Masters of South Texas

MOST hosts the 10K swim this year, which means that participation is mandatory, or at least strongly encouraged. Pick up an entry form here.

MOST hosts the 10K swim this year, which means that participation is mandatory, or at least strongly encouraged. Pick up an entry form here.

If you would like to submit your daily training distances each month, you can go to the link listed below and join others in racking up the miles and bragging about it. I don’t think it’s too late to back track into the first of the year. Click here for a tracking form.

All 10 K and 5 K swimmers should be adding 15 minutes of extra swim time to their weekly training at least twice this week. It is a short 8 weeks away! I need confirmation of who wishes to swim this year to ensure I have enough lanes and timers for everyone. (We have 13 so far.) We will be swimming at Blossom on Saturday, June 23. We will start together at 8:00 a.m. sharp.

I can also offer to time a few people on Fridays mid-day at Blossom. We can start at 10:00, but you need to be finished by 2:00-2:30. If you’re trying to guess how long it’s going to take you, my strong swimmers (4000 for One Hour Swim) are done in 3 hours, next group (3400 OHS) finish around 4, and (2800 OHS) are done in 5 hours. You can stop as often, and for as long, as you wish. Eat, drink, make a phone call, the clock just keeps on clicking along.

I’d like 20 people to do it! The 5 K is set for Friday and Saturday, July 13-14.

I’ve had 3 people this week inquiring about the Alcatraz Invitational (on Sept 15.) I think you might be able to still sneak in. The cap on entries has been met, but as of Monday, they were still taking registrations. Sign-up if you can. We have 11 people going from the team. It will be a great experience!

Congratulations to our Arizona IronMan participants. Lorena Garsed- her first ever (16:00), David Richmond (13:44), Chris Rulon (10:47) and Sean Lewis (9:58). Sean qualified to race at Kona!!! He writes that he feels great, and that the guy right behind him also qualified, but the 2nd one didn’t. Sean made it in by 1 minute! Awesome job by everyone.

Ladies wishing to participate in their first triathlon, should contact Amber and Ashley for their annual Danskin Training group. Call RGR for more information. Training starts this week.

Anyone wishing to sign their kids up for summer league, either at the JCC or your own neighborhood team, should check into when sign-ups begin for each program. Many teams place caps on their numbers and fill up quickly.

LCM this Friday at noon. Blossom will be closed on Friday, April 27.

Please set aside Aug 10-13, this summer for the LCM Nationals to be held at The Woodlands in Houston. You do not need to qualify to swim your first 3 events and everyone is allowed to swim on the team relays. You have plenty of time to consider coming, but pencil in the date now to hold it on the calendar.

Last summer, 35 teammates traveled to Stanford Univ in California to attend the World Championships for swimming, water polo and open water and had the time of their life. The 2008 Championships will be held in Perth, Australia in April. Click here for more info on the meet.

Catch ya’ in the water,
Susan

Weekly Inspiration: Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it’s letting go.

Weekly Health Tip: Fats and proteins slow digestion, so it’s actually better for you to eat a little olive oil or low fat cheese with your bread than eating the bread alone.

Great job by Graham in setting another National Record in the 200 Free!

Congratulations to ALL our Senior Games swimmers. We had a great team turnout!!! Many of them competed in both Zones and the SG in back to back weekends. They earned their rest this past holiday weekend! I certainly took advantage of sleeping in…

Setting new Senior Games Records were:
Colleen Holloway, Georgia Goggin, JC Wood, Henry Halff, Graham Johnston, Jerry Marchbanks, Connie Lindsey, David Nordstrom, Betty Kight, Deb Starr, Chris Mayhew, and Sara Sievert.

Many thanks to Elaine Fincham for opening up her home for our team party directly afterwards. We had a great turnout and was nice to visit with so many of our out of town swimmers who made the trip into SA.

If you swam on a relay at Zones, and did not have a chance to pay the entry fee for those, each swimmer owes $2.50 for the ones that they swam on. Many thanks to Chrystie for collecting for me at the meet.

Click here for 2007 USMS Short Course Nationals Meet Information
You can still register online for Nationals. Last day is April 12.

Click here for info on a Masters and Special Olympic Athletes meet in Midland, Texas. I think it sounds like a great opportunity for both groups to compete together. Deadline for entries is April 13.

Starting this Friday, and Fridays only, for the rest of the summer we will go LCM at Blossom at Noon.

The 2007 Duel in the Pool (USA vs Australia) which was just completed in Sydney will air in the USA on NBC Saturday, April 21 from 2-3 p.m. (EST), and Sunday, April 22 from 4-6 p.m. (EST). Michael Phelps and lots of other recognizable names involved…

Best of luck to all our Arizona IronMan athletes this coming Sunday. They have all worked hard, and I know are so happy and excited to have this day finally here.

John Leonard bids us goodbye and is now off to Houston. He plans to stay in touch and I KNOW he plans on swimming the 10 K swim this year. Best of luck to him and his family. We hope to meet up again at summer LCM Nationals at the Woodlands.

Todd Erickson is recovering well from his knee replacement surgery. He writes that he plans on hitting the water as soon as the incision heals up, and he sends thanks to all who were thinking of him. (Whatever!)

If you missed our Passover Holiday workout…your loss! So sorry to hear you missed out on all the fun. But, have no fear, I am always up to making the time go by faster at practice. Now let me see, what’s next on the calendar? Hummm, Friday the 13th……I wonder what I could do with that one?