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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/open-water-training-and-technique/25217/central-il-open-water-swim---saturday-august-6-2011</link><description>WHAT: Central IL Open Water Swim (1.2-Miles &amp;amp; 2.4-Miles)
Sanctioned by IL Masters Swimming Association for USMS, Inc.
Sanction No. 211-002W
****USMS Great Lakes Zone Open Water Swim (GLOWS) Series****

When: Saturday, August 6, 2011
Time: 10:00 A.M. CT</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268856?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:45:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:a9ae4e7d-f774-4935-b67f-ed79baaf9bfb</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Current Water Temps!

Evergreen Lake water surface temperature is 83.1F at 18&amp;quot; water depth and 82.8F at 6&amp;quot; water depth. Digital measurements were collected as of Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 7:40 A.M. CT.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268806?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:06:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:bd94c0f9-85cc-4e23-b026-e767323ee1b0</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>The CIOWS 2011 Evergreen Lake surface water temperature range is 76.5F to 76.2F, as of Saturday, July 2, 2011, at 8:10 AM CT. Digital measurements were taken at 18&amp;quot; and 6&amp;quot; water depths. The lake water is gradually warming.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268732?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:54:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:58be5d00-40c8-4525-b299-e0dbf6c04298</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Evergreen Lake water surface temperature is 72.2F (as of Monday, June 13, 2011, 8:33 A.M. CT). Digital measurements taken at 6&amp;quot; &amp;amp; 18&amp;quot; water depths.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268687?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:06:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:422964a9-fced-485e-b171-e2eb05054d2f</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Welcome room for more CIOWS 2011 entries.

Register Now!    

Early Online Entry Deadline:  July 23, 2011 (for discount)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268624?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:15:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:41556585-77ee-4b3e-b3b1-ba25f63cd00c</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>CIOWS 2011 Evergreen Lake water temperature is recorded as 72.2F on Saturday morning, June 4, 2011.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268672?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:36:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:243f74dd-36e9-4223-ae78-9c68dce3039f</guid><dc:creator>ViveBene</dc:creator><description>CIOWS 2011 Evergreen Lake water temperature is recorded as 72.2F on Saturday morning, June 4, 2011.
 
Thanks, John! Parboiled humans...  Lake Michigan is about 55-56 today.
 
How&amp;#39;s the registration going? Still have room for more?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268596?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:47:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:82d3950b-63e6-4ac6-8144-e2b205ffe594</guid><dc:creator>orca1946</dc:creator><description>Maybe Big Shoulders in Chicago:cane:&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268570?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 04:43:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:21c0cb28-827e-4947-8bb7-877373f9784a</guid><dc:creator>ViveBene</dc:creator><description>I would like to , but I will be coming out of hip surgery!
 
Good luck with the operation and rehab, and a quick return to the water!
 
The OW season is upon us with alarming speed. Lake Michigan is already 53 degrees, and it&amp;#39;s definitely not too soon to start planning for the Central Illinois Open Water Swim on August 6!
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It took me a full 1.5 days to realize that some people don&amp;#39;t actually swim until water warms up to, oh, 60 degrees!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268547?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 02:51:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:0865948b-4116-4523-9035-a51726cda875</guid><dc:creator>orca1946</dc:creator><description>I would like to ,  but I will be coming out of hip surgery!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Central IL Open Water Swim - Saturday, August 6, 2011</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/268523?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:10:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:e64b010c-acfd-4863-873f-391c2853a133</guid><dc:creator>ViveBene</dc:creator><description>Yay! As I recall, this was a popular swim last year. Congratulations to organizers for committing themselves to a second year of a midstate swim.
 
This swim is also Illinois&amp;#39; 2011 contribution to GLOWS - Great Lakes Open Water Swim series. Win points and fame by participating in GLOWS.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>