August 12th, the Furthest North open water swim in North America! Located in Sitka, Alaska.
Men's and women's age group and Relay divisions will be awarded trophies and ribbons.
Solo or relay 10k, 5k and 1k open water swims in Sitka Sound, with a water temperature range in the mid 50’s. The course will start at the Mount Edgecumbe High School ramp on Japonski Island. The course will then take the swimmers north out of Sitka Channel and westward along the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historic Site and loop back to the Mt. Edgecumbe ramp to finish. A turnaround point in course will be available for those swimming the 5k and 1K distances.
Sanction pending with USMS.
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Kris - flexibility is always inspiring!
backing up a bit ....
could go on and on about Kruzof Island, but that would be starting to get more off-topic than may be allowed.
hmmm. i think the scope is up to the originating poster. Along those lines though, sorry about getting the race announcement off to a divisive start (wetsuits), and further distractions about satellite swims. There are so many great swims to be done around Sitka that a 1st Annual Sitka Swim Week would seem quite realistic, especially if the weather cooperated! Perhaps daily 5k sea 'races' in the morning and hike/swims in the afternoon, and a major event day with the 10k. August daylight is pretty long up there, maybe 15 or 16 hours of daylight? Also I didn't mean to imply 2012 or to put you on the spot.
Kris - flexibility is always inspiring!
backing up a bit ....
could go on and on about Kruzof Island, but that would be starting to get more off-topic than may be allowed.
hmmm. i think the scope is up to the originating poster. Along those lines though, sorry about getting the race announcement off to a divisive start (wetsuits), and further distractions about satellite swims. There are so many great swims to be done around Sitka that a 1st Annual Sitka Swim Week would seem quite realistic, especially if the weather cooperated! Perhaps daily 5k sea 'races' in the morning and hike/swims in the afternoon, and a major event day with the 10k. August daylight is pretty long up there, maybe 15 or 16 hours of daylight? Also I didn't mean to imply 2012 or to put you on the spot.
