From the editor

So, here we are... Pools closed, social “distancing”, shelter-in-place, s*&*’s getting weird! We hope all you CalM’ers (and the ones who are also SCAB’ers) are reasonably safe, healthy, and...well...coping!! We’re all wondering-I’m sure-what’s going to happen next. Where will we be when we get to the other side of this? Will we even get to the other side of this? Your … [Read more...] about Journal of a Plague Year…

Fellow CalM’ers,Having just posted the Minutes of the latest Board meeting held just a week ago last Wednesday, we feel compelled to acknowledge the obvious: that events since have rendered the topics of that proceeding irrelevant. As you no doubt are aware, our annual spring swim meet has been cancelled (along with all other USMS competitions for the time being) due to … [Read more...] about From the editor

It's February, a brief month dedicated to love and Presidents (not a pair of concepts we have found compatible of late). It's also winter, and perhaps a winter of our discontent. After all, we've been told we're in a state of national emergency...but, once again, I digress.Closer to home some were discontent with the sudden arrival of student swimmers in overwhelming … [Read more...] about Love between the (lane) lines…

Hope 2019 is being good to you all so far.  Since last we checked in, the Holiday's have come and gone--as has yet another fabulously well attended CalM Holidaze party, courtesy of Coach Kendall and his ever welcoming and lovely spouse, Cindy.  They not only threw the party, but also documented it better than we could hope to manage, so if you missed it--or would like a … [Read more...] about Happy New Year!

Hope all you swimmers had a stupendous Thanksgiving.  Among the things to be thankful for this Holiday, not the least is the return of breathable air to the Bay Area.  Now we just have to get used to going back to full yardage/intensity swim workouts after all that drill/stroke short stuff we did the past week trying NOT to make up for a lifetime of not smoking.Heading into … [Read more...] about Gobble, gobble…