Interested in Swimming With MIT Masters Swimming?
Please send patti (patti@mit.edu) the following information:
1. When you typically swim now, how long do you usually swim?
2. How far do you usually go?
3. Can you swim freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and
butterfly?
4. If you were to swim 5 sets of 100 yards, what interval
would you do them on?
5. are you interested in swimmming at 6:15 am, noon or
7:00 pm - 8:30. you can attend any session you want, but you
might find it is easier to attend one time regularly. we have workouts
monday through friday at those times.
There currently is a waiting list for non-mit associated people. Contact patti for information about the waiting list.
New announcements:
Posted on Friday October 9, 2009:
Week of October 12th is going to be challenging to get your workouts in at MIT Masters;
here is the schedule:
Monday, Oct. 12th- no workouts - mit holiday - Z center pool is open 2 pm to 9 pm
Tuesday, Oct. 13th- workouts at 6:15 am, noon and 7 pm (noon is added)
Wednesday, Oct. 14th-workouts at 6:15 am, noon and 7 pm
Thursday, Oct. 15th-workouts at 6:15 am, noon and 7 pm (noon is added)
Friday, Oct. 16th -workouts at 6:15 am, and noon (this is new) - no workout at night due to varsity polo
Sunday, Oct. 18th - normal 10:30 to 11:45 am workout
Posted on Friday Octobert 2, 2009;
There are some adjustments to the workout schedule for the upcoming weeks:
- Monday October 12th - no workout due to MIT holiday
- For the noon workouts - there are workouts on Tuesday Oct. 13, Wednesday Oct. 14, and Thursday October 15th.
- On Friday October 16th - there is only a morning workout due to Head of the Zesiger (noon) and varsity polo workout (pm).
- Updated October workout is here.
Posted Sept. 8th;
the am workout is still from 6:15 am to 7:30 am - there was a typo in the original posted schedule. It has been fixed and can be downloaded from here.
Posted on August 26th:
Information about parking, go here
Fall schedule:
The Fall schedule (which runs from Tuesday September 8th to Thursday December 31st) is now set:
Fees:
- Early Discount: if you pay before September 22nd, the fees are non-students $90.00 and students $50.00.
- The fees after Septemer 22nd are $105 for non-students and $65 for students If you join the club after October 1st, we can prorate the rest of the fall session for you.
- For payment options please go to the payment page
- For the detailed fall workout, download pdf. or by month, September, October, November and December.
General comments:
- Morning workouts are Monday through Friday from 6:15 am to 7:30 am
- Noon workouts are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon to 1:15 pm
- Night workouts are Monday through Friday from 7:15 to 8:30 pm. During Polo season, we are responsible for putting in the lanes, so please get there at 7 pm to help put in the lane lines, that way we can start on time.
- Weekend workout moves back to sunday mornings at 10:30 am
Here are the highlights month by month:
For September: (detailed calendar here)
- There are no workouts on Sunday September 6th due to a water polo game
- There are no workouts on Monday September 7th due to MIT holiday
- Thursday September 24th pm workout cancelled due to polo meet
For October: (detailed calender here)
- No workout on Monday October 12th due to MIT holiday
- Since there is no workout on Friday October 16th due the Head of the Zeisger, there are additional noon workouts on Tuesday October 13th and Thursday October 15th
For November: (detailed calender here)
- We have a workout on Saturday Nov. 7th at 7:15 to 8:45 am
- Workouts are cancelled on Wednesday Nov. 11th due to MIT holiday
- We have an extra noon workout on Thursday Nov. 12th and Thursday Nov. 19th
- Due to Water polo tournament - workouts on Friday Nov. 20th at noon and Sunday Nov. 22nd are cancelled
- Due to Turkey weekend - no workouts on Thursday Nov. 26, Friday Nov. 27th, or Sunday Nov. 29th
- The Friday Dec. 4th pm workout is cancelled due to swim meet, but we have a Saturday Dec 5th am workout
For December: (detailed calender here)
- The Friday Dec. 4th pm workout is cancelled due to swim meet, but we have a Saturday Dec 5th am workout
- There is a big age group swim meet Dec. 10th through 13th, so we have only am workouts on Thursday Dec. 10th and Friday Dec. 11th
- Annual Z center pool shutdown happens Monday Dec. 14th through Friday Dec. 18th - no workouts
- No workouts from Sunday December 19th to Sunday Dec. 27th
- Workouts start up again Monday Dec. 28th - to noon on Thursday Dec. 31st -then the winter spring schedule will start on Monday January 4th
Posted August 13th:
If you are interested in the fall session of MIT Masters swimming, please email patti@mit.edu.
There have been two changes to our saturday workout:
Due to varsity polo workouts, on Saturday August 22nd and Saturday August 29th, the workout will be from 7:30 am to 8:45 am (instead of 8 am to 9:15 am)
For August (detailed calender here)
- 1. We switch back to short course on August 7th 1:30 pm
- Saturday am workout switches back to 8:30 am for Saturday August 22nd, 29th and Sept. 6th
- For August 21st to Sept 4th, the noon workouts will start at 12:15 and run til 1:30 pm (instead of noon to 1:15 pm) due to varsity polo practice.
- Due to Labor Day weekend and water polo tournmanet, no workout on either Sat. Sept 5th or Monday Sept. 7th
- Fall session starts on Tuesday September 8th
Our by-laws are now posted on -line here.
The workout themes can be found on the coaches page
More information:
Current members, send/update your registration information MIT Masters Frequently Asked Questions (& Answers!)
General information available here:
We are now allowed to accept non-MIT associated people but there is a waiting list. please contact patti for information about the waiting list.
if you are not associated with MIT and you want to swim with us you need to:
-Buy a Friends of MIT athletic card (cost is $845 for an entire year or $555 for 6 months). for the most up to date cost, please check out the DAPER website
-If you want to spread out the payments for your athletic card over eleven payments, you need to contact the customer service desk.
-The MIT Masters Program is the only Masters program that comes with access to an excellent gym, a lot of other fitness classes, sailing, and other things. If you want a complete list of what your DAPER athletic card gets you, go here. And most importantly for a swimmer, we have a great swimming pool.