I had the awesome chance to participate in the Escape from Alcatraz corporate relay doing the daunting 1.5 mile swim leg. I was definitely nervous, because I could not sleep last night, maybe 3 hours. I was up at 4am on the bus at 4:45, on the boat, at 5:30 and jumping in the water at 7:02 am. I just put my head down and swam as hard as I could sighting on land marks and keeping with a pack. I finished in 32:50 which gave me an overall rank of 208 out of 2000 people, albeit I only did one leg out of three and could go all out. This has got me inspired and I hope to do additional open oceans swims this year. Special thanks to Annette at work who got me involved, to Janice and Bob for training with me at the Cove, and for our family uber triathlete George for spending the night with the boys and bringing them down to see my water exit. It was great to give them high fives as I came out of the water into the half mile transition run.
Night before getting gear ready. Thanks for lending me the wetsuit George
The race course and the swim exit
Always great to have uncle George over
4 comments:
WOW!!! you should be so pround of your accomplishment! CONGRATS, i love you!
Charlie,
You made it! It's hard enough just getting into water that cold, let alone swimming. You're a CHAMP! Glad you're back in the pod. Congratulations, Love,Susie
p.s. great crew
I'm thinking about joining you for LJRWS. (The conditions are always a mystery.) Excellent time, well done! Janice
Congrats! That's awesome. I always thought that would be a really cool swim to do. (Although I've heard it's REALLY cold) Way to go : )
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