100×100 on December 31st, hosted by Cambridge Masters Swim Club

Event Description:
CMSC will host 100×100 at Harvard University on New Year’s Eve morning at 8 AM. Please join swimmers from around New England and complete 100×100, or however many 100’s you would like to swim, in this annual event. All are welcome. $10 minimum donation is requested for the Marly Pineda Scholarship Fund at Smith College, set up in honor of our former coach we lost in 2010.

Intervals will range from 1:15 to 2:00 per hundred, SCY.
Timeline:
8:00 AM Doors Open for check-in and warm-up.
8:15 AM Lane organization by interval (please be on deck by 8:15).
8:30 AM All lanes begin 100×100
11:50 AM All lanes will have completed the 100×100.

Non-CMSC members must bring in the drop-in wavier from our website (please fill this out in advance to save time): http://www.teamunify.com/mnecmsch/__doc__/drop_in.pdf
Date of Event: Monday, December 31st
Event Start Time: 8:00 AM
Event End Time: 11:50 AM
Location of Event:
Harvard University’s Blodgett Pool, 65 North Harvard St., Boston, MA 02134

For more information go to cambridgemasters.com or contact abe@cambridgemasters.com

This year’s postal swim will be over Jan 18th and 19th. Last year, New England Masters won the national championship in this event by posting more total yards than any other club in the country! The postal swim is a 1 hour swim in which swimmers attempt to swim as many yards as possible. Each swimmer needs a counter to record their splits and also the total yardage. Find a buddy and get your slots reserved now!

I will be getting the sheets and website information out to you when it becomes available. Depending on the number of swimmers, we will swim 12 swimmers per session, 2 per lane/ splitting the lane in half and signups for each date/session will come on a first come, first serve basis. We will also be hosting USMS registered swimmers from other workout groups to our pool for these sessions!

We will be hosting postal swims on the following days and times. It is important to show up on time and get started on time for these session to ensure they are completed within the time frames below to adhere to the pool schedule. I have allowed 15 minutes before and between sessions to warm up and change positions.

Friday – January 18th from 3 – 5:30pm – Session A = 3:15 – 4:15, Session B = 4:30 – 5:30
(I will NOT be here during these swims. The Greenwood team will NOT be practicing on this day)

Saturday – January 19th from 5am – 7:30am – Session C = 5:15a – 6:15a, Session D= 6:30a – 7:30a

Saturday – January 19th from 3:30 pm – 7:30pm – Session E = 3:45 – 4:45p, Session F = 5p – 6p, Session G= 6:15 – 7:15p (if needed)

ALL SWIMMERS MUST BE REGSITERED USMS SWIMMERS WITH THE NEW ENGLAND MASTERS CLUB!

This will also be a timed 1.2 mile event for the triathlon swimmers who NEED this time for training purposes for their upcoming season!

David C. Graham, MPA
Aquatics Director
Fitness and Wellness Center
Mount Wachusett Community College

Boston Sharkfest® – Inaugural on Sat Sep 22 2012
Sharks in Boston Harbor? Bostonians call them “Shaaahks”! Imagine swimming across Boston Harbor from Piers Park Sailing Center in east Boston to the swim finish at the John Joseph Moakley US Federal Courthouse at Fan Pier in South Boston. You can do this! We are thrilled to bring our popular open water swim series to Boston. The 1500 meter competitive swim will have downtown Boston for a backdrop as athletes navigate across the channel to a thrilling finish. The Coast Guard will stop all boat traffic in and out of the channel during this event. Water taxis will transport swimmers from the finish line to the start of the swim. The event is limited to 400 participants and is filling fast – so don’t wait too long to register! This will be the talk of the New England swim circuit, not to mention lots of fun!

Check out a video of the course on Boston.com!
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/east_boston/2012/06/newton_resident_swims_boston_h_1.html

PLEASE NOTE: This swim is not for novices. This event is for experienced open-water swimmers only. You should be able to swim one mile comfortably in a pool in under 40 minutes.

Event Data
Distance: 1500 meters
Race date: Sat Sep 22 2012
Start time: 9:30-9:45am
Cutoff time: 50 minutes
Water temp: ~68-72° F
Entry fees: $70, Students $45

Sharkfest Swim award medals to top three individual finishers, male and female, in each 5-year age group (all divisions combined).
Personalized award plaques to first place individual finisher, male and female, in each 5-year age group (all divisions combined).
100 XTERRA points toward a new XTERRA wetsuit or any other XTERRA product to the first overall male & female finishers.

More information and registration:
http://www.sharkfestswim.com/default.asp?PageID=21262