The view from Mathews Beach
This is the most elusive of Seattle’s open water events. Hosted in August and sponsored by Everyday Athlete, Park-to-Park is a fundraiser for Children’s Hospital. A 1.5 mile swim across Lake Washington from Mathews Beach in Seattle to O.O. Denny Park in Kirkland. The elusive part comes in because the race date is seldom announced before June and registration isn’t generally available until July. As someone whose summer swim card tends to fill up, I like to have my dates/events lined up early.
This swim really was the perfect end to the season. Jessica and I biked the Burke up to the start as a warm up of sorts. Afterwards there were pastries and school busses to take us back to the finish. Then more biking to a proper brunch.
