October Week 2 2026

Last Updated on October 18, 2026

Indigenous Day, Monday, October 12 – City of Santa Fe Facilities and Pools closed

RE-new or Join USMS for 2026 before you first swim in 2026.

Try Masters Swimming. For interested swimmers who have never been a USMS member. Trial period is 30 days from date form filled out. First two swims are ‘free’ covered by club. Fill out this form: https://www.usms.org/join-usms/trial-membership

Fall Schedule starting October 2, 2026 thru November 13, 2026): GCCC re-opened October 2. Fort Marcy: Monday & Wednesday, 5:00-6:00pm, (4 lanes), Genoveva Chavez Community Center (GCCC): Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 6:00-7:15am, (4 lanes) and Friday Noon-1pm (3 lanes).

2026 Swim.com USMS Fitness Series Challenges

October—200 Stroke
Celebrate the fall season with three separate challenges this month by swimming 200 yards for time using any stroke other than freestyle. Whether you pick backstroke, breaststroke, or butterfly, this challenge invites you to step outside your usual routine and build confidence with the more challenging strokes.

Workout for Tuesday AM

Workout for Wednesday PM & Thursday AM

Workout Friday AM & Noon

All lanes need to be reserved for daily workout. At this time we can not guarantee accommodations for drop-in, unannounced swim members. Please keep coach updated on days you plan to swim by Friday of previous week. Lastly, remember to cancel your self from roster if you are unable to attend workout. Coach will get an email notice of your cancellation. This is extremely helpful for coach on deck to re-assign lanes appropriately – please text coach on deck as a courtesy.

Healthy Shoulders and Stronger Back and Core – Dryland Dynamic Warm-up Routine 5-10 minutes prior to swim. Prepare the nervous system to work. After swim workout, static stretches and relax overworked soft tissues. Article link for Shoulder Stability Dynamic Warm-up and Stretch for Swimmers https://wt-files.s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com/esoptdev/8b8aa48d502f2a1965227bb9.pdf?response-content-type=application/pdf&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=LNES79DPMFDL64IQUOVP/20260710/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260710T160848Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=14400&X-Amz-Signature=14d53573a6b90455dde3a4649db0ff16f72088191430ca3bf47769dbbace723d