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There are several runners on staff here at Chicagoist, a few of whom have actually run some marathons. But what we've accomplished ins nothing compared to the feat completed by 30-year-old Canadian Paula Stephanson: she has completed swimming across all of the Great Lakes. She completed the 35-mile swim across Lake Michigan, from Chicago to Michigan City, last night. The undertaking began in 1996. [Sun-Times, NBC 5]
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Okay, not to be a hater or anything--especially considering the fact that I personally can't swim at all--but it kind of bothers me that she considers Chicago to Michigan City to be "across the lake." That line is more like a glancing blow across one corner. It makes me wonder where she crossed Superior. By this standard, you could swim the 20 miles from Two Harbors, MN to Port Wing, WI and still say you crossed a lake that's about 160 miles across at its widest point.
Nevertheless, she did better than I could do.
ditto. I mean kudos for her for swimming 35 miles without a rest. that in itself is crazy. But, I'm sorry, you did not "swim across Lake Michigan"
Yeah...I'd totally die if I tried it, but if she wanted to use the word "across" she'd have to start in Milwaukee and go east.
She looks...boyant.