Alcatraz Swim (sort of) - Sharkfest 2018 - A Documentary
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The Sharkfest Swim (2018) is a race from Alcatraz Island to the shores of San Francisco. Unfortunately high winds prevented the intended swim, but a nearly 1 mile course was set up as a substitute in Aquatic Cove in the San Francisco Bay. This video documents my 5 months of training and shows footage from the actual race itself.
Much tanks to Kim Akins and Billy deRouville for joining me in the swim and Kayla Smith and Tim Jones for their filming and moral support!
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Randy that's so amazing that you trained hard and did this swim! You are in such good physical and mental shape to pull something like this off. I am proud of you buddy! Great job!
Thanks for those very kind and encouraging words, my friend!
Great job! Swimming looks like it would be a lot of fun but I don't know how to do it, so I'll stick to my bicycle haha.
Yeah, think I saw your sister channel - "Biking with Shawn." It a great sport, full body workout with low impact. Enjoy your weekend!
Awesome video! So proud of you!!! Loved that you brought the Jersey shore to San Francisco!
Thanks so much for watching and sending along the thoughtful comment. Hope to do an East Coast swim too!
Wow! Way to take up a challenge...both in your training and in the race itself. Congratulations!
Thank you very much! The race ahead of you sure does provide a lot of motivation! I need it! lol!
Randy, This was VERY INTERESTING and a great companion to your Alcatraz Island video. I have always been very impressed by your physical strength and stamina, this really proves you’re capable. Was a nice touch to include all of the information about your training at the beginning, before we saw how you did. Glad you didn’t run into any sharks! THANKS FOR SHARING, . . . Mike
Thanks, Mike! Was a little disappointed the full race was cancelled, but still great memories!
Great documentary! Very interesting!
Thank you!
Wow congrats! Now that is a challenge you should be proud of to complete. A lot of hard work went into that and you really did a great job. I feel like I say this every time we talk, but your editing was awesome. I love the little flash backs and your transitions were amazing. Congrats again. Amazing video as always.
Thanks, Josh! Always encouraging to hear those words from a fellow producer who "gets it!" Unless you carry a camera all around, think through all your actions for the video, inconvenience those with you and spend hours in front of the computer... lol!
Awesome video! Congratulations on meeting your goal, you're very inspiring!
Thanks so much, Angela! Enjoy the rest of your week!
Wow that's amazing you are a brave man. Really great video
Thank you for watching and sharing your encouraging words!
Too bad for the strong winds. Love the "no race strategy" and the race name! Wow, 4 months of training 👍Nice flashbacks. Congrats on finishing the race!!! Hat off and hands down to you, Kim and Billy 💪👏🙌😃
Wow, those were really kind and genuine comments! Thank you and enjoy the rest of your week!
We’ve visited Alcatraz so we completely understand the challenge you were to face...wow, brilliant video, nicely put together! Well done, a time you’ll never forget!👍
Such great words, thank you!
Wow that is so cool!! I did an 1/2 Ironman and watching you swim remind me of all the trains I did... good job 👍
Cool, a 1/2 Ironman is no joke, very impressive! I need the added incentive to work out! lol!
That turned out great Randy! Man I couldn't do that. To cold! I'm sitting here in Texarkana at the hotel lobby waiting for my 1st edit from this trip to render.lots to see in Arkansas today. Looking forward to more stuff from California from you.
Thanks, Robert! Enjoyed your first video - hope you guys have wonderful and safe travels!
So crazy!! That’s a bummer the race was changed, but I’m super impressed with the swimming anyhow. Cool flashbacks to the training and great editing and transitions on this video. 😀👍🏻 Well done!!
Thank you! It gave me a good reason to work out over those cold winter months! lol!
Wow. That is really something to watch. So much training and work went into. Of course, poor Billy!-what a sport. Way to go Randy, Billy and Kim- great filming Kayla!
Appreciate all your support as well! :)
Wow! You gotta be in great shape too make a swim like that! Nice work! I think I can do 10 laps in our apartment pool... with breaks! :)
That's where I was in January! Thank you - it was a good exercise to discipline my body and make it my slave! (1 Cor. 9:27).
Great job on the video - so fun to see it after hearing about it! That was a lot of people and so many without wetsuits 😳 Great job on training & completing this swim Randy! ⭐️
Thanks, Heather! Hope the video was able to live up to my dramatic stories in person! can't wait until Friday :)
Oh Alcatraz! That's a place I didn't see when I went to SF! Sharkfest seems cool haha. Great video!
Yeah, definitely a must-stop if you ever go back. Hope to get my Alcatraz tour video up next week. Thanks for watching!
Man huge congrats!!! Your hard work paid off.
Thanks so much, my friend!
Nice editing! Cancelled the race. Bummer. HAHA! No race strategy! Good thing to practice. Prepare for the long haul! Oh NO! Break in...UGH! Great training! Congratulations! Great video!
Sorry I have been a slacker on watching!
Hi Kay, I forgive you! lol! : ) Always great to read your thoughtful comments! Just received the bill for the window - $349 - plan to call our insurance company tomorrow and see where it goes. Have a nice evening, friends!
Simply amazing!! Jus t goes to prove we can do anything we set our minds to.
Right on! The question is do I want to set my mind to attempt this again since my last attempt was cancelled? lol! :) Have a great weekend!
Good job, Randy. OMG,I did not know this event at all! Have you been to Lake Tahoe? It's a good place to look around and play some water sports.
Thank you! Just flew over Lake Tahoe, but from what I've seen in pictures it is beautiful. The same outfit that coordinates this race coordinates one in Lake Tahoe too.
That looks epic! haha love the no strategy take, awesome how you trained for this and got ready! Great job to yourself, and looked like an awesome and challenging experience!
Appreciate that! Had a lot of fun thinking this one through and making the final edits. Enjoy your trip!
Hey cool man! I was competing in triathlons up until a couple of years ago and one year did an Olympic Tri that includes a one mile swim in the Potomac river - which was basically an open ocean swim (the “river is 4 miles across) and we had strong tidal currents to work against. So yeah I can definitely relate to what you went through. I know the water temperature in SF is super cold as well so good job to you!
Never knew that about you, impressive! It was a fun experience, my first open water race. I'm not an endurance guy, so finishing in the top 60% was a great encouragement for me. I remember my pathetic start in the pool when I began training. The race always provides great motivation to work out! I need it!
Great job transitioning from spinster to endurance swimmer. Like you, I remember doing 70 lengths of the pool in training. Torture! Yeah I changed jobs in 2014 and the irregular schedule completely threw me off my training and racing schedule. Used to run marathons and many other races too but since then, nothing. Recently I’ve been toying with the idea of signing up for a race in the Fall just to get motivated again. Without a goal ahead I have no reason to go out and train
So true! Hope you can get back into it!
Wow, what a challenge, Randy! I really love how seriously you take the training and that you document it all. Poor guy without a suit was shaking like crazy but you all did very well! Were these times shown (like 20 minutes) for the whole 1.5 mile distance? Love editing style, great documentary my friend!
Thanks so much! The original swim from Alcatraz was 1.5 miles, but that was cancelled so the race was just conducted in the Bay in a protected area. That race was .7 miles and yes, my time was 20 minutes. I was happy with that, but the leader in my age group did it in 14!
Wow, 14 ? that's crazy! You are all great, congrats to finish in such a good time!
Oh man you are so so brave. No way on earth would I be able or willing to do that. Well done
Thanks, it was a cool adventure! Now I enjoy all the food I abstained from for 5 months! :)
Stinks they had to change it up on you, but still impressive nonetheless! Great video documenting the experience, have a great week! - Shane
Thanks, Shane! Yeah, it was a bummer, but still a great time and memorable experience. If you are still in Maine, hope things are going well!
Yeah, Bill and Kimbo! Way to represent Jersey to all 3!
Thanks, Colin, hope we didn't let the state down!
Well done. 9:33 flew by. GREAT JOB!
Could ask for a greater compliment! Have a great evening!
Amazing job my friend
Thank you very much!
Ocean swim training is so much fun!!! I news to get back into the water 💦
Right on! It was my first open water competition - so different from swimming with a line on the bottom and pushing off walls! :)
Thumbs up from Jim!
Very cool! Please on my appreciation to him! Such a great time with you guys!
So you didn’t even “escape Alcatraz”? Just swam around the Dolphin Club cove?
Yeah, they cancelled the planned race 2 days before the event due to dangerous water conditions. From what we were told, four organizations need to "sign-off" on the event (NPS, Coast Guard...) and all were no-gos. Disappointing, but at least they let us swim around the cove. Not what I wanted, but still a fun and memorable experience.
BUMMER!! I’m signed up to make the swim on 09/21. Hopefully, I’ve got some better luck. Thanks for sharing. My buddy is signed up to swim with me too and he is not taking it serious (yet), so sent this to him to show how much work people put in.
@@beaub650 Hope you guys have a fun and safe experience! I trained fairly hard, but even then I only placed about half-way in my age category. Some stud swimmers participate.
Just an FYI for anyone coming to the Bay Area. It’s very common for people to break windows of cars, specifically rental cars, because of the chance your luggage will be in the car.
Thanks for mentioning this for any would-be travelers. Strange thing was that they took both my friend's travel bags (clothes) and left my camera bag and drone. The inconsideration sure did make a rough first night in SF for all of us, especially with the swim early the following morning..
How many laps is a mile
Its about 35 "laps" (down and back) or 70 "lengths" in a 25 yard pool. Thanks for watching!
Sorry but,,,,,something called Sharkfest and swimming in waters which potentially have sharks.....not me.....although if I did go you would not see me swimming I would be running on that water.....1. To avoid sharks 2. As soon as I hit that cold water I would up and out of it...... 84 degree water more our style :) Congratulations though that was an awesome accomplishment
Very funny! :) Thanks for sharing the kind words and adding a smile to my face!
Awesome
Appreciate that!
My brother swam it this year when he recently retired from serving of the US Army with 2 tours in Iraq. Hurrah!!! Never Forget!!!!
So sweet to hear that, Sally! What a great accomplishment for him. Please tell your brother I am grateful for his service! They are the real heroes!
@@AmericasParks Thank You. That is for sure.
Paul Sykes would have swam from the rock
That was our goal, until they cancelled the swim 2 days earlier due to high winds and waves. The loop in the cove was the best they could offer. Thanks for watching!
@@AmericasParks well done mate 👍
Be of the bald toothless