Lake George Marathon Swim

12/02/2022

I’m thrilled to share the upcoming induction of local swimmer Diane Strubel to the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Among other fears, she was the first person to swim the length of Lake George.

09/01/2021

Congratulations Elizabeth Almond!

07/09/2021

Interesting long read for all our cold-water marathon swim friends, and us wanabes.
https://oregonlakebagging.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/swimming-to-confusion-stories-from-cold-water-swimmers/?fbclid=IwAR35i4vTMGFZppF1aRXLpJ9CPtvPj77PdK5UXAAxuhMoIVqb0WVBXVD6nrE

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05/19/2021

It takes some dedicated crew in addition to an awesome swimmer to pull off these epic events . We need an es**rt boat in August or September. The whole swim with staging takes about 22 hours, so it involves an overnight on the lake. Please make some inquiries and let me know. Bob Singer [email protected]

12/30/2020

Here’s a link to Charlotte Brynn’s blog describing her record-setting 32 mile swim across Lake George.

Lake George Marathon Swim December 24, 2020 By Charlotte Brynn August 18-19, 2020: 17 Hours, 58 Minutes, 34 seconds Fastest Solo Completion, Fastest Female Solo Completion, Oldest Solo Completion, First New Zealander ( pending ratification ) A Swimmer‘s Story of Swimming the Queen of American Lake...

09/27/2020

Caroline Block gets some well-deserved attention for her double crossing of Lake George

Lake Placid's Caroline Block recently became the first person to do a double-swim of Lake George, covering 64-plus miles without stopping.

09/19/2020

09/04/2020

From this week's Chronicle - Vermont's Charlotte Brynn broke the record last month for swimming the length of Lake George - and she is the oldest person to complete the feat.

Plus, an upcoming event to celebrate a new book by Gwenne Rippon about her mother, Diane Struble - the first person to swim the lake, in 1958.

https://www.glensfallschronicle.com/vermont-woman-fastest-oldest-to-swim-lake-george/