61-year anniversary, then-longest marathon swim (Lake Ontario, 51km, 16 year old Marilyn Bell)

This is a wonderful recap of a truly amazing story that set our sport in motion.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/09/03/once-upon-a-city-even-flesh-sucking-eels-couldnt-stop-first-lady-of-the-lake-marilyn-bell.html

Marilyn Bell continues to be an active cheerleader in the sport today. On a recent swim, I sent her hourly snapshots of my observer's log from my cell phone, and she took her laptop to bed to read them as they came in all night. :-) A truly wonderful and gracious lady.

loneswimmer

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