'I cut my iron off and I run to my neighbors house and said, 'Did you hear what was on the radio? My brothers escaped from Alcatraz.' ' 'I was listening to the radio when told about it,' she remembered. She was in her 20s when she first heard the news. 'I'll never believe they're dead I don't believe they're dead,' Widner said as she stood in the prison's old medical ward. She is John and Clarence Anglin's little sister. It's an unfounded rumor that drew an unlikely group to the island Monday to mark half a century passed, including many of the Anglin brothers' family. Most people assume the men have been at the bottom of the bay or were swept out to sea since the night they broke free, tunneling out of their cells in part with spoons from the kitchen and climbing the prisons' plumbing to the roof.īut the legend of their escape has held that the men, Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin, would return on the 50th anniversary of their breakout. history from what was billed as the nation's only 'escape-proof prison' - Alcatraz. It was one of the most daring prison escapes in U.S. Runners will follow their path back under the Golden Gate Bridge, pass Crissy Field, and finish in the grass at Marina Green among thousands of cheering fans.Fifty years ago three men set out into the frigid waters of the San Francisco Bay in a raft made out of raincoats. After reaching the top of the Sand Ladder, runners will go left on the Coast Trail and back to the finish line via Lincoln Blvd. The stairs are to the run what the currents and waves are to the swim. Runners are urged to use the hand cable to help them walk up the stairs. This experience will drain the legs of even the best professionals. They will encounter the deep sand of Baker Beach to the turn-around point and back until they reach the dreaded Sand Ladder (400 steps up the cliff). on the narrow trail above the Coastal Bluffs to Baker Beach where they return to the shoreline below. Runners will run next to the Coastal Defense Batteries (Gunnery Locations from the turn of the century) until they reach Lincoln Boulevard just past Battery Dynamite. From Fort Point they battle the Presidio Headlands up and under the Golden Gate Bridge through the tunnel and onto the Coast Trail. On tired legs, the triathletes will begin the 8-mile run to Baker Beach Battery by leaving the Marina Green running west toward Crissy Field to Fort Point below the Golden Gate Bridge. Triathletes risk disqualification for drafting and forward motion to the left of demarcation cones. After going north on The Great Highway, they will retrace the course back to the Marina Green for the transition to the run. Kennedy Drive and ride back to the Great Highway on the north side of the park. They will then turn left on Transverse Drive and make another left turn onto John F. Kennedy Drive onto Martin Luther King Jr. Triathletes will enter Golden Gate Park from John F. They will make a sharp downhill left turn onto 48th street and then a right turn west on Point Lobos Drive and ride South on The Great Highway to Golden Gate Park. They will come down the hill and make a hard right turn on Clement Street and ride west to Seal Rock Drive. They will then climb up the hill to the Palace of the Legion of Honor. traveling through the Presidio to Camino del Mar. Mounting their bikes at the Marina Green, triathletes will begin the out-and-back 18-mile ride by heading west toward Crissy Field via Marina Boulevard. Francis Yacht Club, South on the Little Marina Green, and East on the sidewalk of Marina Blvd to the main transition area at Marina Green. Upon exiting the water at the Marina Green Beach, triathletes proceed to a mini-transition area where they have the option to dry off and put on running shoes for the half mile warm-up run to the Marina Green. The swim finish is at the Marina Green Beach adjacent to and west of the St. Triathletes will face strong currents and 55 degree water temperatures. It is quite a rush when you take the leap from the ferry for the 1.5 mile swim. Participants are unloaded from the boat in less than 8 minutes. The Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon begins with a 7:30 am plunge from the San Francisco Belle into the icy cold water adjacent to Alcatraz Island.

*There are no aid stations or bottle exchange on the bike course 2023 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon Course

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