Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter #174                      Sunday, July 29^th, 2007

 

To:  Carleton Coaches (8 addresses)

 

Bcc: Those Registered for Fall 2006 / Winter/Spring/Summer 2007 and Alumni: 6:30am Earlybirds (26 addresses), 7:30am Earlybirds (47 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (28 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "A" (46 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "B" (41 addresses), Nightcaps (27 addresses), Masters "Alumni" (33 members).

 

 

"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have." – Norman Vincent Peale

 

 

Summer Session Reminders

Just a reminder that there are no workouts on Mon Aug 6^th, the August Civic Holiday.  There are no Saturday workouts in July and August. 

 

 

Fall/Winter Session Preview

Here’s the information on the Fall/Winter Masters sessions.  Registration for Fall starts on Tue Aug 7^th.  (Registration for Winter usually starts in November.)  Saturday workouts will be half an hour later than in the past (i.e. 8:30-9:30am OR 9:30-10:30am).  Note that the shutdown for 2008 will not start until April 19^th (rather than the beginning of April as previously predicted).

Fall Dates: Sept 11^th – Dec 19^th, except Oct 8^th (Thanksgiving Monday)

Winter Dates: Jan 7^th – Apr 18^th, except Mar 21^st, 22^nd, 24^th (Easter Weekend)

Programs Offered:  (All programs are for members only)

7:30am Earlybirds: 7:30-8:30am MWF + 8:30-9:30am OR 9:30-10:30am Sat: $127+GST per term

8:30am Earlybirds: 8:30-9:30am MWF + 8:30-9:30am OR 9:30-10:30am Sat: $127+GST per term

6pm Whitecaps: 6:00-7:10pm MTuTh + 8:30-9:30am OR 9:30-10:30am Sat: $132+GST per term

8pm Nightcaps: 8-9pm TuTh + 8:30-9:30am OR 9:30-10:30am Sat: $96+GST per term

Child Safety Supervision: 6:00-7:10pm MTuTh + 8:30-9:30am Sat: $94 (no GST) per term

6:30am Earlybirds: Feb 25-Apr 18^th only: 6:30-7:30am MWF + 8:30-9:30am OR 9:30-10:30am Sat: $64+GST

 

 

Upcoming Open Water Swims (Masters Swimming Ontario Registration not required)

For those who enjoy open water swimming, there are quite a few races coming up that are open to all (MSO registration not needed).  Check out the list of competitions later in the newsletter. 

  

 

Swimmer Notes   

 

Team Web Site:  The Carleton Masters web site (http://carletonmasters.tripod.com) was down for most of the past week but is now up and running again.  Tripod’s administration mistakenly flagged it as a site that had violated their terms of service.  Many thanks to Francois Parent (Whitecaps) for bringing this to my attention!

 

Latest Fashion Accessory:  Here’s the latest fashion accessory for swimmers and those living in central England (where there is extensive flooding): http://carletonmasters.tripod.com/07sum/.  Thanks to Evelyn Simpson (Whitecaps) for sending this in.  Very appropriate most wore flippers at Thursday or Friday’s workouts!

 

Meech Lake:  Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) has recently been found in Meech Lake and the O’Brien beach is closed for about 10 days.  Check out the links at: http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/sujets/santepub/environnement/index.php?id=46,50,0,0,1,0&nofiche=189&noreg=&PHPSESSID=79015259912374c05c4d516abdc2b8fb and http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/water-eau/drink-potab/cyanobacteria-cyanobacteries_e.html for more information.

 

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

 

 

Summer Session Information

Mits and Blake will take over coaching Whitecaps for the remainder of August starting on Tue Aug 7^th.  Mits will coach on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Blake will coach on Mondays.  The 800/1500 time trials for the summer session will be held on Tue Aug 21^st / Wed Aug 22^nd. 

 

Here are the attendance statistics to date for the summer session:

 

6:30am Earlybirds (July 4-27^th; 11 workouts; range: 8-16; avg.: 12.6)

Perfect Attendance: Bruce S

 

7:30am Earlybirds (July 4-27^th; 11 workouts; range: 12-21; avg.: 15.5)

Perfect Attendance: Isla

 

Whitecaps (July 3-26^th; 11 workouts; range: 17-27; avg.: 21.5)

Perfect Attendance: Francois P, Gi

 

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.  (If you wait until fall to register, you can pay $25 good until Dec 31^st, 2008.)  Note that you must register with MSO at least 3 weeks before the due date of your entry for your first competition. 

 

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 upcoming competitions (mostly) in Ontario and Quebec.  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.

 

Sat Aug 11^th Technosport 4k in Meech Lake (MSO registration not required) http://www.technosport.ca

Sun Aug 12^th Brockville 750m, 1.5k, 3k swims (MSO registration not required for 750m only)

    http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/1000IslandsOWP27april.pdf

Sun Aug 19th Wakefield 10k Swim (not a race; MSO registration not required); swim is with the current;

    for more information contact: Suzanne at osuzanna56@gmail.com. 

Sun Sept 9^th St Marys 5k Swim (MSO registration is required) http://www.soloswims.com/

Apr 15-25^th 2008 World Masters Aquatic Championships, Perth, Australia http://www.2008finamasters.org/

 

 

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

 

Sunday, July 15^th Vermont Sun Triathlon, Salisbury VT (600yd/14mi/3mi; 224 participants)

Congratulations to Bruce Haydon for his first triathlon medal!!!  Full results at: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/07/vt/Jul15_Vermon_set1.shtml.

Bruce Haydon (7:30am Earlybirds, 40-44): 36^th overall; 3^rd in age group in 1:13:07

 

Sunday, July 15^th Gravenhurst Triathlon (Sprint: 750m/20k/5k; 318 participants)

Congrats to Kristi on her race.  Full results at: http://www.sportstats.ca.

Kristi Dean (35-39, 7:30am Earlybirds): 210^th overall; 21^st in age group in 1:40:35

 

Sunday, July 15^th Graham Beasley Triathlon, Carleton Place (Sprint: 500m/20k/5k; 158 participants)

Congratulations to you both.  Full results at: http://www.sportstats.ca. 

Melanie Patina (25-29, Whitecaps): 33^rd overall and 3^rd in age group in 1:16:32

Jessica Kamps (25-29, 6:30am Earlybirds): 64^th overall and 7^th in age group in 1:21:36

 

Saturday July 21^st Technosport 3k, Meech Lake (20 participants)

This time there were just 3 Carleton swimmers.  Full results can be found at: http://ca.geocities.com/technosport@rogers.com/results/jul21_07.htm.  (The June 30^th 2k results are also posted at: http://ca.geocities.com/technosport@rogers.com/results/jun30_07.htm.) 

Congrats to all three guys who each won their age group:

Gi Wu (20-24, Whitecaps): 4^th overall; 4^th man; 1^st in age group in 50:35

Francois Parent (40-44, Whitecaps): 8^th overall; 7^th man; 1^st in age group in 52:18

Steve Morton (35-39, x-Whitecaps): 12^th overall; 9^th man; 1^st in age group in 1:02:10

 

Saturday, July 21^st Triathlon de Gatineau (Lac Leamy)

Full results at: http://www.sportstats.ca.  Congrats to you both on your races!

Sprint (750m/20k/5k; 11 elite men)

Jamie Stephenson (6:30am Earlybirds): 2^nd in 56:20

Olympic (1500m/40k/10k; 84 participants)

Eric Biklo (45-49, x-Whitecaps): 58^th overall; 4^th in age group in 2:39:11

 

 

Ask the Coach

 

Dear Coach:  I've got a couple of questions about long distance swimming.
1. How do long distance swimmers hydrate?
2. I went in a swimming race the other day which, at 3 km, was a long distance for me. When I got out of the water, I felt drunk. I'm pretty athletic and am familiar with muscle exhaustion feelings and this was different: I felt woozy and somewhat disoriented. Somebody suggested it was low blood sugar, but I've been for long runs and never felt this. What do you think?

Thanks.  Kurious Mile Swimmer

 

Dear K.M. Swimmer:

1. When swimming in (clean) fresh water, you can drink the water that you are swimming in.  This doesn’t work in salt water or in a swim or race that’s long enough to require calorie intake.  Rules for open water swimming permit a support boat to pass a swimmer food and drink, but the swimmer may not touch the boat.

2. It’s unlikely that you would become dehydrated enough to feel dizzy after a 3k swim.  I’d always thought that the balance problems after a long open water swim were a result of spending too much time horizontal without vertical clues (such as the walls of the pool when swimming indoors).  However, as the loss of balance does appear to be worse after swimming in (very) cold water, a bit of research on the web suggests that cold water getting into your ears may affect the vestibular apparatus (which controls balance).  Ear plugs (silicon recommended) can help if this is the cause, see: http://www.timedfinals.com/16052007/how-to-keep-the-focus-on-swimming-while-in-cold-water/. 

 

Dear Coach:  What’s the difference between IM and IMo?  Forgetful Swimmer

 

Dear F. Swimmer:  When a repeat is swum as IM, you divide it into quarters and do the first ¼ fly, the 2^nd back, 3^rd breast and 4^th free.  When repeats are done in IMo (IM order), you do one repeat fly, one back, one breast and one free.  Thus 4 x 100IM would be 4 x (25fl+25bk+25br+25fs), whereas 4 x 100IMo would be 100fl, 100bk, 100br, 100fs.

 

 

Private and Semi-Private Masters Swim Lessons

Summer Schedule:

July:

Wed 6-7pm (all booked)

August:

Mon/Tue/Thu 7:15-8:15pm

Wed 6-7pm & 7-8pm

 

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

 

Summer Session:

Full details on the Spring/Summer programs are posted on our web site: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com and are also available at: http://www.carleton.ca/athletics.  You can register by calling 613-520-4480 8:30am-4:30pm M-F or on-line (programs only) at:

https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=920 (or follow the links from the Carleton Athletics web page listed above). 

   Here’s a summary of what is offered for Summer:

6:30am Earlybirds, 7:30am Earlybirds, 6pm Whitecaps, Child Supervision

Costs: Earlybirds: $70; Whitecaps: $72; Child Supervision: $62

   - a few points of note:

            1. no Saturday workouts in July/August & no workouts Mon Aug 6^th

            2. Whitecaps workouts will be half-pool only in July/August (one coach)

            3. the Summer session will run until Sat Sept 8^th (September workouts TBC)

 

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)

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