[PacMasterUpdate] January 13, 2002 Update

Tue Jan 15 22:44:02 EST 2002

You recently registered or re-registered membership of Pacific 
Masters Swimming. This is a copy of the recent Pacific Masters 
update. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you enjoy your membership in 
Pacific Masters swimming.

UPCOMING EVENTS
MONTEREY BAY CLAMBAKE
The first pool meet of the year is the Monterey Bay Clambake on 
January 19th. There meet is deck seeded. You can enter on the day of 
the meet.

FOG CITY QUADRATHON
The Fog City Quadrathon will be held Sunday, January 27th at the 
Herbst Natatorium on the St Ignatius College Preparatory Campus. The 
entry fee is $15.00 if you register by January 16th (This Wednesday); 
deck registration will be $30.00.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/02fogscy.html
TAMALPIAS POSTAL MILE
The first event of the 2002 is the Tamalpias Postal Mile. Swimmers 
can swim the mile any time between January 1, 2002 and February 28, 
2002 and you can swim it in your own pool.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/02tamscy.pdf
ONE HOUR POSTAL
The annual USMS One Hour Postal Swim is from January 1 through 
January 31, 2002. The rules are fairly simple, it is to see how many 
yards you can swim in one hour. It is a very good chance to see how 
well you are swimming at the beginning of the year.
	http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats02/1hrentry.pdf
PAC MASTERS INDOOR RELAYS
Get your team together to for relays at the 17th Annual Pacific 
Masters Indoor Relays at Oceana High School Pool in Pacifica, Sunday, 
February 3rd. Awards will be given to the top three teams.

PACIFIC MASTERS MONTHLY MEETING
The Pacific Masters Swimming January monthly meet will be January 16 
at the Oak Hill Park Community Center in Danville. All members are 
welcome to attend. There is a link to a map with directions on the 
Pacific Masters home page.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/
The Committee will receive and vote on nominations for the Ransom Arthur Award.

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
The March/April Newsletter deadline is January 16th.
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NEW YEAR - TIME TO RE-REGISTER
It is the  new year, time to re-register for the 2002 Pacific 
Masters. Pacific Masters membership year is from January 1 to 
December 31. Register now to keep your subscription to Swim Magazine 
and you can swim in US Masters sanctioned events. The form to 
re-register is on the web at:
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/02Indivappl.pdf
(if you use the web form, you can type in the information and print 
it out from your computer).

If you are changing clubs, with the annual re-registration you can 
change clubs and compete for your new club without waiting 60 days or 
paying the extra $2.00 fee.

For club reps, the 2002 club roster now available on the Pacific 
Masters web site; you can check to see who on your club has 
registered at
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/members/clublookup.html
Every swimmer who has registered through last Friday is on the list.
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OFFICIALS CLINICS
Sierra Nevada will have an officials clinic in Sparks, Nevada at 1201 
Baring Blvd. from 7-10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24th at Round Table in 
Baring Village Shopping Center.

For  more information contact Joan Smith, Pacific Masters Officials 
Chair mailto:rtjpsmit at cwnet.com
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Pacific Masters AFFILIATE - LANDS END
Lands End is a maker of fine sports apparel for the active person. 
Click on the link to Lands' End from the Pacific Masters web site 
Lands' End will rebate some of the money of your purchase to Pacific 
Masters.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org
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 From the desk of Coach Midnight

Pacing................

"Swimmers who know  'Pacing'  are the luckiest swimmers in the 
World..........."

With apologies to "Barbra"   --- but it is true; without the ability 
to know your pace, to correctly pace a set or race, to predict your 
performance by monitoring your pace -- a swimmer will never reach 
their fullest potential.

And the best way to learn 'PACE'  (and every swimmer can do this -- 
not just the 'gifted" ones) by paying attention to the pace clock 
each and every repeat.

Learn to 'read' the clock so you know when your next repeat is to 
start  -- and what your 'time' was on the previous swim.  When you 
have gotten that down -- start playing the game 'predict your time as 
you are swimming a repeat'

And to be able to do that you have to swim in an energy efficient 
manner -- that is,even-paced -- because if you always go out too fast 
or go out too slow -- it is very difficult to 'plot the curve' so to 
speak and project into the future and predict your time.

Being able to correctly pace a set will allow your body to get the 
fullest adaptations from that set. If you tend to work way too hard 
early on in a aerobic set -- and start to tie up just as the coach 
asks you to to start descending your times  -- you will miss out on 
valuable training in the energy systems needed for maximizing your 
aerobic potential.

What you will have done is an incomplete and poorly done "anaerobic" 
training session as well as an incomplete and poorly done "aerobic" 
training session. That is --the worst of both worlds.

So, learn to properly pace yourself  and  see the results !!!

Coach Midnight
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SWIM COACH NEEDED
Summer Head Coach Needed

The Loomis Basin Dolphin recreational swim team is looking for a head 
coach.  The season runs from May 1 through July 31.  The team swims 
at Del Oro High School and has been part of the Suburban Swim League 
(7 to 8 teams) since 1979.  It has approximately 240 swimmers aged 5 
to 18.  There are two other assistant coaches and several "associate 
coaches" (older age group swimmers).  Salary is negotiable.  Resumes 
can be sent to:  Loomis Dolphin Swim Team,  P.O. Box 773,  Loomis, 
CA  95650.  Any questions can be directed to Paul Johnson at (916) 
788-8297 or <mailto:taxguy at johnsonandco.com>taxguy at johnsonandco.com

MASTERS COACH IN ST HELENA
St Helena Masters are a small 'core' group of 15-16 Master's swimmers 
in St. Helena (Napa County). Our coach of the last four years moved 
to Santa Rosa. They are desperately in need of a coach for the coming 
season. Their season is from March through October and swim at the 
St. Helena High Scholl Pool M-W-F at 0545-0700. Contact Kevin Twohey 
<kevin at whitings.com>

HIGH SCHOOL COACH
Castilleja high school (all girls) has a brand new pool and no swim 
coach for the high school season which runs from early February to 
early May. Interested coaches could call (650-854-5010)or email 
mailto:lawnmower52 at hotmail.com for more info.

ANY CLUB WITH INDEPENDANT BY-LAWS?
If any club operates as an independent rather than a city sponsored group,
and has by-laws that work for them, Tri Valley Masters would like to talk to
them. CONTACT Joanne Bervan jdnevreb at earthlink.net

RULE BOOK ON LINE
Because the convention was so late (due to 9/11), so is the 2002 Rule 
Book.  The good news is that Meg Smath (Publications Chair) and Jim 
Matysek (USMS Webmaster) have done a terrific job of updating it and 
getting it onto The USMS web site  so that those of you who are 
running a meet in the near future, now have access to the Rule Book 
and can download or print out the technical rules.  It can be found at

	<http://www.usms.org/rules/>http://www.usms.org/rules/. 
All competitive swimmers should be familiar with the technical rules 
of the strokes - it is only four pages long
	http://www.usms.org/rules/part1.pdf

Have a good week.

michael

For those who want to contact Michael directly email 
mailto:michael at pacificmasters.org . If you hit the return button on 
your email client, it will only delay a response. thank you mwm

-- 
michael w. moore
michael at mwmoore.org