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Thursday Night Club meeting and first Aid Presentation

May 24, 2010 Discussion, Events, Thursday Night Training, Uncategorized, Useful stuff

Team

I am proposing a one evening change in the schedule.

The TNT scheduled for June Thursday 3rd is canceled.

The reasons for this is that the program for the club general meeting that night is about the application of first aid to cycling injuries. I think that it is absolutely essential that we all have some basic first aid knowledge, and this 45 minute lecture will go a little way to making us all feel a little more confident in dealing with the inevitable injuries that happen to active people, especially in cycling.

The lecture is being given by:

Garry Birch
Race Team President

AVIA Wildflower Triathlon – May 1, 2010

May 4, 2010 Events, Race report, Track Race

AVIA Wildflower Triathlon

Teammate: Bas Sopora

Finished 24th in age group F40-44 (out of 67)
142nd rank of all Females (out of 458)
877 Overall Rank (out of 1726 M&F combined)
Overall Time: 6:35:12
Swim: 53:23 (1.2 miles)
Bike: 3:16:14 (56 miles)
Run: 2:04:36 (13.1 miles)
Add: 20 min for Transition Area

As you may know… I’m not a Triathlete… can’t swim… would call it floating if anything… plus I didn’t train for the swim… just threw the wetsuit on and wouldn’t you know it… you can’t drown wearing that… lucky me.  I got passed by everyone and their grandmother on the swim… and it was hella far… the life guards asked me if I wanted to take a rest… but I really had to keep moving forward to make the cut off time!

In the transition area, I took 10 min to change out of the wetsuit into my dry TEAM FREMONT cycling kit… and was standing there butt naked for a couple of minutes… he, he… since we never got a tri-suit!!!  Oh well.  No one seemed to pay any attention anyway… eveyone was busy getting out on the bike leg of the course.

The 56 miles on the bike was a bit of a recovery for me… did about a 17 m/hr avg on the 56 m hilly course… piece of cake… made up a lot of time… I never got passed by anybody… but I must have passed at least a 100 people… good fun.

Don’t know why it took me another 10 min in the transition area after the bike leg… I guess I was wasting a lot of time eating… hydrating… putting chafing stick on the bottom of my feet… going to the porta potty…

The run was challenging… very hilly trail in the sun… everytime a water stop came up, I kept dumping water on my head to cool off…. passed a whole bunch of people again and started to catch up with the men… (the men started out the Tri at 8 am in 5 min waves based on age group), so that made me feel good.  With 3 more miles to go… I saw Bas… can’t really miss him… tall and lean German guy…  see you at the finish line… With two more miles to go… I ran with a women named Jill from El Dorado Hills, and she ran out of Electrolytes, so Andrea to the rescue, and the two of us finished up the race together… with ice water soaked towels waiting for us at the finish.

After the race, I packed up… (you need way too much equipment for these stupid tri’s)… and headed towards the line up to get shuttled out of the place… I was starving… sunburnt…and tired… but I drove my ass to King City and had a foot long Subway and a Starbucks latte…. feeling energized… I continued towards Fremont…

Sorry, Bas that I didn’t wait for you at the finish.

Overall, it was a BLAST, but not sure if I’m gonna do it again soon…. these Tri registrations are way too expensive!

Thanks for reading.

Andrea

Tags: Triathlon

Lessons with Larry

Mar 15, 2010 Events

Lesson with Larry – Classroom session #2
Please RSVP to Garry

Team Mates

The next “Lessons with Larry” classroom session has been scheduled.

Please mark the following date in your calendars

Wednesday Marsh 31st at 7:00 PM
Two topics are scheduled:
Warming Up for racing
How, why, when

Time Trialling
Obviously a vast subject. We will go over the basics of equipment, position, pacing.

Last time we went on for 3 hours, This lesson will probably be similar. Also, last time we started late because people who said they where coming never did, and we waited for them. This time we start on time!!!

Location as before, at Mike Hughes office in Union City

31010 Vallejo Street
Union City, CA 94587

(510) 429-6700

Hughes Allmart Insurance

Next to Bronco Billys

Remember, please RSVP by replying to Garry at garry_b94568@yahoo.com

Garry

Team Photo and Calaveras TT

Mar 11, 2010 Events, Race report, Road Race, Time Trial, Track Race

Be prepared to look good !

We meet at Niles, usual parking lot. We will take photos in the adjacent park or the park next to Alameda Creek

Team uniforms, cycling shoes or sneakers, WHITE Socks ONLY, NO shades or hats in the group shot.

We will do portraits as well.

After we go to Calaveras for a TT practice

Berkeley Bike Club Criterium (TTE)

Mar 3, 2010 Events

Team Target Event

Albany Crit

http://ncnca.org/road/

TALEO Benicia ITT (TTE)

Mar 3, 2010 Events

Team Target Event

http://ncnca.org/road/

Hippstar Menlo Park Grand Prix

Mar 3, 2010 Events

This is a No Longer a TTE

Registration

Directions to the course:From 101, exit at Marsh Road Eastbound and turn right onto Bayfront, and right on Chilco Street. From the Dumbarton Bridge (84), continue on Bayfront, left onto Chilco. Park in designated areas only. No on-street parking this year.

Team Meeting at Chipotle

Mar 3, 2010 Events

Free dinner for team members.

34883 Newark Boulevard
Newark, CA 94560-1203
(510) 742-8010