FUNDRAISER RETURNS FROM PANDEMIC HIATUS: More than 200 swimmers take to the Ottawa River

With the return of the Ottawa Riverkeeper Open Water Swim after a two-year hiatus came 14-year-old Charlie Anderson’s very first open water race. She clocked the top time in the 1.5-kilometre event. The competitive indoor swimmer has been training in open water since COVID-19 closed indoor pools, starting with morning swims at Britannia.

“It’s a whole new sport, it’s completely different, but … I like the rhythm better than just like, doing laps,” she said. “Having no walls or pace clock, it’s more relaxing.” Finishing neck and neck with Anderson was Robert Landriault, who’s been swimming an open water circuit for the last handful of years. The worldwide Global Swim Series has taken him to Bermuda, Barbados, and Florida, but he’s been swimming competitively in Gatineau for the last 45 years.

“Fifty-seven years old and still swimming,” he said. “Tranquility. When you’re swimming, your head is in the water, you don’t have nothing at all, it’s nice and quiet.” Landriault is retiring from the Canadian Armed Forces on Sept. 1 after 32 years of service and swimming will become his full-time focus, including some triathlons.Article contentThe Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race took place in the Ottawa River, starting and finishing at the Lac Deschênes Sailing Club, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Bruce McNicoll was running to the finish line of the 4K race Sunday morning.

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