Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter
#140
Thursday, March 30th,
2006
To: Carleton
Coaches (11 addresses)
Bcc:
Those Registered
for Fall 2005 / Winter 2006 and Alumni: High
Intensity (4 addresses), 6:30am Earlybirds (18 addresses); 7:30am Earlybirds (36
addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (26 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "A" (55
addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "B" (40 addresses), Nightcaps (40 addresses),
Masters "Alumni" (40 members).
Daylight Savings
Time
Due to the start of daylight savings
time this weekend, it’s going to go back to being dark (for a while) for the
trip to Carleton for those swimming at 6:30am. Don’t forget to change your
clocks on Sunday! If your lane-mates on Monday morning are different from
usual, that may be the reason J !
Easter
Cancellation
There will be no Earlybirds workouts
(6:30am, 7:30am or 8:30am) on Fri Apr 14th,
due to the Good Friday holiday. There will be just one public swim offered
at Carleton that day from 11:45am-3:30pm. Masters runs as usual on Sat Apr 15th and
Mon Apr 17th.
End of Winter
Session / Start of Spring/Summer Session
The Winter session ends Thu Apr 20th / Fri Apr 21st
for all groups. The pool is closed Apr 22nd through
May 7th for annual maintenance (no $3 workouts as there will be no
water in the pool!!).
The Spring session starts Mon May 8th. Registration
for Spring/Summer starts Wed Apr
5th. Masters groups available for Spring/Summer are:
6:30am Earlybirds; 7:30am Earlybirds; 8:30am Earlybirds (May-June only); and 6pm
Whitecaps. Saturdays will be 8-9am OR 9-10am in May/June, and 10-11am ONLY
in Jul/Aug. Check the Masters web site (http://carletonmasters.tripod.com)
and the Carleton web site (http://www.carleton.ca/athletics/programs/summer_programs/aquatics.html#masters)
for full details and prices. You can register on-line or through the
Customer Service office (520-4480, 8:30am-4:30pm M-F) anytime after 8:30am Wed
Apr 5th.
Postal Meet Open
to All
1000 Islands Y is hosting a postal
swim meet (mail in your times) that is open to everyone (you do not need to be
registered with MSO). To enter you need to be timed by two people in 50fl,
50bk, 50br, 50fs and 100IM any time in April (not all on the same day), and send
in your results by May 10th. It costs $15 and you get a
T-shirt. Let me know if you want an entry form. This is not a
sanctioned “meet” so times do not count towards club records or Ontario/Canada
2006 statistics. However, as long as your coach is one of your two timers,
your times will count towards the end of term time
trials!
Swimmer
Notes
Get Well
Wishes: Whitecaps swimmer Evelyn Simpson has recently been
hospitalized for removal of a benign cyst in her brain. While this is
quite serious, prognosis is good.
Gilbert and
Sullivan: Whitecaps “A” swimmer,
Lisa Hans, will be performing in
the Savoy Society’s “HMS Pinafore” to be presented at the Centrepointe Theatre
Mar 31, Apr 1, Apr 2nd (matinee) and Apr 5-8th.
Tickets are $24.75 for adults, $14.75 for youth and students, and for the
matinee for children 10 and under it is $11.25. Groups of 10 or more get a
$2 discount. Talk to Lisa at the pool, or visit the web site to buy
tickets on-line: http://www.centrepointetheatre.com.
Big
5-0!: Joanne Dawson (Whitecaps “A”) has a
milestone birthday coming up on Wed Apr 19th. Thus the
end-of-term dinner on Thu Apr 20th will also be a birthday
celebration for Joanne. All welcome and Joanne gets to pick the
venue!
Ease on Down the
Road (Wizard of Oz Theme): Michelle, daughter of Nicole Delisle (Whitecaps “A”) will be
performing a solo in this performance to be held at 2pm and 7pm Sat May
6th at Centrepointe Theatre. Nicole can get advance tickets for
$25 until Apr 22nd. Tickets are $29.43 at the door.
Everyone is welcome to attend the get together at Nicole’s place after the show
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Returning to
Swimmers in the
News: Two Whitecaps “A” swimmers
are about to become famous!! Francois
Parent (Whitecaps “A”) will be featured in an article on Tourette’s
syndrome in Canadian Living (May or June), and Lisa Hans (Whitecaps “A”) is a soloist on a
CD to be released in April.
BIG Swim for
Arthritis: This swim for arthritis (promoting
the benefits that swimming has for those with arthritis) is being held April
20-23, 2006 at pools across
Melanie Scantland (Whitecaps “B”)
is participating in this event by doing the 5000m swim. She is collecting
pledges at the pool or you can contact her via e-mail:
Scantland.MM@forces.gc.ca.
Margaret King (8:30am Earlybirds) is
planning to do a 1500m swim for Arthritis at Carleton on Apr
21st.
Also, for those of you who know Vincent
Richer (Technosport), he is going to swim 40km (two 5km swims each
day) over the four days in support of this cause. Check out his web site
at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/vricher/.
As each 5k swim is going to take him 3 hours (he’s a steady but certainly not
fast swimmer!), this quite an undertaking.
Support Cancer
Research and Coach Kristi: On July 21-23, 2006,
http://www.endcancer.ca/site/TR?px=1210135&s_redId=13435&fl=en_US&s_tafId=13970&pg=personal&fr_id=1160
Carleton Swim Suits:
Price is $70 for the women's suits
($55 for girl's) and $35 for the men's (cash or cheque payable to
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Nose Clips for
Winter Session
Information
This is where the winter attendance
stats are listed along with information on upcoming special workouts (e.g. time
trials). The regular workout themes are posted on the web site.
Coming up soon will be the end of term time trials. Everyone will have the
opportunity to swim a timed 1500 (800 for those who take over 2:10/100m) on Thu
Apr 6th / Fri Apr 7th. (Those swimming in the meet
on Apr 8th will do their 1500 later in the term!) Between then
and the end of the session, you also have a chance to do some shorter timed
swims – ask your coach for more details. As usual, for the last day of the
session (Thu Apr 20th / Fri Apr 21st) there will be a
“fun” set – feel free to give input to your coach!
Congratulations to the six
swimmers
with perfect attendance since January, plus the additional
five 6:30am Very Earlybirds with
perfect attendance to date (4 weeks):
6:30am
Earlybirds
(Mar 6-29th; 11 workouts; range 10-16; avg:
13.1)
Perfect Attendance: Dave S, Francois A, Ian L, Sean K,
Ursula
7:30am
Earlybirds
(Jan 4-Mar 29th; 37 workouts; range 10-22; avg:
14.7)
Perfect Attendance: Leona
Missed 1 Workout: Francois A
8:30am Earlybirds
(Jan 4-Mar
29th; 37 workouts; range 8-18; avg:
13.6)
Missed 1 Workout: Alan H
6pm Whitecaps
“A” (Jan
3-Mar 28th; 37 workouts; range 19-38; avg:
25.3)
Perfect Attendance: Don W, Francois P, Gi, Joanne
D
Missed 2 Workouts: Pete L
6pm Whitecaps
“B” (Jan
3-Mar 28th; 37 workouts; range 14-26; avg:
19.6)
Missed 1 Workout: Christiane W
Missed 2 Workouts: Suzanne L
8pm
Nightcaps
(Jan 3-Mar 16th; 22 workouts; range 10-22; avg: 15.8) [to be updated
next time]
Perfect Attendance: Elizabeth P
Masters Swimming
Competitions
You must
register annually with Masters Swimming Ontario (MSO) if you want to
compete in Masters Swimming competitions. Cost is $26 for a registration
good until Dec 31/06. Contact
Some preliminary information on
upcoming local and championship meets for the season is given below. Full
details on all Ontario Masters competitions can be found at: http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/competition/schedule01.htm. For
Sat Apr 8th
am
Technosport Sprint Meet (
Fri Apr 21 – Sun
Apr 23rd
Sat May 13th
am Technosport Sprint Meet
(
May
19-22nd, 2006 National Championships
(
Sat Jun 3rd
am Technosport Distance Meet
(
Aug 4-11th,
2006 XI FINA World Masters
Championships,
Race
Results: (Please send
in your results!!)
Jean-Francois
Jacques (x-7:30am
Earlybirds) son of Francois
Jacques (7:30am
Earlybirds) is a member of the
Fri Mar
31st – Sun Apr 2nd
Three Carleton swimmers are
participating. Best of luck to Rob
T (Earlybirds/Nightcaps), and George and Andrew P (both Whitecaps “B”). More info at:
http://www.eqadvantage.com/ontmastersprov/.
Ask the
Coach
Dear
Coach: Can you please remind me of
the difference between kick, pull and drill? New
Swimmer
Dear N. Swimmer: Sure, but
don’t be afraid to ask your coach during workout if you are ever confused!
Kick is “legs only”, often done with a kick board. You are generally using
both legs but neither arm. Pull is “arms only”, often done with a pull
buoy. You are generally using both arms but neither leg. Drill is
focusing on technique. One can certainly argue that both kick and pull are
drills, but we usually do drills without equipment (or sometimes with other
equipment like flippers and/or paddles). Examples of drills are swimming
with one-arm focusing on the underwater part of the stroke, full stroke swim
concentrating on body position, etc. Ask your coach for some good
drills for you.
Dear
Coach: I always lose track – any
tricks for counting lengths? Not A
Mathematician
Dear N.A. Mathematician: Generally
the best way to keep track is to use the pace clock to help you. This
trick only fails if you take exactly 1min per 50 (or 100!). Say it usually
takes you 50 sec per 50m, then if you start on the top and the pace clock is
around the 30, that likely means that you’ve done 150m (or maybe 450m).
The difference is then enough that you should know which is correct! Other
ways to keep track can be done by varying something in your swimming to help you
count (e.g. alternating between two breathing patterns every 50 or 100m or doing
a different stroke for the last length of every 200m). Some other
innovative techniques swimmers have mentioned include swimming one length for
each member of your family, and repeating as necessary – this gives you time to
think nice (or nasty!) thoughts about each one. I’ve also seen swimmers
move equipment around on the deck (e.g. water bottle to the left, or right) to
help keep track, but this involves stopping.
Dear
Coach: What should I bring to a swim
meet? New Competitor
Dear N. Competitor: Everyone
is different and has their own needs, but some general things include everything
you need to race plus a back up, just in case (e.g. 2 suits, 2 pairs of goggles,
2 bathing caps). Bring several towels or a towel and a shammy. Lots
of warm clothes are helpful (e.g. track suit, bathrobe, T-shirt, shorts,
…). Standing on the deck in bare feet is hard on the feet and back, so
sandals or shoes (not worn outside) are good. I suggest a water bottle
plus easy to digest snacks (e.g. arrowroot cookies). You may want to bring
the meet information (order of events, etc.) and a pen / paper to make a note of
your events / heats / lanes / times.
Private and Semi-Private Masters
Swim Lessons
(Spring/Summer
availability coming soon! – e-mail me to be added to the list of those to
notify)
Winter
Availability:
Mon 9:45-10:45am: Feb-Apr
Mon 3-4pm:
Feb-Apr
Tue/Thu 7:30-8:30am **NEW**:
Mar-Apr
Wed 8-9pm:
Mar-Apr
Fri 9:45-10:45am:
Feb-Apr
2005-2006
Prices:
Private:
Non-Members: $55 for 1 hour, $100 for
2, $140 for 3, and $180 for 4 hours, all plus GST.
Semi-Private (2-3
swimmers; per swimmer):
Non-Members: $35 for 1 hour, $65 for 2, $90 for 3,
and $115 for 4 hours, all plus GST.
(Carleton Members get a 25% discount on
the above prices.)
Contact
Reminders
Winter Term
Registration: If you have not yet done so,
please register for the Winter term as soon as
possible, to ensure that the coaches have
up-to-date class lists. You can register on-line 24 hrs/day at http://www.carleton.ca/athletics, or
by phone (520-4480) or in person (main floor) from 8:30am-4:30pm M-F.
Note that those registered in the current High Intensity groups are paid up
until February. All other groups require re-registration for
January. Whitecaps is full for the
Winter term, but all other groups have space. You can also
register now for the 6:30am Earlybirds (starting in March). The workout
themes for Winter 2006 are posted on the web site: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com.
Web Site Links and Newsletter
Archive:
Some swimmers reported that they had
problems viewing some of the recent photos. It's sometimes easier to
access the web site pages, by going to the main page (http://carletonmasters.tripod.com)
and then clicking on the link of interest (e.g. recent
photos).
Also, if your copy of the newsletter
does not arrive or is accidentally deleted, you can view all the old newsletters
on the web site.
Newsletter: An
e-newsletter (like this one) is sent out about every two weeks. If you
have new lane-mates, please mention to them that they should give their e-mail
address to their coach if they'd like to receive
it.
Suggestions for Workouts or
Interested in Making up a Workout or a Set?: If you
have suggestions for the workouts (something you like that we never do, or
something you dislike that we do too much!), or if you'd like to try making up a
workout or a set in a workout, just talk to your coach.
Interested in Copies of the
Workouts?: Are you
interested in getting copies of
Weekly Social
Events: All swimmers are invited to join
us for:
- Thursday Dinner (after Whitecaps
workout: all year)
- Thursday Drinks (after Nightcaps
workout: Sept-Apr)
- Saturday Brunch (after 9-10am
workout: Sept-Jun; after 10-11am workout: Jul-Aug)
Meet by the Control Desk after
workout.
Triathletes: Check out
Rudy
Hollywood’s website: http://www.trirudy.com and
subscribe to the daily tri-news e-mail.
General
Information: Program
information, photos, old newsletters and the Carleton Masters records, among
other things, can be viewed at: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com.
Your input to this newsletter is
most welcome, especially for the Swimmer Notes, Race Results and Ask
the Coach sections! To be added to or removed from the receiver list,
just let me know (lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca).
Happy lengths!
lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca (or for
quicker response: lynnmar@sce.carleton.ca)
Club
website: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com