Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon
When I arrived at Crissy at around 7:30 a.m., the athletes were already swimming toward Crissy from Alcatraz (they jumped off the Hornblower Cruises boat into the cold, murky waters off Alcatraz for the 1.5-mile ocean swim to shore). Many people eagerly awaited the first swimmers, and I climbed over the rocks at St. Francis Yacht Club to get a closer view of the swimmers. At just past 08:00, I watched Ben…