A truly magnificent day for a triathlon with over 300* competitors enjoying the calm and slightly warm conditions.
There was a bit of housekeeping mainly; Presentation night tickets will be on sale from next Saturday. Please bring your cash so you can pay the committee for the tickets. First in best dressed so don’t leave it to the last minute. The night is on Saturday 17th March in the Visions room at Twin Towns main club.
Nominations are now open for club championships which will be held on Saturday 17th March. There is a non competitive race starting at 6:15am, competitive females commencing at 6:30am and competitive males commencing at 6:45am. You need to have completed 12 club races by the Saturday prior to the club championships to be eligible to enter the competitive races. Doug can help you out with the number of races you have completed. We have to pay for police during this race so sign up and make sure we get value for money.
Congratulations to Wylie Hammit for breaking the hour for the first time last weekend. Wylie has been doing tri with the club since he was a junior and is giving the senior course a real shake up. This kid will be one to watch and he obviously enjoys the competition as well.
Kingscliff tri is on next weekend. At the time of writing we have about 23 volunteers for the day. If you would like to assist we can accommodate you with a task. The club receives $1,000 which will go toward a timing system for our assistance during the competition. It is a big day for all but it is also good fun.
I have to keep mentioning the road rules which is disappointing to say the least. You should all know the rules by now, but for those who are slow on the uptake I will repeat the obvious ones. 1) Stop at red lights 2) Keep left at all times 3) Give way at round abouts. It’s not rocket science and it just might save your life.
Dr Bike (Paul from Palm Beach Supercycles) spoke about interval training and using a wind trainer to assist with this if group rides were not convenient. Paul also mentioned the importance of family support from a motivation point of view. As always very informative and very entertaining.
Marshals for next weeks competition are Chris Moore and Scott Collins. If you are not sure of what to do, please ask or see some of my earlier posts.
That’s it from me, until next week, keep smiling and train safely.
Chris Watt
President
* This may not have been the actual number of competitors. Stu is always up me for not putting the number in and I forgot to ask Doug for the exact number. If we don’t say anything he won’t know. Shhh….