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.
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