Hi Bay Area Swimmers -
I hope to get some info from my Bay Area friends about who runs the best Alcatraz Open Water swims out there. There are 5-6 of us in Minnesota who want to do the swim.
Bill Barthold once told me there were numerous swim coordinators who do this during the summer months.
Thanks for any information you can post my way.
Paul Windrath
Paul
You might look at the South End Rowing Club web site:
www.south-end.org/.../index.shtml
The Alcatraz swim is put on by the Dolphin and South End Rowing club. (This is not a Pacific Masters sanctioned swim).They have the Alcatraz swim in September, when the water is about the warmest it will be - aprox 62 F. (hey but it is a warm 62 degrees). Right now I have heard the water is around 53 degrees (but it is a warm 53 degrees).
If you are going to sign up for this event, do it early as there is a limit of 400 swimmers and it does fill up.
There are other events, but most of them are triathlons and cost a lot more money. I almost forgot, they have the January 1 Alcatraz swim if you want to be here during the holiday season.
michael
Paul
You might look at the South End Rowing Club web site:
www.south-end.org/.../index.shtml
The Alcatraz swim is put on by the Dolphin and South End Rowing club. (This is not a Pacific Masters sanctioned swim).They have the Alcatraz swim in September, when the water is about the warmest it will be - aprox 62 F. (hey but it is a warm 62 degrees). Right now I have heard the water is around 53 degrees (but it is a warm 53 degrees).
If you are going to sign up for this event, do it early as there is a limit of 400 swimmers and it does fill up.
There are other events, but most of them are triathlons and cost a lot more money. I almost forgot, they have the January 1 Alcatraz swim if you want to be here during the holiday season.
michael
