2025 Swim Lake Michigan for ALS Research with A Long Swim

Here is the event schedule for race morning:

SWIMMERS Schedule of Events

Sunday:

• 5:00 a.m. Shuttle Begins from Lloyds Park
• 5:45 am: Swim Packet Pick Up and Registration Opens

• 6:25am: Safety Talk for 5k Course
• 6:30am: 5k Swim Starts

• 6:55am: Safety Talk for 2.4 Course
• 7:00am: 2.4 Mile Wave 1 Swim Starts
• 7:05am: 2.4 Mile Wave 2 Swim Starts (if necessary)

• 7:15am: 1.2 Safety Talk
• 7:20am: 1.2 Mile Wave 1 Swim Starts
• 7:25am: 1.2 Mile Wave 2 Swim Starts (if necessary)

• 7:30am: 1500 Meter Safety Talk
• 7:35am: 1500 Meter Wave 1 Swim Starts
• 7:40am: 1500 Meter Wave 2 Swim Starts (if necessary)

• 7:40am: 750 Meter Safety Talk
• 7:45am: 750 Meter Wave 1 Swim Starts
• 7:50am: 750 Meter Wave 2 Swim Starts (if necessary)

• 9:00am: Majority of swimmers are out of the water

Swim Cap Colors:

• Gold = 5k
• White = 2.4 Mile
• Orange = 1.2 Mile
• Red = 1500 Meter
• Lt. Blue = 750 Meter

A Long Swim designs and manages open water swimming events, raising funds for world-class collaborative ALS research in Chicago and throughout the world.

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