These Women Inspire Us with Their Marathon Swim of a New York Lake

The eight women didn't have time to train. They only decided a week in advance to take on what they call a "menopause marathon," a 32-mile relay swim across the entire length of Lake George in Upstate New York. But they did have a purpose that drove them from the beginning. They wanted to call attention to the important benefits of exercise for women over 50.

The group of eight, a.k.a. the "Estrogen Club," range in age from 55 to 71, and over two days they took hour-and-a-half shifts swimming on the lake, starting on the southern tip on Thursday, taking the night off to sleep in their own beds, and finishing at Fort Ticonderoga on Friday afternoon.