Yes, the summer has been long...it has been hot (at least in some (most) places, if not at GB or Spieker pools necessarily, but then we live in paradise, where it is never too hot...and I digress). Your editor was going to take the whole summer off--what with the interlude in Board meetings, the general drop in workout attendance and gaps in coaching coverage--to devote more … [Read more...] about The Long, Hot Summer…
Archives for July 2018
From Lauren Au-Brinkmeyer–English Channel swim
I did it!!! I swam across the English Channel in 11:01 hours, crushing my expected time by a full hour! Here's a video of the finish.I still can't believe it's over. It's been a goal for so long. I still remember when I first found out about the "Everest" of open water swims. People told me that younger people don't do it because they don't have the patience. Being an … [Read more...] about From Lauren Au-Brinkmeyer–English Channel swim
[A notable swim from history…]
Byron's "Written After Swimming from Sestos to Abydos" [In 1810, Lord Byron (George Gordon) imitated the legendary swim of the hero in Ovid's Hero and Leander across the Hellespont in Turkey]IF, in the month of dark December, Leander, who was nightly wont(What maid will not the tale remember?) To cross thy stream, broad … [Read more...] about [A notable swim from history…]
CALM swimmer Lauren Au Brinkmeyer completed a swim of the English Channel…
...on July 20, in a super fast time of just over 11 hours! Nothing short of awe-inspiring. Read her own account of the crossing in the post above....coming up July 22, the intrepid trio of Sara Everitt, Scott Adams and Jim Lunt will represent CALM in the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race (that's between Asia and Europe, in Turkey's Bosphorus Strait--a long way to … [Read more...] about CALM swimmer Lauren Au Brinkmeyer completed a swim of the English Channel…
CALM Advisory Board Meeting Minutes [zzzzz]
[The CALM Advisory Board has not met since June 4] … [Read more...] about CALM Advisory Board Meeting Minutes [zzzzz]