Swim for your Life

The diagrams below are taken from a recent Mens Health article "Swim for your Life" by Jim Thornton with the below helpful illustrations on freestyle fine points (for use by our Magnum Masters that are aquatically challenged but focused and can paint by the numbers). Any comments that I might receive from the magazine I intend to refer them to my aquatically challenged attorney.

1 and 2 (double click image to enlarge):

3 and 4:

5 and 6:

Special Guest Swimmer

Since wine figures prominently in the Manhattan Magnum Masters profile, it was our pleasure in hosting a masters swimmer with an even more impressive magnum affiliation: Jacalyn. Her picture is not ready to include in the blog, but her gift certainly is:

"What a great group of people to swim with. I thoroughly enjoyed working out with the Manhattan Magnums and the inspiration I took back home with me. For now I will keep you in my thoughts with my own Mag!!!! and hope to have an opportunity to join you again in the future. If anyone is ever up here in the wine country you are more than welcome to stop by for vineyard tour and tasting. Cheers!"

Jacalyn Spence

August 5, 2009 2 Mile Hermosa Beach to Manhattan Beach Pier to Pier Ocean Swim

The Swim (pictures taken by Warren "G" Newmark; look for Magnums wearing green caps):

The Results:

There was a total of 1004 swimmers. Also, it should be noted that times in 2009 averaged about 7 minutes slower than the 2008 Pier to Pier swim results.

Name, (finish in age group), time:

Katay (5) 1:02.03
Ryan (36) 1:23.00
Teresa (26) 1:23.13
Helen (32) 1:24.51

Bill (6) 51.19
Patrick (6) 53.54
Tim (10) 57.31
Greg (16) 1:00.12
David (24) 1:00.20
Aidan (22) 1:0047
Chuck (6) 1:02.34
Mike (21) 1:06.01

Bruce (8) 1:07.23 *(Said he would have swum faster, but had to wait 5 minutes for daughter Katay who, with the other female swimmers, started, for the first time, 5 minutes after the males started )

Tom (15) 1:11.44

Bob (18) 1:12.31
Matt (21) 1:13.22
Jim (39) 1:33.30 * (has qualified Jim as the slowest ever Magnum 2 miler, perhaps forever)

The Finish:

Patrick-

Tim-

Dave-

Bruce-

Chuck-

Jon-

Mike??????-

Tom-

Bob (wouldn't you know it, Bob has the chip on the right leg,

not on the left leg like everyone else. Bob also claims he was robbed,

that his time was actually faster than Tom's)-

Unofficial Dan-

Ryan-

Teresa-

Helen-

And last but not least Jim-