Name: Gary Emich
MB Username: gemich
MB Activities: gemich.motionbased.com
Birthplace: Aqua Land
Resides: Pacifica, CA
Racing category: Undefined, it’s just me, Pedro Ordenes and Stevie Ray competing for Alcatraz Escapes
Strengths in the water: Gills, webbed toes and that extra 10 pounds of fat
Weakness in the water: Drinking too much of it
Strengths on land: Drinking hot Cytomax to warm my __________ (fill in the blank – c'mon Readers, use your imaginations)
Weakness on land: Drinking too much wine (ooops, did I really say that?)
Secrets to success: Really HOT saunas and an alarm clock that flings me out of bed every day at 4:30 a.m.
Favorite training spot: San Francisco Bay (though Harbour Island does call me from time to time)
Why MotionBased?: So I can track my Alcatraz swims and make the next one even better.
What makes me special? Well, I wouldn't say I'm special, unique, but not that special. I do like to swim off Alcatraz without a wet suit. Does that make me special?
Career Highlights: Swimming the Amazon River (replete with piranhas), Loch Ness (no Nessie sightings), Bay to Breakers (yes, that’s right – started at the Bay Bridge, swam past Alcatraz, under the Golden Gate Bridge, past Lands End and finished at Ocean Beach), my English Channel and Strait of Gibraltar relays & my Manhattan relay circumnavigation (done buck ass naked by our entire co-ed relay team – we’ve been banned from New York forever).
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Name: Gary Emich
MB Username: gemich
MB Activities: gemich.motionbased.com
Birthplace: Aqua Land
Resides: Pacifica, CA
Racing category: Undefined, it’s just me, Pedro Ordenes and Stevie Ray competing for Alcatraz Escapes
Strengths in the water: Gills, webbed toes and that extra 10 pounds of fat
Weakness in the water: Drinking too much of it
Strengths on land: Drinking hot Cytomax to warm my __________ (fill in the blank – c'mon Readers, use your imaginations)
Weakness on land: Drinking too much wine (ooops, did I really say that?)
Secrets to success: Really HOT saunas and an alarm clock that flings me out of bed every day at 4:30 a.m.
Favorite training spot: San Francisco Bay (though Harbour Island does call me from time to time)
Why MotionBased?: So I can track my Alcatraz swims and make the next one even better.
What makes me special? Well, I wouldn't say I'm special, unique, but not that special. I do like to swim off Alcatraz without a wet suit. Does that make me special?
Career Highlights: Swimming the Amazon River (replete with piranhas), Loch Ness (no Nessie sightings), Bay to Breakers (yes, that’s right – started at the Bay Bridge, swam past Alcatraz, under the Golden Gate Bridge, past Lands End and finished at Ocean Beach), my English Channel and Strait of Gibraltar relays & my Manhattan relay circumnavigation (done buck ass naked by our entire co-ed relay team – we’ve been banned from New York forever).