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Swim clinic with pro triathlete - Friday 6 April

Julian McCarthy — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:01:44 +0000

Jason Barkes and Peter Gillott went to an all-day swim clinic a couple of weeks back run by pro triathlete Richard Stannard. They were very positive about it. The are sold out for this month but have just announced a new session on Good Friday, 6 April. £99 is the price. See here for details and to sign up.

https://sitedesq.imgstg.com/custompage/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_main&CategoryID=11362&OrgID=3720

I am going, and can offer a lift from Winchester.

Note, that it will sell out very fast!

Julian

Sweatshop discounts

Julian McCarthy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:29:23 +0000

Message from Ant Gritton, STC member and manager of Sweatshop

I thought I'd let you know of the latest offer at Sweatshop.

From now until 18th March 2012, for every pair of running shoes bought at full price you can get another for just £25! This is a fantastic offer, the second pair of shoes does not have to be bought straight away either, the voucher you receive is valid until December 2012. So you can chose to get a couple of trainers now to last the season, buy one now and get another later in the year or maybe treat youself to a distance trainer and a fast racer shoe... Plenty of choices!

We have also had a delivery of the new Adidas, New Balance, Brooks and Asics and K-Swiss ranges along with new clothing lines for Adidas and Nike.

Further Details will be popping up on our Facebook Page with images of the new ranges in store.

Hopefully see you in store soon :)

Regards

Ant

Sweatshop Southampton
southampton@sweatshop.co.uk
Brasher Leisure Limited T/A Sweatshop | 28-29 Hanover Buildings, Southampton, SO14 1JU

Phone: 0208 232 1394
http://www.sweatshop.co.uk
http://www.sweatshop.co.uk/events
http://twitter.com/sweatshoponline

2012 Cycling Events and CTT Handbooks

David Ardley — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:08:37 +0000

Dear All,

If you are interested in improving your cycling - time trials are a great way to test out new bikes, position, cadence......

Distance vary from 10 - 100 miles and fall into 2 categories - Club and Open events.

Club event you enter on the night ~ 30 mins prior to the start (~ £3-4), Open events you enter ~ 2 weeks in advance and get a results sheet, official time etc (~ £7.50/rider).

Full details are on the websites, www.southdc.org.uk is the local one. Or ask Linda, Darryl........

Linda has picked out the essential events - ie those run by Southampton tri club or BDWCA - open to all club members.

The BDWCA is targeted at novices and ladies - (men / fast people very welcome) - so come along a try a time trial. They also run several 2 ups - so line up your partner for the August and September events.

(A word of explanation - Linda is the Chairlady to BDWCA, so very keen to promote their events - happy to share lifts and provide directions)

The spreadsheet also lists those in the local areas - ie Southampton(P1xx courses), Bournemouth(P3xx courses) and Portsmouth(P8xx).

Note the Open 25 mile time trial on the 13th May. Good fast course near Poole Harbour. See Linda or the website for an entry form. CTT handbooks. Linda has 3 copies left of the 2012 CTT handbook - gives details of the Open events, previous winners and extra cycling details. Cost £10. (Officially £9 + postage, works out to £10 a copy)

Contact Linda on linda@marcus-hanks.co.uk to reserve a copy. Thanks Linda.

Race details

Sat 18 Feb -advance warning

Julian McCarthy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:41:05 +0000

On Sat 18 Feb there is a disability swimming gala and we will give up one lane for them. Thought I would mention it now in case I forget later

I ride My BIKE

Nicole Johnson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:27:32 +0000

I ride my bike for selfish reasons.
I ride my bike so that I am not one of the ordinary people.
I ride my bike for the adrenaline, for the confidence it gives me, to feel empowered.
I ride my bike to be different, as a mountain biking woman you are something of an enigma.
I ride my bike to take me away from being a mum, an employee, old age, to being just me again.

I ride because I can.

Belinda Tarling
9 x National Masters XC Champion
2 x World Masters XC Champion

Water (camel back) bladder DIY drying aid

Nicole Johnson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:11:57 +0000

Do you find it difficult to dry your water bladder after a days MTB unless you have splashed out on one of those expensive plastic drying aids?

I have made my own by securing with a twisty tie, rubber band or string around the middle of a bunch of that horrible nylon parcel/box cable. (The stuff that you cant destroy or fold it's about 1cm wide and is often used for securing boxes commercially). I just kept folding a length of it over several times to be the same length as my water bladder and tied it in the middle. You can then squish it up to get it in the bladder and it springs out once inside to stop the bladder sticking together and so drying it off in no time. I mop the water that is left in the bottom with a paper towel. I leave the cable in there once dry before putting it away until I fill it with drink the next time around. Hope you find this a helpful tip

Monday Musical Motivation

Nicole Johnson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:17:11 +0000

How's this for musical motivation!

A real catchy tune that we could adopt as a club anthem!!!

Have a listen and maybe with all the hitsd on youtube we could get it put on rudetube as a hit !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Fw1GdRKkc

Very Smooth Freestyle Video

David Ardley — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:20:54 +0000

Great web site for Triathlon deals

David Ardley — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:03:33 +0000

This was mentioned to me today for a site that summarises good deals on kit. I had a look and did buy a few things. It is run by a couple of well known triathletes.

http://www.trideals.co.uk/

60 min highlights of Kona IM 2011

Julian McCarthy — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:37:27 +0000

A great 60 minutes of triathlon highlights. Some impressive performances both pro and AG

http://www.youtube.com/user/IronmanTriathlon?feature=mhee

Only available for another day or so