Davis Aquatic Masters (DAM) is the largest USMS affiliated masters team in the US. DAM boasts a membership of over 600 people from all ages and walks of life. DAM members range from beginning swimmers to world champions. DAM provides a program that attracts and retains enthusiastic members and professional coaches, promotes and sponsors quality swim events and proudly provides community service. Please come to one of our many workouts and see why DAM is such a great club to belong to.
Visiting Davis? Drop in at a DAM workout. Guest fee is only $5.DAM member Alan Rowland has written up a set of tips for staying warm while cycling during the winter months. Many of DAM's members cycle for crosstraining so Alan's advice should make workouts on the bike much more comfortable as temperatures drop. You can view Alan's set of tips here.
At November 4th's Annual Meeting, Michele Santilhano gave a great presentation detailing her crossing of the English channel. In case you missed it, or you would like to view the slides again, you can view it here (warning: it's 4.5MB). You can also view a story submitted to the Davis Enterprise about her accomplishment.
Thanks to Emily and Ulrike for setting up a newsgroup dedicated to open water swimming. Visit the website to sign up. The group's address is openwaterswimmers - at - yahoogroups - dot - com. The description:
We are interested in swimming outside of the pool in lakes, rivers, or the ocean. We live in the Davis area and are nearest to Lake Berryessa, Lake Natomas, and the Sacramento River. We welcome swimmers of all levels of experience to join us for exciting swimming and great company.