Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter
#153
Sunday, September 17th,
2006
To: Carleton
Coaches (8
addresses)
Bcc:
Those Registered
for Fall 2006 and Alumni: High Intensity (12
addresses); 7:30am Earlybirds (39 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (17 addresses),
6pm Whitecaps "A" (37 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "B" (33 addresses),
Nightcaps (16 addresses), Masters "Alumni" (142 members).
"Try not.
Do. Or do not. There is no try."
---Yoda
Upcoming
Cancellations
Please note that there will be
no workouts on
Mon Oct 9th (Thanksgiving). There will be
workouts as usual on Sat Oct 7th.
Fall
Registration
If you are planning to join Masters
for Fall 2006, please register now. Note that some groups are already
full. Full details can be found in the reminders section near the end of
this newsletter.
E-Mail List
Clean-Up
Over the next few weeks I will be
doing the annual clean up the e-newsletter e-mail lists. If you are
not going to register for Fall
Masters but you want to continue receiving the e-newsletter as an “alumnus”,
please send me an e-mail. Those who have not registered for Masters or
responded via e-mail will be removed from the e-list in the mid-October
time-frame.
MSO Registration
and Fall Meets
Those swimmers interested in
competing in Masters swimming competitions between now and Dec 31st,
2007, should bring me $25 (plus
provide name, address, phone number and date of birth) by Sat Sept 30th. More
details under Masters Swimming Competitions below. Note also that there
have been some changes to the list of Fall meets, so check the list
below.
Swimmer
Notes
Wedding
Congratulations:
Congrats to Lila Miners (Whitecaps “A” and Pool Staff)
who married Mike Kelland, brother of Amy Kelland (Pool Staff) on Sun Aug
6th.
Congrats also to
Andy Jones (High Intensity 3,
x-6:30am/Whitecaps “A”) and Lily (Ilona)
Csepregi Jones (x-Whitecaps “A”) who were married at
We did something a
little different. You know Lil does tri's too... She had a fantastic year
racing... Me on the other hand took the year off due to injury...
Hopefully by begin of Nov everything will be straightened out and I can train
full on again.
So anyway, we fell in
love training up at Meech and in the park. So for the wedding we did a 2km
swim into Blanchet and then had a wonderful ceremony with Mike Caldwell
officiating (he's a triathlete and adventure racer) and the kids all around and
100 of our closest friends. Then to top it off we rode away on out bikes into
the sunset (actually it was cloudy and cold, but into the hills)... What a
wonderful day we had... I am a lucky man to have met and get to spend the rest
of my life with Lily. She is my dream come true!
Check out a photo at:
http://carletonmasters.tripod.com/fall2006/.
Swimmer in the
News: Francois Parent (Whitecaps “A”) is featured in an
article on “Living with Tourette’s: Meet six people who are beating the odds” in
the October 2006 issue of Canadian Living (on newsstands now). The
articles from this issue are not yet on the web site, but should eventually be
posted at: http://www.canadianliving.com.
Watches at Swim
Meets / Open Water Swims: Note that FINA has started
interpreting rule SW 10.7, which reads: “No
swimmer shall be permitted to use or wear any device that may aid his speed,
buoyancy or endurance during a competition (such as webbed gloves, flippers,
fins, etc.) Goggles may be worn.”, to mean that it is not
permitted to wear a wrist watch while racing (in the pool or in open water).
Swimmers were disqualified for this at the Masters World Championships and
it was also enforced at the recent 5k MSO championships (where the majority of
us have worn a watch in the past to help count the 11 laps!). Here’s yet
another good reason to use the pace clocks at the pool (rather than rely on your
watch!).
Date for Carleton
Alumni Diaries: If you swam or played water
polo for Carleton please make note of the “Aquatic Alumni Nite” to be held Sat
Nov 4th. It will run 4-9pm with men’s and women’s water polo
games (4-7pm), plus a swim meet (7-9pm). Please pass this information
along to any alumni you know!
Carleton Swim Suits:
Suits will be available in the
mid-October time-frame.
Nose Clips for
Fall Session
Information
Here's the summary of the attendance
and time trials for the Summer session. If you notice any errors or
omissions, please do let me know.
Masters Swimming
Competitions
You must
register annually with Masters Swimming Ontario (MSO) if you want to
compete in Masters Swimming competitions. It’s time for the 06-07 renewals / new
memberships. Please give
Full details on all Ontario Masters
competitions can be found at: http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/competition/schedule01.htm.
For
Here’s a list of Fall competitions
in
Sat Oct 28th
http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/061028_BRO_Inv_Maitres.pdf
Sat Nov 4th Technosport
Sprint Meet SCM http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/nov42006techno.pdf
Sun Nov 12th Etobicoke
Masters Meet SCM http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/SemiSeriousToo.pdf
Sat Nov 18th Cowansville
Masters Meet SCM
http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/061118_ENC_Inv_Maitres.pdf
Sun Nov 19th Kingston
Masters Meet SCM (details TBA)
Sat-Sun Nov 25-26th
Sainte-Foy Masters Meet Germain Bilodeau germain.bilodeau@nexinnovations.com
(details
TBA)
Sat Dec 2nd Coupe de
Montreal Meet Gilles Bertrand anmi_gilles@hotmail.com (details
TBA)
Sun Dec 10th Saint
Lambert Masters Meet Paul Garcia pgarcia@metro.ca (details
TBA)
Sun Dec 10th North York
Pentathlon Meet SCM (details TBA)
Race
Results: (Please send
in your results!!)
Sat Aug
19th 4k Meech
Results are now available at: http://ca.geocities.com/technosport@rogers.com/results/aug19_06.htm.
Here’s how the Carleton swimmers did, with their placings and exact
times:
Kelys
M (Whitecaps “A”): 4th
overall, 1st woman,
1st in women’s 25-29 in
54:19
Jess
R (High Intensity): 5th
overall, 2nd woman,
1st in women’s 35-39 in
54:27
Sarah
F (8:30am Earlybirds):
13th overall, 5th woman, 2nd in women’s 30-34 in
1:03:45
Francois
P (Whitecaps “A”): 22nd
overall, 12th man, 1st in men’s 35-39 in
1:10:43
Sandy
L (Spring Earlybirds):
23rd overall, 11th woman, 1st in women’s 40-44 in
1:11:48
Nicole
G (Winter Whitecaps “A”):
29th overall, 16th woman, 5th in women’s 30-34
in 1:13:42
Jill
P (7:30am Earlybirds):
30th overall, 17th woman, 6th in women’s 30-34
in 1:15:05
Jose (6:30am
Earlybirds): 31st overall, 14th man, 1st in men’s 50-54 in
1:18:37
Bozena (Whitecaps
“B”): 41st overall, 23rd woman, 2nd in women’s 50-54 in
1:29:13
Francois
A (7:30am Earlybirds): 1st in wetsuit division in
48:58
Sat Sept
2nd Canadian Triathlon
If you participated and I missed you
below, let me know! Full results at: http://www.sportstats.ca. My
apologies to Andrea and Anu, who I missed last time, and congrats to you both
for winning your age groups:
Sprint
Distance (750m/30k/5k; 279
competitors)
Andrea
M (Whitecaps “B”): 121st
overall, 22nd woman and 1st in women’s 45-49 in
1:41:28
Ironman
Distance (3.8k/180k/21.1k; 66
competitors)
Anu
V (7:30am Earlybirds):
43rd overall, 9th woman and 1st in women’s 25-29 in
13:01:46
Sat Sept
9th Ironman
Mike
Scherman (x-Whitecaps “B”) won his age group
18-24 as well as the Ironman Collegiate Championships. He finished
30th overall in 10:06:48 and qualified for the Hawaii Ironman.
Full results at: http://www.ironmanwisconsin.com/results/.
Sun Sept
10th Masters Swimming
(near
Congratulations to Bozena on her
first ever 5k race! After placing 2nd last year (after 14
wins), I was surprised to win again this year as Jason Singer, last year’s
winner, competed again but placed 3rd. Full results at: Results
at: http://www.soloswims.com/st-marys.htm.
Lynn (Coach)
1st overall, 1st woman, 1st women’s 45-49 in 1:07:24
(new age group record)
Bozena (Whitecaps
“B”): 39th overall, 12th woman, 4th in women’s
50-54 in 2:05:55
Sat Sept
16th
Full results are available at: http://www.sportstats.ca. My
apologies if I missed anyone below – do let me know. Congrats to all those
who participated, especially Sarah Farrish, as this was her first triathlon, and
to Isabelle Fradette, Sara Domina and Renee Robert who won their age
groups! It was very quiet at the 8:30am Earlybirds on Fri Sept
15th as so many of you were resting prior to your race the following
day.
Ironman
Distance (3.8k/180k/42.2k; 55
competitors)
Isabelle
F (x-8:30am Earlybirds):
27th overall and 1st in women’s 35-39 in
12:40:39
Half-Ironman
Distance (2k/90k/21.1k; 153
competitors)
Colette (8:30am
Earlybirds): 101st overall and 4th in women’s 45-49 in
5:17:20
Susan
N-Y (8:30am Earlybirds):
122nd overall and 3rd in women’s 40-44 in
5:38:28
Olympic
Distance (1.5k/40k/10k; 382
competitors)
Sara
D (High Intensity 1): 43rd
overall and 1st in
women’s 25-29 in 2:16:32
Drew
S (6:30am Earlybirds):
104th overall and 16th in men’s 40-44 in
2:24:36
Natalie
A (8:30am Earlybirds):
163rd overall and 7th in women’s 30-34 in
2:32:39
Sarah
F (8:30am Earlybirds):
207th overall and 10th in women’s 30-34 in
2:37:38
Renee
R (8:30am Earlybirds):
301st overall and 1st in women’s 50-54 in
2:53:55
Ask the
Coach
Dear
Coach:
Why should I breathe on both sides in freestyle? One-Side
Breather
Dear O.-S.
Breather: The best way to keep your stroke symmetrical and avoid injury is
to breathe on both sides. If you find it difficult to bilateral breathe,
you can instead change the side that you breathe on every length (or every
50m). Ideally you want to take the same number of breaths on your left and
your right over the course of a workout. It’s ok to switch back to your
preferred side when sprinting or racing. The longer you’ve been breathing
on one side, the harder it will be to change. However, drill sets give you
a great chance to practice.
Dear
Coach: Why
should I bring a water bottle to practice? A
Non-Drinker
Dear
A.N.-Drinker: Most of us spend a lot of our lives partially
de-hydrated. By the time you feel thirsty it’s too late. Drinking a
lot of fluids before, during, and after workout will help you perform better,
and avoid muscle cramps, headaches, and dizziness. It’s also important to
get some food into you before a workout (especially if you train in the
morning). An in-depth article can be found at: http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=395&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&mid=614&ItemId=528.
Thanks to Brenda
Ross for sending
this link.
Private and Semi-Private Masters
Swim Lessons
Fall/Winter Schedule:
Mon 9:45-10:45am: Dec 11, Jan 8 –
Feb 5, Feb 19, Mar 5 – Apr 2
Tue 7:30-8:30am: Feb 27 – Apr
3
Wed 8-9pm: Dec 13, Feb 28, Mar 14 –
Apr 4
Thu 7:30-8:30am: Mar 1 – Apr 5
Fri 9:45-10:45am: Sept 22 – Oct 6,
Oct 27 – Nov 10, Nov 24, Dec 8 - 15, Jan 5 - 12, Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 16, Mar 2 –
30
Sat 7-8pm: Dec 16, Jan 13, Jan 20,
Feb 3, Feb 17
Sat 8-9pm: Oct 21, Nov 11, Nov 25 –
Dec 16, Jan 13, Jan 20, Feb 3, Feb 17
2006-2007
Prices:
Private:
$50 per hour, plus
GST.
Semi-Private (2-3
swimmers; per swimmer): $32 per hour, plus GST.
Contact
Reminders
Fall / Winter
2006-2007 Session Information
Note that High
Intensity Masters is for those who can repeat 100s free on 1:45 or better and
100s of other strokes on 2:00 or better. (High Intensity Group 1 is
full.)
Membership and Masters
program prices have not increased for 06-07. In addition, students, staff
and faculty do not have to pay a “bump up” fee. Fall programs run Tue Sept
12th – Sat Dec 16th. Winter programs run Tue Jan
2nd – Thu Apr 5th, except where noted. (There will
likely be a longer pool shutdown in Apr/May 07 to fix the roof.)
You can register by
phone (613-520-4480 8:30am-4:30pm M-F) or on-line (programs only, not
membership) at: https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=742,
or follow the links from http://www.carleton.ca/athletics.
Here’s a summary of the
programs offered. More details at: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com:
7:30am
Earlybirds: 7:30-8:30am MWF + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $120+GST each term **FULL for
Fall**
8:30am
Earlybirds: 8:30-9:30am MWF + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $120+GST each term
6pm
Whitecaps: 6:00-7:10pm MTuTh + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $120+GST each term
Whitecaps Child Supervision:
6:00-7:10pm MTuTh + 9-10am Sat: $88 each term **FULL for
Fall**
8pm
Nightcaps: 8:00-9:00pm TuTh + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $86+GST each term
High Intensity
1: 6:00-7:30am MWF: $180+GST Sept-Feb (10 spots) **FULL**
High Intensity
2: 7:30-9:30am TuTh: $180+GST Sept-Feb (5
spots)
High Intensity
3: 7:15-9:00pm M + 6:00-7:40pm W +
5:00-7:00pm Sat: $180+GST Sept-Feb
(5 spots)
6:30am
Earlybirds: 6:30-7:30am MWF + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $52+GST (Mar-Apr
only)
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