Race Report - Peebles Sprint Triathlon

Race Report
Peebles Sprint Triathlon Sunday 14th June, Having foolishly missed out on entering Stirling the week before, I had entered this along with another 2 events in the Borders series without giving much thought about how far would need to travel, anyway had a good idea on route but had borrowed a SatNav which got me straight to Peebles swimming pool in plenty of time. Started in heat 2 with 4 others in lane all of pretty much similar ability, wee bit of passing but no one lapped and all out in a line, short jog to transition area to grab bike etc. and up short hill to jump on bike at the top and away we go, chasing down anyone in front. Bike route was a 1 lap straight out and back with a few hills, and a bit of a headwind after turn. Caught a small group and after some continually swapping places got to front and a bit ahead before reaching T2. Really enjoyed bike, but a bit tricky when getting off and downhill to transition with cycling shoes, easier in bare feet but would have fallen off before if tried to take feet out of shoes while pedalling. Feeling fine at this point but as usual unfortunately weakest part, the RUN !.‘Just get into a steady pace, keep moving and don’t think about anyone else’.Run route 2 laps on a flat course along side of river and only incline was the steps up the bridge over the river. Completed first lap and thought I can get much better time here than Bishopbriggs Tri the previous month, and did, completed in 1hr 27min 25sec, great improved by over 8minutes, well chuffed, and goody bag at finish with a bottle of water, packet of crisps and the best tasting cheese and pickle roll ever, not something I normally eat, but it was a great reward. Event had limited of 130 in sprint along with others doing a ‘come and tri’ distance, weather was dry and not to hot but still sunny, and would recommend this event for anyone thinking about it in future. Now looking forward to the next few tri events I have entered: Ayr OW, Hawick, Lochore and Kelso Sprints and with the various swim, run and bike sessions before, hopefully more improvements.
Graeme A.

ATHelite Tri Club Kit

a wee reminder....
All remaining money for kit to be paid this week. We have to pay in full before they dispatch the order.

ATHelite Tri Club Training

W/C 15th June;
Mon - RUN 6.15pm ATHelite, EK Shop
Tues - SWIM 7.30am Hamilton Water Palace.....not sure if we'll be there as we are open water swimming in the evening
- BIKE 10m TT 7.00pm East Kilbride
Weds - SWIM 5.15/5.30pm - 7.00pm Hamilton College
Thurs - RUN 6.15pm ATHelite, EK Shop
Friday - SWIM 7.30am Hamilton Water Palace.....again we may not be there as we are swimming open water in the evening
Sat - BIKE 9.00am ATHelite, EK Shop
Sun - RUN 9.00am, Meet Hurlawcrook Road just before Golf course. (Long steady run) SundayRun

Rub-a-dub-dub

My legs have been killing me recently. They're so heavy and tired. Even the soles of my feet are painful!!! I've been using the foam roller (not as much as I should, if truth be told it's just now and again when I can remember), I really struggle inflicting that much pain on myself. So, I decided I had to just drop a run session (not an easy decision) and book a treatment with Grant (our sport therapist). Good grief, how painful was that session. I saw him last thing last night and I was kinda looking forward to some time out on the bed and a wee chat!!! Well, none of that happened! And to be honest I don't know if I'll talk to him again. He stripped my legs, focusing on my I.T. band and calf muscles. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to walk to the car but I managed it somehow...woke up this morning and my legs feel great. I've been on my feet all day and no pain! This bodes well & I am going to book another appointment for next Thursday and hopefully I shall race with fresh legs next Sunday at Ayr!! And today I'm not so angry with Grant.

ATHelite Triathlon Club Kit

I've just had an email informing us that our club kit order 'is slated to ship on June 29'. They require full payment before they ship so can you all make final payments for your orders at your earliest convenience.
Thanks

ATHelite Tri Club Open Water Swim

UPDATE*UPDATE*UPDATE*
Open Water Swim is a goer this Friday!!!

Location - MEET ON THE A77 (between junction 5 & 6 M77 - if you're looking on a map) at layby on left past the red house! clear?
Time - 6.30pm

You will need a) to be able to swim b) have a wetsuit for the night c) wear a bright coloured cap

Bring warm clothes to change into!

Stirling Triathlon 2009 Results

So 8 of us headed northwards early Sunday morning for the 7.00am registration for the annual Stirling Triathlon. This is the biggest one on the Scottish calendar, 4 of us were doing the Sprint Tri (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) whilst 4 were having a go at the novice event (400m swim, 11km bike, 2.5km run). The race goes off in 14 heats in order of predicted swim time - first out was yours truly. I was really in the wrong heat as my swimming has much improved since I entered the race & I suffered slightly, having to lap 3 others in the lane who were rather suprisingly doing breast stroke (nothing wrong with breast stroke, maybe just not in heat 5). I got a huge swim PB (13.57) & was 2nd out of the pool in my heat. I then headed straight out onto the bike feeling good immediately. A good solid bike (36.48), again better than last year & then into transition for the run. I don't know how but my bike to run transition was 6th fastest overall & actually quicker than the winners in 34 secs. The run was ok (20.14) but felt faster than that & I really wanted sub 20. Overall 27th position in 1.12.21 & 6 mins quicker than last year.

Next in was Ben in his first ever Triathlon who was solid all the way through, finishing in an excellent 1.19.17 & placed 2nd Junior. None to bad for a 1st attempt!!

Genevieve was in next - again a vastly improved swim on last year (15.40), a bit of a tangle in transition added half a minute on but a good bike also (38.42) followed by a 25.37 run. A bit disappointed with the run but currently struggling with a breathing problem so not too bad at all. Gens final time was 1.22.24, also 6 mins up on last year and she finished 4th senior female.

Gareth was next up in the Sprint distance finishing in 1.25.59 (19.10, 39.06, 25.44) - which I think is a good performance in every category, despite getting hit on the head by a passing idiot in a car whilst he was on the bike.

A few nervous looking novices stood pool side waiting their turn, some more worried about how to get out of the pool than the swim itself. Don, Mandy, Marie & Liz had a long wait before their race started which only adds to the nerves but they all did extremely well despite this. Don was first home, he seemed remarkably calm from start to finish & came over the line in 1.01.43. Mandy was next up, getting the dreaded swim out of the way before what seemed like an enjoyable bike & a solid run too, finishing in 1.11.12.
Marie was always going to have the quickest swim & after stopping for brunch & wardrobe change in transition she cruised through the bike & again finished with a respectable run time finishing in 1.13.56.
Last up was Liz with a well paced swim, quite a long time on the bike!, but looked great coming in on the run. Liz finished in 1.26.01.

Massive well done to everyone at all levels - it was great to have so many from the club in action. I can't wait for next year when we are all there in our smashing Club Kit with even more members. An excellent day for everyone followed off by dindins for 16 of us at the Stewartfield Farm in the evening. The only hard bit was having to go to work in between the two where I was extremely tired & probably a terrible shop keeper!

Weekend Training

After a “sizzling hot” training weekend last week, it looks like this weekend will be slightly cooler…….! Saturday bike ride will leave from EK shop (car park at the back) at 9am. Lots of the guys are doing their open water training in Ayr so it looks like it will be a small pack going out. Due to the Sunday Triathlon in Stirling, it’ll be a short and easy ride so a good one to join if you are thinking of coming for the first time.
As the majority of the Sunday running “pack” will be doing the Stirling Triathlon, the Sunday run is off this week but it will be business as usual next weekend again…..
Mandy

Troon to Stirling

A busy week this week for training & competing - we managed a superb bike out to Troon & back on Monday in the blazing sunshine. Nice lunch on the beach!! We both felt comfortable even after the 2 hour run on Sunday and covered about 100 miles we think & squeezed out a short run afterwards. The run wasn't too bad despite the heat but it may have been because we knew it was short one as opposed to looking down the barrel of a marathon. Need to do a few more of these big bike to runs over the summer. It definately helps when the weather is nice - you actually look forward to it rather than it being a drag.

Tues Gym & swim in the morning followed by the St Christies TT in the evening. No other Tri Club members there apart from us & Ben? Where were you all? A really nice evening but still windy. We held our times despite the big workout the previous day so both fairly happy with that.

The Wednesday Club swim was great as always, good to see newcomer Malcom at the swim - a shock to the system the 1st time but he is definately going to benefit from this session, as we all are.

Thurs was the Harriers monthly 5k Time Trial. I felt rubbish all day but much better standing on the start line & recorded a 17.53 PB (for this course) & was quickest on the night so quite pleased.

Friday Gym & Swim again & now nothing but early nights till we have to get up super early on Sunday for Stirling Tri. Looking at both our results for last year I am sure we can improve on every section. We had better go faster given all this bloody training! We have our targets but I am not commiting them to print quite yet!

Rouken Glen 10k next Thurs which is going to interfere with the Thursday run group so watch this space & we are still hoping for a trip to Loch Lomond next Friday evening for an open water swim.
Details to follow but I hope we can pull this together & repeat it through the summer.
See lots of you at Stirling on Sunday!!

Stirling Triathlon

race info is live for sunday !
322 5 1 2 White 08:55 Colin Freeman Male Senior
351 6 1 1 Red 09:10 Genevieve Freeman Female Senior
431 8 5 1 Red 09:30 Gareth Jones Male Veteran
392 7 3 2 White 09:20 Ben Ferguson Male Junior

611 14 5 1 Red 10:30 Don Kennedy Male Novice
613 14 5 3 Orange 10:30 Elizabeth Marshall Female Novice
??? ? ? ? ? ? Mairi ? ? ? ? ? ? Female Novice
594 14 1 4 Green 10:30 Mandy Wright Female Novice

Gareth.

For info, here is the link to the Stirling Tri site. It is worth reading the 'Quick Guide 2009' if it is your 1st one. Don't worry about trying to memorize the routes, there are marshalls everywhere & lots of competitors.

http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=111

Colin

Races Pending for June!!

Stirling Tri, 7/6 Sprint
Rouken Glen 5k & 10k 11/6
Ayr Open Water, 21/6 Sprint
Mens Health 10k, 21/6
East Kilbride 10k & Half, 21/6
Kilmarnock 10k, 24/6
Calderglen Harriers Trail Race 5k & 10K, 26/6
A day in the lakes, 28/6 Middle Distance

Race Report

Cheshire Sprint Triathlon Report (31.5.09)On a hot weekend, an 8.26 am start made this event more bearable.The swim takes place in an outdoor, salt-water pool and with 1200 competitors being accommodated we were off in 20 secs intervals.It made for a 'bustling' experience, but a 9m 47s time for 500m seemed reasonable, especially as one needed to stop and look at every turn, there were three lane-to-lane transitions and the goggles were removed to drain the salt water after a mid-stream collision with a paddle-steamer. T1 was taken with coffee and biscuits and the bike race started some 3.5 mins later. The bike route was undulating and picturesque. I'd envisaged draughting behind a Bentley being test-driven from the local factory, but no such luck! With light easterly winds a time of 44m 11s (incl T1) was achieved.After finishing off the remaining biscuits and easing a pulled muscle in my lower back I managed to emerge from T2 some 3 mins later.The run was a pleasant four circuits of Barony Park, under the trees, round the play park, in the ever warming sun and to the constant PA announcement of "please take water or Gatorade regularly". A mini-battle then ensued with competitors 111, 112 and 113 locked in combat! The lead changed several times but runner 111 surged to the tape first in 23m 40s (incl T1). So, I got the 218th handout for finishing!Overall, an event to be recommended if you don't mind the pool antics!
Written by James Carrigan