New Years week swim schedule

Practice Monday Night – 29 Dec 08, Bruce will be out, but meet at 7pm on the deck, below is our workout.
Tuesday will be practice as usual. Thursday the Y will be closed, but anyone who wants to join us, we are swimming at Lucky's lake 7:45am Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is Diane and Greg's going away party at Park Central starting at 7:00pm. Please RSVP so we can get you on the guest list at the gate.

Warm-Up
200 swim
200 kick
200 pull
Set 1
8 X 50 Free
8 X 50 Kick
8 X 50 Drill/choice
Set 2
200 Free
4 X 2 x 50 Stroke (outside lanes should do Stroke/Free)
2 x 50 Free - Hard
Swim the set above on an interval, but take 1 minute rest between each set, not each portion of the set
Set 3
8 X 100 (Alternate 100 free with 100 IM or stroke choice)
Warm-down
6 X 50 Drill/Free 20 seconds rest
100 Easy

Merry Christmas!!!

Wishing everyone a safe and wonderful holiday. Just a reminder there will be no practice on Thursday because the Y is closed for Christmas. We did have lots of swimmers for practice last night though.
The new suits are in and are pretty cool. Talk to Sean to get yours. The swim caps are also in and are $5 each or $15 for 4. You can also see Sean for the caps. If you missed out on the suit order you can still get one on line.

Holiday party photos

The holiday photos are here.

MOO Holidays

We had one of our biggest crowds ever for a holiday party, with tons of food and lots of fun. The photos will be up later this weekend. Bruce got a stopwatch and gift card from the team. Diane was given a towel as one of the outgoing team captains, and then her and Alison nominated Sean and Teresa to be our new team captains. The gift exchange was hilarious as always, and I'm not sure who ended up with the Snoopy snow cone machine in the end. Tom was the biggest winner of the evening, and one of the gifts that never got opened was an i-pod. It just goes to show you can't judge a gift by the package.
Thanks again to John and Amy for having us over. I hope you got to get some sleep eventually!!!
Happy Holidays everyone and as Bruce said: see everyone at practice on Monday.

Tomorrow, team party no practice.

Skip practice and slap on the feed bag for we're having a party! Food, drinks and gifts! What more do you need?

And it's not any old ordinary get together - we're having a White Elephant gift exchange. Don't spend any money on a gift, cause it's regift time! Sick of that old vacuum cleaner?...wrap it up and bring it with you! Not using the VCR anymore?...this is the place to unload it! Need a new set of pots?...make room for them by getting rid of your old ones!

Still want to spend some money? Blow it on food, because if your last name ends in A-M, you can bring a side dish or salad, and if you last name ends in N-Z, please bring a desert. Bruce will provide the main dish.

And, oh yeah...don't forget to bring your someone special with you...unless you're embarrassed about our behavior! Tomorrow night at Johns house 7pm. Be there...

Repeat!

In case you have not heard, MOO's very own Greg has brought home another Emmy! Yup, now this uber talented Producer has two, one for each hand!

brrr.....

The temperature is dropping, but the swimmers keep coming.  We had a great turnout Monday and Tuesday, even got warm towels as we got out last night.  Don't forget the annual holiday party is Thursday the 18th in Leu of practice...

December Spotlight Swimmer

Congratulations Mark, our Spotlight swimmer of the month for December.  Click here to find out more about Mark Kowalak.

We challenge you to a cold water swim

Kathleen and Diane challenge everyone to join us at Lucky's lake tomorrow and Saturday at 7:45am for a cold water swim. We did it this morning no wetsuits and the water was 64.9degrees. Brrr...., but what a great way to get to eat more good food! Rumor has it Kathleen is bringing home made pumpkin bread. The hot tub is on and if it is your first time you can sign the wall of fame.

See you at the Lake

Happy Thanksgiving

Just a reminder there is no practice on Thursday, the next practice downtown will be on Monday.
If you still want to burn off those calories before you eat them, a bunch of us are doing Lucky's Lake swim Thursday morning at 7:45am. Friday and Saturday are also at 7:45am. The water is a bit chilly at 65.8degrees, but the hot tub is on and bring some warm clothes for when you jump out.
See you at the lake.

Join the Polar bear club

Orlando Polar Bear Club Starts New Holiday Tradition:
Take the 9-Degree Plunge to Raise Money for Special Olympics
Florida!

Friday, November 28 (the day after Thanksgiving) at 8:30AM

Gaylord Palms in Orlando

"When you start your day below freezing, there is no place to go but up!"

Click here for more info

Thursday Dec 18th... Hold the date...

It's time again for the MOO Holiday Party!

Skip practice and slap on the feed bag for we're having a party! Food, drinks and gifts! What more do you need?

And it's not any old ordinary get together - we're having a White Elephant gift exchange. Don't spend any money on a gift, cause it's regift time! Sick of that old vacuum cleaner?...wrap it up and bring it with you! Not using the VCR anymore?...this is the place to unload it! Need a new set of pots?...make room for them by getting rid of your old ones!

Still want to spend some money? Blow it on food, because if your last name ends in A-M, you can bring a side dish or salad, and if you last name ends in N-Z, please bring a desert. Bruce will provide the main dish.

And, oh yeah...don't forget to bring your someone special with you...unless you're embarrassed about our behavior!

2009 YMCA Masters National Meet-Mark your calendar

The 2009 YMCA Masters National Championship will take place on April 16-19, 2009, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Order of events and meet information has been posted online. Check it out:

http://www.ymcaswimminganddiving.org/2009Masters/2009%20Masters%20total%20entry%20packet.pdf