Qld Weekly Transitions 30.08.12

NOOSA/WORLDS TRAINING CAMP

Our Noosa/Worlds training camp last weekend was a great success. The 40+ athletes that attended got in some great training that will really give them an edge in their preparation for the upcoming season.

For our Worlds athletes heading to Auckland in just over 7 weeks they had some very tough sessions especially their run hills set on the Saturday afternoon. However it will be one of those sessions they’ll look back on that will give them some extra confidence on race day.

Over 3 days everyone swam between 4 and 7km, rode 200-350km and ran 20-45km. With some skills work around transitions, open water swimming and a talk from Sally Garrad from Apple to Zucchini Nutrition athletes walked away from the camp with a lot more knowledge about training and racing.

Thanks to our sponsors from Giant, Rocket Science, Shotz and Ascend for their support.

NEW SPONSOR

We would like to welcome a new sponsor to the Tri Alliance team. Shoes Feet Gear www.shoesfeetgear.com.au is a run specialist store and Podiatrist clinic at 5/183 Given Terrace Paddington. Owned and run by Peter Charles who is a very experienced Sports Podiatrist, Tri Alliance members will receive discounts on all products in store.

Additionally Podiatry appointments will be bulk billed or at half price plus they’ll be giving away a host of prizes throughout the year. Peter and his team of Podiatrists that work from the store will also be offering seminars through the year covering topics including injury prevention, footwear selection, barefoot/minimalist running.

We would like to welcome the team from Shoes Feet Gear and look forward to working with Peter and his team for the upcoming season and beyond.

TRI ALLIANCE QLD LAUNCH NIGHT

Invitations have been sent out to our official Tri Alliance Qld Launch Night on September 16^th at the Melbourne Hotel West End. The night is free, we’ll have lots of prizes to give away from our sponsors and some of the new training and racing gear will be modelled with orders at special launch night prices only.

Family and friends are welcome to come along so reply to the facebook invite that has been sent and come along to help us officially launch Tri Alliance Qld.

FUNDRAISER

Tim Copley is organising a fundraiser the Breast Cancer Foundation this Saturday night as part of his Noosa Charity Ticket entry.

It is a Jazz Night which will involve some fantastic music, beautiful wine the view to raise a bucket load of cash for Breast Cancer Research. The event is a registered event with the NBCF.

The event is on the rooftop of 140 Brunswick St, a commercial building with great views of the city. There will be a 5 piece Jazz band, some beautiful wine from Gemtree Vineyards, some lovely paella and some lucky door prizes and silent auction/raffle items, these will be from Tigerlamb Hair Salon in New Farm/Teneriffe, there will also be some weekends away at magnificient beach houses to be auctioned off….There is also a $500 voucher to Winning Appliances as a Lucky Door Prize!!

The dress code is Black Tie/Cocktail Dress – Ticket Prices are $100 and are inclusive of all food and drinks, a great excuse to get the frock out….

The event is a registered event with the national breast Cancer Institute, so a bank account for the function has been set up, the details are;

ANZ – Account Name – Jazz Night
BSB – 014 231 Acc Number – 186 87 4194

If you have any queries please or would like to attend contact Tim on 0420 350 430 or email on [email protected]

NOOSA ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE

Our friends from Tri Alliance Melbourne have a had one of their female athletes pull out of Noosa leaving some accommodation available for anyone that might want it. Details are Saks on Hastings http://www.saks.com.au/ Wednesday 31^st October – Wednesday 7^th November.One single bunk bed shared in a room with 3 females Penthouse : 3 rooms in total with one other female & 1 couple, $500 for 7 nights. The number of nights can be reduced for those interested.

Contact Emma from Tri Alliance on [email protected].

DIRECT DEBIT FORMS

If you’re yet to return your direct debit forms could you please do so as soon as possible. We need to process them to set up the new fees payment system. Any queries please contact [email protected]

TRAINING

Training this weekend:

Gold Coast is meeting at the Main Beach Surf Club at 5.30am for a 90 min ride with efforts before doing the 5km Park Run.

Brisbane is a swim and windtrainer session from the Valley Pool starting at 6am on Saturday morning. You’ll need a tri suit or something similar to wear on the wind trainer.

On Sunday the long course athletes are meeting at 5.30am Valley Pool for the Redcliffe, Deception Bay, Burpengary Loop for 4-4.5hrs.

LAST WEEK’S BLOG FROM STEPHEN GAGE

In last week’s Weekly Transitions there was a blog by our new Coach on the Sunshine Coast Stephen Gage. Unfortunately we cut it off too early so here is the whole blog for your reading:

Weighing in on the weight debate

Talking with friends the other week about all things Tri and the topic of weight came up, as it usually does. What’s a good race weight? Does an extra kilo really matter?.

Now we all need to be careful here because it’s an issue of health and people are prone to take this stuff to extremes. The ex-pro Peter Reid springs to mind, I think even he would say his weight obsession was crazy, but I have heard of age groupers who weigh all their meals and count every single calorie. That’s extreme!

Lets look at the individual sports:

In the swim a bit of extra weight actually has its advantages. Some of the world’s best swimmers are heavy. It helps with buoyancy and body position, bit like ballast in a ship. But given in an Ironman we race in wetsuits, this advantage is minimised. Ie the wetsuit performs this task for us.

On the bike, weight can also help when we ride solo in a straight line and over a relatively flat course (like IM racing). Cancellara is a good example of this, the heaviest guy in the TDF peleton is a consistent TT performer. His extra weight (muscle not fat) increases his power. However Spartacus doesn’t ride solo for 180kms and, over an undulating or hilly course, (Port Mac?) it’s almost a case of lighter the better.

However on the run, its just you. 100% weight bearing You. Here’s where the weight matters, and matters big time.

Lets look at the numbers:-