St Christies TT Tues 28th April

On a gloomier Tuesday evening than the previous week a few ATC members ventured out to the 10 mile TT. A tricky evening for a Time Trial - there didn't appear to be too much wind until we hit Leaburn & the head wind made it a real drag until Strathaven Road.
I was first club member home in 27.50, shaving a mighty 3 seconds off the previous week - very tired legs after a 90 minute run on Sunday followed by a very hard trail run on Monday night. I remember now from last year that I was flippin' knackered every Tuesday night.
The surprise performance of the night was from Colin B who put his saddle up then hammered round in an incredible 27.52. Incredible because this was almost 4 MINUTES quicker than last week!! 4 MINUTES!! He may have been better doing this next week when the points start as he would probably have nailed the most improved trophy in the first week. We should really have tested his urine after this dramatic improvement, I don't know what was in it but he must have drunk a ton of it.
Genevieve was 1st lady again in 28.41, shaving 5 secs off last week & heading towards the illusive 27 min target.
Graeme Allan finished in 32.03, 58 secs off last weeks pace but was maybe still reeling from his 'ultra' run on Sunday. We know from last year that he will go faster than this, maybe just needs to drink some of Colin B's urine.

C.

Swim, Drink, Run

This week seems to have flown by since the Duathlon last weekend. We had a swimming focus for the week - aiming for 5 sessions but managing 4, but all good effective sessions & something to build on. We dropped 1 swim session due to Mrs A deciding to have a Birthday. Two late nights out made me feel numb for the back end of the week & it kind of passed me by a bit - not very good at that sort of thing any more. Drank too much wine & ate too much cake but boy was it tasty.

Just 4 out for the bike on Saturday but good to see Don coming back for more & Frank dusted off the Bianchi for it's first outing of the year. Good job seeing as he has Bishopbriggs Tri in 7 days!!

The first proper Sunday run set off this morning from Langlands Golf Course at 9.00am. An impressive turnout & a good steady 9.2 miles round the back roads. A good effort by all, especially the 2 Graemes/Grahams. Graham R complained it was too far but still managed to converse non-stop for the whole run, so much so we had to take it in turns to listen. Graeme A admirably hung in for the whole run too - especially good given that he 'sometimes runs 5k a week'!!
This is an invaluable session run at an easy pace that will do wonders for your running & endurance if you can string a few weeks together.
NOTE; We are meeting just before the Golf Course junction next week & not in the Car Park, which was over-full today & I felt a bit sheepish getting back in the car afterwards!

I have entered Troon 10k - I see no one else has though several people have said they are intending to. I would do this ASAP as there are now only 100 places left (there were 280 on Friday) & it will fill up.

We are still awaiting the final confirmation of the pool for the Weds session, hopefully we can get this finalised next week.

Troon 10k - Weds 6th May 7.30pm

I'm entering this today - anyone else up for it?

http://www.entrycentral.com/index.php?raceID=100501

Fast (if you want it to be!) & flat 10k down the Prom (unless it's windy in which case you get a complementary exfoliation from the sand).
A very well attended evening race (1000 runners) & well worth doing. We will drive out after work at 5.30ish & can fit 4 or 5 more in the car if you are interested?

There are a few of you who could do with a 10k, especially those who have been out on the weekend runs & wouldn't be troubled by 6 ish flat miles.

Come on - sign up, especially if you have entered nothing else this season.

C.

St Christies Results

.... are now online at http://www.stchrisccek.co.uk/page5.htm.

ATHelite results were as follows .....

Colin Freeman 27.53
Genevieve Freeman 28.46
Graeme Allan 31.05
Colin Bain 31.21
Ben Ferguson 31.24

Well done all - we'll see if Ben can try using the big chain ring next time to generate a bit more speed!

ATHelite Tri Club Kit

I'll be needing all your orders in over the next 7-10 days.

Here is the link - so you can see what you're after

http://champ-sys.com/uk/custom/cycling/price-list

Bike Skills

What do you make of this!?!?!?!
Some incredible bike skills on this little vid ... it's not Gareth training for Ayr Duathlon, it's somebody else of equal talent......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o

The week ahead....

Hope those of you who were at Ayr are feeling refreshed. We followed it up on Monday with 3k of swimming & mile efforts with the Harriers (supposed to be a recovery run but as always we got excited). This week has a swimming focus so we swam 2k this morning too - want to swim 5 times this week if poss.

SO.... Tonight (Tuesday) is St Christies 10 mile TT night. 1st off at 7.30pm. Wednesday was hoped to be the 1st secret swim session but we are still awaiting confirmation of the price before we dive in (ha ha - dive in!) so should be next week now - we will confirm by Friday. We have been to see the pool & it looks pretty suitable for us. We are taking Weds as a rest day now.

Sat am will be the bike ride - open to all. Mandy. Departs Ek shop at 9.00am.

Sunday morning - longer easy run. Again open to all. Meet in between Sainsburys depot & Langlands Golf course at 9.00am. Should be run in ability groups if we get enough out. Unsure of the meeting point? - let us know.

C.

Ayr Duathlon

It was great to see you all at the event today - definately more fun with more out!
Here are some photo's. Well done Colin for getting 9th and finishing in the top 10. Nice start to the season. Well done to Colin B, for getting 2 Pb's on the runs!!
Thanks to Mandy for taking all the pictures - you'll need to come to all events now.
G.
Colins Report;
So I think it's fair to say that Duathlons are definately harder than Triathlons (assuming you can swim). I think most of us enjoyed & did well on the bike but personally i found the 2nd run very tough & can't really believe it was 19 min for me - certainly didn't feel like it. Alot of sustained effort through the legs & even the short hills on the 2nd run were hard. I loved the bike & found the 2nd loop just flew by, would be interested to know the distance though - seemed like a long 20. Personally I would have liked a stronger 2nd run but I think it is going to be hard this year to juggle the Ironman Endurance training whilst keeping speed in the legs for these sprint events.
This was a fantastic 1st outing for ATC - it'll be all the better when we are all clad in our new team colours.
Superb weather, cracking venue, tasty post race buffet & promptly posted results make this a brilliant little race that we should target every year.




Provisional results are online http://www.ayrodynamic.co.uk/results/2009/AYR_DUATH_2009.pdf

Ayr Duathlon Forecast

Looking good for Sundays race - 13 degrees, Sunny & only 5mph winds.

Couldn't be any better!!!

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=ayr&day=2

Colin

St Christophers 10 mile TT

See the exert below from the St Christies Website.

http://www.stchrisccek.co.uk

This Time Trial is open to anyone with a bike (& helmet) & only costs £1.00. Everyone is timed & set off at 1 min intervals. Good fun & not too serious.
Do it through the Summer to monitor your progress.
The first couple are just to get used to the route & get your handicap worked out.
Arrive nearer 7.00pm for a better start position.

Directions to meeting point - Head down Stroud Rd over Nuffield Gym/ Di Maggios roundabout, up past Freescale factory on your left. Take 1st left Singer Road & first right into Rentokil car park. We then ride out to start point which is 3 mins away.
Any problems with directions just ask.

The route is as follows....

http://www.mapmyrun.co.uk/view_my_run_141700

AULDHOUSE LEAGUE 2009
LEAGUE STARTS TUESDAY 21ST APRIL

Well the time has come after what seems an eternity the Auldhouse league bounces back this Tuesday evening the 21st. The meeting place as usual is the Rentokil building off Stroud road. The first man is off at 7.30pm sharp.
Who knows what will happen in the 2009 league.....Robert Lynn might ride one night so might David Turner. Mandy Cullie might break the 30 minute barrier, Amy Robertson might let me off paying one week, Vince Fenwick might remember his shoes and the roads around Auldhouse might be as smooth as silk. All this for only a pound a week, who could ask for more.
The first two weeks are run to give Jack an idea of everyones handicap and their free.
See you there!!!!!!!!!

Saturday Ride

Can I check if anyone is riding this Saturday as I think we are all doing the Ayr Duathlon.....let me know. If there is only one person out then I think we should cancel it.

SUS 09 - Southern Upland Sportive, 12th July

Entries are open for this fabulous sportive. We did it last year and would highly recommend it to all you keen cyclist.
There is the Radar Ride which we've entered which is about 105 miles and there is a Baby Radar - 40 miles for those just starting out or who are too keen on the longer rides.

Here is the link
http://www.everydaycycling.com/edc/events/events_2009/20090712_the_radar_ride.aspx

Let us know if you enter.