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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>
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<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009</b></font></div>
<div>To all of you, may you have a very happy and prosperous and
healthy 2009</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>UPCOMING MEETS</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>FOG CITY QUADRATHON</b></font></div>
<div>The Fog City Quadrathon will be at the Herbst Natatorium on
campus of St Ignatius College Prep. The Fog City meet is the first
competition of the year. It is the 500 Free, 200 Free, 100 Free and
the 50 Free.</div>
<div>The pre-entry deadline is 20 January ($20 for the four events)
You can deck enter the meet at ($35 for the four events)</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09fogscy.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>USF VALENTINES MEET</b></font></div>
<div>The USF Valentines Day meet will be February 7th. This is one of
the Pac Masters Swimming most popular meets attracting about 350
swimmers. All swimmers are encouraged to enter the meet on-line.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09usfscy.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>JON STEINER MEMORIAL MILE - TAM'S1650
POSTAL</b></font></div>
<div>The Jon Steiner Memorial Mile is Tam's 1650 Postal event. You can
swim the event from now until the end of February. You just need to
have a person to be your timer. You can enter the event on line by
going to http://tammasters.org/PoolMileEntry (a four dollar discount
from the paper entry).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>US MASTERS SWIMMING ONE HOUR
SWIM</b></font></div>
<div>The US Masters Swimming One Hour Postal Championship is a
National Championships that you can compete in while not having to
leave the comfort of your home pool. The objective is to swim as far
as possible in one hour. The total number of yards swum determines the
order of finish</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats09/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>You can swim the One Hour and the Jon Steiner 1650 at the same
time, so you can get a two fer for your efforts.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>GO THE DISTANCE</b></div>
<div>US Masters Swimming continues its fitness program of tracking
your swimming millage in the "Go The Distance" program. The
program is just to track your daily yardage on an Excel spreadsheet.
Once a month send the total to the Go the Distance chief - Mary
Sweat.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>There are two forms that one can use. The first is the easy form
of just tracking yardage, for those who realy want to track how that
yardage was achieved - swimming, kicking, by stroke there is the
advanced version of the swim sheet. (I am lucky I can just remember
what the total yardage was for the day - let alone break it
out).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Linda Schoenberger wrote about the program in her "Come Join
in the Fun" article on the US Masters Swimming web site
(http://www.usms.org/fitness/articleofthemonth.php?a=170).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Congratulation to Kent Price (960 Miles), Patricial Knowles (825
mi), Steve O'Neil (567 mi), Susan Miller (636) Jim Clemmons (619 mi),
Sally Marshall 663 Mi Grasyon Marshall 508, Amy Beisheim 567, Andrew
Scheiner 550 , Deb Bon 547. Pacific racked up 15395 miles, which was
the most of any LMSC (but then we have the most swimmers). Oceana Zone
(which includes Pacific) was fifth out of the eight zones.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I encourage all swimmers to track their yardage over the year and
to have fun. (bet with your lane mates who will swim the most miles -
loser buys dinner).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>US MASTERS SWIMMING NEW LOGO</b></font></div>
<div>One year ago, U.S. Masters Swimming formed a branding task force
charged with the responsibility of writing a position paper on the
identity of our organization. The brand task force developed and
evaluated surveys and questionnaires, and conducted focus groups to
define U.S. Masters Swimming, its members, both current and future,
and the core beliefs of the organization. The work of the brand
task force led to a rebranding effort and today the unveiling of a new
brand logo for U.S. Masters Swimming. <br>
<br>
"We feel that the new brand logo represents our organization, where
we are today and where we will be in the future," commented Lynn
Hazelwood, branding task force chair. "We are pleased with the
commitment of the Board of Directors and the U.S. Masters Swimming
staff to the process and we are confident that this logo successfully
defines U.S. Masters Swimming."</div>
<div><br>
"The icon in our new logo embraces our tradition of pool swimming
while also coming across as very inviting to recreational and fitness
swimmers, open water swimmers and triathletes," commented Executive
Director Rob Butcher. "It was our goal to maintain our heritage
while also recognizing the future of adult swimming." <br>
</div>
<div>All U.S. Masters Swimming clubs and sanctioned events are
encouraged to begin using the new brand logo according to the style
guide applications. The new logo and accompanying style guide of
use may be downloaded at http://www.usms.org/logos.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>APPLICATION TO OFFICIATE AT THE US MASTERS SWIMMING NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></div>
<div>An application to officiate at the US Masters Championships
is at</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://TinyURL.com/9jfjph</div>
<div>An application is needed if you wish to work an assigned
position (deck ref, starter, chief judge). Officials can apply for
their N2, N3 certification.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>REGISTRATION UPDATE</b></font></div>
<div>As of Sunday evening there were<b> 5099</b> Pacific Masters
members, and 99 clubs. The club with over 90 members are:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>DAM Count<x-tab>
</x-tab>442</div>
<div>TCAM Count<x-tab> </x-tab>264<br>
WCM Count<x-tab> </x-tab>258<br>
STAN Count<x-tab> </x-tab>227<br>
MAM Count<x-tab> </x-tab>182<br>
USF Count<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>181<br>
SCSC Count<x-tab> </x-tab>173<br>
CRUZ Count<x-tab> </x-tab>155<br>
MELO Count<x-tab> </x-tab>146<br>
MVM Count<x-tab> </x-tab>146<br>
TEME Count<x-tab> </x-tab>133<br>
BAC Count<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>124<br>
TVM Count<x-tab> </x-tab>109<br>
MAAC Count<x-tab> </x-tab>108<br>
RAMS Count<x-tab> </x-tab>108<br>
TSUN Count<x-tab> </x-tab>101<br>
RINC Count<x-tab> </x-tab>96</div>
<div>SCAM Count<x-tab> </x-tab>90</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>OFFICIALS CLINIC AT HEATHER
FARMS</b></font></div>
<div>2009 Zone 2 Officials clinic on Saturday January 24, 2009 at the
Heather Farms in Walnut Creek. Please invite any friends and other
parents on your club that are interested to become a swimming
official. This is for current officials to stay up to date on the
rules, and for parents who want to become an Official. (No prior
experience is necessary, just an eagerness to learn, and help the
swimming community.)<br>
<br>
Date: Satu<span
></span>rday January 24th,<br>
<br>
Time: Set up and
Registration 8:00 - 8:30<br>
<span
></span>
Clinic/Training <span
></span> 8:30 - 12:00<br>
<br>
Location: Heather Farm Park, "Club Room" -
by the Pond (not by the Pool)<br>
<span
></span> 301 North San
Carlos Drive<br>
<span
></span> Walnut Creek<br>
Directions: From I 680 North, take the Ygnacio Valley Road Exit
and turn right. Turn Left onto North San Carlos Drive, past
Heather Drive and take the next left into the parking lot.<br>
>From I 680 South, take the Treat Boulevard Exit. Turn left
onto North Main, and left onto Treat Boulevard. Turn right onto
Bancroft Road. Turn right onto Ygnacio Valley Road. Turn
right onto North San Carlos Drive, past Heather Drive and take
the next left into the parking lot.) <br>
:<br>
Cost:
FREE!<br>
</div>
<div>Light refreshments will be provided.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTA CRUZ
CANCELLED</b></font></div>
<div>This year University of California Santa Cruz will be working on
its 50 meter pool at the East Field House. Thjey will be resurfacing
the entire pool, sixing and replacing tile where necessary and
repairing and replacing the gutter and lane line stays. They
expect the project will take to at leasst mid August.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Pacific will be looking for a new location for its 2009 Pacific
Masters Long Course Championships. If your team is interested in
organizing the long course championships, please contact Barry
Fasbender at BarryFasbender at comcast.net . Normally there are
400-to 600 competitors who will swim at the meet.</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</div>
<div><br></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>ON RECEIVING TWO COPIEs OF THE
UPDATE</b></font></div>
<div> I've been so busy that I haven't been able to process all
the requests for the removal of a second update email address.
Could you include, "Many thanks to all of you who have responded
with a request to remove a second email address from the Update list.
The good news is that they will all be taken care of but the bad news
is that they haven't all been removed as of today. It's a busy
time and we appreciate your cooperation in paring down our email
list. If you are getting two again this week, I apologize and
will try to process everyone's request by the next Update.
Thanks for your patience and Happy New Year!" </div>
<div>-NANCY RIDOUT</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
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to<br>
mailto:update06 at pacificmasters.org</div>
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<br>
If you hit the reply key on your computer, your email may or may
not</div>
<div>be seen in a timely manner. Use only the update06 address
please.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you are wishing to get off the list, mail to<br>
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Remove</div>
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<div>michael</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>OFF THE WALL - THE SHOULDER AGAIN</b></div>
<div>After twelve days of rest due to the pool being closed, and after
three months of not being in my regualr lane, it was fun to get back
into the water with my lane mates. I felt very good and made sure that
I was not leading the lane. It was so much different swimming at
regular speed rather than really taking it easy.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Since this was the first practice after a couple of weeks off,
the practice was much easier than a normal practice, but after about
2000 yards, the shoulder was starting to feel a little "itchy"
so I got out of the water, satisfied with the practice.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>On Wednesday, the practice included twice swimming 200 yards. I
swam one in 3:01 and the other in 2:59, which I thought was rather
well for just coming back. After about 50 minutes of swimming, the
shoulder was starting to feel "itchy" so I got out again
satisfied with the practie</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Today at practice, the shoulder did not bother me at all.
However, swimming a bunch of 100s did get me out of breath (not much
but a little). That actually felt pretty good to work hard in the
water. At the end of practice, I had swum with my lane mates for a
regular practice. The shoulder felt fine all during practice and did
not bother me at all during the day - almost back to normal</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I will get back in the water on Wednesday. It felt good to swim
hard. A few weeks ago, I was barely swimming a 50 in a minute, now
just pulling, a couple of times I was back down to 40 seconds (most of
the pulling was between 40 and 45 seconds). My kicking as gotten a
little better, although I will have to watch out and not get back into
my lazy kick. And I can do a flip turn again,but as always flip turns
do use up a lot of oxygen.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I am looking forward to being back in the water with my lane
mates and working on getting my times down. If Laura Val keeps
dropping her times, I should be able to work hard and drop mine.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>michael</div>
<div><br></div>
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<div>michael w. moore</div>
<div>michael@pacificmasters.org</div>
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