Lucky's Lake Swim
Lucky’s Lake Swim is a daily 1 kilometer open water swim started by Lucky Meisenheimer at his home in 1989 in Orlando, Florida. The no charge swim has achieved a cult status with open water swimmers and triathletes. Thousands have completed the swim. It is also known as the Aquatica (unrelated to the Orlando water park) 1K enter the food chain swim.
Read more about Lucky's Lake Swim: History, The Wall of Fame, Risks, Rewards, Statistics
Famous quotes containing the words lucky, lake and/or swim:
“Go chase into the house a lucky foot.
And, O my son, be, on the one hand, good,
And do not, on the other hand, be bad;
For that is very much the safest plan.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“Like a canoe route across the great lake on whose shore
One is left trapped, grumbling not so much at bad luck as
Because only this one side of experience is ever revealed.
And that meant something.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
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—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)