention brass to even attempt this.
Imagine how she must discipline her kids. And the "when I was your age, we walked ___ miles through the freezing ___ to get to school, and we did it in our bare feet!" Except it's, "When I was 4 times your age, I swam butterfly for nearly three full days, and I did it in a lake."
There would never be a "I can't do this it's too hard" argument her kids could win either.
But bravo! Crazy-brave super lady!
I wonder what she thought about. You would really have to like yourself to converse with yourself for that long. Hopefully she didn't have some lame song in her head. That would be torture! Wait a minute.....speaking of torture, 64 hour of fly. I'd like to know how her arms felt the next day. What an incredible event!
