Weekly Updates
Workout news… Fitness challenges… Holiday party… Joys and concerns.Workouts for December will be geared towards the One Hour Swim in January. Expect lots of base/endurance work, concentrate on your current 100 pace and what your goals are for pace for the OHS. I am happy to guide you on where you are now and what your goals should be in six weeks.Specialty Days for December:Dec 5 - Hanukkah WorkoutDec 7 - Davis Pool ClosedDec 14 - The 12 Days of ChristmasDec 19/21 - 30 Minute Swim. If interested in participating in the National event, $5.00 entry feeDec 21 - Davis Pool/UTSA Closed for HolidaysDec 24 - JCC practices as usualDec 25 - No PracticesDec 26/28 - Brute Squad Challenge. To enter the national event, $5.00 entry fee.Dec 31 - Happy New Year’s EveJan 1 - No PracticesJan 2 - All pools will open back up for practice.The Brute Squad Challenge is 200 Fly - 400 IM - 1500 Free and will be offered at three of the monthly workouts. This is optional. The swims must all be done in the same workout.The 30 minute swim that we will be doing in December has two purposes. 1) Prepare ourselves for the One Hour swim in January and 2) Participate in the National event. Print and bring the form, so I can verify your swim for you.The Check Off Challenge is a motivating program in which you are asked to swim each event and distance throughout the calendar year. You may sign yourself up if interested for 2008.Coming up in December will be the last month for recording your daily workouts for Go The Distance. I hope that lots of you have been keeping up with your mileage logs. It’s been very motivating to make sure to hit our monthly goals. Read more so that you can do this in 2008. Click here: Go The DistanceTeam Holiday Party will be 5:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec 29 at Ken (and Sara) Leclerc’s home. He’s a 6:00 am’er from the JCC. Directions later, but pencil in the date for now. We will do a potluck dinner along with a $10 blind gift exchange. The gifts in the past have been a variety of gags, books, swimming theme, beautiful home items, etc. whatever you wish to give.Our prayers go out to Jan Miller on the passing of her father on Thanksgiving Day. Jane Birkhead continues to struggle with the healing of her shoulder and we hope she can still mend without surgery.Thank you to all who have generously given to our personal sample item drive in collecting shampoo, lotions, razors, soaps, hair brushes, tooth paste, etc. for the Battered Women/Children’s Center. Collection boxes are located at the JCC and Davis pool bulletin board areas. Last day to give is Dec 20.