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?
Originally posted by geochuck
Beatles song "It's A Hard Days Night".
Good choice! ;)
Of course, she might also have tried the traveling song from my school kid days, "100 bottles of beer in a wall.. a hundred bottles of beer... take one down, pass it around... 99 bottles of beer in a wall..." which if she started w/ maybe a thousand bottles might last a bit longer than starting with 100. But all that beer is probably dehydrating. ;)
Also, George, thanks for the background. I was one of those "last chosen" ppl when I was in school--except that even so, I'm still not quite... QUITE ready for 64 hours of butterfly. :eek: But I'm all the more impressed by her resolve and courage. But...BUTTERFLY?? WOW! Just WOW!
Originally posted by geochuck
Beatles song "It's A Hard Days Night".
Good choice! ;)
Of course, she might also have tried the traveling song from my school kid days, "100 bottles of beer in a wall.. a hundred bottles of beer... take one down, pass it around... 99 bottles of beer in a wall..." which if she started w/ maybe a thousand bottles might last a bit longer than starting with 100. But all that beer is probably dehydrating. ;)
Also, George, thanks for the background. I was one of those "last chosen" ppl when I was in school--except that even so, I'm still not quite... QUITE ready for 64 hours of butterfly. :eek: But I'm all the more impressed by her resolve and courage. But...BUTTERFLY?? WOW! Just WOW!
