Silverman Half
Posted on December 31st, 2009 by MelissaFiled under: General
Woohooo! We did it! Julie and Melissa finish the Silverman Half with their best swim time ever!Thanks Viva coaches.
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Viva at the Las Vegas Tri
Posted on December 31st, 2009 by MelissaFiled under: General
Congrats to Julie, Melissa, Todd, Amy, Dave, and Mark at the Las Vegas Tri. A little on the warm side….but a great race day for all. 
Julie is Iron at Ironman World Championship
Posted on October 13th, 2008 by NormanFiled under: General
Congratulations to Julie for competing in her second Iron distance event this year. She Completed Ironman World Championship in Hawaii this Saturday. We are all very proud of you for finishing.
Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVwxrq9Ho78
Labor Day Workout
Posted on August 29th, 2008 by NormanFiled under: General
The Pavilion Center Swimming Pool will be open for Open Swim on Labor Day from 1-6pm. Since we are not renting the pool for our workout no coach will be on deck to coach a workout. For those interested in swimming on Labor Day here is a workout for you to use and or modify.
1.) Standard Warm Up (250 yrd Swim, 250 yrd Kick, 250 yrd Pull & 250 yrd Drill)
2.) 12 x 50 decend 1-4 (1:00 Pace per 50 yrds for fast swimmers 1:15 for slower swimmers)
3.) 600 choice Kick no fins (keep repeating for the whole 600 {25 kick fast then 25 kick easy} on 12:00 Pace )
4.) 6 x (75 fast, 75 easy, 50 fast, 50 easy, 25 fast and 25 easy) the intervals are (75’s on 1:30, 50’s on 1:00 and the 25’s on 30 sec) odds sets are free and even sets are stroke
8.) Warmdown
Total yards including warm up is 4000 yrds
Open Water Swim to be held on Sunday, June 8
Posted on June 5th, 2008 by MarieFiled under: General
We will be hosting our first open water swim of 2008 at Lake Mead this Sunday (June 
. Please meet at Boulder Beach and be ready to get into the water no later than 7:00 am. (Water temps reportedly in low 70s). Come on out and have some fun!
March Schedule
Posted on March 5th, 2008 by MarieFiled under: General
Hi team.
As most of you know, High School Swimming starts this month. We will be able to keep the following schedule:
Monday- Thursday 7:00- 8:30 pm
Saturday: 10:00- 11:30 am
Please note, that we may have some days with some excitement as we will be swimming at the same time as a swim meet. They will be utilizing the deep end of the pool, and 1-2 lanes of the shallow end of the pool. I will still be able to reserve Las Vegas Swim Club and Viva Masters 4 shallow lanes for practice, during your regular practice time only, on all of the below meet dates:
T 3/11/08 Meet 3pm-8pm PV
Th 3/13/08 Meet 3pm-8pm PV
Sat 3/15/08 Meet 8am-1pm PV
Sat 3/29/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Sat 4/5/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Sat 4/12/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Sat 4/19/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Sat 4/26/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Th 3/13/08 Meet 3pm-8pm PV
Sat 3/15/08 Meet 8am-1pm PV
Sat 3/29/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Sat 4/5/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Sat 4/12/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Sat 4/19/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Sat 4/26/08 Meet 8am-4pm PV
Please also note, we will not be swimming on Saturday, March 8 due to an event at the pool.
End of the Year Party
Posted on December 7th, 2007 by NormanFiled under: Upcoming Events
The end of the year party begins at 7PM on Saturday December 8th at:
Carmine’s Little Italy
2940 S Durango Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89117
Get your Team T-shirt
Posted on October 24th, 2007 by NormanFiled under: General
Hey team.
We have our shirts and they look terrific! The cost for each shirt is
$15.00. Please make checks payable to Viva Las Vegas Masters.
La Jolla Rough Water Swim- September 9
Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by MarieFiled under: General
It is our understanding that there are several team mates interested in this event. Please use this post to cordinate your traveling efforts for this race on September 9.
Ten weeks to a Century
Posted on August 14th, 2007 by MelissaFiled under: General
Anybody interested in doing the RTC Century Ride on October 20th? The first three weeks of the training plan have been posted on www.lasvegascyclery.com Go to the teams/community tab and click on “lvc news and splits.”
The best part is, it includes lots of cross training for those of us who still want to swim and run. Check it out!
