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Escape from Alcatraz Tri

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  • 11-08-2014 2:38pm
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    shansey
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭


    Anyone on here ever do this..

    its on my list and thinkin of entering the lottery for next year..


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    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    it's a bucket list race for me, having lived in the bay area for 6 years. i know a couple of lads that have done it. just because it is California don't assume warm water, nor cal has colder water than ireland


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    mossym wrote: »
    it's a bucket list race for me, having lived in the bay area for 6 years. i know a couple of lads that have done it. just because it is California don't assume warm water, nor cal has colder water than ireland

    Its freezing in that part of the world. SF itself has a very unique climate. Totally unlike anything else in California.


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    mossym
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    ironclaw wrote: »
    Its freezing in that part of the world. SF itself has a very unique climate. Totally unlike anything else in California.

    coldest winter i ever spent was a summer in san francisco

    - /Mark Twain


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    bopperr
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    crazy expensive for what is bascially an olympic race. over 400 dollars to enter....never mind everything else that goes with that.


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    shansey
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭shansey


    yea its pretty exp alright..

    been out a few times and even did the tour.. Its kind of for personal reasons..I mainly just want to do the swim.. but seein as I'm a triathlete it seems like the thing to do..

    cold doesn't bother me too much.. getting swept off course is the concern..


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    kneejerk
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭kneejerk


    shansey wrote: »
    yea its pretty exp alright..

    been out a few times and even did the tour.. Its kind of for personal reasons..I mainly just want to do the swim.. but seein as I'm a triathlete it seems like the thing to do..

    cold doesn't bother me too much.. getting swept off course is the concern..

    There are a number of swim only events costing around €150 eg. sharkfest.

    If the prupose of your trip was to do the swim then you may as well go for the Tri, make a day of it!


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