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Swim Report – August 22, 2015 – Deluge
August 29, 2015 / Make A Comment / Lake Monsters, Swim Reports
The forecast called for heavy rain – but not thunderstorms – during the early morning hours of today. So absent any lightning, the swim was still a go as of last night.  Fortunately for us, the weatherman was actually spot on this time!
It took a bit longer to get... Read More
Swim Report – August 22, 2015 – Cold Plunge
August 23, 2015 / 1 Comment / Lake Monsters, Swim Reports
I got out to L1 a bit early on Saturday morning as I was very eager to find out what the water temperature was at our swim site.  It had been stubbornly hovering in the 54F – 55F range up in Evanston, but I still held out hope that perhaps L1 might have escaped the drastic... Read More
Swim Report – August 8, 2015 – High Summer
August 8, 2015 / Make A Comment / Lake Monsters, Swim Reports
An intrepid group of around ten swimmers showed up at L1 and got in a swim in the 72.1F lake.  I was a bit concerned what Ma Nature would present to us given the gusty wind and choppy lake conditions of the night before.  
But Lake Michigan was calm and clear at 5:30am!
We didn’t... Read More
(Bonus) Swim Report – July 27, 2015 – Marton’s Send-off
August 4, 2015 / Make A Comment / Cool News, Swim Reports
As most of you know, I was out of town the weekend of the 25th.  So I missed out on the informal gathering out at L1 where Marton had his last swim (for a while at least) with a bunch of other Lake Monsters.  However, Marton and I had previously discussed getting together up... Read More
Swim Report – August 1, 2015 – Dragonfly Edition
August 1, 2015 / Make A Comment / Lake Monsters, Swim Reports
Our first swim of August 2015 was unquestionably one of the best ones we’ve had all year.  And if you slept in this morning, you sure missed out!
To begin with, the conditions out at L1 were ideal at 5:30am.  The 72F lake was calm and clear with eastern horizon already... Read More
Swim Report – July 18, 2015 – Ahead of the Storms
July 19, 2015 / Make A Comment / Lake Monsters, Swim Reports
We had some pretty chaotic thunderstorms move into the region yesterday afternoon.  But once again, we lucked out at 5:30am!
The air temperature was already a sultry 78F when I arrived at L1.  I promptly took a measurement of the lake temperature, and this came in a just under... Read More
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