[PacMasterUpdate] The Update Veterans Day 2008

[Update on Pacific Masters Swimming sent to members and friends.]

PACIFIC MASTERS MISSION STATEMENT:
As adopted by the Pacific Masters Committee the Mission of Pacific Masters is:

Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to gain and 
maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to foster 
this mission.

WINNERS SHORT COURSE YARDS MEET.
The 15th Annual Reno Winners Meet will be at the Northwest Pool in 
Reno, Nevada on Saturday December 6th. The meet will be at the 
Northwest Pool opening at 11am and meet starts at noon.

http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08snrscy.pdf

RESULTS CLOVIS SHORT COURSE YARDS.
The results of the Clovis Short Course Yards meet are posted at:
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/results.shtml
Thanks to Dowain Wright and the Clovis Club, soon to be the Central 
Valley All-Stars for the work on putting on this meet. They said they 
had a great time organizing the meet and that Masters meets are much 
different that USA Swimming meets.  The meet gave Pacific Masters 
swimmers to check out the Clovis North Swim pool before the 2009 
United States Masters Short Course Yards Championships.

PAC MASTERS ANNUAL MEETING 19 NOVEMBER
The 2008 Pacific Masters Annual meeting will be held at Heather Farms 
on Wednesday, November 19th,2008. It is a potluck dinner meeting. All 
clubs are asked to send a representative to the meeting. Everyone is 
invited to attend.

GO THE DISTANCE
Linda Schoenberger wrote "Come Join in the Fun" that is on the USMS web site.
	http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=170
It is a about the USMS fitness "Go the Distance" program, the every 
popular personal fitness event. I would encourage everyone to read 
the article, then join in the fun of the "Go The Distance" event

INDIVIDUAL  RENEWAL
You can now renew your membership for 2009. You can register on line, 
it is very easy, just go to:
	https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=38
and start filling out the forms. If you are a member of the clubs 
listed below you can register with your club.

If your club is not one of the clubs listed above, you will have to 
register as "unattached." And then when your club registers you can 
change membership.

For those who do no want to register on-line, Pacific Masters still 
has a paper registration form to send to Nancy.

   http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/09memberapp.pdf
If your club has not reregistered for 2009 you can fill out the paper 
registration form Nancy will hold the registration for until your 
club reregisters or until 31 December (if your club has not 
reregistered by then, you will be registered as unattached).
CLUBS
Clubs can register (and reregister) by filling out the 2009 Club 
Registration form.
     http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/09clubdoc.doc
If you have any questions about registration, please contact our 
register, Nancy Ridout, (mailto:registrar at pacificmasters.org  or call 
415 872 0771)

PACIFIC MASTERS NEWSLETTER (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER)
The last issue of the Pacific Masters Newsletter for 2008 is posted 
on the Pacific Masters web site. It has the list of events for 2009 
and the updated list of the DVDs and tapes available from the Pacific 
Masters Video Library. (If you are a member of Pacific Masters, you 
can check out the DVDs and tapes.
http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/08/08novdec.pdf

LZR SUIT NOT FOR EVERYONE
   Article on LZR Racer suits and the problems they pose for 
collegiate and high school swimming.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110802254.html

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF SWIMMING? THE VALUE OF JOINING USMS
The USMS website has a new feature "What is the Value of Swimming."

There are two new articles in the Feature Section. "Fitness program 
that Motivate" and "What's With the Groth"
	http://www.usms.org/

WALNUT CREEK REACHES 500 MEMBERS
Congratulations to Kerry O'Brien and the Walnut Creek Masters for 
reaching the magic number of 500 members. Walnut Creek was honored in 
2007 as the Club of the Year. What is amazing is that with one pool 
Walnut Creek is larger than many USMS regional governing bodies 
(LMSCs).

USMS SHORT COURSE NATIONALS -CLOVIS CALIFORNIA
Hotel Reservations are open for the USMS Short Course Nationals that 
will be held in Clovis California in May.  You are encouraged the use 
of the direct link for reservations at all preferred hotels:

http://www.fresnocvb-housing.org/events.php?id=39


STREAMLINES
The Streamlines, from the National Office is available at
   http://www.usms.org/admin/nycu.php
Streamlines is written for the USMS administration, but all invited 
to read and get involved.

USMS STORE at AMAZON. COM
Many Swimmers will be ordering items on line this year. If you will 
be ordering from Amazon. com, US Masters Swimming has a "store" at 
the Amazon site. You can go to
	http://tinyurl.com/5rtqws
to go the USMS store. US Masters Swimming will get credit for the 
sale. It is a way to help Masters swimming and not cost you anything.

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michael

OFF THE WALL - More work on the shoulder
Last Monday, was back in the pool, kicking (but no screaming). I am 
kicking faster and was able to kick 1150 yards. I am trying to add a 
little more distance each day. It makes me think that I am kicking 
faster.

I was able to put my arm straight out when kicking, so that when I 
was kicking breaststroke, I started moving my arms to pull a little. 
It felt ok in the water, I would pull hard with my left (ok) arm and 
just pulled a little with my right arm.

About two hours later and into the night, the shoulder told me that 
perhaps I made a mistake. The shoulder ached for most of the 
afternoon and evening.

Tuesday, I was back in the water kicking again. I did not make the 
mistake of pulling with my arm while doing the breaststroke kick. 
With my arms out forward, I thought I would try to do the butterfly 
kick, so I pushed off the wall. With my arms fully extended, I did 
the downward part of the butterfly. I never realized how much 
pressure the kick puts on the shoulders. After one length, I decided 
that  I will put off working on the butterfly until another day.

When my daughter came back to the states after being a Peace Corps 
volunteer in Lesotho she brought back a mulamu for me. A mulamu is a 
decorated stick of hard wood about 3 ft (1M) long that is used for 
walking or fighting. If a woman touches the mulamu, the mulamu looses 
its special power.

One of the exercises that the  physical therapist gave me was to hold 
a dowel or stick horizontally, then move the dowel to the right and 
then to the left. I did not have a dowel, so I took my mulamu and 
held it horizontally while moving it from the right to the left and 
back again. I hope that the decorated stick still has it special 
properties.

Have a good week.

michael


-- 
michael w. moore
michael at mwmoore.org