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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>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>RESULTS CLOVIS SHORT COURSE
YARDS.</b></font></div>
<div>The results of the Clovis Short Course Yards meet are posted
at:</div>
<div>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/results.shtml</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>PAC MASTERS ANNUAL MEETING 19
NOVEMBER</b></font></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>GO THE DISTANCE</b></font></div>
<div>Linda Schoenberger wrote "Come Join in the Fun" that is
on the USMS web site.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=170</div>
<div>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</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>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>For those who do no want to register on-line, Pacific Masters
still has a paper registration form to send to Nancy.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div> http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/09memberapp.pdf<br>
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).</div>
<div><b>CLUBS</b></div>
<div>Clubs can register (and reregister) by filling out the 2009 Club
Registration form.</div>
<div>
http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/09clubdoc.doc</div>
<div>If you have any questions about registration, please contact our
register, Nancy Ridout, (mailto:registrar@pacificmasters.org or
call 415 872 0771)</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><font size="+1"><b>LZR SUIT NOT FOR EVERYONE</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"
color="#000000"> </font>Article on LZR Racer suits and the
problems they pose for collegiate and high school swimming.</div>
<div
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR20<span
></span>08110802254.html</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. "Fitness
program that Motivate" and "What's With the
Groth"</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>WALNUT CREEK REACHES 500
MEMBERS</b></font></div>
<div>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).</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><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>STREAMLINES</b></font></div>
<div>The Streamlines, from the National Office is available at</div>
<div> http://www.usms.org/admin/nycu.php</div>
<div>Streamlines is written for the USMS administration, but all
invited to read and get involved.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>USMS STORE at AMAZON. COM</b></font></div>
<div>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</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://tinyurl.com/5rtqws</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>michael</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>OFF THE WALL</b></font> -<b> More work on the
shoulder</b></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Have a good week.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>michael</div>
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<div>michael w. moore<br>
michael@mwmoore.org</div>
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