Swim Around Key West is Just Around the Corner

Anyone who loves to swim will want to be in Key West on Saturday, June 13^th for an epic swim race around the island. The FKCC Swim Around Key West is an open water race for either relay teams or individuals. If you are up to the challenge, you can swim 12.5 miles around Key West, starting and ending at Higgs Beach. Registration is open until June 12^th. The race is slated to begin at 7:30 a.m. and will benefit local swimming programs such as Florida Keys Community College’s program, the Key’s Bone Island Swim Club and Key West High School’s swim team. There will be an awards party at 5:30 held at the Higgs Beach Pavilion.

Swimmers from near and far will be converging in Key West, from across the country, Canada and elsewhere to compete in the race. There are award categories by age groups from as young as 8 years old on up to 70+. The course for the race will take swimmers clockwise around the island into the waters of both the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Swimmers will make their way around the Southernmost Point marker which marks the southernmost tip of land within the mainland United States. For those not up to swimming all the way around the island, there are other races being held as well. You can join in an 800 yard, 1 mile or 2 mile race if you like, along a buoy-marked course off of Higgs Beach. These shorter races will begin at 8:30 in the morning.

 

This will also be an amazing sight to see if you are not one to get in the water. Imagine the hundreds of swimmers making their way all around the island en masse. With each team or individual swimmer required to have a team alongside in either a boat or a kayak, the waters surrounding the island will be full of spectacle. There will be safety boat crews all around as well, and they will be recognizable by their pirate flags on each vessel. As a spectator you will have plenty of key places to choose for a great viewing point. The route will take swimmers from Key West Harbor, under the Flemming Key Bridge, around Sigsbee and under Cow Key Bridge, then past Smathers Beach and the White Street Pier to finish where it began, at Higgs Beach.

Swimming in our warm waters is truly a part of the Keys way of life. If you are ready to enjoy a warm, fun way of life for yourself, and are looking at the Key West area, my team and I are here to help you with finding the home of your dreams. Please contact me, Jimmy Lane, for all of your real estate needs.