Individuals
who cannot swim three miles in under 1 ¾ hours should not
participate in the three mile swim, but should consider the 1
mile swim instead.
3 Mile Swim - Water
Start
The Fat Salmon
Three Mile race will start on the West Side of Lake
Washington, at a Public Park (Day Street Boat Ramp) Located under the
I-90 Bridge Span. The three mile race will follow a straight
shot north from the I-90 Bridge following the Lake Washington
Shoreline to Madison Park Beach.
1 Mile Swim - Water
Start
The One-Mile
Swim Race will start at Denny Blaine Park off of Lake Washington
Blvd. (Start time will be decided by race officials depending on progress of 3 Mile Swimmers). The
one-mile race will follow a straight shot north from the Park
following the Lake Washington Shoreline to Madison Park Beach.
General Info
One lead boat
will stay in the front of the lead swimmers and
there will be one boat staying behind or towards the back of the
pack of swimmers. Be aware that the race course passes several
boat marinas along the way. Look around at boat traffic. This
early in the morning, there may not be many boats, but keep your
head up to look around every approximately fifteen seconds to
look around. Furthermore, if you see another swimmer in distress
or one of the official boats stops you, obey their command, as
they may see boat traffic before you.
As athletes
approach the finish area and are swimming the last one tenth of
a mile parallel to the Madison Park Beach, they must swim on the
outside of the wood pilings and floating recreational dock and
then after passing the float, they swim straight into the finish
line shore.
The finish line
shall be a set of pylons located on the north side beach area of
Madison Park Beach.
