Weekly Transition #32 3Jan2012

WORD FROM THE COACHES

Welcome to the first ‘Weekly Transition’ for 2013! We trust you have all enjoyed a small (or long!) break and are firing for the second (and arguably the biggest) half of the triathlon season. There are some big races ahead – which means some big training ahead also!

Our Hell Week Challenge was a great success and great fun again for all those who took part in some way, so well done to you all. As long as you ensure to allow the body to adapt and recover from the training during Hell Week, you will see the benefits of your hard work in the coming week/s. And even at worst, if it allowed you to keep a routine over the Christmas/New Year Period – OR in other cases, kick start the training again, then you are on a winner! So well done again everyone. Check out pictures from the Week here….

For the next few months there are races a plenty including big events such as world qualifying racing in SA, TAS and QLD, Geelong Long Course/Olympic Distance, Sandringham Olympic Distance, Ironman Melbourne and the newly formed Triple Crown….. The list goes on! So now is not the time to become complacent. A tough job for both athlete and coach is to manage you through the season and peak at the right times for your key races. So those racing the Gatorade/Active Feet Series should really start to be hitting their stride, those aiming for World Qualifying races will be putting the finishing touches on their preps and Geelong/Melbourne contingent will really start to hit the big km’s in the next month. If you feel you are not on track, make sure you speak to a Coach before it is too late.

So with a big couple of months training ahead for our Long Course athletes, and plenty of upcoming races for our Short Course, its going to be a busy but exciting few months ahead!

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST ATHLETES
The Tri Alliance Team continues to grow from strength to strength and over the past weeks we have had a large number of new athletes including those training online/remotely, so we officially welcome you all to the team and look forward to helping you reach your goals. New athletes include:
Geoff Dart, Stephen Drake, David Burton, Glen Smith, Jessie Waugh, Ben Layton, Nicole Allen, Jeremy Williamson, Martin Sammit and Christie Love. All training for various races and distances – so welcome to you all!

FACEBOOK – more than a ‘social network’
Everyone knows about Facebook and what it’s about, but some are still unaware or are still reluctant to go to ‘the dark side’ and join the billions of others in the world in embracing the social network. Tri Alliance however, utilises Facebook on many levels (like millions of other businesses/clubs/groups) and one of the reasons is it allows for direct communication to our athletes in an instant. Any changes to training, updates in sessions, new events etc are all delivered via the Facebook medium. We also use it to share pictures, stories and allow athletes to interact with each other.

So if you have yet to embrace Facebook, we encourage you to at least set up an ‘alias’ account and follow Tri Alliance so you don’t miss out on any important or noteworthy information directed to our athletes which may not communicated on email. And we are use if you need a hand setting one up – our past recipient of our ‘facebook Award’ David Nealon will happily get you sorted and even become your first friend! Happy facebooking…

ATHLETE TEAM MEETING & SMIDDY CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
Tuesday 15 January 2012
Tri Alliance welcomes it’s athletes to our next exciting team meeting for the year, which includes the launch of the Tri Alliance Smiddy Fundraising Campaign!
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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.
Smiling for Smiddy was set up in memory of Queensland Age Group Triathlete Adam Smiddy who passed away from an aggressive form of Melanoma Cancer in 2006 at just 26 years of age. With a number of our own athletes touched by loved ones facing the battle against cancer – including Robert Scapins’ beautiful wife Belinda who recently lost that battle, Cancer Research is often in the forefront of our minds.
Smiling for Smiddy encourages participants to raise money on the journey to their next triathlon or multi-sports goal and as an added benefit they help cover your Tri Alliance Coaching Fees! So all you have to do is focus on your training and raising money for a great cause!
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SWIM STROKE CORRECTION COURSE – STARTING NEXT WEEK!
Our highly sort after Swim Stroke Correction Course is back for 2013, with our first program starting NEXT Saturday 12 Jan. We only have 4 places remaining – so if you want a place, make sure you email info@dev.tri-alliance.com.au to book.
Dates for the Course: Sat 12, Sat 19, Sat 26 Jan, Sat 2 Feb, Sat 16 Feb (2.30-3.30pm)
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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 sarah@dev.tri-alliance.com.au if you would like to volunteer OR be an Volunteer Organiser! Thanks, Sarah

TRIATHLON TRIPLE CHALLENGE!
Are you looking for that next challenge? Are you ready to make the step to Long Course Racing? SuperSprint has introduced  a new challenge for competitors this season and this could be for you!

All you have to do is race and finish in the Sprint, Olympic and Long Course events in the Gatorade Series. All competitors who finish all three races will be  awarded a “ Gatorade Triathlon Triple Crown” t-shirt by 2XU on stage at the Portarlington Long Course presentations.

To be eligible competitors must enter the final race at Portarlington by Friday 15 February and finish at the following events:

• Race 3 Elwood –  Sprint, 500/20/5, 13 January – Victoria’s most favoured sprint race in 2011/12.
• Race 4 Sandringham – Olympic, 1500/40/10, 3 February – Victoria’s most popular Olympic distance event.
• Race 5 Portarlington – Long Course, 2000/80/20, 17 March – One of Australia’s best triathlon courses and longest running event in Victoria.
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