Weekly Transition #34 15 Jan 2013

WORD FROM THE COACHES
Race 3 of the Gatorade/Active Feet Tri Series has been run and won and another great day with 58 Short Course athletes racing and PB’s galore from Race 2. CLICK HERE to read our Race Report and Wrap up from the race.

Last Saturday we also had a great number of athletes compete in the worlds largest and most popular open water swim – the Lorne Pier to Pub. Well done to the following athletes who enjoyed a great day in Lorne.
Peter Rainey  |  Brad Campbell  |  Michelle Grocock  |  Dan Weekes  |  Daniel Steadman  |  Des Minton  |  Alan Chng  |  Cath Capan  |  Nigel Whitehead  |  Caroline Houston.
Full results from the event can be viewed HERE.

Last Thursday we had the Team from Mizuno and Running Fit join us for our Combo session again and it is great to have Mark, Simon, Trent and Ashley share in their passion for training and share their knowledge in running and running shoes with our team.
And with great looking, functional and fantastic priced shoes – why wouldn’t you want to get your feet in a pair of Mizunos!

FAREWELLS
We are sad to see two female athletes leave us for sunnier states over the next week.
Alison Faulkner is one dedicated athlete who makes the travel from Woodend area to MSAC on a regular basis to attend 5.45am swim sessions! After a stint in Canada last year Alison is now moving herself to Sunny Queensland Gold Coast and will look at joining out team up there. Alison has promised she will be back and we may even see her at the last Gatorade Race at StKilda. 🙂
Meg Takiguchi is leavnig us next week to relocate to the west to pursue her dream of becoming a dentist. Meg will be finishing her studing in Perth and we’re hoping she’ll come back to Mlbourne when she’s done. Either way, best of luck to you Meg we’ll miss you. 🙂

ATHLETE TEAM MEETING & SMIDDY CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
Tuesday 15 January 2012
Our Smiling for Smiddy Campaign Launch was a great success on Tuesday Night as part of our Athlete Team Meeting. Thanks to everyone who came along and supported the night we raised $680 on the night to go towards our National Goal of $100,000!  And a number of athletes took home some great prizes as a result – including Sharon Hinrichsen who won herself a race entry. Looks like you will be doing your first triathlon before the season is out Sharon! 🙂

Tri Alliance is proud to join the fight against cancer by joining forces with Smiling for Smiddy – a non-profit organisation raising money for Cancer Research. Click here to continue reading…..

SATURDAY COMBO SESSIONS – ARE BACK!
Our Saturday Combo sessions are being revamped, restructured and revitalised!  Our new look session will start this Saturday 7.00am-9.00am. All short Course athletes are highly encouraged to attend with sessions including race speed runs, transition training, aquathons, duathlons, race simulations, open water swimming plus more!
What: Saturday Run + Combo session
When: 6.50am for 7.00am starts
Who: Intermediate Short Course athletes training for Gatorades, Sandy or Geelong Olympic Distance..

ATTENTION SHORT COURSE ATHLETES
BRIGHTON AUSTRALIA DAY SWIM

Saturday Training for the Australia Day Weekend will incorporate the Middle Brighton Australia Day swim.

Sprint Athletes are encouraged to enter the 1.4k or 650m swim and Olympic Distance Athletes are strongly encouraged to enter the 1.4k swim in the lead up to Sandringham & Geelong OD events.

We will have the TA tent at the event and coach Emma will be conducting a run/warm up session prior to the swim start. Further details will be communicated next week. But make sure you enter so you don’t miss out! CLICK HERE for more details and to enter

FIRST AID COURSE – St John’s Ambulance Australia
No matter what you do, it pays to have first aid skills because you can’t learn it in an emergency!

A number of the Tri Alliance coaches will be attending an Apply First Aid course with CPR on Friday 1^st of February 2013. If you are interested in becoming accredited or need to renew your accreditation to apply First Aid then consider joining us.

Details
Course Date/time: Friday February 2013 8.30am – 4.15pm
Course Cost: $195 or $175 if we book in a min of 10ppl

Course details: Apply First Aid (valid 3yrs) and CPR (valid 12months). Course covers a broad range of topics to enable participants to confidently manage emergency situations, providing care for the ill or injured until medical aid arrives. 1 day course with pre work required.

If you are interested and available to attend please email [email protected] by Friday 18 January 2013.

ADVANCED SHORT COURSE ATHLETES
As we continue to deliver the best coaching and service to our athletes we are now structuring specific advanced short sessions. These sessions will be for athletes on our advanced short course program only (and will be communicated to directly). What this means is Saturdays there will be an advanced short course ride and Sunday’s advanced short course run. This allows these athletes to take their training to the next level, as long with grouping athletes of similar abilities/levels to train together – including our beginner/intermediate athletes. Athletes on our Advanced Short Course Program has been communicated to, but if you feel we have missed you out please contact Sarah to discuss further

NEW PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Final reminder about our new program and fee structure as part of our last change to our structure. For athletes this affects, make sure you view these changes on line. Changes will come into effect on Monday 21 January. You can view our new program and fee structure under the Training Menu of our website, all program options are now updated and include:

• Online Training
• General Social Swim
• Social Swim
• Short Course EXL Swims
• Short Course INC Swims
• Long Course EXC Swims
• Long Course INC Swims

IRONMAN MELBOURNE – SEARCHING FOR VOLUNTEERS!
After the huge success of our ‘Aid Stations’ at Ironman Melbourne last year, we are again putting a call out for athletes, friends, family who would like to volunteer some of their time to help man a Tri Alliance Aid Station on the Run Course of Ironman Melbourne. With around 50-60 Tri Alliance athletes competing in Ironman Melbourne, it’s going to be a huge event again for Tri Alliance and so we are looking for your support!
What we need!
Around 80 athletes/friends/family who can spare 2-4 hours on Sunday 24 March (Ironman Melbourne Race Day) to assist on one of two aid stations, handing out drinks and food and generally providing support to athletes as they run past.
We are also in search of two people who would be willing to help us with the organisation of the volunteers. You don’t need any experience – just some good organisation skills! Email [email protected] if you would like to volunteer OR be an Volunteer Organiser! Thanks, Sarah

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HAPPY TRAINING!

Team Tri Alliance