Team Reach for the Sky: Represent!

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