tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070110275914786612024-02-06T18:34:42.619-08:00Marathon SwimMarathon Swimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644785317374556752noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-1043482575670924902009-04-14T13:20:00.000-07:002009-04-14T13:22:27.834-07:00New total!As of April 14, 2009, Tony's marathon swim raised $<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">10,006.53!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">A big thank you to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">everyone</span> that donated to the Orphans' Fund because of Tony's swim.</span></div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-22356739206220093782009-03-27T22:19:00.001-07:002009-03-27T22:53:22.292-07:00Shutting down & packing up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9SG5i6Y_Ic-AP9AV9NestFRWIK0hhmlhe8aaZ4VNYD1_5QquEGMh9gpiLQLZMK5TLWNo3ZQgmmFj5rPv0kPi6z03bx8kq0eqfRT4rVqoq8Va-Xgqpv-49QRf18E2tKcZXqovkgnogA8/s1600-h/Tony-Lyons-pool.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9SG5i6Y_Ic-AP9AV9NestFRWIK0hhmlhe8aaZ4VNYD1_5QquEGMh9gpiLQLZMK5TLWNo3ZQgmmFj5rPv0kPi6z03bx8kq0eqfRT4rVqoq8Va-Xgqpv-49QRf18E2tKcZXqovkgnogA8/s320/Tony-Lyons-pool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318112667727820642" border="0" /></a><br />It's been a long day (well, longer for Tony), but it's time to pack up and say good night!LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-34809636141187052342009-03-27T22:09:00.000-07:002009-03-27T22:36:09.468-07:00The finish<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRonTYQoG01trN2s6ouaVTA1kYVP8jZdimz0B6FOMQWxRPr8n18OHbmiwH8pdjJ94p6X3vdE-habfiCF7_eC9W6FMVB3lEwVCW7sm1qy4fgFqDB6xL2umBNyCZIBLltX24fu6JfSgU9wLM/s1600-h/IMG00195.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRonTYQoG01trN2s6ouaVTA1kYVP8jZdimz0B6FOMQWxRPr8n18OHbmiwH8pdjJ94p6X3vdE-habfiCF7_eC9W6FMVB3lEwVCW7sm1qy4fgFqDB6xL2umBNyCZIBLltX24fu6JfSgU9wLM/s320/IMG00195.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318101972098017682" border="0" /></a>Tony finishing his marathon swim!LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-23848506320447834182009-03-27T22:03:00.001-07:002009-03-27T22:05:08.234-07:00He's done!After an awful four hours he actually made up all that time and finished five minutes ahead of his plan at 17:00:54.<div><br /></div><div>I do have some pix I'll post later.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-81802176141423919522009-03-27T21:59:00.000-07:002009-03-27T22:05:45.232-07:00150 to go!!!No pictures, no time. He's not swimming alone - Andrea is still pacing him.LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-11838717531771232082009-03-27T21:53:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:58:19.044-07:00400 to goThe plan is that Tony will swim the last 200 m alone. I'll try to take a pic.LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-22773329678137408612009-03-27T21:52:00.001-07:002009-03-27T21:57:22.620-07:00550 m to goI can barely contain myself!LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-12961274214401715922009-03-27T21:44:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:48:25.259-07:00700 m to go!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjApq6EaB754KVk6pe1JVTo2iYmlgcTn4UuSWYwU4JOXiAiq1R8SuSdgKX7u_sqRy4w8oss2XVwV-LHwE7DJscI5-fN3eNlFp3d7vuw15vFY3of8YtTcdE40S8plVegTAkfJ4dmQ2pht2/s1600-h/IMG00191.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjApq6EaB754KVk6pe1JVTo2iYmlgcTn4UuSWYwU4JOXiAiq1R8SuSdgKX7u_sqRy4w8oss2XVwV-LHwE7DJscI5-fN3eNlFp3d7vuw15vFY3of8YtTcdE40S8plVegTAkfJ4dmQ2pht2/s320/IMG00191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318095192768709938" border="0" /></a>Dave Lyons in the foreground, Tony in the back left, being paced by Andrea on the right.LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-10364586372615914912009-03-27T21:40:00.001-07:002009-03-27T21:46:33.636-07:00900 m to goRon Adams says he can smell the barn. He's smoking.LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-62903101889885762102009-03-27T21:35:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:45:28.952-07:001200 m to go!He hit 41 km in 16:33 - he did the km in 19 minutes! He's barely paused before launching on his last full kilometre. I'm now extrapolating .... 10:04 p.m.!!!LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-10788668212530119902009-03-27T21:17:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:23:47.888-07:0040 km!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnq-w5J7RZfh8i6iRl6sTokYwY7ltDD1GNdGp_Lva2cmh3kc5l6uzl77si5JI93dvvaGgIfGHO0yB_GVMsNAnJndFQxJHri3cFIxvJ9ZR3bIMplL6wukuxYUPfqTLc_gUwgvHPUzjqfzV-/s1600-h/IMG00190.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnq-w5J7RZfh8i6iRl6sTokYwY7ltDD1GNdGp_Lva2cmh3kc5l6uzl77si5JI93dvvaGgIfGHO0yB_GVMsNAnJndFQxJHri3cFIxvJ9ZR3bIMplL6wukuxYUPfqTLc_gUwgvHPUzjqfzV-/s320/IMG00190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318088299299345714" border="0" /></a><br />(Tony, behind, being paced by Andrea in yellow cap in front.)<div><br /></div><div>In 15 hours 22 minutes. I'm continuing to extrapolate a time around 10:15 p.m. - less than an hour from now!</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-41047308875870958732009-03-27T21:00:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:15:14.116-07:009 p.m. PDTTony's still taking his 39.5-km break. He's only 500 m down from his original plan.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">UPDATE:</span> Tony's eating, and Dave is going to join him for the last 2.7 km.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-14074245639741503822009-03-27T20:58:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:16:03.724-07:00The crowds gather (II)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVW4CUulFmckV7YvblHF4yKYbenpC6SqclirZQWDCV9_hvJ4_Dvoywt4w7o_H0yem71tJPjWN8Bxh78k4bBtFIAdzC4iNtVDO3HsWiBcRkiF55ivJbf1uyapNoI_ceIkt12AbA4uCXnc7/s1600-h/IMG00188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVW4CUulFmckV7YvblHF4yKYbenpC6SqclirZQWDCV9_hvJ4_Dvoywt4w7o_H0yem71tJPjWN8Bxh78k4bBtFIAdzC4iNtVDO3HsWiBcRkiF55ivJbf1uyapNoI_ceIkt12AbA4uCXnc7/s320/IMG00188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318083084330236786" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A very bad picture of the crowd at the other end of the pool. Tony has a lot of friends.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-70913595398397804572009-03-27T20:55:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:08:33.585-07:00The crowds gather (I)<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhlsqmr4JYSBntpt36Tm0j2zPi3_dCgF4fX6q1ITV4l5dilF85t9xe3ewPd4GvfdH-YaBh5LmNHbJsnhEiOy13uZlra5aIGRpWdLfLm3wKFZh13bl6_DlUBtEevUqkn_vaOGgZo3r_mGJ/s1600-h/IMG00187.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhlsqmr4JYSBntpt36Tm0j2zPi3_dCgF4fX6q1ITV4l5dilF85t9xe3ewPd4GvfdH-YaBh5LmNHbJsnhEiOy13uZlra5aIGRpWdLfLm3wKFZh13bl6_DlUBtEevUqkn_vaOGgZo3r_mGJ/s320/IMG00187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318082625506162290" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is the crowd around the lap counters at the north end of the 25-m lane pool.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-63605235042542364292009-03-27T20:47:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:10:53.296-07:0039 kmHit it in 15:44. He's been bringing in a lot of time. I'm now extrapolating a finish at 10:15 p.m.LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-91321889281038379242009-03-27T20:27:00.001-07:002009-03-27T21:10:19.864-07:00Quick updateA very short break and he's off on km 39.LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-45784419959178627572009-03-27T20:24:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:12:37.660-07:0038 kmAfter a long break, he swam the 1 km in one go, finishing at 15:22. He's done 90% of the distance, and has 4.2 km left. I'm extrapolating a finish at 10:34 p.m. His stroke looks good (see video in previous post), he only had half a cookie between km 37 and 38. Rhonda says he's swimming on guts because he has nothing else in him.LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-34468803462175365322009-03-27T20:08:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:11:47.511-07:00The first length of km 38<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dztJxtCYYdRvtUziL2E_hX7-QE4ypeTXHUqGJzdTkBjVOn_E2k47rb47ZnYy-5zmI53Cyqs-4RCGok9qqCV3w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><br /><div>You can see that his stroke is much better than 4 km ago.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">UPDATE:</span> In response to a question, yes, Tony is in lane 2, and he's drafting. He's been drafting most of the day.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-15356789711549881252009-03-27T20:01:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:09:38.509-07:008 p.m. PDTTony's taking a longish break, so he's still at 37 km. He's 1 km down on his original plan.LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-66351547684674420992009-03-27T19:50:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:09:08.955-07:0037 km!In 14:48. He's moving along. There's some thought (well, Dave thinks) that Tony may swim better doing 8:xx 500s. He's also taking 15 seconds' rest between 250s.<div><br /></div><div>Anyway, he's now 88% in, and has only 5.2 km to go. I'm continuing to extrapolate a finish at 10:30 p.m.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-4017309223005177702009-03-27T19:24:00.000-07:002009-03-27T19:33:01.304-07:0036 kmFor whatever cause, Tony is now a rocket. He finished km 36 in 21 min total. His stroke count has dropped to 17. He took barely 90 seconds' break, and he's into km 37. 6.2 km to go!LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-86653869606689527512009-03-27T19:20:00.000-07:002009-03-27T19:32:15.704-07:00Tony in km 34<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyJ6gA5p-Y7fW1T-kL8ZV-7sACnNe1y6BXE4OitXr9B3PsTBkFId6A_8ZvW6zXTk6almmOutAd-h3pfzyiNZQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div>Tony being "dragged" by Daryl.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-23854572606325821752009-03-27T18:59:00.000-07:002009-03-27T19:30:28.851-07:0034 & 35 km<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgET_yOgEqCOvywM4KQ446CVEp7OrUVsfNN4FFhi3TgCQLIj1SUvxtvqM9O6RKU3-sbgnUaXaCH1HxVRueaYZ406fAjxcnOS7a37qUy3lxCTHApALi_8wB5K4Homfq64izyy0N4n1ayVqsX/s1600-h/IMG00185.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgET_yOgEqCOvywM4KQ446CVEp7OrUVsfNN4FFhi3TgCQLIj1SUvxtvqM9O6RKU3-sbgnUaXaCH1HxVRueaYZ406fAjxcnOS7a37qUy3lxCTHApALi_8wB5K4Homfq64izyy0N4n1ayVqsX/s320/IMG00185.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318054580139849922" /></a><br />Sorry for the delay - been an eventful hour.<div><br /></div><div>Tony hit 35 km at 13:22, and I extrapolated a 10:20 p.m. finish. But he started drinking defizzed Coke, and seemed to be doing better. He went to the washroom twice, and had a hit of oxygen, and began negotiating - not a bad thing here. If he swims 1 km/h he can finish ...</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, at 7 p.m. PDT he was at 35.9 km, only 1oo m down. He hit 36 km at 14:01, so I'm now extrapolating 17:51. Right or wrong, I detect a change in his attitude. I didn't capture it with the camera, but we saw the old Tony grin, and he even had a "groupie" come up to him. :-)</div><div><br /></div><div>We all applauded as he struck out again. And after a very brief break, he's swimming again.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-32378163112211537342009-03-27T18:16:00.000-07:002009-03-27T18:42:54.635-07:00Tony's back in the waterTony threw up - probably a good thing - declined a hit of oxygen from the staff, and is back in the water after nearly 20 minutes between 500s. He's asked for Pringles and chicken broth, though, which is probably on the right path to getting some food into him.<div><br /></div><div>The probably means no more day-old Wendy's chicken fingers, which is surely a good thing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tony now needs to dig deep into his suitcase of courage. He has four hours of suffering, mental & physical, ahead of him.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507011027591478661.post-54813840290335173502009-03-27T18:00:00.000-07:002009-03-27T18:42:10.658-07:006 p.m., 13 hours inTony's on his 33.5-km break. He's definitely feeling low. At 33.25 km he stopped and I wondered if he was going to quit. When I passed on Lee C.'s message he was a bit snarly (well, for Tony).<div><br /></div><div>Anna said Rhonda should tell him he's at the Bear - an in-joke re IM Canada.</div><div><br /></div><div>In terms of adherence to plan, he's right on schedule now.</div>LotStreetWizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893780769277090909noreply@blogger.com6