Robyn's E News 3 June 2013

Hi All,

The pace was pretty hectic over the weekend with the Ironman Cairns and 70.3 Cairns crew putting final touches to their training, members dashing off for the Cycle Zone 3 Hour MTB, the City2Surf and a zillion social functions.

Dry season weather – simply the best!

RESULTS:

1.  ITU World Long Distance Triathlon C’ships, Belfort France – 9.7km run, 87km bike, 20km run (swim cancelled due to extreme weather conditions)

Male:  Betrand Billard (FRA) 4.08.45  Female:  Melissa Hauschildt (AUS) 4.42.38

John Arrigo 8^th M30-34 4.47.34

Corinne Fabian 10^th F55-59 7.53.34

2.  Ironman 70.3 Hawaii, 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run

Male:  Craig Alexander (AUS) 4.05.43  Female:  Belinda Granger 4.44.36

Chloe Kay 37^th F25-29 7.56.22

3.  Coral Coast 5150, 1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run

Male:  Clayton Fettell 1.44.33  Female:  Emma Moffatt 1.54.15

4.  City 2 Surf, 12.2km run

Male:  Michael Marantelli 41.43  Female:  Lucie Hardiman 49.24

Due to high number of late entries, results not yet available.

5.  Mini Surfer, 4km

Male:  William McLay 14.28  Female:  Sarah Lowden 16.50

6.  ITU WTS Madrid, 1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run

Male:  Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) 1.50.42  Female:  Non Stanford (GBR) 2.04.39

7.  Ironman 70.3 Raleigh, 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run

Male:  Greg Bennett 3.51.24  Female:  Laura Bennett 4.17.18

8.  Ironman 70.3 Switzerland

Event cancelled during ride following landslide.

NEXT EVENT:

Sunday 16 June 2013

Race 1 Duathlon Series

Lee Point

7.30am

2km run, 15km bike, 2km run

Roster:

Race Director:  Ron Griep

Registration:   Justin Tranter / Corinne Fabian

Timekeeping:  Stef Puszka / Justin Tranter

Fruit / Ice:       Jason & Emma Cook

FOR SALE/ WANTED ETC:

1.  FOUND:  Sunglasses x 2 Email here if you have lost yours

2.  WANTED: Team runner for each of the upcoming duathlons.  Contact Barry 8923 4929

3.  Items for next E News or requests for repeats by 8pm Sunday please.

OTHER NEWS:

1.  John Arrigo and Corinne Fabian got a firsthand taste the weather can have on our sport. Even they would spare a thought for those competing in Ironman 70.3 Switzerland.  It had also been changed to a duathlon and the whole field of more than 2,300 athletes was out on the bike course when the race had to be cancelled for safety reasons after a landslide. Thankfully no one was hurt.

2.  John Arrigo was the toast of the Australian team after posting the fastest Oz male time of the day at Belfort, France.

3.  Lake Alexander has reopened for swimming.

4.  Tickets for our annual Presentation Night Dinner (Nightcliff Sports Club, 6.30pm Saturday 10 August 2013) are now on sale here.

5.  Please forward any nominations for Dag of the Year and/or Broken Spoke (crash) by email here.  These awards are among those handed out at our Presentation Night Dinner.  All sources are confidential so if you have witnessed a daggy deed or a bike crash by one of our members in 2012/2013 feel free to nominate them now. 

6.  We have a large contingent of members heading for Ironman Cairns including Grant Preddy, Phil Blumberg, Tom O’Neil, Stef Puszka, Damien Staunton, Hadyn Whitty, Simon Casey. Sinon Cooney,Pieter Jordaan,

Caroline Elliott, Kent Murray, Steve Goat, Luke Hansen, Marcus Lisle, Rowan Beggs-French and Michelle Gailey.  A couple of recent withdrawals proved how hard it is to make the start line.  Good luck to all, may the weather gods be kind on race day.

7.  Almost as many are going over for IM 70.3 Cairns including Derek Cross, Renee de Jong, Jo Ellis, Kerry Grace, Justin Tranter, Tori Sherrock, David Glass, Joy Glass, Billy Lynch, Julia Gaudin, Nicola Hoey and Naomi Milne.  Good luck to the “halfers” also.

8.  Our deepest sympathy to Raz de Jongh on the recent loss of her mother. 

9. If you have family, friends or workmates who wish to “tri”, point them in the direction of the SBJF Corporate Triathlon scheduled for Saturday 29 June 2013.  It’s a doable individual or team effort of 300m swim, 10km ride, 3km run and all funds raised go to Royal Flying Doctor Service.  Anyone can enter. More info and how to enter here.

Cheers,

Robyn

Robyn Stanley

Darwin Triathlon Club

E News

Robyn's E News 27 May 2013

Hi All,

With the drop in temperature there was a mad scramble to drag out the jeans and jackets in time for our Open Water Triathlon (and that was just the volunteers and spectators)!

We need not have worried, by race start conditions (including that of the water) were absolutely perfect.

Our thanks to RD Glen Scholz for setting up this event for us.  Thanks also to our other wonderful volunteers, again we are extremely grateful to have people like you at each of our events. 

That was our last tri format event for a little while as we now have our annual Duathlon Series coming up.  The runners among us are looking forward to that!

RESULTS:

1. Open Water Triathlon, Casuarina Beach, 500m swim, 15km bike, 4km run

Male:   Brett Verity 52.04  Female:  Belinda Birk 1.01.26

Full results here.

2.  Fiji International Triathlon, 2km swim, 80km bike, 20km run

Male:  Cameron Brown 3.47.44  Female:  Melanie Gillespie 5.03.06

3.  Ironman Brazil, 3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run

Male:  Tim O’Donnell 8.01.32  Female:  Amanda Stevens 9.05.53

NEXT EVENT:

Sunday 16 June 2013

Race 1 Duathlon Series

Lee Point

7.30am

2km run, 15km bike, 2km run

Roster:

Race Director:  Ron Griep

Registration:   Justin Tranter / Corinne Fabian

Timekeeping:  Stef Puszka / Justin Tranter

Fruit / Ice:       Volunteer Required

FOR SALE / WANTED ETC:

1.  FOR SALE: Bike trainer - Minoura Rada 850 rim drive action system with remote resistance adjustment.  Very good condition. $90 Contact Stu 0418 437075

2.  Items for next E news by 8pm Sunday please

OTHER NEWS:

1.  Current F55-59 Australian Long Distance Triathlon Champion Corinne Fabian has jetted off for France & the ITU World Long Distance Triathlon Championships.  John Arrigo departs tonight.  We wish both John and Corinne the very best of luck at Worlds and hope the weather & the hills treat them kindly.

2.  Jack Wang deserves a nomination for the Broken Spoke Award after his rather painful tumble yesterday.  We wish Jack a speedy recovery.

3.  RD Glen Scholz gave a thorough race brief yesterday and swim & run course maps were up on our Facebook page but that didn’t stop a few competitors becoming creative with the course.  The brain gym workout was tougher for some J.

4.  Wow, two weeks until Ironman Cairns.  By my quick reckoning and a cursory glance of the competitor list, we have no fewer than seventeen members doing the full ironman event.

5.  In Ironman 70.3 Cairns we have almost as many, with twelve known from our club.

6.  If you are competing at either event, we would appreciate a quick email here so we can check you are on our list. 

7.  VP Steve Goat was busy testing the club’s new timing system on a few guinea pigs at yesterday’s event. Our sincere thanks to SBJV for their contribution to this new equipment.

8.  Due to increased bacteria levels, Lake Alexander is closed to swimming until further notice.  Darwin City Council is going to give it a good flush out.  Coach Daryl Stanley advises there is no Monday open water swim squad at Lake Alexander until further notice. 

9.  Do you tweet?  Follow us on Twitter.

10.  Good news for pros – IM WA has had its P2000 ranking reinstated.

11.  Congratulations to members Helen Mar and Simon Casey on the recent birth of their first child, a daughter – Erica Philomena. All well!

12.  Tickets for our annual Presentation Night Dinner (Nightcliff Sports Club, 6.30pm Saturday 10 August 2013) are now on sale here.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRIATHLETE WHEN …

… you put Gatorade powder on your ice cream

… the magic dry season weather has added a spring to your step

… you meant to get that "for sale" advt in for today's E news

Cheers,

Robyn

Robyn Stanley

Darwin Triathlon Club

E News

We also had a run, bike, run option at Cas Beach