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August 12-14, 2003

Swim Facts
Aug 13 - 7:17:00PM

MUNRO'S MARATHON WILL BE ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS.
AT 52, HE'S POISED TO BECOME THE OLDEST AMATEUR SWIMMER TO EVER COMPLETE THE CROSSING OF LAKE ONTARIO.
AND IT'S ALSO THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE HAS TRIED IT IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE LAKE.
PAST SWIMS USUALLY OCCUR BETWEEN NIAGARA ON THE LAKE AND TORONTO
THE COURSE MUNRO SWAM WAS 56 KILOMETRES.
AS MENTIONED, HE'S BEEN IN THE WATER FOR ABOUT 33 HOURS AND COUNTING.
ALONG THE WAY, HE'S KEPT UP HIS ENERGY BY EATING BISCUITS, BABY FOOD, FRUIT CUPS, SOUP AND SPORTS DRINK.
MUNRO IS DOING THIS TO RAISE 80-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE KINGSTON YMCA.

Early Munro
Aug 13 - 7:16:00PM

KINGSTON'S MARATHON MAN IS CLOSING-IN ON HIS GOAL OF SWIMMING ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO.
JOHN MUNRO IS NOW WITHIN SIGHT OF KINGSTON'S WATERFRONT.
....AND AT LAST WORD HE HAS ABOUT 2 KILOMETRES TO GO.
IT'S A GRUELLING HOMESTRETCH WHEN YOU CONSIDER MUNRO HAS ALREADY BEEN IN THE WATER FOR ABOUT 33 HOURS.
THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN NEAR THE WESTERN TIP OF WOLFE ISLAND....HIS WIFE AND COACH, VICKI KEITH, IS PADDLING ALONGSIDE.
THE 52-YEAR-OLD MARATHON SWIMMER HOPED TO ARRIVE IN CONFEDERATION BASIN THIS MORNING.
BUT HIGH WAVES AND FATIGUE DELAYED HIS ARRIVAL TIME.
THE LATEST WE'RE HEARING IS THAT MUNRO SHOULD ARRIVE BY 6:30 THIS EVENING.
..IN HALF AN HOUR.
SPECTATORS AND SEVERAL REPORTERS HAVE GATHERED ON THE TOUR BOAT DOCK AT LOWER BROCK STREET -- IN PREPARATION FOR HIS ARRIVAL.
HIS 56-KILOMETRE SWIM STARTED TUESDAY MORNING IN SACKETS HARBOUR, NEW YORK.

John Munro Swim
Aug 12 - 7:47:00PM

HE'S BEEN IN THE WATER FOR 10 HOURS -- AND HE'S NOT EVEN AT THE HALFWAY POINT YET.


JOHN MUNRO BEGAN HIS MARATHON SWIM ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO THIS MORNING.... FROM SACKETS HARBOUR, NEW YORK.
MUNRO HOPES TO SWIM A TOTAL OF 56-KILOMETRES IN AN EFFORT TO RAISE CLOSE TO 80-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE KINGSTON YMCA.
HEATHER MACDONALD FROM THE "Y" SAYS EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY SO FAR.

MUNRO WILL BE SWIMMING AROUND THE WESTERN TIP OF WOLFE ISLAND BEFORE ARRIVING IN KINGSTON'S CONFEDERATION BASIN.
IF ALL GOES TO PLAN, HE SHOULD ARRIVE AT ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING.

THE LAKE CROSSING THAT MUNRO HAS CHOSEN IS 56-KILOMETRES LONG --ALMOST DOUBLE THE LENGTH OF HIS RECENT SWIM OF LAKE ERIE.
HERE IS THE ROUTE HE'S TAKING.

IT'S NOT A STRAIGHT LINE BY ANY MEANS.
MUNRO LEFT SACKETS HARBOUR, NEW YORK JUST BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
HE'LL BE HEADING WEST ...THEN NORTH TOWARDS THE WESTERN END OF WOLFE ISLAND.
IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, HE SHOULD REACH SHORE AT KINGSTON'S CONFEDERATION BASIN AT ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING.
THE ESTIMATED TIME OF THE MARATHON SWIM IS 27 HOURS.