Youth National Vegas Camp

Day 17...Final Full Day

2010-07-15T22:35:00.000-07:00

Thursday, July 15

UNLV Long Course 50m 9:30am-11:30am

800 100 free/100 choice DPS [free b/c by stroke 3, 5, 7, 9, 11]

20 x 25 kick (1 ez /1 fast / 1 ez / 2 fast / 1 ez / 3 fast /1 ez /4 fast / 1 ez /5 fast) @40

4 x ( 4 x 25 drill/25 sprint/25 ez) @35

10 min prep for main set

Main Set:

2 x 100 [200 race pace] @2

200 ez

2 x 50 [sprint] @60

200 ez

*optional* 50 sprint

400 ez

When Sue got the call several weeks ago and said Joe and Kelly were coming down I was definitely excited to have them stay with us. When she told me it would be with 10 teenagers for 2 and a half weeks, I said "No problem. We'll make room. It'll be fine." Then as we got closer to the date, we started to get a little nervous. That'll be 19 people under one roof. Plus 4 dogs. Yikes.

When they pulled up into the driveway, it looked like a small army marching into our house. Before I knew it, the 2 and a half weeks literally flew by and I'm here writing this blog on their last night here. Kelly and Joe managed the kids and their crazy schedule like they were all one big family and had been doing it for years. Our family was spoiled with Joe's great cooking night after night. My extensive cooking knowledge consists of scrambled eggs and when I'm really daring, a spaghetti dish. The kids were great. When we got together for a barbecue at the lagoon, my dad said to me "Those are the best behaved teenagers I've ever seen." Then they set the picnic table on fire. Just kidding. It really was a great experience for our family and our kids really bonded with the team. Now that they're leaving, Sue and I were just talking about how quiet it'll be with just us here. We might have to invite friends over to bring up the volume again.

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

2010-07-15T07:47:00.000-07:00

Day 16

This morning we woke up at the usual 7 am and headed to the UNLV pool for a swim. We divided in to 3 groups and did seperate sets:

warmup:30 min meet warmup

IM set:
3x
[200 IM- 75%/85%/95%
10s rest
50fr!!!
200 easy]

Distance set:
4x100 @ pace twice through
1@140
2@120
1@110

3x100@140
pace
pace -1
pace -2

Middle Distance set:
9x100@140
dec 1-3

C00l Down:
800 easy

After workout we played some hacky sack.. to a record of about 5, then headed back home. A few of us went in to the pool and relaxed outside, and others of us rested inside. After lunch and some well deserved relaxation, we headed out again. We visited the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay Hotel. It was fairly small (and not quite as elaborate as the Vancouver Aquarium), but there were lots of sharks, which was pretty cool. We then went for dinner at the Hard Rock. The restaurant was really neat and we were glad we got to go there. After dinner, we walked back along the strip, stopping by at the M&M store (to re-stock on M&M's) and the souvenir shop. We then headed back home and went to sleep.

Tuesday Day 15

2010-07-13T22:22:00.000-07:00

today we had 2 practices again.
swimming is good, we are swimming fast.
then we went to the shopping mall to shop.
it was a good mall.
the family has been great. their awesome and super nice.
todays da waters was da cold.
just joking it was normal.
kelly bought a hacky sack and we played with it before the practices.
today was good.

am practice
400fre b3
300 as 50m fr b5\50 br
200 as 50 fre b7\50 bk
100 as 50 fr b9\50 fly b2

15 min prep

2 broken 100 done one at a time *video tape*

in beween or after 100's is
16x50@1
3drill\1sw
D1-4

16x50@1
2 pull\2sw
d1-4 pulls

20x50kk@1
1ez\1!!!

pm practice

1 hour feel good swimming
nico, justin, morgen

2010-07-12T19:06:00.000-07:00

todays practice was
am: long course at university
warm up = 3 x 100s breathing every 3 5 7 9 @ 125
then 6 100 as
2 50 kick then a 50 stroke
then 2 100 one 50 pull then a 50 stroke
then 2 100 one 50 drill then a 50 swim
3 x 100 50 dps 40 build

mainset
3 100s best stroke on 230 best average
400 ez
200 broken for time @ 15 rest
400 ez
broken 200 for time @ 10 rest
400 ez
2 50s fast
from dive on 10 min

pm : 3000 oyo every 500 25 yard sprint

so far, this camp is fun. We swim alot. I really enjoy swimming. We had frozen yogurt today it was healthy. With berries and frozen waffles for breaky. Lunch was sandwiches. yum. What jesse is trying to say is the camp is very enjoyable. Even though the camp is coming to a end this has been a great experience.

written by james and jesse

hi mom :)

Day off? No way!

2010-07-11T20:09:00.000-07:00

"Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work."

-Ralph Marston

The weary swimmers were blessed with a day of rest, relaxation, and paddle boats. Spending time with these virtuous young teenagers brought tears to my eyes. I'm Josh Pyne, and I live in Las Vegas, Nevada.

After waking up and leaving the "beat lab," I was pleasantly surprised to find Jacqueline hugging her Ipod and searching desperately for some much needed company. Something deep in my heart told me that grilled-cheeze sandwhiches were the only cure for her early-morning funk. Our breakfast was accompanied by a deep and intriguing conversation about the many activities that we partake in. Being an aspiring gymnast, conversation about one's sports and hobbies came easily. Riayn, my younger sister, was the next person to join us in our secret escapade to the kitchen. I believe it was her brilliant idea to stretch just minutes after waking up.

Fast-forward through many pulled muscles and bleeding gums and we find ourselves on a trek towards the community center of Desert Shores. Expectations were high, but the excessive heat almost pushed the swimmers past the point of submission. The feeling of relief was overwhelming once we arrived at the lagoon. Stepping on the molten hot sand was the last obstacle in the way of pure nirvana.

Laughs were had and bonds were created throughout the day. The first trip on the paddleboats proved to be lackluster due to lack of speed and enthusiasm. Hopping on Rob's boat only cemented my hatred for these putrid creations. Rob and I kept entertained by mercilessly ramming into other boats and discussing different battle strategies. Docking the boat proved to be easy and we sprinted back to the shade for some delicious chili-dogs and purple drink. Jesse and Morgan shared my appreciation for hood-talk and related to me when I ranted about my "PURBLEE DRANKK."

The second expedition on the paddleboats was much more fun due to the inclusion of my sister Justine, her man-friend Sean, and Jacqueline. After an hour of exploring, the acquisition of Melissa and Natalia only added to the hilarity and weight on the boat. Sean serenaded us with his own rendition of Lionel Richie's, "Hello."

Arriving at the previously mentioned shaded area, we were treated to cake and song dedicated to my cousin Chase. Celebrating his birthday provided a gentle and heart-warming ending to our day at the lagoon.

-Josh Pyne.

Saturday, July 11

2010-07-11T13:05:00.000-07:00

Today we had a mini dual meet with the Las Vegas swim team (Team Rebel Aquatics). It took place at the University pool and warm-up began at 8:30 and actual racing started at around 9 am. Each Chena swimmer swam 2 events from Provincials (Thursday or Friday) and 1 choice event.

Results:
13 Best times
5 Tied best times
15 Top 8 swims (comparing to results from Provincials in Kamloops)

Afterwards we went home and ate lunch. We rested at the house for the rest of the day by watching Ocean 11 (again), playing in the pool, and playing 21 (basketball game). Unfortunately Nico and Rob lost their game of 21 against Kelly and they have to swim couple laps of fly. We also had fun with the family, mainly Josh and Justine and their friend Sean. We had an early dinner of noodles and veggies. Then we headed to the Strip to watch Cirque du Soleil.

At Treasure Island, we saw the Siren's Cove and the special 'Siren' motorcycle. Then we entered the 'Mystere' theatre. When we first entered, there were two baby cariages in the middle of the stage. Before the show started, a comedian entertained us by throwing popcorn at different members of the audience.
The show 'Mystere' was extremely good. My favourite was the ariel cube where the man would do acrobatics with a metal cube frame. During the sport acro pair's performance, we saw a couple elements that Josh's friend, Nasko could duplicate. It was mind boggling to see a man hamstring curl a guy doing a handstand.
After the show we went home and slept.

~Jacqueline

2010-07-11T12:47:00.000-07:00

Friday 9:
Today we wer supposed to wake up at 7.00 am, but we woke up at 8.30. After that we had breakfast wich was eggs and cereal. Later we went to Las Vegas Outlet, we had lunch there, and we stayed until 1.30 pm because at 2.00 pm we had to swim.
Practice was;
Warm up:
100
200
300 The evens were as fast as we could and the odds was drill, and the begining of
400 each set was 25 fly all out.
500
400
300
200
100
Main set:

for natalia, melissa, jacqueline, and morgan they had to do
3x100 broken.
For adam, justin, james, and rob they had to do 1x400 I.M broken.
For me(nico) and jesse thay had to do 1x400 free broken.
Cool Down:

15x100 choice at 1.15.

After that we came to the house and stayed here and we ate and then we watched oceans 13. Finally we got ready for bed and we went to sleep.

Nico

day 10 thursday 9, 2010

2010-07-09T09:08:00.000-07:00

am practice at the university:

20 min on your own

4x100 best average first 2 @ 2min, and 2 @ 230 min

3x100 @ 2 min ez

6x50 for breastrokers:

2@110

2@100

2@50

for backstrokers and IMs:

2@100

2@50

2@40

400 ez

20x50 kick @ 1

10 one stroke

10 different stroke

one ez, one fast

400 ez

and then one 50 get out swim mel and me went first, and we got our target, but kelly told us not to tell the others so that they would have to swim it as well.

mel 50 fly: 29.8

natalia 50 fly: 30.1

james 50 breast: 34.7

justin 50 back: 31.2

nico 50 back: 30.8

adam 50 fly: 28.7

rob back: 34

morgan 25 fly: 14

after that we stopped to have a small snack before we went to the MGM hotel. When we got there, we went to a magic store that had some cool stuff, and we went to see the lions. We took a few pictures, and then we went back to the house.

At the house, we had lunch, and then we had 40 minutes quiet time, in which some people chose to sleep, while others just relaxed for a bit. We had a really nice dinner, and then we went to the go carts.

It was fun, we went on the go carts, the small roller coaster, the tornado, the slide, and they had some games inside that everyone really enjoyed. On the grand prix, kelly got the second fastest time of the day.

We had pizza after that, and we played this game that made winning tickets really easy. With our tickets combined we got a big plastic hammer, and rob bought candy.

We went back to the house and we went to bed.

Wednesday

2010-07-07T18:34:00.000-07:00

Day 9

This morning we woke up at 8am, had breakfast, then relaxed before our 10 oclock practice. We were originally going to wake up early to go for a run, but there were a few people not feeling well so we didn't. After breakfast we headed to the UNLV pool (longcourse).

200fr- 50dr/50swim (kick timing) @3:15
100bk DPS @1:45
100br DPS @2:00
2x50 fr- breakout!/build
x3
16x50fr @50
as [8x50]x2 holding- 38,37,36,35,34,33,32,31 /or 39,38,37,36,35,34,33,32
200 easy
12x50fr @ 40/or 45
as [4x50]x2 holding- 35,34,33,32/or 36,35,34,33
200 easy
50's free challenge set:
hold 32.4-32.8 @40
OR
hold 32.8-33.4 @45
-do as many 50's until you are over the goal time
300 easy
4xdive w 15m breakout!

Practice finished at noon; We picked up sandwiches from Jimmy John's Gourmet sandwiches (they were really good), then headed right back to the pool at 2. We swam yards at the Desert Breeze pool for 2 hours.

15 mins OYO loosen up
6x50 fr- turnwork @50
12x100 IM @1:40 - 2 drill/1 swim [desc.1-4 down to 1:00 (boys)/1:05 (girls)]
40x25 fly- 4 drill/4 swim
3 rounds no eqp @25
2 rounds w fins @20
100 easy

We are now back at the house, exhausted from a long day at the pool, and will be having another one of Joe's amazing meals for dinner :)

Tuesday

2010-07-07T08:34:00.000-07:00

Day 8

Warm up
20x50 free w fins on .50
every 5th 50= breath controll
5=4 breaths
10=3 breaths
15=2 breaths
20=1 breath

Main set
6x100 best average no.1 stroke on 2 min

3x100 easy
video review
6x50 best average no.1 stroke on 1.10

800
50 SA fly 50 choice

turn work

after practice we came back to the house, ate, and rested for about an hour, then most of us went to the pool to cool off. After several hours of playing of twenty one, (basketball game) and splashing around we were pretty tired. So we watched T.V. and rested untill we had a delicious dinner courtesy of Joe, then we had our second practice from 8.00-9.00.

Warm up
600 choice

Main set
9x100 no.1 stroke dec 1-3

12x50 kick dec 1-3

3x50 no.1 stroke kick
3x50 free kick
3x50 no.1 stroke kick
3x50 free kick

12x50 pull

3x50 no.1 stroke
3x50 free
3x50 no.1 stroke
3x50 free

300 coll down

-Rob

sunday and monday

2010-07-05T17:53:00.000-07:00

july 4:
just a lakeswim at Lake Mead, we swam 2.5km
afterwards we had a picnic on the beach and splashed around in the water, then we drove back and for the fourth of july watched fireworks and went in the pool and had a bbq and watched a movie.
july 5:
400 free breathing every 3
300free breathing every 5 for a 50 then the second 50 breast
200 free beathing every 7 for a 50 then 50 back
100 free beathing every 9 for a 50 then fly breathing ever 26
then the main set 5 x 50 free we worked so well we got ice cream.
for the second practice was yards we did 300 descend stroke count then 3 x 100 kick 1:30 then
200 kick for time best stroke all out four times
now we are on are way to the strip to watch the water show at bellagio

James
day 6

Happy Birthday Darryl!!

Pictures (up until Day 5)

2010-07-04T09:26:00.000-07:00

Day 5 (July 3)

2010-07-03T19:27:00.000-07:00

Finally Day 5.
Today was the interesting day. we started off with a hard practice. after we went to lunch and to explore the hardrock cafe. there were so many cool things such as guitars, pictures of rock stars in action, and tour t-shirts. as soon as we were done with that, we went to pick up melissa at the airport. then we went to the ymca for a light swim. we wanted to go on the slides right after the swim, but the lifeguards said we had to get tested first to see if we knew had to swim.(they didnt see us swim so they made us do 50 fly), it was hilarious. Afterwards we came back to the house, and melissa and natalia went for a walk with Joe's relatives. Then they came back and we had dinner, and we watched a movie.
justin
Practice
UNLV 9:00-11:00am
Long Course 50m

8 x 100 [50 swim/50 kick] @ 2* (2.00/1.50/1.40/1.30)
8 x 200 free [1 drill @3.30/2 pull @3.15/ 1 swim @3.00] d. swim 1-2

Distance Set
15 x 100 free (1500 race pace) @ 3 x (1 * 1.30/ 2 * 1.20/1 * 1.10) + 3 x 1.30 (pace, pace -1, pace -2)
800 ez

IM/200 Free Set
20 min prep
3 x 200 broken IM/free [10 s rest @ each 50]
600 ez

Friday July 2

2010-07-02T18:38:00.000-07:00

AM:
10x100
4@140
3@130
2@120
1@110

8x100 number 1 stroke best average on 2min
8x50 @ 110 best average
that set twice
500 ez

b4 practice we ran for half an hour around the neighbourhood.
then afterwards we came back to the house for lunch and to watch Ghana play Uraguay.
Uraguay cheated and blocked what would have been the game winning goal with thier hands
later we went to Cesar's palace and went to the super awesome pools with foamy floaty things.
and now we are waiting for dinner and then we are going to the strip.

P.S. my shamwows are awesome.

Adam

thursday July 1

2010-07-01T21:58:00.000-07:00

Am:
3x:
450
as 100 free 50 fly (f & s)
4x50 25m cruz 25m underwater,
20m c, 5m no breath, 25 underwater
15 cruz, 10 no breath, 25 underwater
cruz, 15 no breath, 25 underwater

50 fly all out

back set breast set:
3x 6x50 drill progression

beaststroke set:
2x 7x50
speed play
backstroke set:
8x100 drill progression
6x50 cd
4 dives
then stretching and a semi picnic snack
then we went to the indoor premium outlets that had a lot of stores that had clothes and a shamwow kiosk that sold 12 shamwowsa for $20 which adam bought.
there was a kettle korn place that had a very delicious aroma.
after our adventure in the outlet we came back to the house to rest and chill in the pool
and tan.
after that we went to the cheesecake factory to celebrate canada day with some hard earned cheesecake.
we went back to the hosue after dinner to rest but to our astonishment we had very little time left and had to get ready for our second practice which was;
800 oyo feel good
20x25 @ 30 as:
1!
1ez
2!
1ez
3!
1ez
4!
1ez
5!
1ez
400 pull with kickboard
20x25 again
200 ez
then we went back to the house to rest and prepare for the next day

Day 2 (Wednesday 30)

2010-06-30T17:44:00.000-07:00

am:
200ch
18x100 ch 50k 50sw
1@150
1@140
1@130
1@150
1@140
2@130
1@150
1@140
3@130
1@150
1@140
4@130

400 free P S F
75 dps ez
25d1-4

3x100 ch kk @ 140
right into 200 #1 stroke k!!!!
100 ez
x5

600as
100 free drill
50 free build
100 #1 stroke drill
50 #1 build.

Today was hot. again. we slept in woke up at 730. The dog took a poop all over Nico's mesh bag. We went swimming twice today. There is pasta for dinner. later, we go to the strip to explore the lions.

pm practice
6x400 on 530
1 free pull
1 im order drill

50 fly rp
100 im back rp
150 im breast rp
200 im free rp
4 x 50 im order rp
x3
100 easy

Jesse

Day 1 (Tuesday 29)

2010-06-30T17:29:00.000-07:00

After a long and bumpy flight, we arrived in Las Vegas.
We rented two Ferraris.......also known as Ford Flex
We drove to Joe's relatives house which is super nice with a pool in the back.
Unfortuantely we got lost and ended up driving around the city (3 times if you include the two times we circled the city in the air)
It took us nearly an hour and a half to get to the house while Google maps said 40 min.
After we got settled in, we went in the pool.
We ate a light dinner (sandwich, roast chicken, potato salad)
Then we went to the pool [Desert Breeze] (strange name for a pool since pool has water and deserts have very little)
once we were swimming we felt really out of breath and didnt feel fast
and then we got back ate a tasty dinner and went to bed

Practice:
Tuesday June 29
(25 yards)
1 hour

400 easy feel good [every 100- 25 no breath]
6 * 300 [50 free 50 IM]
Fr- drill/IM- swim
Fr- swim/IM- drill
Fr- drill/ IM- kick
Fr- pull/ IM- drill
Fr- drill/ IM- pull
Fr- kick/ IM- drill
10 * 50 @50 [25 scull/25 build]
6 * 50 [25 underwater kick/25 swim easy] with fins

2010-06-26T10:46:00.001-07:00

test

Follow the Las Vegas Training Camp

2010-06-26T10:29:00.000-07:00

The Youth National Group leaves Tuesday for a 19 day training camp in Las Vegas.
Follow the daily updates from team members as they get ready for Age Group Nationals.