Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter
#42
Saturday, July 13th, 2002
To: Carleton Coaches
Bcc: Early Birds (65 addresses); Whitecaps (75
addresses),
Nightcaps (40 addresses), Varsity registered with Masters (13
addresses), Very
Early Birds (36 addresses)
Summer
Session
Just a reminder that only the following workouts
are
available in July/August:
6:30am Earlybirds: MWF 6:30-7:30am and Sat
9-10am
7:30am Earlybirds: MWF 7:30-8:30am and Sat
9-10am
Whitecaps: MTuTh 6:00-7:10pm (child safety
supervision offered) and Sat 9-10am (NO safety
supervision)
If you ever need to check the workout schedule, it's posted on the
website!
Locks on Day Use
Lockers
There have been many complaints about people leaving locks on
day-use only
lockers. Due to new staff training (now complete) the lockers have
not
been checked for some time. Within the next few days,
all locks on
day-use lockers will be cut off. Thus it should soon be easier to
find a
locker to use!
Dinner with Marilyn and Jack on August
8th
Those of you who have been swimming with Carleton for a while will
remember
coach Marilyn and her husband
Jack. The
Adams have been living in Nicaragua for the past few years and will
be back
in Ottawa briefly in late July / early August. After that they are
moving
to Jamaica, and have already bought a house. Start making your
reservations now for their guest room!!! Anyway, after Whitecaps
on
Thursday, August 8th, Marilyn and Jack will be joining us for
dinner. They
may even swim the workout, too. If you're interested in attending
the
dinner and/or have suggestions of a restaurant to go to, let me
know!
Open Water Training at
Westboro
Morgan (Earlybirds/Varsity) is lifeguarding at
Westboro
beach this summer. She reports that the water has been very clean,
and
that the lifeguards will loan open water swimmers a torpedo buoy so that
they
can swim outside the beach area. There is a marker about 600m out,
which
makes a good 1.2k out-and-back course. Just talk to the guards at
the
beach.
Fall Session Preview
The Fall Programs will officially start on Monday, September
16th.
The Athletics Program Guide with the program information is due out by
August
1st, which is when Fall registration will start.
The Masters groups planned (Sept-Dec and Jan-Apr)
are:
7:30am Earlybirds: MWF 7:30-8:30am and Sat 8-9am
OR 9-10am
(Weekday Coach: Lynn)
8:30am Earlybirds: MWF 8:30-9:30am and Sat 8-9am
OR 9-10am
(Weekday Coach: Lynn)
Whitecaps: MTuTh 6-7:10pm and Sat 8-9am OR 9-10am
(Weekday
Coaches: Blake / Mits)
Nightcaps: TuTh 8-9pm and Sat 8-9am or 9-10am
(Weekday
Coach: Louise)
Child Safety
Supervision: MTuTh
6-7:10pm and Sat 9-10am
The Saturday
coaching schedule
will rotate among the regular and substitute
coaches.
The plan is to continue with the
rotating themes
(i.e. IM is not always on Monday, etc.) for all groups (with the term
schedule
posted in advance), unless there is strong feedback
otherwise!
In addition, there will be two
"High
Intensity" groups training with the Varsity Swim Team
(Sept-Feb).
To join one of these groups, swimmers must be able to repeat 100s free
on 1:45
or better, and 100s non-free/IM on 2:00 or better.
High Intensity a.m.:
MWF
6-7:30am (limit: 20 swimmers; Coach: Lynn)
High Intensity p.m.:
M 7-9pm, W
6-7:40pm, Sat 5-7pm (limit: 6 swimmers; Coach: John)
Note: You cannot
mix-and-match
Masters and High Intensity (Varsity) workouts. In particular, High
Intensity participants may not attend the Masters
Saturday
morning workouts.
These groups will follow the Varsity swim workouts and cycles
(there will
be tapers towards the end of November and January where the workouts
will get
quite short and involve a lot of sprinting). Workouts will be
cancelled
when the Varsity team is away at competitions (you will be notified well
in
advance, and there will likely be only two cancellations per
term). If you
have questions about this option, talk to Lynn.
The Very Earlybirds
(MWF
6:30-7:30am and Sat 8-9am OR 9-10am) will start up again in late
February when
the Varsity season is over.
A Strength Training for
Swimmers
mini-course will be offered.
Full details and prices of all
programs will be
in the Program Guide.
Tentative Toonie
Schedule
Note that the Summer session will end Thursday,
August 29th /
Friday, August 30th. We are working on a draft Toonie
workout
schedule which will run between the Summer and Fall sessions.
These
workouts will be open to all who have registered for Fall (Masters or
High
Intensity) at a cost of $2 per workout (pay the coach on
deck).
Tentatively toonie workouts will be held:
Tue Sept 3rd: 6-7:10pm
Wed Sept 4th: 7:30-8:30am
Thu Sept 5th: 6-7:10pm
Fri Sept 6th: 7:30-8:30am
Sat Sept 7th: 9-10am
Mon Sept 9th: 7:30-8:30am
Mon Sept 9th: 6-7:10pm
Tue Sept 10th: 6-7:10pm
Wed Sept 11th: 7:30-8:30am
Thu Sept 12th: 6-7:10pm
Sat Sept 14th: 9-10am
All workouts are 6-lanes (one coach) with no safety
supervision offered; coaches TBA.
There is currently no plan to hold a workout on Sat
Aug 31st 9-10am (Labour Day weekend), but it may be possible
to get
pool time if there is sufficient interest.
If you are interested in attending any toonie
workouts, please
send me an e-mail (lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca)=
by
August 6th with subject "toonie workouts" listing the workouts you will
likely
attend. The final schedule will be announced in
mid-August.
Summer Session Notes:
Next week (Monday, and Tuesday/Wednesday) swimmers
will have
the option of doing a lactate tolerance (sprint) set. A
flip
turn clinic will be offered in the last 15min of workout for the
Earlybirds/Very
Earlybirds and Whitecaps "A" (Mon/Thu) this week. If there are any
other
skills you'd like to have clinics on, just let me know.
After two weeks (5 weekdays workouts), the Very
Earlybirds,
Earlybirds and Whitecaps "A" groups all have average attendance of
16-17, and
there are 13 swimmers in those groups with perfect weekday attendance to
date:
Very Earlybirds: Andrew K, Meyer;
Earlybirds:
Bernie, Dorothy, Elaine
Y,
Isla, Mike B, Steph
J;
Whitecaps "A": Andras, Cam,
Elaine
C, Joanne D, Rob V. An
update,
and the Whitecaps "B" statistics will be included next
time.
Race Reports and
Swim Meets
(please let me know if I've missed anyone or any
races!)
Meech Lake 3K Results: (July 13th; 24
swimmers)
Four CAPS swimmers took part in Technosport's 3k race at Meech
Lake.
Patricia (Whitecaps): 6th overall and 2nd in her
age
group: 45:01
Mike D (Earlybirds): 8th overall and 1st in his
age group:
49:44
Tamara (Very Earlybirds): 11th overall and 3rd in
her age
group: 51:58
Alex B (Earlybirds): 20th overall and 1st in his
age
group: 1:06:48
Open Water Races:
Technosport is organizing another open water race at Meech Lake on
August
17th (4k swim from Blanchet to O'Brien). Let me know if you
are
interested by August 7th. It is open to all, and cost is
$30.
If you would like to participate in the MSO Ontario Open Water
5km
Championships to be held in St. Marys Quarry (near Stratford)
on
Sunday, September 8th (the Sunday after Labour Day),
ask for
details. You must be registered with MSO.
RAAM:
Mike Lau, who used to train with Carleton Masters
recently
finished Ride Across America (2991.9 miles in 11 days, 20 hours and 33
minutes!!). You can see a photo taken at the end of the event at:
http://www.c=
yberus.ca/~obcweb/graphics/MLauRaam.jpg.
Mike is only the second Canadian to successfully this event as a solo
rider in
its 20 year history!!!
OAC Triathlon: (1.2k/22k/7k; July 6th; 202
individuals, 20
teams)
Carleton Masters was well represented at the OAC triathlon, and
there were
some very fast results! I know that for some participants this was
their
first ever Triathlon (great job, Kristi!). If I missed anyone,
please let
me know!
John Westdal (Very Earlybirds): 2nd overall and
1st in his
age group: 1:21:23
Rob M (Very Earlybirds): 8th overall and 2nd in
his age
group: 1:27:55
Jim Y (Very Earlybirds): 12th overall and 3rd in
his age
group: 1:30:42
Sheila (Very Earlybirds): 14th overall, top woman
and 1st
in her age group: 1:31:37
Cynthia (Whitecaps): 57th overall and 4th in her
age
group: 1:43:08
Chad (Whitecaps): 143rd overall and 22nd in his
age group:
1:59:31
Renee (8:30am Earlybirds): 150th overall and 3rd
in her
age group: 2:01:57
Mel B (Earlybirds): 168th overall and 14th in her
age
group: 2:08:40
Kristi (Coach): 172nd overall and 13th in her age
group:
2:09:26
Gerry D (Nightcaps): 178th overall and 23rd in his
age
group: 2:11:42
Lisa O (Earlybirds): 179th overall and 4th in her
age
group: 2:12:35
Alice (Very Earlybirds): 197th overall and 5th in
her age
group: 2:29:52
Teams:
Gilles (Earlybirds) did the swim for "Tiring Trio"
who
were 8th overall and 4th Men's team:1:35:35
Kelly K (V.Earlybirds) did the run for "Bermuda
Tri" who
were 9th overall and top Women's team: 1:35:40
Peterborough 1/2 Ironman: (2k/90k/21.1k; July 7th;
478
competitors)
If anyone else participated, let me know.
Richard I (Whitecaps): 10th overall and 3rd in his age group:
4:32:47
