08/16/2025
Last minute from your race director for Aug 16, 2025
Hi Swimmers,
If any of your swimming buddies have not been receiving my emails, please pass this information along to them. Or if they just signed up in person, I don’t have their emails in the system yet.
If you have not picked up your packet, be sure to come early. We want to be finished by 7 upstairs.
The course set up will have yellow start buoys (large pyramid/cone shaped) for both the 1k and 2k and will remain in the water for all the 5k swimmers to use as site buoys. These are set up at 8th Ave South (1k start) and 16th Ave South (2k start). There will be orange intermediate buoys (large pyramid/cone shaped) at 4th Ave South and 12th Ave South.
The 5k swimmers will start in front of Joe’s Crab Shack. There will be a lifeguard with a small round buoy that you MUST left-shoulder turn before heading north to the large yellow, round buoy towards the pier. DO NOT CUT your first turn at the lifeguard. The finish white buoy is NOT in play when you swim north towards the pier. Right shoulder turn on the yellow north buoy and head south to 22nd Ave South where another large yellow round buoy will be your second right shoulder turn. The other buoys from the 1k and 2k courses are just for sighting.
The Finish line for all swimmers will be a large Fluid Realty WHITE buoy; left shoulder turn around that buoy to head to the finish line on the beach, by the timing clock.
JOLYN will be upstairs at 7am and would like to have you visit when you are finished.
Know your limits. If you must call over a lifeguard or kayak to rest frequently, then maybe you should swim to shore and tell me you will train harder next year and turn in your timing chip. Open water swimming is to be respected. We want you safely on shore.
Saturday is almost here!
Susan
