Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter #275                Friday, April 1^st, 2011

 

To:  Carleton Masters Coaches / Staff (8 addresses)

 

Bcc: Those Registered for Fall 2010 / Winter 2011 and Alumni: 7:30am Earlybirds I (47 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds II (29 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps I (45 addresses), 7:10pm Whitecaps II (33 addresses), 8:10pm Whitecaps III (30 addresses), 8:15am Saturday Only (6 addresses), Masters “Alumni” (24 addresses).

 

 

“People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.” – J. Michael Straczynski

 

 

Masters Program Notes and Cancellations

• The Winter session runs until Fri Apr 15^th.  (There are no more workout cancellations this term.)
• The pool will be closed Sat Apr 16^th – Sun May 1^st for annual maintenance.
• The Spring session starts Mon May 2^nd.

 

 

Masters Spring/Summer Programs

Here are the details on the Spring/Summer Masters programs (all open to members only).  Registration for both sessions started on Thu Mar 31^st (by phone or in person).  As always, register early to avoid disappointment, as some groups fill quickly.

   Spring: Mon May 2^nd – Sat Jul 2^nd: (no workouts: Mon May 23^rd; Fri Jul 1^st)

7:30am Earlybirds I: MWF 7:30-8:30am; Cost: $70 + HST; Barcode: 3080

8:30am Earlybirds II: MWF 8:30-9:30am; Cost: $70 + HST; Barcode: 3081

6pm Whitecaps I: MTuTh 6:00-7:10pm; Cost: $80 + HST; Barcode: 3086

7:10pm Whitecaps II: MTuTh 7:10-8:10pm; Cost: $73 + HST; Barcode: 3087

Saturday Earlybirds: Sat 8:15-9:25am (10:15-11:25am on May 21^st and Jul 2^nd); Cost: $28 + HST; Barcode: 3083

Child Safety Supervision: MTuTh 6:00-7:10pm; Cost: $70 (no HST); Barcode: 3085

   Summer: Mon Jul 4^th – Sat Sept 3^rd: (no workouts: Mon Aug 1^st)

7:30am Earlybirds: MWF 7:30-8:30am; Cost: $73 + HST; Barcode: 3082

6pm Whitecaps: MTuTh 6:00-7:10pm; Cost: $80 + HST; Barcode: 3088

Saturday Earlybirds: Sat 10:15-11:25am; Cost: $28+ HST; Barcode: 3084

(No Child Safety Supervision offered in Summer.)

 

 

Swimming during Pool Shutdown

As there will be no water in the pool from Sat Apr 16^th to Sun May 1^st, there will be no interim workouts at Carleton!  For those who wish to swim, there are many other pools available in the city.  Recommended pools (i.e. those that are fairly cool and with a large selection of adult swims) include Ottawa U, Plant and Champagne.  The closest city pool to Carleton is Brewer, though it’s usually a little warm for serious swimming.  The city pool schedules are at: http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/parks_recreation/swimming/schedules/index_en.html, and the Ottawa U pool schedule is at: http://www.geegees.ca/sites/all/themes/geegees/schedules/swimming_winter.php.

 

 

Carleton Athletics Maintenance Closures

For those of you who use facilities other than the pool at Carleton Athletics, here are the closure dates:

Fitness Centre and Locker Rooms: closed Apr 24^th to May 1^st

Ice House: closed Apr 24^th to May 8^th

 

 

Masters Swimming Canada Notes

If anyone is interested in getting involved in the administration of Masters Swimming Canada (MSC), there are four director positions open, see: http://mymsc.ca/Election/2011Nominations_en.pdf.

   On-line registration is now open for Nationals (May 20-23^rd, Montreal) at: http://cmsc2011.ca/.  At Nationals there will be a clinic for coaches and swimmers by Bill Boomer and Milt Nelms, plus an opportunity for a one on one session during the meet.  Details at: http://mymsc.ca/Clinic2011.

 

 

Swimmer Notes

 

Swimmer Updates:

- Best wishes to 6pm Whitecaps fast lane swimmer, Freek Sluis, who has returned to the Netherlands.  We hope that he will come to Ottawa again in the future! 

- Rob Trimbee (x-Earlybirds/Whitecaps) was at the Provincials swimming for Thornhill Masters.  He passes on his regards to all those he swam with when he was in Ottawa.

- Natalie Aucoin (naucoin@magma.ca) and Isabelle Fradette (ifradette@eventsonline.ca), along with Colette Kenney and Susan Nevitt-Yelle (all 8:30am Earlybirds) are putting together an all-girls team for the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 18-19^th).  The team, sponsored by Sportstats/Events Online and the Foolish Chicken restaurant, is called The Foolish Sport Chick DragonBoat Team.  All Carleton Masters women are welcome to join their team.  Practices will start in May and be held Tue and Thu 6-7am.  Cost will be about $100 per person.  Please contact Natalie or Isabelle if you are interested in joining them.

- Charles McFarland (7:30am Earlybirds), co-founder of Ottawa Shakespeare Company, is directing Hamlet2011, playing Apr 26^th to May 7^th at the new Centrepointe Stage: see http://www.ottawashakespeare.ca.  A video trailer is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MHF9EY56Gg.

- Kristi Dean (Coach) is again participating in the Joe’s Team triathlon on Jul 9^th.  Her goal is to raise $2500 for cancer research.  If you’d like to read more about the triathlon see: http://www.JoesTeam.ca.  To sponsor Kristi, go to: http://pmhf3.akaraisin.com/joesteam2011/6e52ce957e3f4a63a0f29a6dbb48d72a?abcId=1304114&TV=1.

- Thanks to Mits Kachi (6pm Whitecaps and Coach) for bringing Baklava treats on St Patrick’s Day!

 

SWEET at Bushtukah:

The fourth annual Sporty Women’s Empowering Evening of Tips and Advice (SWEET) evening will be held at Bushtukah (203 Richmond Road) 6:30-9:30pm Sun Apr 3^rd.  There will be talks, fashion show, prizes, etc.  RSVP to sweet@bushtukah.com.

 

Ontario Health Study: 

Ontario residents age 18 and up are invited to participate in this study, aimed at giving researchers access to information that will help guide the development of prevention and treatment strategies for diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, sleep disorders, depression and many others.  It takes about 20-30 minutes: https://ontariohealthstudy.ca/.

 

Inspiring Video:

Here’s a motivational video of a running race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5A1K6TxxM&feature=player_embedded.

 

News Articles:

- Eating Breakfast is Vital in Aiding Recovery from Training: http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/sports-nutrition-eating-breakfast-is-vital-in-aiding-recovery-41368

- Post-Race Recovery Meal: Beer?: http://running.competitor.com/2011/03/nutrition/post-race-recovery-meal-beer_22963

- Forget the Treadmill: Get a Dog: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/forget-the-treadmill-get-a-dog/?ref=health

- Seven Tips for Staying Motivated to Train: http://www.iawr-connect.com/motivation/seventips/

- Is Fitness All in the Genes?: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/is-fitness-all-in-the-genes/

- The Future of Fitness may be in the Pool: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/alex-hutchinson/the-future-of-fitness-may-be-in-the-pool/article1930179/

 

Swim Suits for Sale:  The suits range in brand, style, and colour.  Most women’s suits are $40 and under and most men’s suits are $25 and under.  The swim suits are available for browsing whenever Lynn is coaching – just ask! 

 

Caps and Goggles to Borrow:  Lynn always has a “lost and found” bag full of spare caps and goggles to borrow if you forget (or break) yours.

 

50c Swim Caps:  The money raised selling these gently used caps for 50c will go towards the $45 annual fee to register Carleton Masters with Masters Swimming Ontario.  Just ask Lynn if you’re interested in looking at these.

 

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

 

 

Winter Session Information

The normal pool space (and coaches) for the Fall/Winter groups are as follows:

- 7:30am and 8:30am Earlybirds: deep end (Coach: Lynn)

- 6pm Whitecaps: Monday: shallow end; Tuesday/Thursday: deep end (Coach: Lynn)

- 7:10pm and 8:10pm Whitecaps: shallow end (Coaches: Monday: Lynn; Tuesday/Thursday: Mits)

- 8:10pm Whitecaps: shallow end (Coach: Mits)

- 8:15am Saturday Earlybirds: shallow end (Coaches: rotating schedule: see web site)

Exceptions will be listed in the newsletter, if I have sufficient notice. 

 

Notes:

Thanks to Mits for coaching the 6pm Whitecaps on Thu Mar 24^th, and thanks also to Nico Belisle (8:30am Earlybirds, Pool Staff) for coaching 7:30am and 8:30am Earlybirds on Fri Mar 25^th.

 

The time trials planned for this term are as follows:

Mon Feb 14^th (Earlybirds/Whitecaps): 400

Tue/Wed Mar 1^st/2^nd (6pm Whitecaps/Earlybirds): 2 x 50

Thu/Fri Mar 10^th/11^th (6pm Whitecaps/Earlybirds): 100

Mon Mar 21^st (Earlybirds/Whitecaps): 200

Tue/Wed Mar 29^th/30^th (All): 800/1500

Thu/Fri Apr 14^th/15^th (6pm Whitecaps/Earlybirds): relays

 

The 200 time trial was held on Mon Mar 21^st.  Cindy Steele (6pm Whitecaps) improved her 200 free by 39.5 seconds!!  Persevering and finishing her first 200 time trial last term even after swallowing water and a discussion with the coach about quitting at 150m paid off in this huge improvement.  Mike Mopas (7:30am Earlybirds) improved his 200 free by 14.6 seconds.  Others improving by over 5 seconds were: Alan Jowett (7:30am Earlybirds, IM), Brad Shapansky (7:30am Earlybirds, free), and Amir Banihashemi (8:30am Earlybirds, breast).  Two freestylers missed their best time by very small margins: Nicole Delisle (6pm Whitecaps, 0.2) and Tamsin Douglas (7:30am Earlybirds, 0.6).

 

Here’s the full list of improvements.

 

200fs:

Cindy Steele (6pm Whitecaps) 39.5

Mike Mopas (7:30am Earlybirds) 14.6

Brad Shapansky (7:30am Earlybirds) 5.7

Nathan Fudge (6pm Whitecaps) 4.1

Sylvie Ouellet (6pm Whitecaps) 4.1

Jamie Chalmers (7:10pm Whitecaps) 3.8

Natalie Aucoin (8:30am Earlybirds) 2.3

Mary Ann Obertier (7:10pm Whitecaps) 1.5

Katherine Venance (6pm Whitecaps) 1.2

Heather Guthrie (6pm Whitecaps) 0.9

Isabelle Fradette (8:30am Earlybirds) 0.7

Meredith Curren (7:30am Earlybirds) 0.5

 

200br:

Amir Banihashemi (8:30am Earlybirds) 5.5

 

200IM:

Alan Jowett (7:30am Earlybirds) 6.9

Ian Lorimer (7:30am Earlybirds) 1.1

 

Congratulations to all those who participated in the 800/1500 time trial on Tue Mar 29^th / Wed Mar 30^th.  Some of you might be pleasantly surprised at how you would have done if you’d done your 800 / 1500 at the Provincials.  Check out the results at:

1500 Women: http://nmsc.org/swimmeet/results/prov11/110325F009.htm

1500 Men: http://nmsc.org/swimmeet/results/prov11/110325F010.htm

800 Women: http://nmsc.org/swimmeet/results/prov11/110325F055.htm

800 Men: http://nmsc.org/swimmeet/results/prov11/110325F056.htm

 

There were a lot of improvements.  The biggest was by Mike Mopas (7:30am Earlybirds) who took nearly 3.5 minutes off his 1500 time!!!  Mary Ann Obertier (7:10pm Whitecaps) and Chelsea Sauve (8:10pm Whitecaps) both took off nearly 3 minutes!!  Veronica Tang (8:10pm Whitecaps) took off just over 1.5 minutes, and Rod Haney, Margaret King, and Kevin Graham (all 7:30am Earlybirds) all took off close to 1.5 minutes!  Wow! The full list of improvements is below.  The “close but not quite” award goes to Zivi Weinstock (6pm Whitecaps), who was just 3 seconds over her best time.

 

1500fs

Mike Mopas (7:30am Earlybirds) 3:24

Mary Ann Obertier (7:10pm Whitecaps) 2:57

Chelsea Sauve (8:10pm Whitepca) 2:54

Veronica Tang (8:10pm Whitecaps) 1:33

Rod Haney (7:30am Earlybirds) 1:23

Margaret King (7:30am Earlybirds) 1:21

Kevin Graham (7:30am Earlybirds) 1:11

Amir Banihashemi (8:30am Earlybirds) 55

Brad Shapansky (7:30am Earlybirds) 54

Norine Naquib (8:30am Earlybirds) 44

Sean Dawson (6pm Whitecaps) 35

Francois Mathieu (7:10pm Whitecaps) 31

Nathan Fudge (6pm Whitecaps) 18

Heather Guthrie (6pm Whitecaps) 8

Mike Lau (6pm Whitecaps) 4

Margie Bailey (8:30am Earlybirds) 4

Ian Lorimer (7:30am Earlybirds) 4

Jackie Lyons (6pm Whitecaps) 3

Paul Denys (8:10pm Whitecaps) 1

 

Below you will find the weekday attendance statistics for the term so far.  We now have just 2 swimmers with perfect attendance – keep it up!  Those who maintain it for the term will get a “Perfect Attendance” certificate.  Please let me know of any errors.

 

7:30am Earlybirds (Jan 5-Apr 1^st; 37 workouts; range: 15-28; average: 22.5)

Missed 1 Workout: Robert F

Missed 2 Workouts: Mike M

Missed 3 Workouts: Brad S

Missed 4 Workouts: Rod H

 

8:30am Earlybirds (Jan 5-Apr 1^st; 37 workouts; range: 10-21; average: 14.9)                                                

Missed 4 Workouts: Penny E

 

6pm Whitecaps (Jan 4-Mar 31^st; 37 workouts; range: 12-28; average: 22.1)

Missed 4 Workouts: Don W

 

7:10pm Whitecaps (Jan 4-Mar 31^st; 37 workouts; range: 7-19; average: 13.1)

Perfect Attendance: Jamie C

 

8:10pm Whitecaps (Jan 4-Mar 31^st; 26 workouts; range: 7-18; average: 12.4)

Perfect Attendance: Lynn B

Missed 1 Workout: Elaine C

Missed 3 Workouts: Joanie C, Paul D, Veronica T

 

 

Masters Swimming Competitions

You must register annually with Masters Swimming Ontario (MSO) if you want to compete in Masters Swimming competitions.  Registration for 2011 is now underway.  Cost is $36 ($35 fee + $1 postage/handling).  Please pay by cash or cheque payable to “Lynn Marshall”.  Your MSO membership will be good until Dec 31^st, 2011.  Contact Lynn for more details.  Note that you must register with MSO at least 3 weeks before the due date of the 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: https://www.swimming.ca/MeetInfo.aspx, select FNQ <show>, upcoming meets, then the appropriate month, then select the appropriate Masters meet to get more info.  If it says “sanctioned” the meet package should be available.
 
Here’s a list of tentative and confirmed upcoming nearby competitions (mostly) in Ontario and Quebec.  More meets and more details will be added as the information become available.  Note that meet entries and confirming meet information and entry dates are your responsibility.

 

Sat Apr 2^nd St Eustache Masters Meet (Montreal, SCM) https://registration.swimming.ca/MeetInfo.aspx?meetid=10909

Sat Apr 2^nd Rideau Speedeaus (Ottawa) Swim-eau-Thon for AIDS

    http://www.rideauspeedeaus.com/en/swim-eau-thon.html

April 3-9^th SwimVacation and Total Immersion open water camp in the British Virgin Islands

    http://www.swimvacation.com

April 8-14^th and May 20-26^th “Masters Dream Camps” in Athens http://blog.mastersdreamcamp.com

Fri-Sun Apr 15-17^th Quebec Provincials SCM Trois-Rivieres https://registration.swimming.ca/MeetInfo.aspx?meetid=9888

Sat Apr 16^th Downtown Toronto LCM Meet http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/AllOUTSwim2011.pdf

Sat Apr 30^th Technosport LCM? Invitational Meet (U of Ottawa; details TBA)

Fri-Mon May 20-23^rd Canadian Nationals SCM Montreal (Claude Robillard) http://cmsc2011.ca/cmsc2011.pdf 

Sat Jun 11^th Longueuil LCM Meet (details TBA)

Fri-Sun Jun 24-26^th Colonies Zone LCM Championships, Middlebury, Vermont http://www.middleburymuffintops.org/

Jul 13-16^th SwimVacation Maine Lakes Experience Open Water Camp

    http://www.swimvacation.com/SwimVacation/Home.html

Sat Jul 16^th Bring on the Bay 3k Open Water Swim (MSO registration not required) http://www.bringonthebay.com/

 

Race Results: (Please send in your results, and/or let me know if I missed your name!!)

 

Masters Swimming Canada Top 20

Check out the top 20 (by gender and age group both SCM and LCM) at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/chberger/index7.html (last update Mar 31^st – don’t expect to see the Provincials included for a while due to the proliferation of meets this time of year!).  Note that Christian Berger (MSC Statistician) aims to maximize the number of times for each person by including splits.  If you see “S” next to an event, it’s a split.  (Also “R” = relay; “I” = IM ‘split’ taken by dividing an IM time in half or quarters, and “BR” etc for a free time that was done another stroke, e.g. BReaststroke.)  The stats will get updated throughout the year.

 

Sat Feb 19^th Technosport Masters Meet, U of Ottawa

At long last, the final results are available!  Full results at: http://www.technosport.ca/results/feb19_11.htm

Hilary March (6pm Whitecaps, 30-34): 1st 50fs (29.94), 100fs (1:05.43), 100IM (1:18.59)

Maureen Mahoney (6pm Whitecaps, 30-34): 1st 50fl (33.91), 100fl (1:15.63); 2nd 50fs (31.90), 100fs (1:08.05)

Nathan Fudge (6pm Whitecaps, 30-34): 1st 100IM (1:10.97); 2nd 50fs (28.14), 50fl (33.55)

Jamie Chalmers (7:10pm Whitecaps, 65-69): 1st 100IM (1:54.47); 2nd 50bk (50.56); 3rd 50fs (37.26, Club Record), 100fs (1:36.53)

 

Fri Mar 25^th-Sun Mar 27^th Masters Swimming Ontario Championships, Nepean Sportsplex

There were close to 600 swimmers at this meet.  Full results at: http://nmsc.org/swimmeet/results/prov11/.  There were a total of 13 Carleton swimmers – 10 swimming for Carleton and three swimming for other clubs.  In addition, Angela Davis (7:30am Earlybirds) was planning to swim, but had to scratch due to illness.  Carleton placed 15^th out of 55 teams with a total of 714 points – well done, all!  Larry Durr, swimming for Technosport, was a member of two National Record setting relays!  Graham Warren, and Jamie Chalmers set club records.  The updated club records can be found at: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com/110327Records.pdf.  Here’s how the Carleton swimmers did:

   Maureen Mahoney (6pm Whitecaps, 30-34): 2nd: 400fs (5:04.88); 3rd: 50fl (33.82), 100fl (1:15.41); 4th: 200fs (2:28.13); 6th: 100fs (1:07.47)

   Hilary March (6pm Whitecaps, 30-34): 2nd: 50fs (29.84); 3rd: 200fs (2:26.04); 4th: 50fl (34.33); 5th: 100fs (1:04.61)

   Lynn Marshall (Coach, 50-54): 1st: 200fs (2:13.47 National Record; 100 split 1:06.03 Ontario Record), 1500fs (17:53.25 National Record), 200br (3:04.29 Ontario Record; 100 split 1:29.86 Club Record), 50fl (32.13 Ontario Record), 100fl (1:10.53 National Record), 100IM (1:13.90 Ontario Record)

   Lina Vincent (6pm Whitecaps, 55-59): 2nd: 200br (3:44.76); 3rd: 100br (1:45.52); 4th: 50br (48.25); 7th: 50fs (35.86)  

   Graham Warren (7:10 Whitecaps, 18-24): 2nd: 1500fs (27:12.44 Club Record); 3rd: 50bk (39.55); 6th: 400fs (6:20.29); 7th: 50fs (30.66)

   Freek Sluis (6pm Whitecaps, 25-29): 3rd: 100fl (1:08.80); 5th: 50bk (31.51); 7th: 50fl (30.16)

   Ian McLean (7:10pm Whitecaps, 25-29): 1st: 1500fs (20:01.46); 2nd: 400IM (5:28.77); 3rd: 400fs (4:55.61), 100br (1:15.81); 4th: 100IM (1:07.22); 7th: 50fs (26.81)

   Gi Wu (7:10pm Whitecaps, 25-29): 4th: 400IM (6:27.43); 7th: 50fl (32.12 PB); 9th: 50fs (28.11 PB); 10th 100IM (1:15.83)  

   Nathan Fudge (6pm Whitecaps, 30-34): 5th: 400fs (5:02.31)

   Jamie Chalmers (7:10pm Whitecaps, 65-69): 4th: 50fs (34.90 Club Record PB), 100bk (1:45.60); 5th: 50bk (48.17 PB), 100br (2:14.54 PB); 6th: 100fs (1:28.27 Club Record PB); 8th 200fs (3:44.75 Club Record PB)   

   CAPS Relays: Hilary, Nathan, Maureen, Freek: 4th: Mixed 200 free relay 120+ (1:55.00: 29.51; 27.28; 31.45; 26.76), Mixed 400 free relay 120+ (4:14.18: 1:04.55; 1:00.88; 1:08.58; 1:00.17)

Swimming for other clubs:

    Robin Henderson (7:30am Earlybirds, 50-54, Ottawa Y): 3rd: 800fs (14:23.15); 5th: 400fs (6:50.53); 7th: 4x50FR 180+ (2:37.99); 8th: 200fs (3:17/14); 11th: mixed 4x50 medley relay 200+ (2:50.34 [with Alan]); 12th: 100fs (1:31.70)

    Alan Jowett (7:30am Earlybirds, 60-64, Ottawa Y): 3rd: 100IM (1:29.02); 4th: 50br (44.19), 100br (1:41.62), 50fl (39.05); 11th: mixed 4x50 medley relay 200+ (2:50.34 [with Robin])

    Larry Durr (7:30am Earlybirds, 70-74, Technosport): 1st: mixed 4x50 free relay 280+ (2:40.33), mixed 4x100 free relay 280+ (6:00.26 National Record), mixed 4x200 free relay 280+ (13:36.67 National Record), 50br (46.13), 100br (1:39.40); 2nd: 4x100MR 240+ (6:40.47); 3rd: 50fs (37.46), 50bk (43.60), 100bk (1:37.65)

 

Sun Mar 27^th Around the Bay 30k Run, Hamilton (5880 participants)

Three Carleton swimmers participated in this grueling race – well done!  Full results at: http://www.sportstats.ca.

Susan Nevitt-Yelle (7:30am Earlybirds; 45-49): 1952^nd overall; 555^th woman; 83^rd in age group in 2:48:20.6 (2:44:00.5)

Lucie Boudreau (8:30am Earlybirds; 50-54): 2289^th overall; 720^th woman; 56^th in age group in 2:52:41.3 (2:50:25.8)

Robert Fabes (7:30am Earlybirds; 45-49): 4671^st overall; 2581^st man; 508^th in age group in 3:29:10.4 (3:25:00.8)

 

Lynn’s Record Update

As some of you asked, the 400fs swim that I did at Pointe Claire (Jan 29^th) was approved as a world record last week, as the pool was finally measured (a full week before the 60 day deadline – can you tell I was getting worried?!). 

   In the meantime, my 100 back record done at the Technosport meet on Jan 22^nd was broken.  To add insult to injury, as the “official” lists of world records are published Nov 1^st and May 1^st, I didn’t even get a mention in the press release as they obviously referred to the Nov 1^st records and not the current list in progress: http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/26820.asp?q=Leslie-Livingston-Smashes-Three-Masters-World-Records.

   The next hurdle is that a pool length certificate is needed for the Halifax Centennial pool (about three weeks left to get that done).  One would think that a pool built in 1967 would have already been measured!

   I’m told that the paper work for the records done at Etobicoke is complete and en route to FINA in Switzerland.  And I missed the 1500fs SCM record at Nepean by 1.9 seconds L .

 

 

Ask the Coach
 

Dear Coach:  What’s the difference between a set and a repeat?  New Swimmer

 

Dear N. Swimmer:  A repeat is one swim in a set.  For example if we are doing 3 x 100 then 3 x 50 then 50 easy, each 100 and each 50 is a repeat.  A set is the entire thing (in this case a total of 500m broken up as per the above).  The main set is made up of a number of sets, for example your lane might do the set 4 times.  Thus, if the coach says do a 50 easy between sets, there is only one 50 easy at the end of each set, not one after each repeat!

 

Dear Coach:  How can I judge my flip turns so that I’m not too close or too far from the wall?  Swimmer with Bruised Heels L

 

Dear S.w.B. Heels:  Practice, practice, practice!  (The same is true for open turns.)  You should use either the flags or the black cross on the bottom of the pool as a guideline, and when you’re learning, err on the side of caution.  As you become more familiar, you will recognize when you’re a little too close or a little too far, and you can adjust the turn accordingly (by closing or opening your body up).  You should also hit the wall only with the balls of your feet, so your heels should never come in contact with the wall.

 

Lynn’s Private and Semi-Private Masters Swim Lessons

 

April: 

Mon 9:45-10:45am: Apr 4

Tue 7:45-8:45am: Apr 12

 

Prices:
Private: $52.50 per hour, plus HST.
Semi-Private (2-3 swimmers; per swimmer): $34 per hour, plus HST.

 
Reminders

 

Winter Masters Programs

Below are the details on the programs available for Winter 2011.  You must register in person or by phone: 613-520-4480.  Note that some groups are filling up quickly, and those on the waiting list cannot always be accommodated in their first choice of program.  The 7:30am and 6pm groups are full – waiting list available.

   Masters remains a members-only program – details on memberships can be found at: http://www1.carleton.ca/athletics/membership/. 

   Note that the free parking (before 9am and after 4pm) pass now applies to all one year memberships.

   Here are the programs, dates, prices, and coaches (pro-rated prices available after the first month or so):

Winter 2011: Tue Jan 4^th to Fri Apr 15^th (no workouts Mon Feb 21^st: Family Day)

7:30am Earlybirds 1: 7:30-8:30am MWF: $120 plus tax (barcode: Winter: 2468)

   Coach: Lynn; deep end

8:30am Earlybirds 2: 8:30-9:30am MWF: $120 plus tax (barcode: Winter: 2469)

   Coach: Lynn; deep end

6pm Whitecaps 1: 6:00-7:10pm MTuTh: $132 plus tax (barcode: Winter: 2473)

   Coach: Lynn; shallow end M; deep end Tu/Th

7:10pm Whitecaps 2: 7:10-8:10pm MTuTh: $120 plus tax (barcode: Winter: 2474)

   Coach: Lynn (Mon); Mits (Tu/Th); shallow end

8:10pm Whitecaps 3: 8:10-9:10pm TuTh: $88 plus tax (barcode: Winter: 2475)

   Coach: Mits; shallow end

8:15am Saturday Earlybirds: 8:15-9:25am Sat: $40 plus tax (barcode: Winter: 2762)

   Coach: rotating schedule; shallow end

6pm Child Safety Supervision: 6:00-7:10pm MTuTh: $120 (barcode: Winter: 2477); baby pool

 

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 at a time.  (Note that these are only the workouts that Lynn coaches.  If Lynn is not your coach, the workouts sent by e-mail will be different from the workouts your coach gives you!)
 
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