Zoom Tri Club

Bike Turbo and Circuit sessions at the Chiropractic College

Hi Guy's

Good news, Jenny and Ed have arranged for us to be able to book the gym at the Chiropractic College in Parkwood Road between Boscombe and Southbourne. Our first session will be held tomorrow evening. We have the hall booked from 6pm to 8pm. I am going to suggest that we start the session at 6.30pm. If people want to get there for 6pm and set their bikes up on their turbos and get some early spinning in thats fine. Tomorrow we will do an hours spin followed by 20 minutes of core workout...mmm nice :-)

So you will need to bring a 'clean' bike(no mud in the gym please) your turbo trainer, a drink for hydration, a towel as you will sweat (I promise you!) and your heart rate monitor if you have one. The gym is well equipped and we have everything else we need. Please park out on the road not in the College car park as the Clinic will be in full use with lots of patients coming and going and I want to make sure we are good guests. We have to pay for the hall so the fee per session will be £2.00. I will be designing and coaching the sessions so all the work will be tri specific. As the gym has limited space (15-18 with the circuit) this is only open to club members.

This will mean that we will no longer be meeting on the overcliff for Wednesday night rides until the clocks change back to BST.

Look forward to seeing you at the first session tomorrow

Rob Griffiths :-)

New Fun Events for the Winter

Many of you will know that one of our Members Philip Nye is a keen and successful quadrathlete. This season he raced all over the UK at some very interesting events winning his age group in the UK race series.

For those of you that not familiar with the sport it includes kyaking as well as swim, bike run. He has sent me some winter races that are taking place and is planning to do some of these races. They sound like fun, muddy off road type events, some include kyaking and some dont. So if you looking for something slightly different and you like getting muddy :-) its worth trying some out. I have attached Philip's e-mail address and the entry forms for the events.

philip@engarts.com

Download brandy_wharf_entry_form_20072.pdf

Download duathlon_entry.doc

Download wadenhoe_winter_entry_07.08.doc 

Entry for the Great South Run

Hi Guy's,

Is any looking for and entryfor the great south run this Sunday? Contact  paddyrobbins@hotmail.co.uk

Rob

A Night of Unbelievable Victory!

I thought the England Rugby teams result was incredible and probably the most unexpected of victories and then I logged on to the internet to get the results of the Ironman World Champs in Hawaii.

British Girl Chrissie Wellington rank outsider came through the whole field to take a first ever British victory and with it set the second fastest  run split ever on the famous Kona course 2.59. She took the lead at about 100 miles on the bike and never looked back, she finished with an amazing 6+ minutes over the world class field. Leanda Cave held on for a very creditable 8th place.

The mens event was won by Chris McCormack in 8.15 after a blistering 2.42 marathon split. Read more on tri24/7.com or ironmanlive.com

Our very own Simon Mortimer put in a great performance and ran his way to a 11.30 finish completing his marathon in just over 3.30. After finishing his swim in around 1.30 Simon then procedded to move up over 500 places on the bike and run, Well done Simon we are proud of you, great finish!

Club La Santa may 1-8th 2008

Hi guys,

Tracey lander and I are organising anothet Traning Holiday at Club La Santa next year 1-8th May. Some of you that we have already spoken to about this have already shown interest and we have both recieved e-mails pledging interest. if anyone else is interested to coming please let me or tracey know ASAP as we want to book the accomodation soon. Typically the costs have ranged from around £380- £420 depending on numbers attending and numbers in apartments.

The venue is superb for Triathletes with a 50m outdoor pool, 400m track, Gym, and as much quiet road as you want to ride on. The weather is usually fantastic and on the week we will be going there is also the chance to race the Volacano Olympic distance Triathlon. I will be putting together a training schedule for the week to help people get the most out of their warm weather training hoilday.

Please let me know if you want to go, we will be looking for a deposit shortly

Rob

Running sessions up to the 10k Dash Back

Here are the next few weeks run schedule leading to the next club event the Dash Back 10k at the Chiropractic College.

Tue 16th - track - 400m and 200m speed intervals x 4

Thu 18th - endurance hills x 5

w/e 8 -10 miles

Tue 23rd - steady run to include group relay

Thu 25th - track - 8 x 400m speed intervals

w/e 8 - 10 miles

Tue 30th - steady run to include 8 mins out, 8 mins back @10k pace

Thu 1st Nov - easy run with 4 x leg turnover reps.

Sun 4th 10k race AECC dash back

Caption Comp - John looses this 100 mile virginity!

John has finally managed to finish an event and to mark this special occasion, were are having a caption contest. All those budding comediens amongst you, take a look at Johns photo on the side. Stick your caption in the comments section of this post and the winner will win a special prize - to be announced!

Zoomers storm the Hoburne 5 (with cake)

On a pleasant October morning 7 Zoomers rose to face their first post season test. Inspired by Andy Downton's call to arms (see previous post) the brave athletes gathered at the Hoburne holiday park in Highciffe. This idyllic holiday venue, a favourite amongst older people, was about to be ravaged by the zoomers' blend of speed, determination and ...cake. Rob 'the godfather' Griffiths was first to arrive, bringing armour (new club vests bargain price of £12.50) and motivational battle anthems (eric prydz, Call on Me). Jen and Steve were next to venture from their cars, with Dan closely behind. Steve noticed Dan was distant and reserved, clearly psyching himself for the race with thoughts of raw meat and ancient running rituals. Tim had stirred early  as his 'cake sense' was tingling. He and JJ were next to arrive.
Now to the race. A gently undulating 5 mile suburban course provided little in the way of visual delight but was well marshalled and the Zoomers were grateful for this, Steve in particular. Steve and Dan were aiming for 30 minutes and both were happy with their times, 30.15 and 30.28 respectively. Rob had an excellent race and was the next Zoomer home, followed by Tim who was motivated by the thought of cake and the hairgel he would soon be able to apply. Jen put in a typically strong performance to finish 3rd Lady, with JJ 4th in hot persuit. Well Done to both of you! Pete, on his first outing for the yellows, should be proud of his run, finishing with Jen and JJ. We look forward to seeing him at club sessions on a Tuesday and Thursday night.
The highlight of the day came as Jen peeled the silver foil from the huge chocolate cake which she had baked for the hungry Zoomers! The cake was atleast 12cm high and 30cm in diameter with 2 types of chocolate buttons and a sublime filling. Tim was shocked to discover that Ed had claimed a piece for himself, and it was up to Rob to calm him down.
Overall then, a thoroughly enjoyable morning's run and and even more enjoyable coffee and cake, just to confirm that nutrition really is the fourth discipline!

Have a good night guys

HOBURNE 5 MILE 11a.m. Sunday 7th October 2007

HI ALL

HOPE U ALL HAVE YOUR ENTRIES IN FOR THE HOBURNE 5 MILE RACE, I HAVE CONTACTED THE RACE DIRECTOR AND THERE OUR STILL LOTS OF PLACES STILL NOT TAKEN AND WILL BE TAKEN ENTRIES ON THE DAY NO EXCUSE'S!!

ANDY D

THE EXMOOR BEAST

HI ALL

Just when you thought it was safe to put your bike away for the winter, the Exmoor Beast rears its majestic head to give you the last chance to test yourself in what will be one of the best and most challenging cyclo-sportives of the year.............THE BEAST LINK.

ME(ANDY D) AND MIKE ARE PLANNING TO CYCLE THIS SPORTIVE ON SUNDAY 4th NOV WE WILL STAY THERE SAT NIGHT AND DRIVE BACK SUN TAKE A LOOK AT THE LINK AND DECIDE IF YOUR UP FOR IT,LOOKS TOUGH!! BUT LOOKS A GREAT SPORTIVE AS I HAVE CYCLED SOME OF ROUTE.  IF INTERESTED AND WOULD LIKE TO STAY WITH US MAIL ME AT ANDYDOWNTON@TALK21.COM.                      ANDY D