Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter #179                     Sunday, September 30^th, 2007

 

To:  Carleton Coaches (9 addresses)

 

Bcc: Those Registered for Fall 2007 and Alumni: 7:30am Earlybirds (38 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (26 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "A" (33 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "B" (22 addresses), 8pm Nightcaps (22 addresses), Masters "Alumni" (8 members).

And:

Bcc (for the last time unless they contact me): Those registered in 06-07 but not yet in 07-08: 6:30am Earlybirds (16 addresses), 7:30am Earlybirds (20 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (9 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps “A” (17 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps “B” (18 addresses), 8pm Nightcaps (15 addresses), 07 Masters Alumni (32 members).

 

 

"The cowards never started and the weak died along the way.  That just leaves us."

 

 

Upcoming Cancellation

Just a reminder that there are no workouts on Mon Oct 8^th (Thanksgiving).  The Athletic Facility and Pool are closed that day.  There are Earlybirds workouts as usual on Fri Oct 5^th (7:30-8:30am and 8:30-9:30am) even though there are no University classes that day.  Workouts also run as usual on Sat Oct 6^th (8:30-9:30am or 9:30-10:30am). 

    For those who attend public swims, the pool will be following a holiday schedule Thanksgiving weekend: Sat Oct 6^th: public: 11:45am-3:30pm; Sun Oct 7^th: women only: 10:40-11:40am; public: 11:45am-3:30pm; Mon Oct 8^th: closed.

 

 

Masters Swimming Ontario Registration / Renewals

If you are interested in competing in any Masters Swimming competitions (open to age 18+) between now and December 2008, it’s time to register with MSO (Masters Swimming Ontario).  If you’re not sure about competing, talk to your coach.  To get in on the main club registration, I need your personal information and $25 by Fri Oct 12^th.  (After that date there will be an extra $1 fee to cover postage/handling.)

 

 

Masters Etiquette

Here are a few guidelines for making your Masters workout an enjoyable experience for everyone… 

Equipment:  Please get yourself a kickboard and a pull-buoy at the beginning of each workout, and put them away at the end.  Some swimmers are quite fussy as to the colour/style of their equipment so try not to use someone else’s favourite!  (If yours has disappeared, just ask the coach for a replacement.)

Punctuality:  While I know that everyone has busy schedules and this is not always possible, please do your best to arrive on time.  If you are late, join in with the least possible disruption to your lane-mates.  Similarly, if you have to leave early, do your cool-down without throwing off the “flow” of your lane.

Lane Flow:  Except during warm up and warm down, everyone in the lane should be swimming (more or less) together.  The swimmers should start at 5 sec intervals (10 sec if there is space) on each swim.  Everyone should be on the same pace times.  If your lane has a wide variety of speeds, there may be times when you lap or get lapped by everyone.  If you fall behind, just skip 50m and join in with the others.  Do your best to stay with the pace times the coach gave your lane.  If things are not working out for you, let the coach know.

Avoid Scented Products:  Several of our swimmers have sensitivities to chemicals.  Please avoid using strongly scented products both before your swim and in the shower afterwards. 

 

 

Swimmer Notes   

 

Engagement:  Kristi Dean (7:30am Earlybirds & Saturday Coach) and Jim McConnery got engaged on Sept 20^th.  They plan to get married at the end of March 2008.  Congratulations, Kristi!!

 

Addison’s Disease:  John Waring (x-Whitecaps “A” & Varsity Coach) who is living in London, ON, recently had a nearly fatal Addison’s disease crisis.  Addison’s disease is caused by malfunctioning adrenal glands, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison's_disease.  He’s out of hospital now and on medication (that he’ll have to take permanently).  However, on the positive side, he’s feeling better than he has in two years and is quite relieved that he finally knows what’s wrong with him, as the symptoms were very difficult to diagnose until it reached the crisis stage.

 

Back to the Pool:  It’s great to see that Anita Manley (8:30am Earlybirds/Whitecaps “B”) has been released from the Royal Ottawa hospital and is back swimming.  Welcome back, Anita!

 

Move to Dallas:  Victoria Nawaby (Whitecaps/Nightcaps) and her daughter Dariya (Safety Supervision) have moved to Dallas, Texas.  Victoria says: “Both Dariya and I have enjoyed swimming at Carleton very much and will miss all our good friends.  We will continue to swim once we are settled in Dallas and I will let you know how life is treating us there.”  For those who want to keep in touch, Victoria’s e-mail address is nawabyv at hotmail dot com.  We’ll miss you both!

 

Holiday Update:  George Tombler (Whitecaps “B”) sends this e-mail from his holiday in Greece: “My Greek swimming training is going strong but for the distractions.  Every time I peer out to take a breath during my front crawl I’m greeted with dozens of topless sunbathing Aphrodites.” 

 

Top Girls:  (Not to be confused with topless girls.)  Charles McFarland (7:30am Earlybirds) is directing this play which will be performed at the Arts Court Theatre from Oct 25^th – Nov 3^rd.  More information at: http://www.thirdwall.com/pdf/Thirdwall-2007-2008.pdf. 

 

Watermelon:  Thanks to Margaret King (8:30am Earlybirds) who brought watermelon for all the 8:30am swimmers on Wed Sept 26^th.

 

Historical Swim Times:  Jennifer Evans (8:30am Earlybirds) whose research involves looking at microfilm of 1950s-era GDR newspapers recently came across this information on the sports pages of a 1958 Berliner Zeitung am Abend (Berlin Evening News):  “At the German Nationals in Magdeburg new (East) German records were set in men's 200 backstroke where Dieter Pfeifer came in at 2:27.1. Jutta Langenaus on the other hand set a new women's 800m record at 11:43.4. Karin Beyer clocked a mighty 1:22.4 for 100 breast, while Annaliese Schneider finished just under 3 minutes (2:51.0) for her 200 m back.”  Swimming has come a long way in the last 50 years, as those times are not very competitive at all these days!

 

Memorial Service:  An obituary for Jack Galvin (North York Gators Masters Swimmer) was included in the last newsletter.  His memorial service was held Sat Sept 29^th and Bryan Finlay (organizer of the MSO 5km swim championships held in early September) has put together a great tribute to Jack at: http://soloswims.com/galvin.htm. 

 

E-Newsletter E-Mail List Clean-Up:  I’ve just about finished cleaning up the e-newsletter lists.  After this newsletter, only those who are registered for Fall and those who have requested to be on the “alumni” list will continue to receive the newsletter.  If you registered in the last few days, still plan to register or want to be on the “alumni” list, just drop me an e-mail.

 

The Importance of Cooling Down:  An interesting article on post-exercise muscle soreness and the cool down: http://www.competitorsocal.com/article/?Guid=a40f7937-4c93-4c85-9209-3e061bd7ce7e.  

 

Fall Themes Posted:  The workout themes and Saturday coaches for Fall 2007 have been posted on the bulletin board and web site (http://carletonmasters.tripod.com/mastplanfall07.pdf or go to the main site and scroll down to the Fall information).  

 

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

 

 

Fall Session Information

This section of the newsletter contains information on upcoming special workouts / sets as well as the names of those who attend most regularly.

 

Here's the summary of the weekday attendance to date for the Fall session.  (We don’t take attendance regularly on Saturday.)  Those with perfect weekday attendance for the whole session receive a certificate.

 

7:30am Earlybirds (Sept 12-28^th; 8 workouts; range: 20-29; avg.: 25.6)

Perfect Attendance: Angela D, Carla S, Denise D, Derek R, Marie-Odile, Sean K, Ursula

 

8:30am Earlybirds (Sept 12-28^th; 8 workouts; range: 16-26; avg.: 21.1)

Perfect Attendance: Alex R, Amir, Colette K, Isla, Jen E, Margaret K, Penny, Susan N-Y, Tanya L

 

6pm Whitecaps “A” (Sept 11-27^th; 8 workouts; range: 21-28; avg.: 23.1)

Perfect Attendance: Bill W, Cam D, Don W, Joanne D, Jose, Lina, Paola

 

6pm Whitecaps “B” (Sept 11-27^th; 8 workouts; range: 9-19; avg.: 12.3)

Perfect Attendance: Val Q

 

8pm Nightcaps (Sept 11-27^th; 6 workouts; range 17-26; avg.: 21.8)

Perfect Attendance: Graham L, Joanie C, Joanna B, Peter Liu

 

Masters Swimming Competitions

You must register annually with Masters Swimming Ontario (MSO) if you want to compete in Masters Swimming competitions.  Registration for 2007-2008 is starting now.  Cost is $25 for registration (good until Dec 31^st, 2008).  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. 

 

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.  More meets will be added as the information become available.  Note that meet entries and confirming meet information and entry dates are your responsibility.  More meets, information and web links (if not listed below) should be available shortly, or look at the full schedules as per the above.

 

Sat Oct 13^th Brantford Masters Meet http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/BRNTFallSprintSplash.pdf

Sun Oct 28^th Downtown Swim Club, Toronto, Masters Meet

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

Sat Nov 3^rd Technosport Swim Meet (Ottawa)

Sat Nov 3^rd Brossard Masters Meet

Sun Nov 11^th Etobicoke Masters Meet

    http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/EOMAC-ThirdNotSerious.pdf

Sat Nov 17^th Cowansville Masters Meet

Sun Nov 18^th Kingston Masters Meet http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/OHM07info.pdf 

    http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/OHM07IndivReg.pdf 

    http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/OHM07RegRelay.pdf

Fri-Sat Nov 23-24^th Montreal Cup Masters Meet (Claude Robillard)  http://www.acontrecourant.qc.ca/en/coupe/

Sat-Sun Nov 24-25^th Sainte-Foy Masters Meet

Sat Dec 8^th Montreal North Masters Meet

Sun Dec 9^th North York Masters Meet http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/Pentathlon2007Reg.pdf

Sun Jan 6^th Muskoka Masters Meet

Sat Jan 12^th Technosport Swim Meet (Ottawa)

Sun Jan 20^th Alderwood Teddy Bares Masters Meet, Toronto

    http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/ATB2008.pdf

Sun Feb 10^th London Masters Meet

Sat-Sun Feb 16-17^th LaSalle Masters Meet

Sun Feb 17^th Burlington Masters Meet http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/BMSCmeet.pdf

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

Sat Feb 23^rd Nepean Masters (Ottawa) LCM Meet

Sun Mar 2^nd Milton Masters Meet

Sat Mar 8^th Technosport Swim Meet (Ottawa)

Sat Mar 15^th Dollard-des-Ormeaux Masters Meet

Fri-Sun Mar 28-30^th Ontario Provincial Masters Champs, Etobicoke

Fri-Sun Apr 11-13^th Quebec Provincials, Trois-Rivieres

     http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/0804_Inv27eChamp_prov_maitres_Manuvie.pdf

Sat Apr 12^th Technosport Swim Meet (Ottawa)

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

Sat May 3^rd Cornwall Masters Meet

Fri-Mon May 16-19^th Canadian Masters Championships, Quebec City

Sat Jun 7^th Repentigny Masters Meet

Sat Jun 28^th Masters Invitational LCM Meet, Montreal

 

 

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

 

Sat Sept 15^th Triathlon de Montreal

Despite the horrible weather, one Carleton swimmer completed the full Esprit Ironman distance and two did the Olympic distance.  Well done!  Full results at: http://www.sportstats.ca. 

Esprit Ironman Distance (3.8k/180k/42.2k; 81 participants)

   Bruce Haydon (7:30am Earlybirds): 54^th overall; 10^th in men’s 40-44 in 13:26:03

Olympic Distance (1.5k/40k/10k; 384 participants)

   Natalie Aucoin (8:30am Earlybirds): 217^th overall; 7^th in women’s 35-39 in 2:41:03

   Claire Robinson (8:30am Earlybirds): 319^th overall; 10^th in women’s 40-44 in 2:57:28 (her first Olympic tri!)

 

Sat-Sun Sept 22-23^rd Dragon Boat Race Festival, Montreal

Debby Whately (Whitecaps “A”) competed with a middle of the pack team (both women’s and mixed).  She reports that their results were as expected and that over the weekend she competed in more races than just about all the festivals for the rest of the summer combined!

 

 

Ask the Coach

 

Dear Coach:  Someone asked about buying polyester suits in the last newsletter and you suggested http://www.aquasport.ca in Montreal.  I just wanted to let you know that they’re not actually that hard to find locally – Sports Experts at Bayshore has a large selection, and Sports4 on Bank also carries them. So does Champagne Pool (smaller selection) at very good prices – closer to $50 for a women's suit instead of the usual $70+.  Ellen B (Whitecaps “B”)

 

Dear Ellen:  Many thanks for your tips!

 

Dear Coach:  What is IM?  A Confused Newbie

 

Dear A.C. Newbie:  IM stands for Individual Medley, and is a combination of four strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle (in that order).

 

Dear Coach:  What is RIM and revIM?  A Very Confused Newbie

 

Dear A.V.C. Newbie:  RIM or revIM stands for reverse IM.  In this case you swim the four strokes in reverse order: freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and then butterfly.

 

Dear Coach:  How do I know how many lengths of each stroke to do in IM?  Still Confused Newbie

 

Dear S.C. Newbie:  Unless otherwise stated, you break up the total distance into quarters and do the first ¼ butterfly, the 2^nd quarter backstroke, the 3^rd quarter breaststroke, and the last quarter freestyle.  When you are swimming in a 25m pool (as we do), a trick is to look at the first number and that will tell you how many lengths of each stroke to do.  For example, a 400IM would consist of 4 lengths (100m) fly, 4 lengths back, 4 lengths breast and 4 lengths free.

 

Dear Coach:  How far is a lap?  How about a length?  Counting My Distance

 

Dear C.M. Distance:  We generally avoid the use of “lap” as it’s confusing.  Stick with length (1 length = 25m), or count meters instead.

 

 

Private and Semi-Private Masters Swim Lessons

Partial Fall Schedule (more days to come):

Fri 9:45-10:45am

 

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 Schedule

Here’s the information on the Fall/Winter Masters sessions.  Registration for Winter starts in November.  Don’t forget that Saturday workouts are half an hour later than in the past (i.e. 8:30-9:30am OR 9:30-10:30am). 

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 (11 lanes)

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

 

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 9:30-10:30am 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