Seven swimmers, including 4 APG'ers (including Ron

> "the Shark" B, Ken Wood, Sue "the

> mermaid" H, and Darren Fortney) made a successful swim across Lake

> Mendota last Friday.   In all, it was suppose to be a 5.5

> mile swim.   When it ended, it was more in the range of a

> 10K swim due to 4 foot waves and steady wind from the west

> that pushed us way into the eastern banks.

>  

> Lots of things go through your head when swimming for that

> long.   For some, the time flew by, for others leg

> cramping, shoulder aches, and chills came into play later

> in the swim.   Conditions were very very tough for the

> first 2/3 of the swim.   It was kind of a combination of

> swimming in the ocean and Spirit of Racine.   Several

> times I got a bit dizzy from all the rolling of the waves

> and white caps.   If you want to feel humbled sometime,

> go into a middle of a lake and see how far out in the

> middle of nowhere you actually are.   Makes you respect

> open water quickly  (=:

>  

> I remeasured our actual swim path once we got done and

> looks like we swam well over 6 miles in all. The wind blew

> us off course pretty bad..........wicked "s"

> curve caused by the conditions. Should have brough an

> engineer to draw us a straight line........lol.  

> Attached is a map of our course.

>  

>

> We made the 6 o'clock news and cap times:

>  

> http://www.c3ktogo.com/news-video/?mgid=17071

>  

> http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/293614

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