In the News this Month:

• Non Summer Hours
• The Season of Giving
• Setting Yourself Up To Succeed: 2010 = A New You!
• Spring 1 Session Programming Starting
• Extended Open Swimming for the MLK Holiday
• Have you heard the latest Tweet?
• Menlo Masters
• Team Sheeper

Non Summer Hours: September 28 – May, 2010

Lap Swimming
Monday through Thursday 6am – 8pm
Friday 6am – 7pm
Saturday and Sunday 10pm – 5pm

Open Swimming
Monday through Friday 12pm – 3:30pm
Saturday and Sunday 10pm – 5pm

Family Swim
Monday 6pm – 8pm
Tuesday 7pm – 8pm
Wednesday 6pm – 7pm
Thursday 7pm – 8pm
Friday 6pm - 7pm

The Season of Giving

Menlo Swim and Sport would like to thank everyone who participated in The Family Giving Tree project this past holiday season. The generosity of you, our community helped raise several hundred dollars and we collected over 80 gifts for children and adolescents. Thank you for thinking of the less fortunate.

Setting Yourself Up To Succeed: 2010 = A New You!

With the new year, there is a healthy new you waiting to come out. When setting your New Year's resolutions, it is good to set specific health goals to try to lose weight, build strength and muscle and to excel in swimming. To succeed, it is important to determine what you would like to achieve, set a plan of action and to track your progress to see where you have been and to see where you are going.

It is important to understand what you are trying to accomplish with your exercise program. Set up realistic and attainable goals. Inform yourself on how to attain and reach the goals that you have set up for yourself. While reaching those goals, set some target dates to try to strive for; when you reach those goals decide how you will support and reward yourself in a positive and healthy way as not to set back your progress.

It is really important to understand all the information that you will need along your journey; set yourself up for success. Plan! Many people do not understand and are surprised at the daily effort it takes to reach their goals.

Once you know what you are doing and how you are going to do it, you'll need some strategies to keep your memento going.

• Schedule your workout times and your meals. It is important to always have the tools you will need to succeed, have your exercise equipment and food ready to go.
• Prepare! Understand that there might be setbacks, we are only human. It is important to recommit to your goals every single day.
• You are not alone, reach out for support. Schedule your workouts with family and friends to support you and to keep you motivated.
• Keep a work out journal and a daily food log to keep you honest and on track. It is important to collect data to help measure your success.
• Set up weekly and monthly goals and rewards yourself in a positive and healthy way when you reach those goals.
• There is no shame. Be honest with yourself and take your measurements regularly

We wish you all the best in accomplishing and succeeding in your personal life goals and in your fitness goals.

Spring 1 Session Programming Starting

Now is the time to register for the Spring 1 Session which starts on January 25th and runs through April 3rd, 2010.

The Menlo Swim School offers lessons for Waterbabies 6 months of age through adult learn-to-swim classes. Swimming lessons during the Spring1 session will be indoors under the Air Dome in the warm Instructional Pool. >more

The Menlo Mavericks is a non-competitive youth swim team. The main focus for the children in Mavericks team is to develop and foster a desire for life-long aquatic involvement. The children will improve their ability through work, experience and technique. >more

Extended Open Swimming for the MLK Holiday

Since there will be no swimming lesson Monday, January 18th for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday; we invite you and your family to come to Open Swimming which will start early for the day at 10:00am. For the holiday Open Swimming will be from 10am to 8pm.

Since there will be no Mavericks practice or Solo practice due to the holiday, there will be additional lane space for Lap Swimming in the evening.

Have You Heard the Latest Tweet?

Keep yourself informed and follow Menlo Swim and Sport on Twitter! Sign up for tweets from Menlo Swim to hear the latest news, updates to the schedule and fun facts. twitter.com/menloswim

Menlo Masters

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Killer Quad Series. The Killer Quad series started on Halloween with a one hour swim, then a 50 x 100 yard swim (3 miles) on Thanksgiving, then a 75 x 100 yard swim on Christmas Eve, ending with a New Year's Day swim of 100 x 100 yard swim. >more

Team Sheeper

Are you thinking about trying some new and healthy for the new year? Level 1 is under way! If you've ever been curious about triathlon, Level 1 is for you. Our low-pressure, learning-focused program will help you master basic swim, bike, and run skills — and then put it all together to successfully complete a triathlon.

Come on out and give it a try; meet Coach Jake Havenar and the other athletes who are taking on the challenge of adopting a healthy, active lifestyle with the added fun of triathlon thrown in. You can join any time! >more

You have received this newsletter because you have participated in or inquired about programs with Menlo Swim and Sport, including Team Sheeper and Menlo Masters. Let us know what you think.