BTC sessions over Xmas and New Year

 All of our sessions will take a break between Xmas and New Year with the exception of the Bolton One Senior Swim which will go ahead on Thu 29th Dec but at an earlier time 7 to 8pm. The last Bolton One swim before Xmas will be on Thu 22nd Dec but also at the earlier time 7 to 8pm. The first Bolton One session after New Year will be on Thu 5th Jan and normal time slot will resume from then on 7.30 to 8.30pm

So Bolton One sessions will be held as follows

Thu 22nd Dec 7 to 8pm

Thu 29th Dec 7 to 8pm

Thu 5th Jan 7.30 to 8.30pm

For all the other sessions the last one before Xmas and the first one in New Year are listed below. 

Smithills Junior Swim Thursdays. Last one tonight 15th Dec. First one back Thu 12th Jan

Farnworth Junior and Senior Swim sessions Saturdays. Last one Sat 17th Dec. First one back Sat 7th Jan

Turton Senior Swim Sessions Tuesdays. Last one Tue 20th Dec. First one back Tue 3rd Jan

Horwich Early morning senior swim session Fridays. Last one Fri 16th Dec. First one back 6th Jan

Leverhulme Park sessions Mondays. Last one 19th Dec. First one back 9th Jan

Due to poor attendance and pressures on the club finances the committee have yet to decide whether to continue the Horwich Sat Senior Swim session in the New Year. The options are to hire only 3 lanes if the pool agree to that and they haven't yet decided  or to cancel it all together. Will let everyone know soon as a decision has been made

Have a good Xmas everyone

Tameside Junior Duathlon and Adult Go-Tri Duathlon 21st August 2022

Bolton Tri Club are running these events on 21st August at the Tameside Cycle Circuit, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 9HG from 12.00 - 3.30 pm.  Final Event information including briefing and start times is below. 

Final Event Information for Tameside Duathlon 2022

We ran these events successfully in 2018 and 2019. It is a great venue with a 1km off road tarmac cycling track. The run is on the adjacent playing field. There will be chip timing provided by What's My Time and race commentary. 

A list of participants in each age group is below

Start List for Tameside Duathlon 2022

This is a smoke free event “We know most smokers want to quit and wish they’d never started. Let’s stop our children from seeing smoking behaviour as normal and not smoke around them” Tameside Council

The ages for each event are in brackets, e.g. Tristart 1 (9 – 10), and are the ages on 31.12.22. *

Entries closed on 16/08/2022    10.00am                                                                 No entries on the day

Event                                                                  Distances                                                          Start Time

Tristart Duathlon (8 or above*)                         Run 400m/Bike 1.5k/Run 400m                        12.10 

Tristar 1 Duathlon (9 –10 or above*)                  Run 1.2k/Bike 4k/Run 400m                           12.30

 Tristar 2 Duathlon (11 –12 or above*)                Run 1.2k/Bike 6k/Run 800m                          13.05 

Tristar 3 Duathlon (13 –14 or above*)                Run 1.8k/Bike 8k/Run 800m                           13.40 

Youth and Junior Duathlon (15 –19)                   Run 2.4k/Bike 10k/Run 1.2k                           14.30

Go Tri Duathlon for Adults/17+                           Run 2.4k/Bike 10k/Run 1.2k                          14.30 

BTC training sessions and how to book them.

First of all you need to be a BTC member to book a session and you can join via this link bookitzone . For bookitzone you need to create an account/register but this takes 2 minutes

If you are interested in joining but want to try a session first please contact chairman@boltontri.com or a committee member and we will book you in for an introductory session. After that you will need to join to attend further sessions

We now use a system called ClubSpark for session booking. This requires payment on booking. The link is below. Please save it to your favourites.  Each session comes up for booking 7 days in advance.

https://clubs.britishtriathlon.org/BoltonTri 

How to register

The first time you use it you will need to register via the red register button at top right corner of page. If you are not a tri club member but you just want to book sessions for your child who is a member then register in your name and use your dob. Once you have registered, created a password and are signed in click on the training tab on the top menu. Go to the session you want to book. It will ask if you want to book yourself in or there is an option to 'add athlete' . If you are booking your child then use the add athlete option. You will have to enter their dob and other details but you won't have to do this every time. Please enter an e-mail address for the booking confirmation and an emergency contact number for them. After first booking it will keep their details

Please note that bookitzone and ClubSpark are separate systems so you will need to register on both. 

If you are or have been a British Triathlon member ClubSpark may recognize your e-mail and ask you to register/sign in using your British Triathlon account. Please note being a Bolton Tri Club member is not the same as being a British Triathlon member.  Let us know if you have problems and we might be able to help you. You can also contact membership@britishtriathlon.org who are usually very helpful. There is a forgotten password option on the ClubSpark log in page

The sessions we have available are as follows. If they change we will update this post.

Leverhulme Park sessions

Mondays Younger Juniors run/bike 7 to 8 pm ages 7 to 10

Mondays Older Juniors run/bike 7.30 to 8.40pm ages 10 to 15

Mondays Mark's Tortoises Run group 7 to 8.10pm - seniors/14+

Mondays Neil's running groups 7 to 8.10pm - seniors/14+

£3.00 plenty of space on all sessions

Turton Pool sessions

Tuesdays 8 to 9pm - seniors/14+ must be able to swim 200m continuous front crawl. Limit of 20 

Tuesdays 9 to 10pm - seniors/14+ this session includes a coached lane for front crawl beginners/improvers

£5.00

Smithills Junior Pool session

Thursday 7 to 8.15 - juniors who can swim at least 100m front crawl with correct breathing technique and at least 50m of backstroke and breast stroke. Limit of 16. By invitation - ask a coach

£3.50

Bolton One Swim session 

Thursday 7.30  to 8.30 - seniors/14+ must be able to swim 200m continuous front crawl. Limit of 22

£5.00

Farnworth swim sessions

Saturday Juniors 3 to 4pm - all abilities but must be able to swim 100m any stroke. Limit of 30

£3.50

Saturday Seniors Front Crawl beginners 3 to 5.15pm £5.00

Saturday Seniors 4 to 5.15pm - all abilities £5.00

Horwich Swim Session

Friday Early Morning Swim From 5.00 to 6.45 am (or you can arrive at 5.30am) - competent front crawl swimmers (no sessions in August)

£5.00

For swim sessions please bring along any swim training kit that you own e.g. fins, pull buoys, hand paddles, kickboards

Paying for training by direct debit

If you are going to train regularly more than once a week it will probably be worthwhile setting up a direct debit with us. To do so e-mail treasurer@boltontri.com .  Once you have set up your direct debit you can then book sessions up to 3 weeks ahead giving 7 days notice by e-mailing bookbtc732@gmail.com

The current rates are 

Plan	Monthly Direct Debit
Individual Junior	18.00
Individual Adult	25.00
1 Adult 1 Junior	38.00
Small (2+1) Family	42.00
Large Family	52.00

2022 membership now open

Bolton Tri Club membership is now open for 2022 at 

If you have not used BookitZone before you will need to register but this only takes a minute or two. There is a 10% early bird discount if you renew or join before 31st January. Membership runs from the date you apply to 31st January 2023. 

Club Zoom Session Strength and Conditioning 13th April

If you missed the club zoom session on Monday night you can click here to see the S&C  session plan and have a go yourself

Paula's plank and wall sit challenge

A challenge for you all! The 90 second wall squat and plank challenge. Wall squat first then straight into the plank. See if you can build up to doing it everyday. The wall squat will help strengthen the legs and the plank will strengthen the core. It’s tough ! My legs were shaking after 90 seconds ! If you need to, build it up from 30 seconds, then 60 seconds then 90 seconds ! And if you want finish with a headstand ! Ha !

Craig's Strength and Conditioning Challenge

So a bit of a S&C challenge to keep everyone occupied, as we are triathletes we do things in 3's so... 30 pressups, 30 air squats and 3mins Plank. This can be split up in to however many sets you need to complete the 30 reps/3 mins so in my case it was 3x10 pressups, 30 air squats and 3x1min plank. Try to fit this in when you can, every day or whenever it fits in to your training plans. Let us know how you get on on facebook and try to progress this month to get to one set of each exercise. Good Luck
BTW Lynne added 30 lunges to the challenge and the plank can be split into 1min on front. 1min L side, 1min R side

Swim Specific Strength and Conditioning Session

Don Whiley, GB triathlete, personal trainer and swim coach, has designed this session for us.

Click here to watch the video

Hi hope everyone is keeping healthy. Here are some swim focused strength and core exercises for those wanting some ideas to keep the swim muscles activated. Hope you enjoy them.

Warm up
3 x through
20 Jacks / 20 high knees

Main
10 catapillar Press up
10 Jump squats
30 Bird Dog (15 each leg)
10 swing arm crunches
10 x mountain climber
30 sec superman

You can either run straight through and take a rest at the end of each round or rest between reps. Enjoy and have some fun with these exercises.

Don

Craig's Turbo session

10-15 minutes: Warm-up
– 3×30 seconds: At Zone 3–4 with 30 seconds rest
– 2 minutes: Easy spin
– 5 minutes: Steady tempo—85 RPM. Make it hurt, but keep it within your limits.
– 2 minutes: Easy spin
– 8×1 minutes: Grinders: Low cadence, high gears, stay seated. Your heart rate should be near lactate threshold. Recover with 1 minute of soft pedaling after each rep.
– 4×30 seconds: Grinders: Low cadence, high gears, get out of the saddle! Recover with 30 seconds of seated soft pedaling.
– 5-10 minutes: Cool-down

Indoor Hill Rep Challenge

BTC Indoor Hill rep challenge until next Friday 3rd April 12 noon. How many times can you climb your stairs in 5 mins?

Best junior wins an Easter egg

Best senior wins a pack of toilet roll (if Morrisons have any)

If you live in a bungalow you are not eligible. To make it harder wear a back pack full of books.

Click here to see video

BTC Salt Ayre Junior Duathlon 2020 and BTC Go-Tri Duathlon for adults both postponed till later in the yearor entries

Bolton Tri Club are running a junior duathlon and a Go-Tri short distance duathlon for adults at Salt Ayre Sports Centre in Lancaster which was to be on Sunday 5th April 1 to 4pm. A new date will be arranged once the corona virus pandemic is over and sport is allowed again. The junior races will start at 1pm and the adult event will start between 3 and 3.30pm. The cycle is in a tarmac off road cycle track and the run is on the athletics track next door. However the Youth and Junior and Go-Tri events will use a run course on the cycle path alongside the River Lune  and then finish on the athletics track. 

Entry for the junior events and more information about the distances and age categories go to 

https://www.britishtriathlon.org/events/BTC-Salt-Ayre-Junior-Duathlon-2020_12136

For information and entry for the Go-Tri duathlon for adults go to

https://www.britishtriathlon.org/events/GO-TRI-BTC-Salt-Ayre-Duathlon_12130

Please note we only take entries on-line and there are no entries on the day. The closing date for entries is 31st March. 

We hope to get as many of our juniors as possible taking part. There is a shorter distance race for 11 to 16 year olds who don't want to do their age group category distances which are longer. The Go-Tri event for adults is  good for newcomers and parents who want to give it a go and good training for more experienced triathletes. r

Look forward to seeing your entries

BTC New Year 5k and 2.5k

We would also like to thank everyone who took part whether you were running, marshaling, bringing cakes and raffle prizes or just cheering on the runners. We were expecting no more than 100 runners but 170 of you turned up ! So apologies for not having enough medals and race numbers and for the organised chaos at the finish and the start. Since there was no on-line entry and timing was done by hand it is going to take me some time to enter all the names, numbers and times on to a spreadsheet but it will be done in a week or so. I know we will have missed some people out. Anyway the main thing was everyone enjoyed themselves and went home with a sense of achievement, lots of children did it and we raised £715 for Bury Hospice.😀😀

Monday night junior sessions

We have now been allowed back on the track for cycling and running. 

We have reverted to the session times we had before the track closure. Younger group 7 to 8.10pm and older group 7.30 to 8.45pm. If any of the older group want to they can join in strength and conditioning with Jim between 7 and 7.30 providing they are going to take it seriously.

Line painting has been postponed till 2020 and is dependent on weather conditions. There is no set date as yet but  when it does happen the track will be closed for 2 weeks. 

We have been asked by the council to comply with the following guidance.  

'One of the biggest differences that users will see with the new surface is that water drains through it and away, rather than lying on the surface. To ensure that the pores in the surface continue to operate effectively it is important that dirt does not get onto the track to block them. It is therefore essential that any footwear or equipment (bike wheels etc) to be used on the track is clean before use.

The other factor to prolonging the life of the track is to even out the wear as much as possible. To this end we would ask that athletes do not use the inside 2 lanes unless essential for the training/ competition taking place.'

So please ensure your bikes and trainers are free of mud and dirt before you come and we will be doing some checks. If a bike is too dirty you won't be allowed to use it for the session. We will mark off the inside 4 lanes and if the training activity does not need accurate distances then run outside the markers and follow your  coach's instructions. The younger group will use the outside 4 lanes for cycling between 7 and 7.30 so warm up running should be done on inside lanes up to 7.30.. The older group will do a cycle session from 8.15 to 8.45 when all running has finished.

Wednesday run session will be back again from Wed 8th January 2020  All abilities catered for. The regular coaches will be Ann Butler and George Butler. Older juniors welcome too. £3 for this session unless you pay by standing order.

Results: Tameside Junior Duathlon and Adults GO-TRI Duathlon

All the results can be seen here. Well done to everyone who took part. The effort, energy, perseverance and sporting attitude of all participants young and old was wonderful too see. 

Some competitors did not complete enough bike laps. Their times are still shown but they have not been placed and are marked dnf as they didn't complete the full course.

Thanks to Graham and Julie from What's My Time who provided a superb service with the timing, and results

We would also like to thank the following for their contributions, the race referee Steve Spamer, the NW Children’s Series Co-ordinator Paul Ekgren, the Tameside Cycle Circuit Management Group (who are all volunteers), Tameside Council for permission to use the playing field (and cutting the grass) and ASDA for donation towards the goody bags

Finally we would like to thank all the volunteers from Bolton Tri Club without whom this event could not happen

BTC Junior Grand Prix 2019

To list of events in our club junior grand prix is below. To see an explanation of the rules and end of season awards for taking part click here

At each of these events you will find other club members taking part and club coaches there to advise and assist you. Look out for the BTC feather flag.

The Grand Prix is made up of 8 events open to 8 to 16 year olds in Tristart, Tristar 1, 2, 3 and Youth categories and 8 events open to 17 – 19 year olds in the junior category. 

Bolton Tri Club Aquathlon (an event for our members only) Sat 30th March - completed

Bolton Tri Club Duathlon (an event for our members only) date and venue tbc

Chester Aquathon 12th May (not juniors 17 to 19) - completed

Salt Ayre Duathlon  19th May

BATS Trawlerman Triathlon 9th June

Salt Ayre Triathlon 16th June

Cholmondeley Castle Series Triathlon 22nd June (juniors only 17 to 19))

Wirral Triathlon  7th July.

Bolton Duathlon 11th Aug


Most of these events are already open for entries. Go to https://www.britishtriathlon.org/north-west/juniors/series-events for information and entry links

Open Water Swimming at Elton Sailing Club in Bury 2019

To register for open water swimming at Elton click here 

Before completing the from you must read the safety leaflet

Bolton Tri Club are hosting open water swim sessions at Elton Sailing Club in Bury which start on Tue 14th May and run every Tuesday until 1st September. You can swim anytime between 5 and 8 pm. Wet suits are compulsory. There are changing rooms and hot showers. To save everyone time we ask people to register on-line beforehand - there will be no paper registration forms. It is £5 a swim or £3 for Bolton Tri Club members. For juniors it is £3 a swim or £2 for BTC members. But you can get free swims if you provide kayak safety cover for an hour. The registration fee for non-BTC members is now £3 for the rest of the season.  

We have monthly training aquathons with a choice of distances. The next ones are June 9th and 20th August. There may be other events or coaching sessions during the season.  Also catch us on Facebook search  for 'Open Water Swimming at Elton Sailing Club'. 

Directions to Elton Sailing Club. Use this postcode if relying on SatNav BL8 2BR
If travelling down Bolton Road (A58) towards Bury turn right at the Wellington Pub into Kitchener Street signposted Elton Reservoir and Cygnet Hospital. At end of Kitchener St turn right into Buller Street. Turn left over a small bridge signposted Cygnet Hospital. Once over bridge bear right and down lane to Sailing Club.

Parking. The sailing club car park sometimes gets completely full so please do not park on the lane and impede access for emergency services vehicles should they be needed. Instead you can park on Buller Street and walk down the lane or park on Buckingham Drive BL8 2DH at the end of which turn left and there is a footpath that goes across a field to the Sailing Club. 

Critical Swim Speed Training at Farnworth senior session

the results from 12th January Saturday senior swim session are attached 

 2019 Critical Swim Speeds for 100m.pdf

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We did 200m and then 400m later in the session. These times have been used to work out your critical swim speed per 100m. This corresponds to lactate threshold pace i.e. swim faster than this and you start to go into your anaerobic zone building up lactic acid and being unable to sustain the pace. 

For those who missed it we will be repeating the tests on 16th Feb or or you can time yourself and send me your times. The Critical Swim Speeds will be used to allocate swimmers to lanes and to determine your interval times for main sets. 

For triathlon where we swim long distances it is your aerobic capacity (and technique) that will determine how fast you can complete a 400m, 750m or 1500m swim. The most efficient way to improve your aerobic capacity is to work at lactate threshold pace or just below i.e. sustained speed with short recoveries. The CSS pace may seem comfortable at the start of a 1200 or 1500 main set but it is a challenge to keep the pace up as the set goes on with only short recoveries.

Go to the Swim Smooth website if you want to know more about this http://www.swimsmooth.com/training.html#ixzz53IYGojZL. Here you will also find advice on designing your own sessions based on your 100m CSS. Basically you do 100m repeats on 100m CSS +10secs or 200m repeats on 2 x 100m CSS + 20secs or 300 repeats on 3 x 100m CSS +30secs or 400m repeats on 4 x 100m CSS +40secs. It is important not to take longer rests than this otherwise your heart rate drops and you lose the training effect.

We will repeat the tests on  16th Feb so you can see the improvement in your CSS pace from training in this way. Mind you - you will have to train and swim at least once a week, and preferably more often 

Stuart

Bolton Tri Club 2019 membership is now open

Please click on the BookitZone logo below to join Bolton Tri Club for 2019 or to renew your membership. The link on the website membership page has also been updated now. Membership will run from whenever you join until 31st Jan 2020. We do not take paper or postal applications.  If it is the first time you have used BookitZone you will be asked to register with them first but it is easy and very quick

BTC Session Attendance form 2019/2020

Club members who collect money at sessions. Please use this on-line form to record the number who attended and the money taken. The information gathered helps us to keep track of finances and helps the committee with information  to make decisions. Thanks Stuart C. Club Chairman.

BTC 2019 Club Grand Prix and Club Championship Races

We are running a club Grand Prix again in 2019. The aim of the Grand Prix to encourage members to do events with their club mates and to encourage a bit of friendly competition within the club. The committee have taken into account all feedback received and selected the following events for 2019. We have focused on local sprint and standard distance triathlons but have also included a middle distance; a couple of duathlons; and an aquabike (swim/bike). Most events get booked up well beforehand so get planning. Men and women will be scored separately 

The scoring system will be as in previous years, 50 points for first club finisher, 45 for second, 40 for third, 39 for fourth, 38 for fifth, 37 for sixth and so on plus points for age group finish position in the whole race. If you finish 1st in your triathlon age group you get 40 - 1 = 39 points. If you finish 2nd in your age group you get 40 -2 = 38 points and so on. If you are 40th or below in age group you get 1 point. Triathlon age groups are in 5 year bands For each member their 5 best scores from events will count. This scoring system deliberately favours participation, the more events you compete in the better chance you have of winning.

You might be interested in checking out the 2018 Grand Prix results

The Bolton Tri will be the Club Sprint Tri Championship Race

The Ripon Tri will be the Club Standard Distance Tri Championship Race

The Holcombe Duathlon will be the Club Duathlon Championship Race

There will also be an award for the first Club finisher in the Deva Divas Womens Sprint Tri

Race	Type	Date	2019 Price (BTF Members)	Link
West Lancs Spring Triathlon	Sprint Tri (Pool)	14/04/2019	£44	http://www.epicevents.co.uk/triathlons/west-lancashire-spring-triathlon.html
Oulton Park Spring Duathlon	Standard Duathlon	TBC (Apr 2019)	TBC	http://www.xtramileevents.com/events/
Horwich Triathlon (Pool)	Standard (ish) Tri (Pool)	05/05/2019	£44	http://www.epicevents.co.uk/triathlons/horwich-pool-triathlon.html
St Annes Triathlon	Sprint Tri (Pool)	19/05/2019	£39	https://bookitzone.com/tim_armit/WP2FFX
Southport Triathlon	Standard Tri (OW)	19/05/2019	£59	http://www.epicevents.co.uk/triathlons/southport-triathlon.html
Rossendale Sprint	Sprint Tri (Pool)	26/05/2019 tbc	TBC	https://www.rossendaletriathlonclub.com/the-triathlon
Deva Middle distance	Middle Distance Tri (OW)	02/06/2019	£95 early bird	https://www.chestertri.org.uk/our-races/deva-triathlon/
Bolton fun tri	Sprint Tri (Pool)	09/6/2019	TBC  possible BTC discount	http://www.nhstriathlon.co.uk/
Ripon Triathlon Festival	Standard Distance/ Aquabike (OW)	29/06/2018	TBC	https://ripontriathlon.co.uk/
Deva Divas (female only)	Sprint Tri (OW)	14/07/2018	£45	https://www.chestertri.org.uk/our-races/deva-divas/
Salford Triathlon	Standard Tri (OW)	28/07/2019	£64.90	http://www.salfordtriathlon.com/
West Lancs Summer Tri (Pool)	Sprint Tri (Pool)	TBC (August 2019)	£44	http://www.epicevents.co.uk/triathlons/west-lancashire-summer-triathlon.html
Fleetwood Triathlon	Sprint Tri (Pool)	15/09/2019	£39	https://bookitzone.com/tim_armit/WP2FFX
Holcombe Mountain Trial Duathlon	Duathlon	TBC (September 2019)	£20	https://holcombeharriers.com/holcombe-mountain-trial-duathlon-2/