Welcome to this week's newsletter. News - We have fixed the dates for our kids triathlons at Waikanae this Summer. The first event will be on Sunday 9 December with another event planned for 24 March 2019. You can now enter the first event here. Full details on our website and on the Facebook event page. These events are low-key, lots of fun, super-cheap to enter and open to all primary school-aged children. Thanks to the fantastic support of Thrive Chiropractic on Kāpiti Road, Paraparaumu, the first 30 online entries will receive a free water bottle (to collect at the event).
Race results - Well done to the three club members (Peter Ellis, Liliani Cuevas-Haxton and Rob Calder) who took part in the Bernie Portenski Memorial Trophy (formerly the Round the Masts event). Results here.
- Last week I completely missed Sandi Cooper's fantastic run at the Taupō 50km Ultra. Sandi completed the event in 6:02:59. The results are here. Well done Sandi!
Please let me know if you've taken part in an event (preferably before Wednesday) so it can be included in the newsletter (we do really like to celebrate performances).
Training article of the week- Each week, we highlight a training article that might be of interest to runners and triathletes. If you've read an interesting training article recently, let us know and we'll include it in an upcoming Training article of the week!
- Those of you that were at the club's 50th celebrations last weekend would have seen that none of us are getting any younger...! So this week's article takes a look at how to find and maintain peak performance as a masters athlete.
Upcoming eventsClub and interclub events (see our club calendar for more) - Sunday 11 November - Manawatu Tri Club duathlon (this will be our club duathlon championships)
- Monday 19 November - Event 1 of our Summer 5k series, Waikanae. More details to come.
- Sunday 9 December - Waikanae Kids Triathlon, Waikanae Park and Swimming Pool, Ngarara Road, Waikanae
- We've tentatively fixed the dates for the Summer 5k series for 2018/19 - 19 Nov, 3 Dec, 17 Dec, 7 Jan, 14 Jan, 28 Jan, 11 Feb, 25 Feb, 11 Mar, 25 Mar. More details to be confirmed but stick the dates on the wall planner with a big circle round them.
Other events - Saturday 27 October - Neon Night Walk/Run, Porirua
- Sunday 4 November - Feilding Marathon (and 1/2 marathon, 10km and 5km) The longest-running marathon in the southern hemisphere, apparently!
- Saturday 10 November - Rimutaka Rail Trail Run & Walk
- Sunday 11 November - Foxton Beach Fun Run
- Check out Manawatu Tri Club's website for details of their triathlons and duathlons.
- Kāpiti Parkrun is on every Saturday morning, 8am at Otaihanga Domain. A free, timed 5km along the Waikanae River. Head to the Parkrun website to register and print off your barcode.
- The Wellington Waterfront 5k series is now underway on Tuesday evenings throughout the Summer.
- The club lists all our events, and some others in the region, on our club google calendar: http://bit.ly/2oNDQUU. You can add the calendar to your own google account and never miss another club event!
- The NZ Running Calendar includes triathlon, swim, bike, run, obstacle course and mountain bike events and even film festivals and expos! And if you see an event that takes your fancy and think it would be a good one for the club to attend 'gang-handed', post ideas to our Facebook page.
Training and club sessions - Wednesday nights - meet at 5.45pm at the Coastlands Aquatic Centre for a social run.
- Junior training - Check the website for details of the junior sessions and join the Facebook Group for junior training announcements and info.
- Anyone wanting to publicise a training session or looking for training partners, please get in touch and we can put the word out.
- You can also use our Club Strava Group to create and publicise events (get on the group if you're not already!)
Club membership - We are always keen to attract new members. You can join online here. Our membership flyer is here. If you want to know what else you get from membership of an Athletics NZ affliated club, check out the member benefits here. In addition, you will receive heavily discounted entry (or even free entry) at the majority of our club events, discounted squad fees, be able to run at inter-club events and be eligible for representative teams. We are affliated to Triathlon NZ and have a number of keen triathletes (and accredited coaches) in the club. We also have a number of social functions throughout the year. If you want to train and compete with the club, you can join us here. Any questions, ask one of our friendly committee members.
Other stuff - Call for newsletter items - if you want some company to train with, you've got a flash new bike and want to sell your old steel workhorse or you've just smashed your half marathon PB (or anything else that might be newsworthy) let us know for inclusion in the next newsletter.
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