Bay Area's Infamous 'Alcatraz Escape From Rock' Swim, Duathlon Less Than 2 Weeks Away

BAY AREA, CA – “Hey. Pass the word”… There’s going to be a prison break, and everyone is invited!

Envirosports’ 36th Annual Alcatraz Escape from the Rock™ Duathlon and Swim, will be held on Saturday, Aug. 27. Participants have the choice an open-water swim (1.5-mile swim) or duathlon (1.5-mile swim and 7-mile run).

You have heard the stories, you’ve seen the movies, you know the infamous inmates, but now it’s your turn to make history on the escape course! Participants will be taken right in front of “The Rock” via tourist ferry, where everyone will be dropped off. You’ll be swimming away as you make the ULTIMATE ESCAPE!

The swim course is the original swim from Alcatraz, the duathlon adding a seven-mile run to Fort Point and back to Aquatic Park. This is the "Number 1" scenic run in San Francisco, along the Marina Green/Presidio Crissy Field Promenade, with fantastic vistas of the Golden Gate Bridge, Marin Headlands, Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco Bay. This event is limited to 500 participants, so don’t wait to register!

Participants will receive swim cap, commemorative Tech-T, snacks, beverages, SF Bay ferry shuttle, and finishing medals for all Duathlon finishers. Personalized award plaques will go to top three individual duathlete finishers in each age group, first place overall Clydesdale & Athena finishers, first place relay team in each division (male, female, co-ed). First-place-swim plaques will only be awarded to finishers in each age group.

Advanced registration fees for the Open-Water swim is $175; and $200 for the Duathlon (individual) or $225 relay team. Duathlon two-person relay can be male, female, or co-ed.

RACE DAY ITINERARY

When: Saturday, August 27, 5:20 – 11:00 AM

Where: Aquatic Park

• 5:20-6:30 a.m. Set up Transition Area in grandstands in Aquatic Park. You will leave your running shoes here. Relay team members will trade the timing chip (aka baton) in the transition area. Check-in and race-day registration will be held in the Senior Center, which is located on the first floor of the Maritime Museum.
• 6:30 a.m. Pre-race announcements
• 6:40 a.m. Athletes Parade to the Ferry
• 7:20 a.m. Ferry Departs
• 8:00 a.m. Race starts approximately at this time.
• 10:40 a.m. Preliminary race results will be announced in the grandstands at Aquatic Park. Customized age-group award plaques will be printed and mailed a few weeks after the event, so you need not be present to get your award. But wine will also be given out at the informal, but always entertaining, award ceremony and you do need to be present to take the bottle home with you. So try to stick around!

For more info about the 36th Annual Alcatraz Escape from the Rock™ Duathlon and Open-Water Swim, visit Envirosports website at http://www.envirosports.com or email them atinfo@envirosports.com.

--By Jonathan Lance

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