Just want to brag about my physical activity yesterday (9/13/2020). That's a 7.3 mile swim around Beavertail Point in Jamestown, RI. It took me a little over five hours. But, at 59½ years old...I think that's OK. I've run several 26.2 mile marathons in my life, done bike rides in excess of 100 miles, and many other swims of not quite this distance. I did this event last year (slight course change made it a mile longer this year). As such...I trained up for it appropriately starting in February. But this swim...this might have been the toughest physically demanding event I've ever taken on. That middle three miles south of the point...essentially out in Block Island Sound...was very rough with 6' to 8' swells. Those conditions probably added :45-:60 minutes to my finishing time. My accompanying kayaker had difficulty staying upright. There were 15 swimmers that started, I was the oldest. Only 9 finished. 
Dan
17th Annual Dog Bowl Run — 11/28/2025
The 17th Annual Dog Bowl Run is complete. For an unprecedented 6th time we’re congratulating Mike McNeilly as the Dog Bowl Run champion. Mike was just :05 seconds slower of his estimated time of 23:35 . In second place was Mike’s son, Leo, at just :06 seconds faster than his estimated time of 23:28 . In third place was former DBR champion Steven “Dog Sr.” Lopes. He was just :07 seconds slower than his estimated time of 28:00. The fastest finisher was Charles P. Markert with a time of 19:19 . We had yet another great turnout, with twenty-nine participants toeing the starting line. We also welcomed back former DBR champion Liam Callahan for the first time since his victory 2017. A few starters did not post a qualifying time (DNP), and there were only 23 finishers that registered a time. I think the weather was a factor, and they can’t be blamed for turning around early. With the steady winds, the high 30s° temperature felt much colder. We had a few first-timers wh...
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