Edmonton Masters Swim Club

Two friends. One race. Two laps. No prisoners.

Val and Pete have been swimming together every morning for the past seventeen years. Once a year they have a race, two laps, up and back.

Masters meets are about so much more than what happens in the water.
Nationals are no different – see for yourself!

Watch and be inspired by these 4 swimmers at the 2012 Alberta Masters Provincial Swimming Championships, held April 14-15 in Edmonton.

Jack Boddington (86), Terry Dewhurst (78), Larry Judge (89), and Bob McRory (86) are members of the Edmonton Masters Swim Club.

This film tells the story of how and why a group of otherwise perfectly normal people do a hard swim workout at 5:30 AM five days a week. Members of the North Bay Aquatics Masters Swimmers in Corte Madera, California go through a profound physical and mental change while swimming more than 3000 yards for each workout. Swimmers explain how they are addicted to, and changed by, the swimmer’s high. This positive addiction to their health and fitness keeps them returning day after day.

OK, it’s not Canadian, but it’s a great video for promoting masters swimming!