I took part in the Catfish swim race. It was a grueling 2.4 mile race in the Stevens Creek Reservoir, a man made lake in Cupertino. I came third in my age group of 30 to 39. For once it felt good to be old!
One interesting part of this race was the Olympians that showed up! The US Olympic Swim team is practicing at Stanford. And today, being a Sunday was their day off. A couple of them who were taking part in the 10Km race at the Beijing Olympics decided to swim with the rest of us as a “warm-up”. Well, their “warm-up” was definitely enough to let them finish well ahead of the pack!
All in all, a memorable experience. Here’s a link to the results. Here’s a link to the photos that Megha has uploaded on Picassa. See if you can identify the Olympians among them. You can verify your guess my checking them out on TV during the
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