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The annual public Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, organized by IMG, now takes place in early June. The current course consists of a one-and-a-half-mile (2.4 km) swim starting near Alcatraz Island, a one-half-mile (0.80 km) run from the bay to the transition zone at Marina Green , an eighteen-mile (29 km) bike ride, and an eight-mile (13 km) run.
John William Anglin (born May 2, 1930) and Clarence Anglin (born May 11, 1931) were born into a family of 14 children in Donalsonville, Georgia.Their parents, George Robert Anglin and Rachael Van Miller Anglin, were seasonal farmworkers; in the early 1940s, they moved the family to Ruskin, Florida, 20 miles (32 km) south of Tampa, where the truck farms and tomato fields provided a more ...
Alcatraz Island from San Francisco, March 1962. Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay was the site of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary between 1934 and 1963. There were a total of 14 escape attempts from the prison made by 34 prisoners during this time. [1]
The final attempted escape from the prison, almost six months later, inspired what has become the swimming route of the "Escape from Alcatraz" triathlon. Both Al Capone and George "Machine Gun ...
World Triathlon Championship Torremolinos TBD Run Spain Roger Mas Colomer [5] 79 10/17/24 World Triathlon Championship Torremolinos TBD Swim Spain Elena Smirnova [citation needed] 41 10/6/2024 Ironman 70.3 Calella-Barcelona Calella TBD Swim Taiwan Mr. Liu [6] 65 9/22/2024 Force 2024 Hualien Triathlon Hualien County Drowning Swim UK John Sanders ...
The 1962 escape from Alcatraz by three prisoners immediately became the stuff of legend – and quickly film – that has never been fully explained. A new book about brothers John and Clarence ...
Escape from Alcatraz, San Francisco, California. This non-standard-length race begins with a 2.4 km (1.5 mi) swim in frigid San Francisco Bay waters from Alcatraz Island to shore, followed by an 29 km (18 mi
A mysterious letter sent to the San Francisco Police Department in 2013 by a man who claimed to have escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was just obtained by local television station KPIX. ...