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?
Someone needs to explain this to me. 100 meters in 5 minutes is excruciatingly slow. I realize that's an average but at that pace I have to wonder if it truly was a continuous swim. Are you allowed to get out for a few minutes during this thing? Geochuck adds some nice factors that would impact her pace but I would think if you fought all those items, it would be terrilby hard to swim for 64 hours straight.
I'll say it - there's something fishy about this.
Someone needs to explain this to me. 100 meters in 5 minutes is excruciatingly slow. I realize that's an average but at that pace I have to wonder if it truly was a continuous swim. Are you allowed to get out for a few minutes during this thing? Geochuck adds some nice factors that would impact her pace but I would think if you fought all those items, it would be terrilby hard to swim for 64 hours straight.
I'll say it - there's something fishy about this.
