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<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS MISSION
STATEMENT:</b></font></div>
<div>As adopted by the Pacific Masters Committee the Mission of
Pacific Masters is:</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to
gain and maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to
foster this mission.</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>CLOVIS SHORT COURSE YARDS
MEET.</b></font></div>
<div>The first Clovis Short Course Yards meet will be held at the
Clovis North Aquatic Center (the site of the 2009 USMS Short Course
Yards Championships). The meet will be held 8 November and is
organized by The Clovis Swim Club and the Fig Garden Masters. The meet
will start at 1 PM, which will give swimmers from the Bay Area time to
leave early in the morning and make it in time to compete.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>WINNERS SHORT COURSE YARDS
MEET.</b></font></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08snrscy.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>OPEN WATER SURVEY</b></font><font
face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000"> </font></div>
<div>This is a quick survey for open water swimmers
and for swimmers who wouldn't enter any body
of water without chlorine or a black line at the bottom. This
will help the PMS open water event directors plan for the next few
seasons. The survey will stay open until November 19. Tell
us what you think! Really...we want to know.<br>
</div>
<div>http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=p8yob0ZS7m2GGf68bmiUQg_3d_3<font
face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#0053AF"><u>d</u></font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you tried to take the survey and it did not work, please try
again. The above link will work, but there appears to be a limit to
the number of people who can take the survey at the same time.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>INDIVIDUAL RENEWAL</b></font></div>
<div>You can now renew your membership for 2009. You can register on
line, it is very easy, just go to:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=38</div>
<div>and start filling out the forms. If you are a member of the clubs
listed below you can register with your club.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>1. BAC<x-tab> </x-tab>11.
EDSC<x-tab> </x-tab>21.
MVM<x-tab> </x-tab>31. SNM<x-tab> </x-tab>41 ECYM<x-tab> </x-tab>51
WNTR<br>
2. BAY<x-tab> </x-tab>12. FOG<x-tab> </x-tab>22.
OAK<x-tab> </x-tab>32. TAM<x-tab> </x-tab>42 EEE</div>
<div>3. BEAR<x-tab> </x-tab>13.
H2OL<x-tab> </x-tab>23.
OAM<x-tab> </x-tab>33.
TCAM<x-tab> </x-tab>43
MAAC</div>
<div>4. BRS<x-tab> </x-tab>14. HYM<x-tab> </x-tab>24.
PCAM<x-tab> </x-tab>34.
TOC<x-tab> </x-tab>44 MPSC</div>
<div>5. CAST<x-tab> </x-tab>15.
LAMV<x-tab> </x-tab>25. PVMA
35. TSI<x-tab> </x-tab>45
MSI</div>
<div>6. CMAM<x-tab> </x-tab>16.
LARP<x-tab> </x-tab>26.
RAMS<x-tab> </x-tab>36.
TSUN<x-tab> </x-tab>46
SFRP<br>
7. CRUZ<x-tab> </x-tab>17. LNM<x-tab> </x-tab>27.
RHMS<x-tab> </x-tab>37.
TVM<x-tab> </x-tab>47 TEME<br>
8. CVM<x-tab> </x-tab>18. LOM<x-tab> </x-tab>28.
RINC<x-tab> </x-tab>38.
USF<x-tab> </x-tab>48 VACA</div>
<div>9. DAM<x-tab> </x-tab>19.
LVTC<x-tab> </x-tab>29.
SCUS<x-tab> </x-tab>39.
WCM<x-tab> </x-tab>49 VSMS</div>
<div>10. DC<x-tab> </x-tab>20.
MTRC<x-tab> </x-tab>30.
SMST<x-tab> </x-tab>40.
WOOD<x-tab> </x-tab>50
YBAR</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you want to register by mail, go to the first page of the
November/December newsletter, fill out the form and sent it to Nancy
Ridout.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS NEWSLETTER
(NOVEMBER/DECEMBER)</b></font></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/08/08novdec.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>WHAT IS THE VALUE OF SWIMMING? THE VALUE OF
JOINING USMS</b></font></div>
<div>The USMS website has a new feature "What is the Value of
Swimming."</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>There are two new articles in the Feature Section.
"Something in the Water" and "USMS: Bringing People
Together.</div>
<div>http://www.usms.org/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>FINA WORLD CUP</b></font></div>
<div>This Sunday in Singapore, swimmers are competing for the FINA
World Cup.The competition is being shown on the Universal Sports
Channel. You must get up early to see the competition (or just stay
up) it starts at 1:50 am</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Swimming Channel Page:
http://www.universalsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&K<span
></span>EY=&SPID=11652&SPSID=104284<br>
<br>
Schedule Page:
http://www.universalsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&K<span
></span>EY=&SPID=11652&SPSID=105988<br>
</div>
<div>FINA Photos:
http://www.universalsports.com/PhotoAlbum_Archives.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=230<span
></span>00&SPID=11652&DB_OEM_ID=23000&KEY =<br>
<br>
FINA Videos:
http://www.universalsports.com/club/std/ViewCategory.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=2<span
></span
>3000&CAT_SPORT_ID=11652&DB_OEM_ID=23000&KEY=&SPID=11<span
></span>652&SPSID=105993 </div>
<div> </div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>USMS SHORT COURSE NATIONALS -CLOVIS
CALIFORNIA</b></font></div>
<div>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:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>http://www.fresnocvb-housing.org/events.php?id=39</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
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<div>michael</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>OFF THE WALL</b></font> -<b> More work on the
shoulder</b></div>
<div>Well, this week I got back in the water. I am fortunate to have a
pool available very close to where I work. On Monday, I went to
the pool to do a little kicking. After talking to the coach for a
couple of minutes, he said I should enter the water by the ladder. So
I went to the ladder and started entering the water. I remembered why
I like to jump in. The water is cool and I want to enter quickly, then
start swimming to warm up.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>When I had entered to mid thigh, I thought I would just
jump in and get it over with -</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Mistake.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I never realized how much the water pushes against the arm and
the arm push against the shoulder. At least I did not jump in
very far. The shoulder only bothered me for a few minutes after
getting in the water. I made a note not to jump in the water while the
shoulder is healing.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I am not a person who regularly just kicks in the water. When
forced, I do the whip kick and I am still slow. My flutter kick is
strong enough to get my legs close to the surface, but rarely with
much forward speed. Well, when you have a bunch of lemons, lets make
lemon aid - this will be a time to work on my kicking and hope that it
will improve.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The goal was to kick 1,000 yards. I would break up the 1,000 into
blocks of 100. The first 16 laps were very slow as I was trying to
find a comfortable way to kick. I wanted to find a comfortable
position for my arm, so my shoulder would not ache too much. I could
not stick my arm forward, so I tried with my arm along my right
side. Well I tried, the shoulder ached when I tried that. I tried
another position. The shoulder felt best when I put my right hand on
my chest.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>After the first 400, I started to feel better when kicking. I
also picked up a little speed. I actually passed the snail that was
slithering on the deck.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Finally, after the 10 100s I got out of the water. I was careful
on the ladder. I primarily used my left arm when exiting, but I did
have to balance with my right hand and arm. The shoulder let me know
when I was pulling too hard with arm.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>On Tuesday, I went to the pool again. When getting in the water,
I went down to the last step on the ladder, then put my right hand on
my chest and crossed that arm with my left arm before jumping
backwards into the water.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I did find that I can lightly scull with my right hand and I can
raise my arm higher with no ache or pain.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Tuesday, I started kicking again, one hundred backstroke kick,
then flutter kick on the chest. I found that I was starting to get a
sense of balance. I remembered to keep my hips up when flutter
kicking. On my back I could kick faster to the other end, than I could
on my chest. When on my chest, I would look at the little tiles on the
bottom as I kicked. I could tell I was not going very fast, but I was
going faster than Monday.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I swam the 1000 a little faster than on Monday.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>During the day, the shoulder would ache, but I would be doing
other things, so the ache was a little bothersome, but not a big deal.
In bed, there was not much else to do, the shoulder would ache and
there was nothing to do to take my mind off the ache. For the prior
week, I had been taken one Vicodin before going to bed. The ache went
away and I could sleep for the six to eight hours. Tuesday night I
took one tablet before going to bed. About three am, I woke up and my
shoulder was bothering me. I moved the arm from crossing my chest to
straight out along my right side. That did not work. I moved to my
back and cross my arm, still bothered me then I moved the arm to
my side. I did not want to get out of bed. Finally after about 30
minutes, I got out of bed, took a tablet and went back to bed; the
ache gradually went away and in 30 minutes I was asleep.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Wednesday was physical therapy day. I was able to move the arm
with a greater range of motion than the previous week.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Thursday, back in the pool. Still getting in by the ladder. I
went into the kicking routine. I started using my left arm and did a
one arm crawl and the one are fly. When kicking I am moving my right
hand in the water and pushing the water.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I kicked faster and on Thursday I was able to get the thousand
finished faster than the previous two days. So I swam another 100. I
was able to swim the 1100 faster than the thousand I kicked on
Monday.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Things are going slow, but I can see improvement in my right arms
range of motion. I can raise my arm, but not all the way, yet. Oh
well, next week will be better.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Have a good week.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>michael</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
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<div>michael w. moore<br>
michael@mwmoore.org</div>
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