GVAS News October 16, 2009

Hi guys,

It's been a great last few weeks of training! Everyone seems to be keeping the effort high and attitude positive as we have begun to have some challenging workouts.
Nice work to everyone who completed the timed 400! The group average was very good and we will be retesting in several weeks with the goal of inproving that group average. I hope everyone has enjoyed their first recovery week of the season and is ready to ramp things up for a few weeks.

News, updates and reminders:

Royals Awards re-cap:

Congratulations to the following award recipients:
Gabe Lowe - Team Leader Award
Kayvon Delarom - Most improved Junior Male
Julianna Macdonald - Most improved Junior Female
Andrew Paone - Most Improved Senior Male
Naomi Roth - Most Improved Senior Female

Sean Hunter - Andrew Paone Memorial Award

Well done to all Royals for an awesome summer of swimming!!

Upcoming Meets and Events:

Nanaimo Invitational Meet (Jets) Saturday October 24, 2009 Meet details:
Warm-up: 9:00 – 9:50 am
Start: 10:00 am
Time out: Approx 3:00pm

Halloween Howl Fun Meet Sunday October 25, 2009 7-9 am JDF. Make sure to e-mail Liz your your entries and breakfast orders ASAP!!

Jr. Coaching Workshop Wednesday October 28, 4:45 - 5:15 pm Naden

Team Meeting and Fun swim Tuesday November 3 4:30 - 6pm. Reminder that the meeting will take place during the Mini's practice time. Mini's will be allowed to swim from 5-6 pm with the Royals.

Saturday mornings oh yeah!!!

I know it's early guys, but having the ENTIRE pool to ourselves (including the WATERSLIDE) is awesome! I really reccommend you try AT LEAST one of these fun morning practices.

Note from Coach T

It's flu season... here are some suggestions to try and help you stay healthy.

As athletes we are more suseptable to getting sick because we work our bodies HARD! You dont just get sick from pathogens (germs) entering your body. You get sick when your immune system is weakened AND you let germs into your body.

How does your immune system get weakened?

Your immune will become weak, as I mentioned from training hard. Immediatly after practice you should try to avoid places that have a greater chance of allowing germs into your body. Public transit, for example, would be a good place to avoid immediatly following a hard workout.

Mal-nutrition will decrease the effectiveness of your immune system also, especially around practices. Make sure to have had a snack within an hour of starting a practice and within an hour after your practice. Hydration also needs to be kept in check. Try to be sipping on a water bottle (or two) throughout the day and make sure to have a water bottle on deck at EVERY practice to keep your immune in the best shape possible.

WASH WASH AND WASH your hands!! Like I said you get sick when your immune system is down AND your let germs into your body. All it could take would be a scratch of the eye or pick of the nose after handling a germy surface (payphone, keyboard, pin pad or even desks at school) and you could be facing the snivells.

Lets stay healthy guys.

Coach T