My friend just announced that her grandfather swam in the Olympics, when the swimming competion was done in the Hudson River. She is 40.
What does she mean by this? I don't think any Olympics were in NY, but could they have trained there? Or is she fibbing? :joker:
Just curious...SmartSwimmeroftheDay award to the person who knows!
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Lake Ontario can be an easy swim or a deadly swim. Kinsella was lucky it was a good day and the water was warm all the way accross. He had everthing going his way. The wind direction was perfect for his swim. He is right very choppy waves.
The waves in Lake Ontario are very close together (very Choppy) and I have had the water disappear from under me and you can fall 10 or 15 feet back into the water. The lake is a very deep lake, I have seen the temperature drop from 74 degrees to 38 degrees on the hottest days of summer. All you need is an off shore breeze for a couple of hours and the temperature drops.
I have never raced in Lake Superior it can be cold but every time I trained in it it was nice and warm about 60 degrees. It gets rough there but different then the rough in Lake Ontario. But if you want rough, Lake Erie can be very rough but it is very shallow and the water is quite warm.
Lake Ontario can be an easy swim or a deadly swim. Kinsella was lucky it was a good day and the water was warm all the way accross. He had everthing going his way. The wind direction was perfect for his swim. He is right very choppy waves.
The waves in Lake Ontario are very close together (very Choppy) and I have had the water disappear from under me and you can fall 10 or 15 feet back into the water. The lake is a very deep lake, I have seen the temperature drop from 74 degrees to 38 degrees on the hottest days of summer. All you need is an off shore breeze for a couple of hours and the temperature drops.
I have never raced in Lake Superior it can be cold but every time I trained in it it was nice and warm about 60 degrees. It gets rough there but different then the rough in Lake Ontario. But if you want rough, Lake Erie can be very rough but it is very shallow and the water is quite warm.
