I grew up in St. Charles and I can't think of any lakes suitable for swimming. Where is this lake located??

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It's in New Town. You have to be a resident or guest to use it. If it's been more than a few years since you lived here, it didn't exist.

There's also a pretty long canal system in Town. I haven't swam it yet, but plan to.

Steve

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Steve

"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

Where's New Town?

I lived in Old Town when I was there. Just off of Jefferson Street by the Immanual Lutheran Church.

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New Town is a new community they started construction on just a few years ago. It is located between HW370 and HWB just West of Boschertown/HW94. Here's a link...

http://www.newtownatstcharles.com/

Check out the aerial photos in the Photo Gallery.

Steve

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Steve

"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

Ahh, good old Boschertown. That area was full of ''river rats'' back in my day. We used to go down to French Town to buy and sell bait when we were kids. Then, during high school, the bait shops became THE place to buy beer.

New Town looks nice.

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Newtown looks like The Truman Show.

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LOL!

Steve

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Steve

"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

How nervous do you get when the water starts to rise?

In '93 you would have been swimming to get home.

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The floods were always ''cool'' when I was in high school because they let the boys out to help fill sand bags. Why I ever though filling sand bags was better than sitting at a desk daydreaming is beyond me.

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It'll be just like living on a tropical island (except for the stench).

I'm not nervous. That's what flood insurance is for.

Besides, 1993 was a "hundred year flood". We're safe for another 86 years!

Steve

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Steve

"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

Steve, what times were you looking to swim? I might be interested but have a couple of questions. Where does the water come from? I did the John Howard Biathlon last weekend and it looked a little dirty and cold (no wetsuit). How fast can you swim and when were you looking to splash in the canel. I'm not the fastest swimmer, in fact I just did my first swim workout of about 2500 yards at RSC on Monday. Innsbrook is going to be open for Quartermax entries in June. Also, Barro and one of my buddies are taking off work to ride 115 miles on june fifth. The route we are taking is on usatf.org under Marthasville Missouri if you want to look at what could be a good route.

I am not so sure about just picking a lake and swimming in it...........there is the quartermax training day option, there is also the creve coeur park multipsort series. More info at http://www.swimbikerunstlouis.com/. Creve Couer lake is actually cleaner than the lake that the Lake Saint Louis Tri is held in...............who knew.

No specific times in mind. I've been swimming in the lake the last few weekends w/ the wetsuit, but it's actually a little warm once I get going. I'm going to give it a go w/o the suit this weekend.

I don't know where the water comes from, but the lake was built with swimming, canoeing, etc in mind (it's one of the big things they community touts) so I have to believe that it's fine. And, swimming in it hasn't changed my mind. It's certainly cleaner than a lot of places they hold triathlons.

I'm not a terribly fast swimmer (predict ~8:00 flat for Rec Plex) and don't swim terribly hard open-water. I use it more for acclimation and sighting practice.

If you're interested (I'm planning on going tomorrow afternoon), shoot me an e-mail.

Steve

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Steve

"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

Did you read the thread??? I'm not just picking some random lake & swimming in it.

Steve

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Steve

"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

The Creve Coure Park Multisport Series sounds like fun, but I am not going to become a USAT annual member just to do the races. What kind of bullshit is that??

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I agree its rough to pay the annual membership rate just for this event, but there are many benefits of being an anuual member of USAT, the most of which is you don't have to pay the $10 one-day charge that is basically for insurance that most local events get through USAT....including any of the ultramax events, Lake Saint Louis, even the Tour de Kirkwood :-) If you do a few events its cheaper to just be an annual member.