Hi All,
It would be an understatement to say we have had a lot of rain ! The velodrome looks like a swimming pool at present. Hope those of you in Darwin have heard the warnings and sorted your cyclone preparations.
Although the temptation for dedicated triathletes will be to get out there and continue training ... please stay indoors (we all know if you miss one session your finely tuned body will turn to mush and you will get flogged at the next race ... right ?) Get reaquainted with your windtrainer instead of risking life and limb in the current conditions.
There are trees down, potholes appearing, lots of flooding and winds up to 100km per hour so just sit it out for a bit. You can always grab a skipping rope if you have to release some pent up energy.
Cyclone Carlos may go to a Cat 2 so make your preparations now.
NEXT EVENT:
Sunday 27 February 2011
Race 1 Sprint Series
Palmerston Aquatic Centre (cnr Tilston Ave & Bonson Tce)
7am
750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run
(Short option 300m swim, 10km bike, 3km run)
Event Status: CLUB
Event Roster:
Race Director: Barry Sullivan
Registration: Scott Bevis / Fran Edis
Timekeeping: Kathy McKay / Lauren Stephenson
Fruit / Ice: Bronwyn Rossingh
JUNIOR JOTTINGS:
1. The next junior event: Sunday 20 February 2011; Mountain Bike Triathlon; Lake Alexander; Register by 7.30am for 8am start
2. Further info: Jodie McLeod 0417 829 619
FOR SALE / WANTED ETC:
1. FOR SALE: Road bike, Cannondale Aluminium Multisport 700; Will suit rider 175cm or shorter ; Has Mavic Rims, and mixture of Cannondale and Shimano 105 gearing; In good condition with a few cosmetic scratches; Have some head pieces and polar speed and cadence wireless sensors which I'll throw in. $500 ONO Contact Paul 0408 937 134
2. Items for next E News or requests to repeat advts by 9pm Sunday please.
OTHER NEWS:
1. Vicki Woodrow reckons you know you are a Darwin triathlete when you have to scrape Cane Toad innards off your bottom bracket and chain ring.. It happened to her on the weekend .. and it wasn't at the MTB race !!
2. Does Gu count as food in your cyclone kit?
3. Applications are open for nominations for TA's Age Group teams for 2011 ITU World Championships Olympic Distance (OD), in Beijing and Long Distance (LD), in Nevada. If this is of interest, Finlay's NT Long Course and our NT OD events were selection points events.
4. Driving conditions are hazardous, please stay off the roads if you can.
5. Heads up that the NT Duathlon will be at Simpson's Gap (near Alice Springs) early in August.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRIATHLETE WHEN ...
...a new triathlon magazine and a Powerade are your idea of relaxing
...you have already analysed the past Arafura Games triathlon results
...you meant to get that "for sale" advt in today's E news
Forget training outdoors for today,
Cheers,
Robyn
Robyn Stanley
Darwin Triathlon Club
E News
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