Jacee For Kids: The Next Alcatraz Swim

This year’s training has begun for the Alcatraz Swimmers for Drowning Prevention Awareness. Jacee has been out with each cold water swim to help the kids adapt to the differences of cold water versus the warm pool water.

One swimmer that is exceptional because she is determined to be successful is Annie. Yes, she has a goggle issue and yes the water is cold. Annie decided to brave the cold water and had a technical difficulty like many. Learning to be an overcomer does help you succeed.

Annie, made over one hour of the swim and her goggles got discombobulated and she had to get out. She will take the challenge on January 4^th to work out the goggle issues.

As Annie overcomes this goggle issue she will find herself having more fun than she ever thought possible.

Here is a story of Jacee’s goggles getting lost in the ocean.

Jacee was swimming her first Optimis Sport Challenge and was coming into a check point when a very large wave came in and rolled her as she headed to shore. She lost her cap and goggles that day. A fellow swimmer grabbed her, as he saw her having difficulty and helped her get into the check point. She was of course crying. Well, when the safety folks told her she did not have to swim any longer she cried harder. They asked what wrong she said, I do not have a cap and goggles and I want to finish the swim. The safety team ran to their perspective cars and got her goggles. You see she was not crying because took a tumble she was crying because she couldn’t swim any more.

That day looked like it was all finished and the safety team was concerned that they had an injured child on their hands. To their chagrin they had a child that did not know what to do because she lost her goggles. You see her pair of goggles at the start of the race broke so; she had a double surprise when she lost a second pair of goggles that she had borrowed. The lesson learned that day was to bring extra goggles and when you have enough, bring another pair.

Every open water swim can be fun and challenging. Isn’t that why you are out of the pool anyway? For the challenge! The first step to knowing you will be an open water swimmer is being willing to give it one more try.

The Alcatraz swim is to raise money for children who may not know how to swim or need water safety classes. This swim affords you the swimmer to make a difference in the life of another person who does not know how to swim. Make it through this swim and you have not only become an open water swimmer but you get to help someone else have an opportunity to swim that may never have a chance if you do not swim.