Hi Everybody!
DianaC and I did the Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim on September 16th. It was a great race. We both completed it. My time was 56:20.1 for 1.5 miles. We had a beautiful day for the swim. The view was great. I highly recommend it. For info about the race and results, check out http://www.envirosports. We met so many great people. Anyone else go to the race?
Swimmy :)
Hi Peggy - thanks for the accolades though there's many more swimmers around here more talented than I am.
Just wanted to let you that excluding my friend El Sharko there actually are 5 species of sharks in the San Francisco Bay (no, the Great White never comes into the bay but stays out in the ocean - too much sediment in the bay). Fortunately, in the 130-odd years people from the Dolphin & South End Rowing Clubs have been swimming in the bay, not a single swimmer has ever seen one of those 5 species much less been bothered by one. They're about as interested in eating people as we would in eating rats or insects.
Unlike the nasty bull sharks you have there in Florida.
Regards,
Gary
Hi Peggy - thanks for the accolades though there's many more swimmers around here more talented than I am.
Just wanted to let you that excluding my friend El Sharko there actually are 5 species of sharks in the San Francisco Bay (no, the Great White never comes into the bay but stays out in the ocean - too much sediment in the bay). Fortunately, in the 130-odd years people from the Dolphin & South End Rowing Clubs have been swimming in the bay, not a single swimmer has ever seen one of those 5 species much less been bothered by one. They're about as interested in eating people as we would in eating rats or insects.
Unlike the nasty bull sharks you have there in Florida.
Regards,
Gary
