Holiday Calendar – Zombie Swim Recap and more….
When does Lucky’s Lake Swim season end? Well, Never. We swim year round, and what is baffling to our regular swimmers is why there is a drop off in numbers in October. The water is perfect high 70s- to low 80s, good visibility and the hot tub is going. So, what’s your excuse?
The Zombie Cause® Swim was a blast. For those who were too scared to swim please watch the recap video below to see what you missed, you loser.
Holiday Times for 2024
November
17th 6:30 AM A film crew will be filming some of the lake swim (your chance to be a star, no SAG card needed)
22nd 7:45 AM
23rd 7:45 AM Thanksgiving
24th 7:45 AM Black Friday (Tentative Lake Cane Restoration Society Poker Night – details TBA)
25th 7:45 AM Saturday
December
18-22 7:45 AM
23rd 7:45 Saturday (Festivus)
24th No Swim Sunday (Christmas Eve)
25th No Swim Monday (Christmas Day)
26-30th 7:45 AM
31st No Swim Sunday (New Year’s Eve)
January
1st 7:45 AM Monday New Year’s Day
2nd 6:30 AM back to normal swim schedule 6:30 AM Mon-Fri, 7:45 AM Saturdays
Wimped out and didn’t do the Zombie Cause® Swim because you were too scared? Well, here’s your chance to live vicariously by watching the video. Please veiw with a feeling of shame and guilt. The good news is that you can redeem yourself next year by participating, but until then you are dead to the zombie swimming community (pun not intended).
Volunteers Needed (Read Below)
The 2023 U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships presented by Toyota will be held December 15 – 17, 2023 in Orlando, Florida. The Rosen Aquatic and Fitness Center will serve as the host venue. The national championships will feature the top Team USA Paralympic athletes and emerging Paralympic hopefuls.
We are currently looking for volunteers to help with timing for both the morning and evening sessions, including basket carriers and USADA Doping Control Chaperones (Must be 18 years or older with no relationship to any competing athlete) for all evening sessions during the swim meet. No prior experience is necessary! There are six swimming sessions and we will need 20 volunteers in the morning, and 41 volunteers in the evening.
- – Session 1: Friday, December 15; 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- – Session 2: Friday, December 15; 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- – Session 3: Saturday, December 16; 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- – Session 4: Saturday, December 16; 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- – Session 5: Sunday, December 17; 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- – Session 6: Sunday, December 17; 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
If you are interested in volunteering or know of someone that would be, please access the Sign-Up Genius link below:
Volunteer link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040C4BACA62AA5F94-20232#/Thank you for your interest in supporting our Paralympic athletes! We are excited to be at The Rosen Aquatic and Fitness Center and look forward to seeing you on the pool deck.
If you have any questions concerning volunteer opportunities for the 2023 U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships, please reach out to Bailey Daniel at Bailey.Daniel@usopc.org.
- Volunteer now and your reward awaits you in heaven.
THE ZOMBIE CAUSE® SWIM IS TONIGHT- YOU CAN STILL SWIM – IF YOUR NOT TOO SCARED
YES, there are still tickets available. This is a bragging rights swim. This will come as a shock to many reading this, but there are a lot of folks out there scared of zombies.
Don’t let your fears control you.
Sign UP NOW – Last Chance – Click Here to Sign UP
The inaugural Zombie Cause® Swim. 8pm Oct 14th at Lucky’s Lake Swim. Don’t forget we have a zombie costume contest.
Zombie Cause® Swim Tomorrow Night!!! Sign up now if your not too scared.
Yes it is scary, but that’s the point. This is a no wimps swim and full bragging rights will come with completion. Excuses will not suffice, either you swim, or all of your progeny will carry the burden for generations to come.
Please prevent this future conversation from happening. “Great-Grandpa why didn’t you do the zombie swim when you could have? Well, great-grandson I am a card carrying wimp. Does that mean I’m a wimp and all future generations of our genetic pool will be wimps too? Yes, yes is does.”
Sign up for the Zombie Cause Swim here:
Zombies are signing up for the swim. Remember there is a zombie costume contest before the swim.
The inaugural Zombie Cause® Swim. 8pm Oct 14th. Sign up Here
Zombie Swim 12 days away, Swim for Inclusion a success
Only 12 shopping days left until the Zombie Cause Swim. Don’t panic; you can still get tickets for the swim by clicking here. If you need more information, click here. If you have no intention of swimming, click here, if you are a Democrat click here, if you are a republican click here, if you are independent click here, if you are a Libertarian click here, and if you are apolitical click here.
Please remember there is a zombie costume contest, so feel free to dress up for the event.
Volunteers will need to show up at 5 pm on the night of the race to help with set up. If you can volunteer, please let Lucky know.
Water temp is 82 degrees, as of this morning, which is a perfect swimming temp. Where are all the swimmers? I believe it is because everyone likes complaining about when the water is too hot or to cold, when it’s just right there’s nothing to complain about, so it gives you no joy in life.
Okay here’s the deal. This is an inaugural swim. Twenty years from now you will be telling folks either yes you participated the very first one which makes you some kind of Demigod or no you didn’t sign up and it is now your biggest regret in your life, even more than participating in the one chip challenge. Buy your ticket here.
Congratulations to the Lucky’s Lake Swimmers team which was the top fundraising team for the Special Olympics Swim for Inclusion on Saturday. The swim raised nearly $20,000 for Special Olympics. The funds are used to support open water swimming in Special Olympics. The plaque is reported to have some magic qualities. Reportedly if you rub it the correct way you will grow hair on the ends of your little fingers.
Rosen Aquatic Center Natatorium named for Doc Lucky and much more…
Harris Rosen of the Rosen Aquatic Center with Lucky Meisenheimer. The Natatorium was recently named in Lucky’s honor. Lucky says: ” This is a great honor even though I have problems spelling the word “Natatorium.”
Sign up now! The inaugural Zombie Cause® Swim. 8pm Oct 14th. There will be a zombie costume contest. Prizes for best zombie, most bizarre zombie and sexist zombie. Click here to see FAQs about the event, a video and sign up form.
Swim for Inclusion is Saturday Sept 30th at 9AM at Lucky’s Lake Swim. Sign up to be a part of the Lucky’s Lake Swimmers team. Over $17000 has been raised so far. Click here to Join the Lucky’s Lake Swimmers Team
Tickets are now available for the Zombie Cause® Swim
The inaugural Zombie Cause® Swim. 8pm Oct 14th. Ticket sales are now open!
Only two hundred spots are available and ticket sales opens tonight!
(100% of the ticket price goes to the Step into Swim program for the Rosen Aquatic Center)
You must print out your ticket and bring it to the event to participate. There will be a best dressed zombie contest
Check out the Zombie Cause® Swim video here
Don’t forget to join us for the Special Olympics Swim for Inclusion on Sept 30th. You can sign up for the Lucky’s Lake Swimmers Team Here
1st annual Zombie Swim, new milestone awards and more…
Editor’s note: I remain confused; we at Lucky’s Lake swim distinctly remember everyone complaining that the water was too cold to swim in January. With much effort, we had Shawn turn on all the lake heaters, and now everyone is complaining about the water being too hot (except, of course, the brain-eating amoebae, who are reportedly loving it). Which is it, too hot or too cold? Making matters more perplexing is the occasional wetsuit swimmer in 89-degree water. Are they suicidal? Are they on drugs? Are they suicidal and on drugs? Should we attempt to stop them or quietly film the next viral TikTok “Florida Man boils himself.” A moral dilemma for most, however, not for Lucky; you must have morals to have a moral dilemma. I see him setting up his video camera on the dock. Shawn, please turn off the lake heaters; thank you.
Here are some upcoming events:
Monday September 4th Labor Day 7:45 AM
Saturday September 30th Special Olympics Swim for Inclusion. Come join our open-water Special Olympics athletes for a swim—more about signing up in a later post.
Major Milestone update. Not since we dropped the word Aquatica from our milestone awards has there been such a shocking update to our award system. Here are our new milestone award swimming caps. White 25K, yellow 100K, orange 200K, silver 500K, gold 1000K, Red 2000K, 3000K, 5000K. You may ask why red is selected for 2000K and above. Well, we had a 2000K club cap which was black, and everyone one was calling them black head and making pimple jokes like “Oooh, there’s a black head; let me get my comedo extractor” (Ed note: only Lucky thought this was funny). With the color red, even if you call them redheads, there are no jokes about redheads, right? The caps remain free when you hit each milestone, but if you ruin, lose your cap, or get lice in your cap you now can get a replacement for a $10 donation to the Lake Cane Restoration Society. The new caps are all silicone, the old caps were latex, and people’s heads kept swelling up and exploding. (Ed Note: Lucky told me this fact, he’s a doctor, so it must be true.)
If you are looking for a restaurant that appreciates Lucky’s Lake Swimmers (and makes a fantastic Reuben sandwich) look no further than Stephie’s Pub and Irish eatery on OBT in Apopka. Legend has it if you eat or drink something sitting under the Lucky’s Lake Swim logo it will bring you luck. In reading the fine print it does not specify the type of luck you will receive.
It has come to our attention that folks are arriving after our start time of 6:30 am on weekdays and 7:45 pm on Saturdays. There are no other start times from Lucky’s dock. They swim from other docks if you see other people in the water before Lucky’s start time. We have very few rules associated with the swim, but one of them is you are expected to arrive by the start time. You don’t have to start swimming the moment the group begins, but you are expected to be present at the start. Please respect the start time.
Anika (age 70) did her first crossing today. Lucky may look 70, but she doesn’t.
Lucky and his sons John and Jake had a significant publication in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science titled “Measured Submersion Times in Underwater Hockey Are Inconsistent With Its Classification as an Extreme Apneic Sport. This is the first major scientific publication on the sport of underwater hockey. Please click on the article, give it 5-star reviews, and then if you want, read it, but don’t change your five-star reviews after you are done reading. Congratulations to Pete Gold for trying out Underwater Hockey and not dying. He will get his man card stamped if he comes to another practice. You might be thinking, “If Pete can do it, so can I,” and you would be correct. We are always recruiting new members, and we are coed. Join us at the Rosen Aquatic Center Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 pm. Is it better than sex? No, but it is better than sitting at home watching reruns of Gilligan’s Island. If we don’t see you at the pool, we will assume you are at home having sex.
Fourth of July swim time
July 4th swim is at 7:45 AM. There is no midnight swim this year. The midnight swim is being replaced by the Zombie Cause Night Swim to be held at 8pm on October 14th. More on that swim, and the registration in future blog posts. Everyone have a wonderful 4th.
We have been asked if at the temperature of 87 degrees is Lucky’s Lake Swim wetsuit legal. Yes it is, and it may also be wetsuit lethal, you decide.
Save the date. The inaugural Zombie Cause® Swim. 8pm Oct 14th. Swim in the dark. We start with one zombie in the water. How many will be zombified and how many survive the 1K swim? Not a timed race, a stealth survival swim. More details to follow. 200 swimmer limit.
Please don’t park your vehicles in Lucky’s backyard. The towing company has been called, however this particular vehicle requires a special Hasbro tow truck, so you know that’s going to get expensive.
Only hours left to sign up for the Golden Mile® No regular Lucky’s Lake Swim on Saturday.
Time has run out. You have less than 24 hours to get registered for the Golden Mile® Register now Here
The silent auction items can be seen HERE
The race is on Saturday!!!!
6.2 Mile swim starts at 7:00 am
2.4 Mile swim starts at 7:15 am
Golden Mile® starts at 11 am
Error on the Beattie Lake swim date in last blog post.
The 34th annual Jack Beattie Swim and pancake brunch is on Saturday June 3rd not the 2nd. Race starts at 10:30 AM.
Sorry about the typo. Our editor was hanging in gravity boots doing whiskey shots when he was proofreading the post. He however believes the error was due to climate change.
Doc Lucky Meisenheimer
