WORD FROM THE COACHES
Welcome to our Summer Training Program!
All athletes should have received an email on Monday outlining our new Summer Training Program, timetable and information about our current Pre Competition Phase. If you did not receive this email, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. And if you did receive it, but haven’t read it yet – make sure you do!
Good luck to our Tri Alliance Queensland Coaches and athletes who take on the first race of their Gatorade Series at Raby Bay in Queensland on the weekend. Our Queensland Team has had a fantastic start to the season so far and currently lead the Queensland Club Champs run by TriQLD. So good luck to everyone racing this weekend. We look forward to catching up with everyone in less than 4 weeks in Noosa!
Congratulations to our athletes who completed the final Brooks Duathlon for the season on Sunday. Reports are that it was VERY COLD!!!!!
Jo Stavrou completed her 1st Sprint distance race after a long hiatus in the Greek Islands (great to have her back). Following a solid ride yesterday Xavier smashed out another fine performance and congrats to Geoff who came 1st & Emma 2nd in their respective age groups to notch up more podium finishes before the triathlon season even commences. Exciting times ahead for a lot of our athletes who have shown massive improvements after a consistent pre season campaign.
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FIRST ELWOOD SESSION & PRE MARATHON PASTA PARTY
This Thursday we will be holding our first 
Elwood session for the season!
Time: 6pm
Session: Interval or Taper Run followed by Open Water skills session, wetsuit a must.
Pasta Party:
Join us post training for a carb loading fiesta. No need to drive anywhere it is just 3 steps away. Not doing a marathon event? Don’t worry we won’t tell anyone come along anyway for a catch up!
Time: 8.00pm
Where: La Prochetta, Elwood
RSVP: [email protected]
Please note we have deferred the Launch of our Summer Program to next Thursday due to sketchy weather forecasts. This includes the Rocket Wetsuit trials, Mizuno Runners giveaway and the announcement of our Male & Female Tri Alliance Ambassadors
ELWOOD LIFE SAVING CLUB MEMBERSHIP
We will be commencing our Summer training program in October – which means our famous Combo sessions at Elwood. To ensure you are organised, now’s the time to sort our your Elwood Lifesaving Club Membership. For just $85 you will become an associate member of the Club, allowing you to use their facilities (including change rooms and hot showers!) and for a smaller extra fee you will be able to apply for a foreshore parking permit. Which means you can park for FREE! Every year we have athletes who are caught without tickets and a single parking fine is $80+. So make sure you get yourself sorted.
At our first Combo session we will have a representative from the Club to sign off of parking permits. So be prepared and sign up with the Club early!
Click here to read more: Elwood Lifesaving Club Membership Details 2012
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GENOVESE KINGLAKE RIDE
Congratulations to all our athetes who took on King Lake over the weekend. We hear it was cold but a far cry from the conditions experienced by riders last year! We hope you will be back for this fantastic event next year.
To our Ride Angels thank you for lending your time and support to the event. An extra special thank you to coach Darren for preparing participants in the weeks prior to the big ride. We had some great feedback from the event organisers and participants, all in all another successful event supported by Tri Alliance!
From event organisers SuperSprint “Special shout out to the Tri Alliance Ride Angels for providing fantastic on-course support and encouragement at the Genovese Kinglake Ride today. Much appreciated by the team at SuperSprint. Thanks guys & gals!”
We also had some great feedback from athletes on facebook:
Isaac G. Dowell: “Had a pretty good ride with darren for about 20 odd k, if you are reading this good luck at shepp!”
Annemarie Cooke: “Big thank you to Darren for all the hill training, I made it up the 7k climb much faster than expected & without much pain! Didnt get to see the TA angels as we arrived a bit late and started 15 mins aft the last group! I hear they did a great job though!”
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IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, KONA!
Only a few more sleeps until the start of the 2012 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii and the atmosphere is really starting to build. You walk out your front door and the road and footpaths are covered with athletes. The Ocean is awash with arms and legs practicing over the swim course and the cafe’s full.
The Hawaii Ironman World Championship Age Groupers will kick off at 4am Melbourne Time. You can track their progress using the app Irontrac.
Ollie Allan Bib Number 1417
Marina Jurjevic Bib Number 1823
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MELBOURNE MARATHON DETAILS
Good Luck to all our athletes completing the Melbourne Marathon events this weekend. We have around 65 athletes involved for many different reasons, for some (about 20) this will be the first time they have completed a marathon or Half Marathon and this will go along way to building their confidence for long course racing. For the rest of you completing the 5k, 10k, Half Marathon & Full Marathon we look forward to celebrating many new PB’s or crossing the necessary practise run off your training plan for the 2012/13 season.
Thanks to our Lead/Tail cyclists, who have volunteered their time to assist with the event. Look out for these guys on the course riding fabulous new Giant MTB’s courtesey of Giant and our friends at Bicycles Inc.
Caleche Watson
Lidia Ursini
Claire Manley
Steve Hollinsgworth
Nick Sissons
Lisa Dominguez
Post race Celebrations & Kona Cheer Squad
After all the hard work is done make sure you come and celebrate your fantastic efforts with the TA crew at Belgain Beer Cafe. We will also be celebrating the achievements of Ollie & Marina in KONA!!!
Where: Belgian Beer Cafe, 557 St Kilda Rd
Time: 2pm onwards, early birds can save the tables
Theme: A touch of Hawaii
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TRAINING THIS WEEKEND
SATURDAY
Long Course Ride: Non Coached
Meet: North Point Cafe, Brighton
Time: 6.30am for 6.40am start
Ride: Beach Rd, follow the distances set out in your program
Short Course Combo:
Meet: Elwood Lifesaving Club
Time: 6.55am for 7.00am start
Session: Long Run followed by transition skills and open water swim (water quality dependant) Regardless bring your wetsuit we will practice a full transition and have a timed effort!!
SUNDAY
MELBOURNE MARATHON!!!
No coached sessions. Follow your run programs and be sure to come and support our 65 odd athletes taking on the challenge of Full & Half Marathon distance as well as the 5 & 10k event. Then join us for the Post race Celebrations & Kona Cheer Squad at Belgian Beer Cafe.
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SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW SUPPORTERS
Tri Alliance athlete Richard ‘Olly’ Olivers wife Amanda has made the bold decision to register for The Ride to Conquer Cancer® benefiting Peter Mac. Our family has received support from this amazing purpose built cancer treatment center in Melbourne during the last year, with Amanda’s Mum receiving radio and chemo therapy. Peter Mac have literally saved her life and Amanda has taken on this personal Everest to make a difference.
She has set a personal fundraising goal of $2500. To raise this money, she is training hard and will be riding 200 kilometres (124 miles) through the Yarra Valley and is seeking your support.
Donate to her campaign online. Just visit www.conquercancer.org.au and click “donate.”
Enter Amanda Oliver participant ID # 761801-9 to make a donation.
About Peter Mac
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Center is a world-leading cancer center housing the largest cancer research group in Australia, and the only public hospital in the country solely dedicated to treating this disease. Its mission is to minimise the impact of cancer on its patients and the community. Peter Mac strongly believes that treatment informed by research and research informed by treatment is the key to progressing better cancer care. With researchers and clinicians working side-by side, Peter Mac has made significant contributions to basic research, translational research and clinical trials. Its research program includes 27 laboratories and over 520 scientists, clinician researchers, research nurses and other health professionals involved in various aspects of cancer research. Its vision is to be the best in cancer care, accelerating discovery, translating to cures.
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UPCOMING RACES:
Long Course
13/14 Oct – IM World Champs, Kona. Good luck to Ollie and Marina Jurjevic
14 Oct – Melbourne Half/Full Marathon
21 Oct – Mandurah Half Ironman, Goodluck Paul O’Dowd & Nick Sissons
28 Oct – Port Macquarie Half Ironman, Goodluck Renae Lane & Natalie Methven!
18 Nov – Shepparton Half Ironman
9 Dec – Ironman Western Australia
9 Dec – Taupo NZ Half Ironman
16 Dec – Canberra Half Ironman
20 Jan – Auckland Half Ironman Asia Pacific Championships
Short Course
21 Oct – Sprint Distance World Champs. Good luck to Michael Grau-Veliz
22 Oct – Olympic Distance World Champs. Good luck to Emma and Geoff Taylor
21 Oct – Yarrawonga MultiSports Festival – Vic Olympic Distance Champs
4 Nov – Noosa Olympic Distance
25 Nov – Gatorade Race 1, St Kilda
16 Dec – Gatorade Race 2, Elwood
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