From: Lynn Marshall
[lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca]Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter
#188
Sunday, February 3rd,
2008
To: Carleton
Coaches (9
addresses)
Bcc:
Those Registered
for Fall 2007 / Winter 2008 and Alumni: 7:30am
Earlybirds (47 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (29 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps
"A" (40 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "B" (35 addresses), 8pm Nightcaps
(40 addresses), Masters "Alumni" (34 members).
"Life should NOT
be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive
and well preserved body. But rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in hand, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO what a ride!" –
Unknown
Winter Session
Dates
Just a note to let you know that
Masters runs as usual during
Carleton’s “Reading Week” Feb 18-22nd, including “Family Day” on Mon
Feb 18th. The 6:30am group starts Mon Feb
25th. The only cancellations this term are for Easter: Fri Mar
21st, Sat Mar 22nd and Mon Mar 24th,
inclusive.
Swimmer
Notes
Masters Swimmers
in the News:
Jim Lee (7:30am Earlybirds) was featured in
a recent Heart & Stroke foundation newsletter: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com/JimHeartStroke.pdf.
Jim has made an amazing recovery from a stroke. He continues work on his
Ph.D. and did a best time in his 50bk in practice this
week!
Charles McFarland (7:30am Earlybirds) has topped his December Capital
Theatre Award for Best Production with a whole slew of additional honours for
2007, by securing a huge number of nominations for the first ever Rideau Awards
(peer-assessed awards for Ottawa’s English Professional Theatre) with his two
productions last year: “Top Girls” and “A Number”: Top Girls has been
nominated for Best Production; Charles for Best Director for A Number; Kristina
Watt for Best Female Performance for her part in Top Girls; Rebecca Miller for
Best Design (Lighting) for Top Girls; Brian Smith for Best Design (Set) for A
Number; and Colleen Sutton for Best Emerging Artist for her part in Top
Girls! Awards will be presented on April 13th.
Congratulations, Charles! See: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=1aafd9b1-87da-4541-8bb9-e27c98f7384b.
Charles’ next production, The Optimists, opens Thu Jan 31st at the
new GCTC Theatre, see: http://www.gctc.ca/emailers/play03.html.
Young Swimmer
Dies: Carleton student Mark MacDonald, 20, who swam for NKB up until a few years ago,
and who tried out for the Varsity team last year but decided against the
commitment (he also swam one workout with the Whitecaps “A” fast lane in
September) was killed in a car accident on Wed Jan 23rd. See:
http://www.charlatan.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19616&Itemid=148
for a photo and more information, as well as: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/features/riverside/story.html?id=cd553d2e-a71c-4c7b-ac15-854be4479966&k=81584,
and http://www.metronews.ca/uploadedFiles/PDFs/20080129_ottawa.pdf.
Polyester
Suits: Tim Kilby (Coach and Whitecaps “A”) reports that Motionware Source for Sports,
1581 Greenbank, Barrhaven, has a good selection of long lasting polyester
suits.
“Spare Goggles
Bag”: Thanks to Christiane Wilke (Whitecaps “B”) who
donated yet more caps and goggles to the cause!
Some Interesting
Articles:
The Importance of Warming
Up: http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=253863
Fitness
Level, not Body Fat, May be Stronger Prediction of Longevity for Over 60s:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071204163249.htm
Vitamin E Linked to
Physical Activity (Helps Older People Move):
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/95146.php
Nose Clips for
Winter Session
Information
Many thanks to Ann Marie Pullen (Whitecaps “B”, Pool
Staff) who kindly agreed to coach Whitecaps “B” for Mits on Tue Jan
22nd. Ann Marie stepped in at the last minute as Mits was sick
and none of the Masters substitute coaches were
available.
Coach Louise Hayes sends her apologies for being
late getting to the pool to coach on the morning of Sat Feb 2nd, due
to the snow plow not getting to her street until just after
8:30am.
Some Whitecaps “B” did 200 free time
trials on Mon Jan 21st, and Whitecaps “A” and Earlybirds did two 50
time trials on Tue Jan 29th / Wed Jan 30th. All the
time trial results for the term will be summarized in the end of term newsletter
in April.
Here are the latest weekday
attendance statistics. Those with perfect attendance for the session will
receive a certificate. There are currently 12 swimmers with perfect weekday attendance
– keep it up! I believe that this is the first time we’ve seen a higher
average for the 8:30am group than for the 7:30am group. The 8:30am group
is still just beating out the 7:30am group for the second highest attendance
(behind Whitecaps “A”). In addition, the 8:30am group has half of those
(six) with perfect weekday
attendance to date!
7:30am
Earlybirds
(Jan 7-Feb 1st; 12 workouts; range: 15-22; avg.:
17.5)
Perfect Attendance: Angela D, Carla,
Ursula
Missed 1 Workout:
8:30am
Earlybirds
(Jan 7-Feb 1st; 12 workouts; range: 13-23; avg.:
17.6)
Perfect Attendance: Flo, Maggie M, Margaret K, Penny, Susan N-Y, Tanya
L
Missed 1 Workout: Amir
6pm Whitecaps “A”
(Jan
8-31st; 11 workouts; range: 18-25; avg.:
21.5)
Perfect Attendance: Debby W, Nicole
D
Missed 1 Workout:
6pm Whitecaps “B”
(Jan
8-31st; 11 4 workouts; range: 11-19; avg.: 15.5)
Missed 1 Workout: Bozena, Christiane W, Marg
E
8pm Nightcaps
(Jan
8-31st; 8 workouts; range: 11-24; avg.: 17.5)
Perfect Attendance: Kathy B
Missed 1 Workout: Amanda G, Jessica B, Nicole L,
Violaine
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 on
now. As the main batch of club registrations has already been mailed, your
cost is $26 for registration ($25
for MSO, $1 for postage/handling). Your MSO membership is good until Dec
31st, 2008. Contact
Full details on all Ontario Masters
competitions can be found at: http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/competition/schedule01.htm.
For
Here’s a list of upcoming
competitions (mostly) in
Sat Feb 9th Kenora Masters Meet http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/2008Winterlude.pdf
Sun Feb 10th
http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/London2008Indentryform.pdf
http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/London2008RelayForm.pdf
Sat-Sun Feb 16-17th
LaSalle Masters Meet http://www.swimmeet.ca/MeetInfo.aspx?meetid=5807
Sun Feb 17th
http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/BMSCReg.pdf
Sat Feb 23rd Nepean
Masters (
Sat Mar 1st
Sun Mar 2nd
http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/MMAC.pdf
Sat Mar 8th Technosport
Swim Meet (
Sat Mar 15th
Dollard-des-Ormeaux Masters Meet http://www.swimmeet.ca/MeetInfo.aspx?meetid=5810
Fri-Sun Mar 28-30th
Ontario Provincial Masters Champs, Etobicoke http://www.msochamps2008.ca
or
http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/2008MSOChampsfinal.pdf
Fri-Sun Apr 11-13th
Sat Apr 12th Technosport
Swim Meet (
Apr 15-25th World Masters
Aquatic Championships,
Sat May 3rd
Sat May 3rd CASO Masters
Meet,
Sat May 3rd
Fri-Mon May 16-19th
Canadian Masters Championships,
http://www.swimmeet.ca/MeetInfo.aspx?meetid=5652
Sat Jun 7th
Sat Jun 28th Masters
Invitational LCM Meet,
Race Results:
(Please send in your
results!!)
Sat Jan
12th Technosport Swim Meet (
We’re still waiting Margaret and
Sat Feb
2nd Winterlude Triathlon (6k
skate, 6k run, 6k ski; 192 participants)
I noticed a couple of Carleton
swimmers on the results. Did I miss anyone? Full results at: http://www.sportstats.ca.
Congrats to Gord and Susan on their
races:
Susan
Nevitt-Yelle (8:30am Earlybirds):
134th overall and 10th in women’s 40-49 in
1:36:31
Sat Feb
2nd Rideau Speedeaus Winterlude Swim Meet (
Ask the
Coach
Dear Coach:
What’s the difference between
negative split and descend? Isn’t it the same thing? Confused
Swimmer
Dear C. Swimmer: A negative
split is when the second half of a swim (repeat) is faster than the first
half. Descend is when each repeat is faster than the one before.
Thus if you did 3 x 200 negative split, the total time for each 200 could be the
same, as long as the 2nd 100 of each 200 was faster than the
1st 100 of each 200. If you did 3 x 200 descend, the total time
for each 200 would be faster (less) for #2 than for #1, and for #3 than for
#2. Within each 200, you could have got faster, slower or stayed the same
for the 2nd 100 compared to the 1st
100.
Dear
Coach: OK then, what about build vs
descend or negative split? Still Confused
Dear S. Confused: We usually
use build to refer to getting faster within a repeat – i.e. start the swim at a
moderate pace and gradually speed up through the repeat. Thus if you
build, you will negative split. (But a negative split is not necessarily a
build!) We sometimes say “build through the set”. In that case the
effort should increase on each swim. We usually use build when the repeats
are of different lengths or strokes (to refer to effort level rather than actual
swim time). If the repeats are the same stroke and distance then we
normally say “descend” as each time will be faster than the one
before.
Private and Semi-Private Masters
Swim Lessons
Winter
Schedule: (a few evenings and weekends have been
added!)
Mon 9:45-10:45am Feb 4, 18, 25, Mar
3, 10 17, Apr 7, 14
Wed 8-9pm Apr 9,
16
Fri 9:45-10:45am Feb 29, Apr
18
Sat 5-6pm Feb
9
Sat 6-7pm Feb
9
Sun 5-6pm Apr 6,
13
Sun 6-7pm Apr 6,
13
Sun 7-8pm Apr 6,
13
Prices:
Private:
$50 per hour, plus
GST.
Semi-Private (2-3
swimmers; per swimmer): $32 per hour, plus GST.
Contact
Reminders
Fall/Winter
Schedule
Here’s the
information on the Fall/Winter Masters sessions. Registration for Winter
started Tue Nov 20th.
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 11th – Dec 19th, except Oct 8th
(Thanksgiving Monday)
Winter Dates:
Jan 7th (am) / Jan 8th (pm) – Apr 18th, except
Mar 21st, 22nd, 24th (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 18th 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
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!
lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca
(or for quicker response: lynnmar@sce.carleton.ca)
Club
website: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com