I am from Portland Oregon and want to do an Alcatraz swim event. Not knowing the events and their seem to be many I wanted any help I could get in choosing one. From what I saw on the web the shark fest seems to be a main event. I figure I am am going to come down from Portland it should be a big event and not a club outing. Any input on this would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
I had the same experience with Swim with the Centurions in 2010. I think if they had told everyone who was swimming without wetsuits to stand by a specific side of the boat it would have helped. I moved to the wrong side - and I was not alone. All the swimmers W/S were great and moved out of the way. Maybe they were afraid of catching a bit of crazy from us. The event was billed as a race and they should of had a better organized start. They could have asked the no-wetsuit people who were there to swim and not race to let the other on-wetsuit ahead of them.
Yep, that was the same year that I did it. What gets me is that 2010 was not the first year that they put on the race -- it was their eighth -- so they should have known better, it seems to me. They did say they wanted participants to just enjoy the experience, that times were different depending on currents, etc. Ok, then, why give out timers at all, and why award places? I wouldn't have placed anyway, but I was frustrated not even knowing what my real time was, since the race had been going on for a number of minutes before I was able to get off the boat. Again, if they'd just organized and announced better, as E=H2O says, then there would not have been an issue.
I had the same experience with Swim with the Centurions in 2010. I think if they had told everyone who was swimming without wetsuits to stand by a specific side of the boat it would have helped. I moved to the wrong side - and I was not alone. All the swimmers W/S were great and moved out of the way. Maybe they were afraid of catching a bit of crazy from us. The event was billed as a race and they should of had a better organized start. They could have asked the no-wetsuit people who were there to swim and not race to let the other on-wetsuit ahead of them.
Yep, that was the same year that I did it. What gets me is that 2010 was not the first year that they put on the race -- it was their eighth -- so they should have known better, it seems to me. They did say they wanted participants to just enjoy the experience, that times were different depending on currents, etc. Ok, then, why give out timers at all, and why award places? I wouldn't have placed anyway, but I was frustrated not even knowing what my real time was, since the race had been going on for a number of minutes before I was able to get off the boat. Again, if they'd just organized and announced better, as E=H2O says, then there would not have been an issue.
