VDOT times based on recent time trial

Here are VDOT times and paces based on the last time trial - get familiar with your paces and remember them as we will be using them on the track through the winter! (Also get familiar with the multiples -eg- where you should be at 800 or 1200m etc.. if you are on T/I /R Pace)

These times aren't an exact science, you may have had a bad day on the time trial or be feeling good on another day, but they are usually a good guide to what you can maintain over the distances and effort level. So try to stick to them if you can when running the sets and see how you go and hopefully you will improve to the next VDOT up in time.   

Nick

Bolton Tri Club swim hats have arrived

They will be on sale from tomorrow at club sessions £5 each

Club juniors MTB try a trail session at half term

We have made a group booking for a Mountain Bike Try a Trail session at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester on Friday 31st October 2.30 to 4.30 pm. This will be lead by coaches from the National Cycling Centre where they have an outdoor  MTB skills zone and MTB trails of varying grades of difficulty. We will start learning some MTB techniques on the skills zone and then progress to riding one of the trails. For information on what is involved go to

http://www.nationalcyclingcentre.com/mtb/the-mountain-bike-trails/mtb-sessions/ 

There are 16 places and it will cost £10 a head which includes a bike and helmet or you can bring your own. Ages 9 to 16. Contact Stuart at chairman@boltontri.com if you are interested. It will be first paid first served. It is a great way to improve bike handling skills and no experience of Mountain Biking is required but you do need to be confident on a bike.

Bolton Tri Club 2014 Awards and Party.Sat 22nd Nov

The recent  committee meeting decided we would hold the 2014 awards night in 2014 rather than wait till after Christmas. The event has been booked with a pie and peas buffet, disco and there will be a raffle

Saturday 22^nd November – Bolton Tri Club  2014 Awards and Party. Little Lever Cricket Club, Victory Road, Little Lever BL3 1JB 7.30 pm. Tickets Adults £5 Kids £3 

Tickets will go on sale in a couple of weeks. We had a full house last year and we will need to know numbers to make sure we have enough pies so please get a ticket in advance.

Awards are given for juniors and seniors as follows

Seniors

• Triathletes of the Year male and female
• New Ironmen
• Club championships winners at Duathlon, Aquathlon, Sprint Triathlon, Standard Distance and Deva Divas women's triathlon

Juniors

• Triathletes of the Year male and female
• Most improved boy and girl
• All junior members who have completed a triathlon, aquathon or duathlon in 2014

Please put the date in your diary. Any donations for the raffle are welcome and if anyone can approach any companies or shops for prizes that would be wonderful

r

Important news about Monday night session

On Monday we had 54 juniors at the Leverhulme Park session and the week before we had well over  40.  We used all the bikes in the container and some children had to 'share' a bike. Numbers have been increasing for a while now as more people find out about the club and children bring their friends. It's good to see but we don't have the required number of coaches, bikes or space. We can't take in more and more children so we need to take some urgent action. Also some of the children attending are not members, don't bring a bike and have not provided a parental consent/emergency contact/medical form. The large number of children also made it difficult for the adult run session

After consultation with the committee we are implementing the following

1. Next week we will inform all juniors/parents at registration that from the following Monday 22nd September the session will be members only. Non members will be given a membership form and a parental consent/emergency contact/medical form to fill in or bring back the following week with a payment of £5 for the remainder of the year's membership. (This is pro rata to the annual membership for juniors of £15 which runs starts on 1st Jan)

2. We urge members to bring their own bike if at all possible. The bikes in the container were intended to be used by new attenders until they got their own bike or their parents got a bike carrier.

3. We will monitor attendance for the next 3 sessions and if numbers continue to be above 40 then we close membership for juniors until the end of the year and start a waiting list. Also we discourage members inviting friends along for the next 3 Mondays while we monitor.

4. We are ending the practice of giving children the first session free of charge

5. Adult and junior coaches will get together to discuss how to run junior and senior sessions safely alongside each other

6. We will discuss the overall issue at the next committee meeting on Tue 30th Sept. The above measures are aimed at managing the issue short term but obviously we will need to come up with some longer term solutions and ultimately we will need more coaches and sessions if we are going to expand so any offers to help are welcome.

Thanks for your co-operation

Stuart