Alcatraz is OFF (this year)

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It’s with regret that I am announc­ing that because of a com­bi­na­tion of fac­tors that I will not be par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Escape from Alca­traz Triathlon this year.

Thanks to every­one that I coerced into sup­port­ing me for this event. I hope that you’ll be will­ing to help me get into the event in 2006.

Since I was not select­ed in the lot­tery, I would have had to gath­er vol­un­teers. Many of the peo­ple who were will­ing to help need­ed greater advance notice and more specifics about what sort of work would be involved. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, now that I final­ly have the infor­ma­tion, I’d have to col­lect all my vol­un­teers in the next five days.

In addi­tion, this year’s EfA Tri is sched­uled the day after one of my favorite road races, the SF Cable Car Chase. It would not be smart for me to give the Cable Car Chase my all and then try to do a chal­leng­ing tri the next day. It would like­wise not be that much fun to do the Cable Car Chase not giv­ing a “race per­for­mance.” Yes, it was the Cable Car Chase that dra­mat­i­cal­ly changed it’s sched­ule (last year it was in late August, this year it’s in ear­ly June) but because of the oth­er fac­tors, it looks like it’s the CCC that wins.

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  2. http://www.anacablecarchase.c
    http://www.anacablecarchase.com/2005/

    I was smok­ing crack. It’s in late August this year too. I have no idea where I saw the June date.

    But basi­cal­ly yes. When the first run­ner turns the cor­ner onto Cal­i­for­nia Street, a Cable Car sets off up the hill, and it’s a race to the top of Nob Hill. I think in recent years the run­ners have won.

    And then after “win­ning” against the Cable Car, they then have to fin­ish the course! Hahaha!

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