No More Meat!

Here is an excerpt that arrived in my inbox today from the Alcatraz race committee:

Speaking of eating, while we are fairly confident there are no Great White Sharks in the San Francisco Bay, they were known to follow whaling vessels looking for food as far as the Sacramento river during the 1800's. For the most part shark's are carnivorous and primarily eat meat. Great Whites have also been known to eat objects that they are unable to digest. One Great White was caught and found to have half of a horse in it's stomach.

However the one thing we feel sharks really hate is the thought of eating vegetables. Shark mom's have for eons been trying to get their young pups to eat more greens and root vegetables to balance out their diet, but without much success- it's generally just meat, meat, meat, with these top apex predators.

But we've recently found a pill that seems to make human's taste like a vegetable. We will be selling this shark repellant pill at our swim for $5. We're not sure if they really work, but we feel it's better to err on the side of caution when dealing with a predator the size of a Great White Shark, whose size can often reach over 20 feet.

All proceeds from the sales of our shark repellant pills will be donated to the City of Hope and used for cancer research.

"...the greatest enjoyment of life is to live dangerously...just don't forget to take your shark pill." Friedrich Nietzsche.

I want to laugh. But what if it is true????

From now until race day no more animal products. I do not want to be shark bait. I will swim in the middle of the pack. I will not die! And I will definitely buy the shark repellant pill!