Second Pool Swim Term (nearly time for the sea!)

As mentioned in the previous post, the second term of the Sligo Triathlon Club swim training sessions get underway in March, with the first session on 9th March.

The sessions are in their second year and take place in the Sligo Regional Sports Complex Pool on Tuesday (10pm) and Friday (7pm) evenings.

Classes are structured in approach with both technique and fitness drills incorporated, all overseen by club swimming coaches. Stroke analysis by underwater video is carried out where swimmers strokes are analysed with club coaches at regular intervals. They build towards the triathlon summer season with weekly swims in Rosses Point beginning in May.

All levels of swimmers are welcome, we’ve had swimmers struggling to do ten lengths of the pool attend the sessions and go on to complete Olympic distance triathlons within a year.

The term lasts eight weeks. Places are very limited so please get in touch (sligocitytriathlon@gmail.com) to reserve your place.

Club Swim Coaching, reminder

Term 1 of swim training finishes on the week of 2nd & 5th March (next week).

Term 2 will begin the following week, 9th & 12th March with the same times and days, Tues 10pm and Friday 7pm. We’d like to confirm how many people want spaces for the second term so please contact the club swim officer at sligocitytriathlon@gmail.com to reserve your place.

Places are not automatically carried over from term 1 so make sure to get in touch if you’d like to continue. We will do another video stroke analysis session towards the end of the term. In term 2 we will continue to work on improving stroke and start working on your endurance etc as well....

Cycling News -An Post Tour of Sligo

For those of you who have not heard, the An Post tour of Sligo will take place this year on the 9th of May. This was a popular event with club members last year and with Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly lined up for the tour, this years event is garaunteed to have a large turnout. The day has events to suit all levels of ability; details can be found at: Sligo Sport and Recreation. On that theme, the Sean Kelly An Post pro cycling team will be in action in today's Het Niewsblad race from Holland -if anyone wants to check the race out it is being streamed live on the Connacht Cycling website.

Race/Training Insurance Reminder

Urgent:

Any club members participating in the forthcoming Duathlon league/ Club Time Trials/Swim Series/ Training Sessions must have a valid up to date Triathlon Ireland membership.

Anyone who intends taking out a Full License will you please renew membership or join Triathlon Ireland over the next week . This will assist the club so that people don’t take out both associate and full membership. Once you take out full membership will you forward your TI number to Wayne (sligocitytriathlon@gmail.com) for our records.

Any club members who intends only using one day license fees will you please contact Wayne immediately so he can arrange the associate memberships. The Sligo city Tri membership subscription includes associate membership of Triathlon Ireland.

Any club members who turn up on the day without a valid TI number will not be allowed participate as it puts the club at risk of not having the necessary insurance.

Only non club members who turn up on the day can participate by signing the disclaimer.

DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER AS SLIGO CITY TRI MEMBERS

Triathlon Ireland Membership Catergories (See Website)
Full:
This membership is for people who train with a club and intend to race several times during the triathlon season. You are insured for club training, and to participate in all Triathlon Ireland events, without paying a one-day-license.
The cost of Full Membership is 50 Euro.

Associate:
This membership is for people who are involved with a club and may take part in some training sessions, but do not intend to race (or only participate in a couple of races). Although you are insured to train with a club, you will have to pay a one-day license fee each time you race.
The cost of Associate Membership is 5 Euro.

Student:
You have the same benefits as a full member, but you pay a reduced fee. This is only available to full time students. Proof of student status will be required.
The cost of Student Membership is 15 Euro.

Junior:

This membership is only available to people who are 19 years old or younger on the 31 December of the year of application. Proof of age will be required (birth cert, passport). You are insured to train with a club (as long as the appropriate guidelines are followed). You are insured to participate in Triathlon Ireland children's events.
The cost of Junior Membership is 1 Euro.

2010 Duathlon Series

Dates have been set for the 2010 duathlon series, being held jointly by Sligo City Triathlon Club and Mullaghmore Triathlon Club

• Sunday March 7th, 9 a.m - Mullaghmore Car Park 2.5k run 22k cycle 2.5k run


• Sun March 28st - Rosses Pt Car Park 2.5k run 20k cycle 2.5k run


• Sun April 11th - Rosses Pt Car Park 5k run 20k cycle 5k run


• Sun April 25th -Mullaghmore Car Park 5krun 22k cycle 5k run

Carney Lisadell 10k

The annual Carney Lisadelll 10k will take place on Easter Monday 5th of April. This years charities will be STOP suicide (www.stopsuicide.ie/, 071-9164286) and the Sligo Family Resource Centre (sligofrc@eircom.net, 071-9146315). Both of these are deserving charities, and sponsorship cards can be procured from either of the charities.
Online entry through www.runireland.com is a recession proof €10, with entry on the day being €12.
The route will go from Carney Village, through the beautiful Lisadell Estate, along the sea front, and back to Carney Village. All who have taken part over the last couple of years will be keen to return, and will hopefully bring along a few friends. Afterwards there will be the usual afters in the Oxfield Sports Centre.
The runners will start at 12 noon, with walkers starting at 11:30 and kids races taking place in advance of both at 11am. The kids races will be free entry and there will be medals for all kids taking part. Further details can be gotten from Mel Casserly (086-8169126 or mel.casserly@gmail.com)

Calry 9 miler set for Sat March 6th

For anyone looking for a lung buster to test their legs on the annual Dominic O'hara 9 mile race takes place on Saturday week... be warned, this one is hilly and is the day before the Mullaghmore duathlon multisport season opener. Details are...

Registration from 11am at Club house Hazelwood Football pitch

Race starts 12 noon Sharp

Cash Prizes 1st, 2nd 3rd Male/Female,

Junior and Veteran prizes male /female

Spot prizes

Tea/Coffee refreshments provided with changing facilities

Entry Fee €10.00

Contact John Elliott 086 6286860
Zola Flynn 071 9143046

Swim technique review

Reminder to all swimmers who did video last week in the sports complex, we're doing our review at 8:30pm sharp in the sports complex on Tuesday next in the GAA room of the sports complex. Bring along a pen and piece of paper for notes. Normal pool session will take place afterwards.

Club Training Update

The Club Turbo Training sessions are going from strength to strength with about twelve members meeting in Carraroe Hall on Thursdays for a one hour bike session, followed by thirty minutes of strength and conditioning exercise.
Participants arrived at the venue, set up their own bikes and equipment and then set to work assembling the three newly purchased club turbo trainers. The new trainers are to be made available to club members for club training sessions such as this for a small fee. This is to enable new members who are interested to partake in club turbo training sessions who dont own their own trainer.

The bike part of the session is led by Colm Casey and is based on interval training. The majority of members use heart rate monitors to guage various intensity levels and train in the correct training zones. Other participants used their perception of intensity; which can be difficult to train accurately but 'does the job' to a lesser extent. This is a also a great opportunity for members to train in a group, learn some basic bike skills and get the jump on the dark winter nights and poor weather conditions .

The strength and conditioning part of the session was led by Sean Flannery. Ten circuits were laid out; consisting of ten different exercises, all with unique challenges for different people. After three completed circuits there was a sigh of relief but a great workout none the less. This will no doubt help to set down a solid base for the upcoming triathlon season, wheather your plan is to race just once or travel the country to events.
Unfortunately all club Turbo Trainers are now booked but if you have your own there are still a few places remaining.
For those of you who are interested in buying your own check out Chain Driven Cycles on High Street, who supplied the new Turbo Trainers to the club and are offering 10% discount to Sligo Triathlon members. Garys Cycles also stock Turbos, and are club sponsors. They also available online.
There are still 8 weeks left in the course so contact Wayne McNulty for further details on 0868377755 or email sligocitytriathlon@gmail.com

Club Running also continues on Wednesday at the Institute of Technology carpark at 6.30pm and Fridays at 6pm from the Sports Complex. Contact Club Run Organiser, Damien McSharry for details on 0878163852

Saturday Spin

The last few weeks have been badly affected by dangerous icy road conditions. Club cyclists have put in plenty of mind numbing laps of the dual carriage-way from Collooney roundabout to Caltragh recently and looked forward to getting back on to the secondry roads and see a bit of the Sligo scenery.
This Saturday's spin kicked off at the later than usual time of 10.30am with a group of ten or more riders heading on a nice route taking in Ballygawley, Ballintogher, Dromahair, Manorhamilton, Rosses point and then back to town. The route gave people the opportunity to head for home from Dromahair as a few of the riders are increasing their mileage gradually after the long winter layoff.
The Saturday Spin resumes next week and leaves from 9am sharp from Markievicz Park.
This is subject to change depending on weather conditions.
Contact Club Cycle organiser, Colm Casey 0876811197

SWIM VIDEO ANALYSIS

We had 35 swimmers take part in the Video Swim Analysis Session on Tuesday last. We are going to go through the videos with each swimmer on Tuesday 16th February in the GAA Room in the Sports complex beginning at 8:30pm sharp. We will then have the pool session as normal at 10pm. Anyone who got video or is interested in seeing how it works is invited to come along. Bring a USB memory stick if you’d like to download your videos for further viewing at home. If anyone has a computer projector they wouldn’t mind lending for the night please contact sligocitytriathlon@gmail.com Thanks go once again to Mark Capilitan for getting our underwater footage

Swim video analysis

We will be running a swim stroke analysis session on Tuesday 9th February at the Sports complex at 9:30pm. The session involves video recording each swimmer while swimming normally then analyzing the swimmers stroke afterwards with an aim to identify any areas for improvement. We have done this a couple of times before and found it to be an invaluable tool for stroke improvement.

Check out some footage from the last session here Sligo Tri Club on YouTube. Cameras above and below the water record each swimmer from the side and also from the front as they swim down the pool.This can catch things like a bad kick or bad body position very easily which can then be corrected.

The sit down analysis of the video will be carried out with all the swimmers on a different night and separately from the normal swim sessions. This will be carried out in one of the local community halls with details to follow once confirmed.

Each swimmer can also get a copy of their footage from the club if they bring along a USB memory stick.People's privacy will be respected and clips will not be available to anyone except the swimmers themselves.

This type of analysis is beneficial to all levels of swimmers from beginners to advanced so everyone should get involved. The idea is that people tackle problem areas in their stroke afterwards.

We have a limited time to carry this out during the Tuesday session, with that in mind we will only be recording swimmers who were not involved in our December session. Any swimmers from the Friday session who did not get video in December should come along on Tuesday 9th February. Swimmers must arrive no later than 9:30pm to allow running order etc to be set since we will be tight on time and need to start right on time.

Thanks to local photographer and club member Mark Capilitan for providing his underwater video services free of charge once again to the club (http://www.markcapilitan.com/). Contact Shane O'Doherty at sligocitytriathlon@gmail.com with any questions.

**Turbo Training Reminder**

The first night in the series of Turbo training sessions starts this Thursday 4th February at 7pm in carraroe community hall.
All participants are asked to come 20 minutes early to set up their bikes.
For further details contact sligocitytriathlon@gmail.com or phone Wayne 0868377755