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

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

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

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!

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!

read mymsc article

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

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

- Online at http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/parks-and-recreation/registered-classes-all-ages/recreation-registration

- 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

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

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

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