Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter #159                        Thursday, December 7^th, 2006

 

To:  Carleton Coaches (8 addresses)

 

Bcc: Those Registered for Fall 2006 and Alumni: High Intensity (17 addresses); 7:30am Earlybirds (42 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (23 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "A" (40 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "B" (39 addresses), Nightcaps (25 addresses), Masters "Alumni" (37 members).

 

 

"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well." --- Baron de Coubertin; The Olympic Creed

 

 

Fall Session End

The Fall session ends on Sat Dec 16^th.  The Winter session starts on Tue Jan 2^nd / Wed Jan 3^rd.  There will be a few interim $3 workouts offered – see below.

 

 

Athletics Building / Pool Holiday Hours

Here’s information on the Athletics building and pool hours over the next month.  Note that building holiday hours are 8am-8pm (morning members allowed all day); pool holiday hours mean just one public swim offered from 11:45am-3:30pm.

Up to Thu Dec 21^st: building and pool open normal hours

Fri Dec 22^nd: building open normal hours; pool open holiday hours

Sat Dec 23^rd – Tue Dec 26^th: CLOSED

Wed Dec 27^th – Sat Dec 30^th: building and pool open holiday hours

Sun Dec 31^st – Mon Jan 1^st: CLOSED

Tue Jan 2^nd on: building and pool open normal hours

 

 

Interim Workout Schedule

Here’s a list of the $3 Masters workouts over the holidays.  These are open to anyone who registered with Masters or High Intensity for Fall and/or Winter, and who has a valid membership for the time of the workout.  (Note that morning only members can attend on Dec 28^th, as morning memberships are good all day on reduced hours days.)  All workouts are half-pool and no safety supervision is offered.  Please bring exact change and pay the coach on deck.

Mon Dec 18^th 7:30-8:30am (Lynn)

Mon Dec 18^th 6:00-7:10pm (Lynn)

Tue Dec 19^th 6:00-7:10pm (Mits)

Wed Dec 20^th 7:30-8:30am (Lynn)

Thu Dec 21^st 6:00-7:10pm (Mits)

Thu Dec 28^th 3:30-5:00pm (Mits)

Sat Dec 30^th 9:30-10:30am (TBD)

   There are also some Varsity workouts coached by Lynn that are open to High Intensity swimmers (free of charge) and to regular Masters swimmers for $3 per workout:

Sat Dec 16^th 5:00-7:00pm

Mon Dec 18^th 6:00-7:30am

Wed Dec 20^th 6:00-7:30am

Fri Dec 22^nd 9:30-11:30am

Fri Dec 22^nd 3:30-5:30pm

 

 

Winter Term Registration

Registration for the Winter Term for all Athletics programs is underway.  Note that the only Masters groups continuing after Christmas without the need to re-register are the High Intensity groups.  For all other groups (Earlybirds, Whitecaps, Nightcaps), a new Winter registration is required.  Register early to avoid disappointment.  Winter Masters groups start on Tue Jan 2^nd / Wed Jan 3^rd.  Note that although the 6:30am group doesn’t start until February 26^th, registration for that group is open.  If you want to switch from another group to the 6:30am group, let the Customer Service staff know when you register.  Details on programs, dates and cost can be found in the “Reminders” section below.  You can register on-line at: https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=742.     

 

 

Masters Christmas Party

Many thanks to Don, Joanie, Sam and Ben (Whitecaps “A” / Nightcaps / Safety Supervision) for hosting the annual Christmas Party on Sat Dec 2^nd.  The turn out was the best yet, and the food was, as always, plentiful and very good! 

   A few things were left at the party.  Let me know if any belong to you:

- a pair of men’s black overshoes

- two bags of lapel pins

   Also, Vanessa (Whitecaps “B”) has kindly sent in her recipe for the yummy Brie appetizer that she brought:

Ingredients:

3/4 c. finely chopped pecans
1/3 c. coffee-flavored liqueur (Kalhua)
3 T. brown sugar
1 ea Brie mini-cheese round (about 14oz)

Directions:

Toast pecans in a glass pie plate: microwave on High for 2 minutes, stir, microwave an additional 2 minutes. If necessary, stir and microwave again for 2 minutes, until pecans are toasted. Stir in well the liqueur and brown sugar. Place Brie round on a microwave-safe serving plate. Remove rind from the top of the Brie and discard. Spoon pecan mixture over the top of the Brie. Microwave on high, uncovered, for 1-1/2 to 2 minutes, turning plate midway through heating time. Serve with assorted crackers. Makes about 12 servings.

 

 

Varsity Swim Team Fundraiser: Carleton Night with the Senators: Tue Jan 30^th

Would you like to see the Ottawa Senators take on the Washington Capitals on Tue Jan 30^th at a reduced price and support Carleton’s Varsity Athletes?  Tickets start at $45.  Ask for a brochure or take one from the Varsity swim bulletin board, or go to: http://www2.capitaltickets.ca/eng/promos.cfm and then enter SENGRPCAR, and then click on Washington Capitals inside the red box.  Under seating preferences comments, add that you want to support the “swim team”, or the money will go to the general Varsity fund.

 

 

Swimmer Notes   

 

Dr. Julie:  Congratulations to Julie Deschenes-Furry (7:30am Earlybirds) for successfully defending her Ph.D. Thesis on Nov 21st!

 

Upcoming Concerts:  Sean Kelly (HI 1&2) and Ursula Scott (7:30am Earlybirds) are members of the Orpheus Choral Group which has one more Christmas concert as follows:

   Saturday, December 16th, 7:30 p.m., Annunciation of the Lord Church, 2414 Ogilvie Road, Gloucester - admission is free but donations appreciated for the Knights of Columbus Christmas Charities Campaign.

 

Carleton Swim Suits:  These are polyester training suits (long lasting).  Men’s suits are available in sizes 28-40 (they fit small – you may want to go up a size).  Cost is $35.  Women’s suits are available in sizes 26-40 (they fit large – you may need to go down a size).  Cost is $55.  Contact me via e-mail if you are interested in a suit and let me know your approximate size.  You can pay by cash or cheque payable to “Carleton University”. 

Nose Clips for Sale:  Cost $5.  Contact Lynn if you are interested.

 

 

Fall Session Information

Congrats to all who participated in the almost-end-of-term distance (800/1500) time trials.  You have the chance to do a few more short time trials before the end of the session.  The summary of all the time trials will be in the end-of-term newsletter (#160). 

 

Here are the weekday attendance stats for the Fall session to date.  There are just 3 swimmers remaining with perfect weekday attendance. 

 

7:30am Earlybirds (Sept 13-Dec 4^th; 36 workouts; range 9-32; avg.: 19.6)

Missed 4 Workouts: Francois A, Ursula

 

8:30am Earlybirds (Sept 13-Dec 4^th; 36 workouts; range 11-20; avg.: 15.6)

Perfect Attendance: Alan H

Missed 3 Workouts: Colette K

Missed 4 Workouts: Natalie A

 

6pm Whitecaps “A” (Sept 12-Dec 5^th; 36 workouts; range 10-29; avg.: 20.0)

Missed 2 Workouts: Don W, Pete L

Missed 3 Workouts: Francois P, Gi, Jose

 

6pm Whitecaps “B” (Sept 12-Dec 5^th; 36 workouts; range 12-29; avg.: 19.9)

Missed 2 Workouts: Christiane W

Missed 3 Workouts: Joanne D

 

8pm Nightcaps (Sept 12-Dec 5^th; 25 workouts; range 10-20; avg.: 15.3)

Perfect Attendance: Ashley

Missed 1 Workout: Joanie

Missed 3 Workouts: Anna P

 

High Intensity Masters (Sept 13-Dec 7^th; 35/26/33 workouts; range 7-22 [excl Varsity]; avg.: 13.6)

Perfect Attendance: Francois A (HI2)

 

Masters Swimming Competitions

You must register annually with Masters Swimming Ontario (MSO) if you want to compete in Masters Swimming competitions.  Please give Lynn $26 for your 2007 registration, good until Dec 31^st, 2007.  Contact Lynn for details.  Note that you must register with MSO at least 3 weeks before the due date of your entry for your first competition.  Those registered with MSO for 05-06 are able to compete under their old number until Dec 31^st, 2006.

 

Full details on all Ontario Masters competitions can be found at: http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/competition/schedule01.htm.  For Quebec competitions see http://www.fnq.qc.ca/calendrier.html (Masters meets are shaded blue). 

    

Here’s a list of competitions in Ontario and Quebec up to the end of February.  Note that meet entries and confirming meet information and entry dates are your responsibility.  More information and web links (if not listed below) should be available shortly, or look at the full schedules as per the above paragraph.

 

Sun Dec 10^th Saint Lambert Masters Meet SCM http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/0612_InvMaitresStLambert.pdf

Sun Dec 10^th North York Pentathlon Meet SCM

     http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/pentathlon06re%202.pdf

Sun Dec 17^th Laval Masters Meet SCM http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/0612_Laval_Maîtres.doc

Sat Jan 13^th Technosport Sprint Meet SCM http://www.technosport.ca

Sat Jan 13^th Longueuil Masters Meet SCM http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/0701_ELITE_InvProvMaitres.pdf

Sun Jan 21^st Alderwood Masters Meet SCY http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/ATBmeet.pdf

Sun Jan 28^th 1000 Islands Masters Meet SCM http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/1000islands2007.pdf  

Fri-Sat Feb 2-3^rd Coupe de la Capitale (no info yet)

Sun Feb 11^th Burlington Masters Meet SCM info:

   http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/Burlwintersplash2007.pdf; entry form:

   http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/BurlMeetEntryForm.pdf

Sat-Sun Feb 17-18^th La Salle Masters Meet (no info yet)

Sat Feb 24^th Ian Button (Nepean) Masters Meet (no info yet)

 

 

Race Results: (Please send in your results!!)

 

Nov 19^th Kingston Masters Meet

Six Carleton swimmers took part in this meet.  Official results are now available at: http://www.ohm.you-name-it.ca/documents/2006%20Results.htm.  Well done all!  Here are the placings:

Lina (Whitecaps "A"; 50-54): 1st 50br, 200br; 2nd 100br, 100IM

Gi (Whitecaps "A"; 18-24): 1st 50fs, 100fs, 50br, 50fl, 100IM

Rob T (HI 1&2; 50-54) 1st 100bk, 100br; 2nd 50br; 3rd 50bk, 50fl, 100IM; 6th 50fs, 100fs

Jose (Whitecaps "A"; 50-54) 4th 200fs; 7th 50fs, 100fs

Andrew P (Whitecaps "B"; 55-59) 1st 50fs (33.91 club record); 2nd 100br (1:31.95 club record); 3rd 50br

George T (Whitecaps "B"; 80-84) 2nd 200fs, 50bk, 50br

 

Nov 24-26^th Hawaii Ultraman

Marty Raymond (x-Whitecaps “A”) participated in the event and had his best ever finish – he was 5^th (and he wont the swim again this year)!  You can check out: http://www.ultramanlive.com/, plus: http://www.insidetri.com/portal/news/news.asp?item=105754. 

 

 

Ask the Coach

 

Dear Coach:  When does the 6:30am Earlybirds start?  Morning Swimmer

 

Dear M. Swimmer: The first workout is Mon Feb 26^th. 

 

Dear Coach:  Have you ever heard of putting soap under your leg at night to prevent leg cramps?  It helps!  No More Leg Cramps

 

Dear N.M.L. Cramps:  Well, this is certainly a new one on me, but I did find some references to this on the web.  There are some even weirder suggestions at: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=707090, but here’s the appropriate one:

“Ann Landers suggests this “cure”: put an unwrapped bar of soap under the sheets so that the cramped leg rests upon it (the soap can be kept in place by putting rubber bands around it and pinning the rubber bands to the sheet).  Although there is no apparent explanation for this ‘cure-all,’ her readers swear that it really works.”

Dear Coach:  What are the pool and weight room hours for the holidays?  Want to Burn Off the Turkey

Dear W.t.B.O.t. Turkey:  See the beginning of the newsletter for a summary.

 

 

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: Mar 21

Thu 7:30-8:30am: Mar 1 – Apr 5 

Fri 9:45-10:45am: Dec 15, Jan 5, Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 16, Mar 2 – 30

 

2006-2007 Prices:
Private: $50 per hour, plus GST.
Semi-Private (2-3 swimmers; per swimmer): $32 per hour, plus GST.
Contact Lynn for bookings.

 

 

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 12^th – Sat Dec 16^th.  Winter programs run Tue Jan 2^nd – Thu Apr 5^th, 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 Lynn's workouts ahead of time?  Let me know.  I usually e-mail out two week’s worth of workouts on alternate Sundays.  (Note that these are only the workouts that Lynn coaches.  If Lynn is not your coach, the workouts will be different from the workouts your coach gives you!)

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!

Lynn

lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca (or for quicker response: lynnmar@sce.carleton.ca)

Club website: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com