Danged dog beat me by 9 minutes? Not bad. :)
To not be too hard on myself, I did nearly throw up a few times do to saltwater inhaling, and misjudge the course and had to swim several hundred yards against the current before the entrance to Aquatic Park.
Here's me after the race:
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Originally posted by F'ueco
Here's me after the race:
I was thinking that was a tough race for you, but then I found a "before" picture...
You look much better after the race! ;)
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
Kernow,
are those pigs swimmign? I was once told that gooats are so dumb they are the only animal that can't swim.
Goats dumb? No way! Try to keep one penned up and you'll be amazed at what they can do to escape.
They do stink, however.
-LBJ
I have news for the people who reported the story. Jake is not the first dog to do the Alcatraz swim. That title belongs to Summer, a female yellow lab. I'm not sure if Summer is still alive, but she retired sometime around 1998 and belonged to Dave Horning of EnviroSports. Summer did Alcatraz several times, and also did the Golden Gate Bridge swim a couple times. Summer also beat half of the humans. I have a picture of her somewhere...
~SB
Chris,
Even if the dog killed the bragging rights, it was still a fun swim.
I saw a number of swimmers hung up on the right side of the pier at Sharkfest. Were you in that group? I was far enough left to avoid it but was surprised how far I did get pushed to the right at the entrance to Aquatic Park.
Sharkfest was billed as 1.5 miles, will last weekend's swim was listed as 1.2 miles - were the courses really that different?
Originally posted by Guvnah
Hey, I am assuming that the dog did it without the advantage of a wetsuit that all the other swimmers had...
Most of us were not wearing wetsuits, thank you very much. :p
Frank - My sighting was good the entire swim.... until the last 200 yards :). I was not too far behind the buoy boat, so I started headed towards Transamerica, and slowly worked my way right. About 200 yards off the entrance, I was lined up with the left corner, where I thought I wanted to be, and I stopped paying attention. a minute or so later, I was below the Cables Crossing sign..... and moving. I had to sprint about 20 seconds to get out of the current and into the entrance.
The distances should be nearly excactly the same if the start point is the same. I think SharkFest bills as 1.5 mi. because they show a very wide arc toward the Bay Bridge. Straight on, I've heard it's more like a mile
Chris
