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TCM Newsletter: Tuesday May 1, 2007
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Welcome |
Training Tips |
Your Board |
It’s Race Season |
NorCal May Races |
Member Benefits |
Birthday Wishes |
Local Events & Activities |
Links & Other Stuff |
Welcome
Say hello to our new format newsletter. Hopefully, you’ll like the new look and equally hopefully it won’t foul up your email! The new layout is the result of countless hours of design and redesign and multiple cups of coffee (fully caffeinated). Members are still invited to contribute to the newsletter and we welcome stories, including race reports, training tips, photos, and anything else that’s fit to print.
It’s Race Season
And they’re off! The Democrats have had their first debate – no wait, wrong newsletter. No politics in this one and ideally no politicians in politics.
Some of our members have already been active – Mark has done 2 triathlons (including his very first), a ½ marathon and a 5k with his wife; Lisa has beaten into submission an Xterra, Phil has taken a short jog round the block and completed a 50-miler in Colorado and Marlene and Tim conquered Sea Otter. If I missed anyone that’s because you haven’t let me know! Please send me your race reports and we’ll put them in future newsletters.
This weekend is a big triathlon weekend with the Wildflower festival down in Lake San Antonio (good luck to David, Tim, Marlene and anyone else racing) and Envirosports ½ Ironman and Sprint races at Lake Berryessa in Napa where the Club will be represented by Lisa and Andrew.
Birthday Wishes
May is a busy month for birthdays (what was 9 months before May???). Felicitations to Danni, Ken, Michael, Phil, Jim and Bill.
Do we have enough candles to go around?
Training Tips
This week’s advice comes from 2005 IM World Champion, Faris Al-Sultan, who says:
“Train for a triathlon, not just swim, bike and run. The bike to run transition has to be exercised over and over again to fix mistakes. Instead of cycling for 2 hours, it is better to ride 1:30 and run for 30 minutes. A lot of athletes don’t use their full potential on the run due to the time they use adapting from bike to run.”
NorCal May Races
May triathlons in and around the Bay area include:
Saturday, May 05, 2007: Wildflower Triathlons www.tricalifornia.com
Saturday, May 05 2007: Napa Valley Half-Iron Triathlon™ www.envirosports.com
Saturday, May 19, 2007: San Luis Obispo: Dawn To Dusk Adventure Race www.ccadventure.com
Sunday, May 20, 2007: Auburn: Auburn International Triathlon www.auburntriathlon.com
Sunday, May 20, 2007: Morgan Hill: UVAS South Bay Triathlon www.japroductions.com
Sunday, May 20, 2007: Auburn: Auburn International Duathlon www.auburntriathlon.com
Saturday, May 26, 2007: San Francisco: Swim Around the Rock www.waterworldswim.com
Monday, May 28, 2007: Antioch: Deer Valley Super Sprint Triathlon www.allsportrunning.com
Some of these events are sold out with no wait lists. Check the individual websites for full details.
Local Events and Activities
There’s more to life than triathlon (really??) so check out some of these local happenings when your on your rest day:
May 1, 2007: Basic Bike Skills 6.30pm-8.30pm run by our buddies at MCBC. Check out www.marinbike.org to register
May 3, 2007: Every Thursday the Farmers’ Market comes to downtown San Rafael 6pm-9pm – carbo load on some great foods!
These and many more local events – check out http://www.marin.org/calendar/index.cfm?nxt_mo=Yes and of course the local rags.
Your Board
Just in case you forget who we are, the Board is Danni (president), Lisa P (secretary), Andrew (treasurer and bike lead), Phil (run czar), Lisa B (swim guru), David (webmaster) and Mike (sponsorship and fundraising). You can email us at info@triclubmarin.org if you have any questions about the Club or want to volunteer in any way.
Member Benefits
Apart from the obvious one of getting great newsletters like this, members get access to a wide variety of services and discounts from our great sponsors and partners. Discounts are available on training products, nutrition, gear and all sorts of fab stuff. Membership is only $50 for the year – join now at www.triclubmarin.org .
The following smart people have just done so…..welcome to Mary & Tiffany.
Links and Other Stuff
We are always looking for suggestions/content for the newsletter. If you have any ideas, links, articles you want to contribute email me at: seacap@netscape.com before Thursday.
TriClub Marin
PO Box 829
San Anselmo , CA 94979
www.triclubmarin. org
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