Swim hopefuls who have not shed those extra pounds from winter can join others across the nation, motivated to take the Summer Fitness Challenge brought to us by USMS.  We all know a neighbor, co-worker or family member in serious need of a nudge to get fit. Get Wet! This Summer Fitness Challenge is just for them.  Let's welcome the new faces we see on our teams this summer.  This Challenge is for all swimmers and benefits Swimming Saves Lives.

The Saturday 1 mile ocean swim goes around the Santa Cruz pier. The Sunday 2 mile ocean swim goes around the same pair, loops around the other side and comes back. The water is usually 58-61 degrees! Both are fun and very popular swims even if you're numb. The Saturday swim is one of the bigger events and is started in two waves: under 40 years old and 40 years old and over. The Sunday swim is smaller and very low key; it is NOT for novice swimmers.

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Do you love to pull? Sebastopol Aquatic Masters Club is hosting their 400 Pull for Time in August. Pull as much as you want but only your fastest time gets entered. There are two categories - paddles and no paddles. Top 3 fastest overall times for both men and women in both categores will receive a unique prize! Awards will also be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers in each age group for both categories. Please help us meet our team goal of 100+ entries this year!  More information can be found here or enter online here.

Some things we do for fitness.  Other things we do for competition or social gratification.  Yet what we hold dear are good times and fun shared with others.  At this Pacific Masters Relay Meet & Social, it's bound to happen in a split second - strangers becoming the best of friends over a race.  We want you to keep this event in mind and hold the date on your calendar, Sunday, August 25.  Good things are coming your way.

This event must be swum in a 50 meter pool. There are not many of these in the Bay Area. As you can see from the title of this article, there is a 5K and a 10K event. There also is a relay event in which the total times of 3 or 4 swimmers are added up. Find out more here.