Saturday 17 August 2013

A little Sunday morning humour...

Thanks Candace, this really helps with the whole shark-phobia thing...



2013-08-17

August 17th Set details Distance
Yards
Distance
Metres
Warm-up 200 ch/4x25 kick/100 pull/100 IM 500 457.2
Set 2 12 x 25 IM sprints, partner 400 365.76
Set 3 12 x 25 IM swim, partner 400 365.76
Set 4 turns 150 137.16
Cool-down choice 100 91.44
                                                                        TOTAL =  1550 1417

Saturday 27 July 2013

A little Sunday morning shark humour...

For the ladies...

Swimmer Kim Lumsdon swims Lake Ontario...again.

In an attempt to become the oldest person to swim across Lake Ontario, Kim Lumsdon started her swim yesterday. As of last night, Kim's swim progress could be tracked via Spot, check it out!

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=05HpBOJQ1AHOfzZ0kJquBd9H1OHKcPx8E

Read more:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/04/04/swimmer_kim_lumsdon_gears_up_to_cross_lake_ontario_again_at_ripe_old_age_of_56.html



2013-07-27

July 27th Set details Distance
Yards
Distance
Metres
Warm-up 200 ch/4x25 kick/100 pull/100 IM 500 457.2
Set 2 8 x 25 free breathing every 2 cycles 200 182.88
Set 3 6 x 200 free 1200 1097.28
Set 4 1 x 100 sprint timed, 1 x 50 sprint timed 150 137.16
Cool-down choice 100 91.44
                                                                        TOTAL =  2150 1966
Conversion 100 yards = 91.44 metres          
               
Log in to track your Million Metre Challenge:  http://www.mymsc.ca/MyMscPage.jsp  
Free Breast Back Fly IM Kick Drills Mixed
1417 0 0 0 91 91 91 274

Thursday 25 July 2013

2013-07-25

July 25th Set details Distance
Yards
Distance
Metres
 
Warm-up 200 ch/4x25 kick/100 pull/100 IM 500 457.2  
Set 2 4 x [4 x 25 kick] fly, back, breast, free 400 365.76  
Set 3 8 x 100 pull 800 731.52  
Set 4 8 x 25 partner swim 200 182.88  
Cool-down choice 100 91.44  
                                                                        TOTAL =  2000 1829  
Conversion 100 yards = 91.44 metres            
                 
Log in to track your Million Metre Challenge:  http://www.mymsc.ca/MyMscPage.jsp    
Free Breast Back Fly IM Kick Drills Mixed TOTAL
914 0 0 0 91 457 91 274 1829

Saturday 13 July 2013

2013 Bushtukah Bring on the Bay - 3km open water race results





Wow, now that was fun!!!








11 sharks swam the 3km race (the beaver hanging out near the shoreline stayed behind!), and a big congrats is in order for all! The weather was wonderful, the water was warm, and the event was amazingly well-organized. And we swam really, really well! Special recognition goes out to the newer swimmers in the club who had never done an open water race before, it takes guts to jump in there and give it your all, way to go!
Participants:
Kevin / Cary / Candace / Nadine / Lois / Pascal 
Mike / Pierre / Laura / Reid / Diane


Next year, let's plan ahead and do some training together for the event - open water is new to most of us, and there's lots of room to learn new skills and improve on your existing ones. And, have a great time training with your fellow team mates!

Buoys being set up as course sighting points.
Getting our tracking chips.
Wave 1 (men) set off, Wave 2 (ladies) waiting on the dock.
Getting ready to head in...
Heading up the red ladder finish line. Those ladies look familiar?
In a fun turn of events, Candace and Lois came in 0.04 seconds apart,
and neither knew until they were on the dock!

Wednesday 10 July 2013

Million Metre Challenge - sign up!

The Million Metre Challenge is a Masters Swimming Canada program designed to promote swimming for health and fitness. The program encourages regular participation through tracking of cumulative distance swum and recognition as the swimmer reaches various milestones.

Congrats to Candace, who surpassed her 100,000m milestone this week! She'll get her 100,000m milestone swim cap courtesy of Masters Swimming Canada. Only 900,000 more metres to go, you can do it!








Interested in getting started too? It's easy:

Step 1: create your mymsc.ca profile, have your mso registration number handy if you have one    http://mymsc.ca/SwimmerForm.jsp

Step 2: login to your new profile

Step 3: read the Million Metre Challenge rules   http://mymsc.ca/MillionRules.jsp

Step 4: on your new mymsc page, click on the "Add a log entry" link next to the Million Metre Challenge logo

Step 5: log your swims! Be sure to use the conversion to metres, since we swim in a yard pool! The weekly postings for workouts have the conversion in each one...


Thanks to our swimmers that are tracking their metres, our club is up there on the list for June/July! Checkout the spread close to our rank, it wouldn't take much to surpass the pack...

2014 Canadian Masters Swimming Championships being held in Windsor, ON!

Next year's nationals would be quite a trek!

2013-07-09

July 9th Set details Distance
Yards
Distance
Metres
Warm-up 200 ch/4x25 kick/100 pull/100 IM 500 457.2
Set 2 12 x 25 partner kick 300 274.32
Set 3 12 x 25 partner pull 300 274.32
Set 4 10 x 100 free 1000 914.4
Set 5 6 x 25 partner sprint 150 137.16
Cool-down choice 100 91.44
                                                                        TOTAL =  2350 2149
Conversion 100 yards = 91.44 metres          
               
Log in to track your Million Metre Challenge:  http://www.mymsc.ca/MyMscPage.jsp  
Free Breast Back Fly IM Kick Drills Mixed
1326 0 0 0 91 366 91 274

Thursday 27 June 2013

Registration for new session now past due! Bar code 830767

Hi Team,

The new session started on Tuesday, please register asap if you haven't already done so! We've been advised that we're currently at only 9 participants, which is not enough to run the program...

How to register:
- In person before your Saturday swim
- Touch tone telephone 

No registration = no swim!!!

Please remember, drop-ins are permitted only by prior arrangement with the Complex's management, at a cost $9.75 per session.

For more information on City of Ottawa guidelines, please visit the following link: http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/parks-and-recreation/registered-classes-all-ages/recreation-registration


Monday 24 June 2013

2013 USA Nationals Championships & Worlds Trials

For anyone interested, the 2013 USA Nationals start June 25th at 9am. Take a look at the psych sheets. Scary fast.

Live feed online, starts at about 8:50am, just before the event gets underway:
http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1418&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en

Sunday 23 June 2013

Meech Lake 2k - race report from Laura!

The Technosport Meech Lake 2km Race took place on Sunday, here's a race report from Laura. Congrats on the great swim time!

The water was calm and not cold in my opinion. The turn out was decent but not overwhelming. I went out fast but then suddenly got tired and a bit panicky. I almost gave up, but then calmed myself down with a few breaths and a few breast strokes, then reminded myself that its just a swim and I do this all the time. Just go with the flow and enjoy the swim one stroke at a time. In the end, I did fine. My friend clocked my time at 37:47. I think I was the fourth woman out but remains to be confirmed on the stats. I'm just happy that I did it. I am looking forward to a straight line course, not going in circles. Sighting remains a bit of a challenge and I find it a bit disorienting to swim in open water at this time. Nonetheless I like being in the water and all in all, a good experience. 

Laura - post race
PS - there is no sophisticated way to get in or out of a wetsuit. fact.


2013-06-22

June 23rd Set details Distance
Yards
Distance
Metres
Warm-up 200 ch/4x25 kick/100 pull/100 IM 500 457.2
Set 2 4 x 400 free 1600 1463.04
Set 3 8 x 25 sprint 200 182.88
Cool-down choice 100 91.44
                                                                        TOTAL =  2400 2195
Conversion 100 yards = 91.44 metres          
               
Log in to track your Million Metre Challenge:  http://www.mymsc.ca/MyMscPage.jsp  
Free Breast Back Fly IM Kick Drills Mixed
1646 0 0 0 91 91 91 274

Thursday 20 June 2013

Coach Mike on vacation, Nick coaching next 2 practices

Coach Mike is on holidays for a few days, the next two practices will be with Nick!

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2013-06-20

June 20th Set details Distance
Yards
Distance
Metres
Warm-up 200 ch/4x25 kick/100 pull/100 IM 500 457.2
Set 2 2 x [4x50 fly, 4x50 back, 4x50 breast, 4x50 free (down drill)] 1600 1463.04
Set 3 4 x 100 free 400 365.76
Cool-down choice 100 91.44
                                                                        TOTAL =  2600 2377
Conversion 100 yards = 91.44 metres          
               
Log in to track your Million Metre Challenge:  http://www.mymsc.ca/MyMscPage.jsp  
Free Breast Back Fly IM Kick Drills Mixed
366 0 0 0 1554 91 91 274

2013-06-18

June 18th Set details Distance
Yards
Distance
Metres
Warm-up 200 ch/4x25 kick/100 pull/100 IM 500 457.2
Set 2 2 times [4x50IM, 2x100free, 1x200free, 2x100free, 4x50IM] 2000 1828.8
Set 3 6x25 partner sprint 150 137.16
Cool-down choice 100 91.44
                                                                        TOTAL =  2750 2515
Conversion 100 yards = 91.44 metres          
               
Log in to track your Million Metre Challenge:  http://www.mymsc.ca/MyMscPage.jsp  
Free Breast Back Fly IM Kick Drills Mixed
1234 0 0 0 823 91 91 274