[PacMasterUpdate] 5 July 2009

[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.

OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2009 PMS Open Water championship will take place at the Santa 
Cruz Roughwater Pier Swim, August 2, 2009.

DONNER LAKE SWIM
Registration for the Donner Lake swim is open. This event is limited 
to the first 350 swimmers. You can register on line at:

http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1731258&assetId=F90C0138-D95D-4178-9007-ED3DD53996E2

DON GALINE
 From the Marlins web site: Don came home from the hospital on Sunday 
afternoon, July 5, but the family respectfully requests that you 
please do not go to the house without an invitation, or without 
calling first.

Don's daughter, Allison (aka: "Ally"), has set up a blog on 
CarePages.com to provide periodic reports on Don's condition.  You 
have to "join" to see the updates but it is free.  You have the 
option to receive an e-mail alert--with a link--every time she 
updates the blog.  This is really the best way to keep up on Don's 
progress as Ally updates her blog several times a day.  You can also 
send a message to Don using her blog.  Go to CarePages.com to sign up.

New Masters Swim Team in Novato for Unattached swimmers in Northern Marin
The Marin Pirates Masters Swim Team, in Novato, CA, is a new branch 
of Marin's Pirates. Their team gets underway July 13th and  will 
train at College of Marin's Indian Valley Campus Pool in Novato. They 
offer five 75-minute workouts per week (Monday-Saturday) in a 
beautiful outdoor, 50 meter by 25 yard, heated pool.

Marin Pirates Masters pride themselves in providing technique and 
conditioning for various skill levels. They can help you reach your 
swimming and fitness goals whether that means learning a new stroke, 
improving your swim portion of a triathlon or breaking a National 
USMS Record.

For more information, contact Coach Cokie Lepinski at 415-827-5672, 
swimnut at mac.com. Find them on Facebook (search Marin Pirates Masters) 
or at http://www.marinpiratesmasters.com.

OPEN WATER POINT COMPETITION - Through Lake Mendocino
There is a link on the Open Water Pacific page 
http://www.openwaterpacific.org/ to a page that is keeping an 
unofficial total of the open water points. Currently, the total of 
the first eight races have been posted to the page.

OPEN WATER 101- Moved to Lake Del Valle
Want to learn about open water swimming, but not sure how to start? 
Concerned about cold water, crowded starts, open water culture, 
Pacific Masters is sponsoring Open Water 101 a clinic for new and 
developing open water swimmers. It will cover Breathing and sighting, 
coping with panic, pack swimming, water entry and exit and mental 
Preparation.

There will be dry land talks by Suzanne Heim-Bowen, Suzie Dods Trevor 
Gillis and Lisa Hazen as well as other local, national and 
international open water swimmers. The location has been moved to 
Lake Del Valle. There is a limit of 50 swimmers so register early:
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09pmsow101.pdf
The Pacific Masters Swim Committee has opened up the event to all 
swimmers, but there will be a discount for Pacific Masters Swimmers.

BIDDING FOR NATIONAL POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
You can create an exciting opportunity for your club by bidding to 
host either the 2011 United States Masters Swimming National Short or 
Long Course Championships. The USMS Championship Committee to 
strongly encourage you to work with facilities within your LMSC to 
consider bidding for either of these showcase events. All entries are 
now processed by USMS, which takes away much tedious work from the 
host. The short course meet (25 yards or meters) typically takes 
place mid-May, however, it may be held anytime between April 15th and 
May 31st in accordance with USMS rules. The long course meet 
typically takes place mid-August although its allowable range is 
August 1 - September 15th.

BIDDING FOR NATIONAL OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Long Distance Open Water Committee is soliciting bids for postal 
events for 2011 and the Open Water events for 2011. The Postal events 
are the One Hour Postal, the 3,000-6,000 yard postal and the 5,000 
and 10,000 M postal Clubs are encourage to bid for those events.

For the open water events, in 2011 it is the West region's turn to 
host and organize the one mile Open water swim, the 1 Mile cable and 
the 3-6 Mile swim. The national championships would be a great way to 
get swimmers from all over the US to come to your swim.

Next year Lake Del Valle wil be the venue of the 1-3 Mile national 
championship. This year Millerton Lake was the scene of the one mile 
national championship.

Fitness Logs Available for US Masters Swimming Members
U.S. Masters Swimming has released a new online service that is 
available exclusively for our members. Members may now track their 
swimming and other fitness activities via our new online Fitness Logs 
(FLOGs) tool. With this exciting new online service, you can log a 
wide variety of fitness activities such as swim workouts, running, 
weights and yoga on your flog calendar and track your weekly, monthly 
and annual totals online.

Members who are participating in the popular "Go The Distance" 
fitness event will also enjoy the convenience of having the data from 
their flog automatically included in the monthly event reports

	http://www.usms.org/features.php?id=142

BABY WRINKLES; LEATHER FACES
Dr Jim Miller has written an article that is on the USMS web site 
about skin damage by the sun.
	http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=202
For those of you who have an Apple iPhone, there is a program that 
will tell you how long a sunscreen if properly applied will last (put 
in the SFP and it looks for the UV rating for the day in your area.

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