Hello team Reach for the Sky.
Thank you for signing up for the swim. It should be a blast!
We thought it would be nice to get to know each other before the race. So we’re asking everyone who signed up to create a Team Reach for the Sky profile that we can post on this blog site. I’ll go first.Name: Doug Matthews
Age: Who’s counting? (Okay, 56)
City: San Diego
Swimming background: Age group/high school.
Rough water experience: Escape from Alcatraz, ’04, ’07. San Diego Sharkfest, ’09, 10.
Goal for this race: Try to beat youngest son (doubt it will happen).
Favorite sport: Bodysurfing
Favorite sports team: Chargers
Favorite shark species: Great White
Body part that hurts the most after working out: All of them!
Anyone who would like to post a profile, send it to me via email (dmatthews@san.rr.com) and I will post it on the blog site.
Feel free to add any info that team members would enjoy knowing about you. If you want to include a photo, send that along as well.
Looking forward to getting to know you all.
Aloha,
Doug Matthews
