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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>
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<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><font size="+1"><b>OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>The 2009 PMS Open Water championship will take place at the Santa
Cruz Roughwater Pier Swim, August 2, 2009.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>DONNER LAKE SWIM</b></font></div>
<div>Registration for the Donner Lake swim is open. This event is
limited to the first 350 swimmers. You can register on line at:</div>
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>http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1731258&as<span
></span>setId=F90C0138-D95D-4178-9007-ED3DD53996E2</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>DON GALINE</b></font></div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>New Masters Swim Team in Novato for Unattached
swimmers in Northern Marin</b></font></div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>For more information, contact Coach Cokie Lepinski at
415-827-5672, swimnut@mac.com. Find them on Facebook (search Marin
Pirates Masters) or at http://www.marinpiratesmasters.com.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>OPEN WATER POINT COMPETITION</b></font> -
Through Lake Mendocino</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>OPEN WATER 101</b></font>- Moved to Lake Del
Valle</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>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:</div>
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</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09pmsow101.pdf</div>
<div>The Pacific Masters Swim Committee has opened up the event to all
swimmers, but there will be a discount for Pacific Masters
Swimmers.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BIDDING FOR NATIONAL POOL
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BIDDING FOR NATIONAL OPEN WATER
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>Fitness Logs Available for US Masters Swimming
Members</b></font></div>
<div>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.</div>
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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</div>
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<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/features.php?id=142</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BABY WRINKLES; LEATHER FACES</b></font></div>
<div>Dr Jim Miller has written an article that is on the USMS web site
about skin damage by the sun.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=202</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>-michael</div>
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<div>michael w. moore</div>
<div>michael@pacificmasters.org</div>
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