2018 membership now open

Please click on the BookitZone logo below to join Bolton Tri Club for 2018 or to renew your membership. 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

5k Run Benchmark 8th Jan 2018

Click the link for the results from Monday night 5k run benchmark test. Any queries speak to Andy Bassett  5k Times Leverhulme Run Session  Well done everyone

Running Time Trials

Running Time Trials outcomes from the Arena last Wednesday. If there are any errors/omissions let me know. Time trials are a great way to measure and to make progress. As we move towards the season when people are competing at weekends, the Wednesday session is great as a mid-week focus after some recovery. Don't feel intimidated about taking part on a Wednesday, all runners are welcome.

Name	800 metres	3200 metre	800 metres
Andy Taylor	2.42	12.08	2.45
Colin Gregory	2.49	11.53	2.49
Sam Wardle	2.27	10.51	2.22
Andy O’Reilly	2.59	13.07	3.10
Dean Jackson	2.59	14.03	3.10
James Chadwick	3.03	14.20	3.24
Andrew Sykes	3.38	13.10	3.14
James Taylor	3.26	17.06	3.45
Elizabeth Caldwell	3.24	16.00	3.23
Jas Holt	3.24	16.55	3.38
Libby Murphy	4.05	18.38	4.09
Fiona	4.29		4.16
Sam	4.43	15.10 (6 laps)	4.47

2018 Club Grand Prix and Club Championship races

Club Grand Prix and Club Championships

We are running a club Grand Prix again in 2018. At the last AGM members asked us to run Grand Prix to encourage members to do events with their club mates and to encourage a bit of competition within the club. The committee have selected the following events for 2018. We have been requested to include a middle distance event which we have done. We have included 3 standard and 3 sprint distance races, a duathlon and an aquabike (swim/bike). They are listed below. We have tried to avoid the most expensive events. Most events get booked up well beforehand so get planning. Men and women will be scored separately

The scoring system will be 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

Decathlon Duathlon – when and if it is  held

6th May Horwich Triathlon pool http://www.epicevents.co.uk/

27th May Rossendale Sprint Triathlon pool http://www.rossendaletriclub.co.uk/

3^rd June Deva Standard Distance ow £68 https://www.chestertri.org.uk/our-races/

10^th June EpicMan Lancs Half Ironman ow http://www.epicevents.co.uk/

30^th June (Saturday) Ripon Standard Distance or Aquabike ow £65 http://www.ripontriathlon.co.uk/

8th July Deva Divas Women's Sprint Tri ow https://www.chestertri.org.uk/our-races/

14^th July (Saturday) Ullswater Standard Distance ow £45 http://sportinaction.co.uk/ullswater-standard-triathlon/

26th August West Lancs Sprint Tri pool http://www.epicevents.co.uk/

9th Sept Fleetwood Sprint Tri pool https://bookitzone.com/tim_armit/A52FFX

30^th Sept Oulton Park Duathlon Standard Distance (for men’s GP) or Sprint Distance (for women’s GP) http://www.xtramileevents.com/events/

There will be awards for the winners and runners up in the male and female Grand Prix

Club Championship races

Sprint Distance - Rossendale Sprint Triathlon  27^th May

Standard Distance – Ullswater Standard Triathlon 14^th July (this event doesn’t get fully booked)

Duathlon – Decathlon Duathlon (if it doesn’t happen then it will be Oulton Park Duathlon)

Aquathlon – Elton Reservoir date to be announced

Awards are made to the first female and first male BTC member in these races

Run time trials Nov 2017

Second time round for our track time trials. These are repeated every 6 to 8 weeks and the aim is to reduce cumulative time and be able to run the last 800m faster than the first. Here are the results from 30th Aug and Wed 8th Nov

30.08.17
First Name	Surname	0.8k	3.2k	0.8k	Total 4.8k
Colin	Gregory	00:03:00	00:12:22	00:02:55	00:18:17
Shaun	Patten	00:03:02	00:13:02	00:02:58	00:19:02
Erica	Booth	00:03:02	00:13:02	00:02:58	00:19:02
Lee	Cooper	00:03:14	00:14:09	00:03:13	00:20:36
Sam	Marsden	00:03:15	00:14:14	00:03:18	00:20:47
Miriam	Harrison	00:03:11	00:14:30	00:03:14	00:20:55
Stuart	Carter	00:03:38	00:15:16	00:03:30	00:22:24
Ella	Carter	00:03:56	00:18:08	00:03:56	00:26:00
Abigail	Wilson	00:04:52	00:21:40	00:04:58	00:31:30
Jessica	Sammon	00:04:52	00:21:40	00:04:58	00:31:30
08.11.17
Lee	Gerrard	00:02:52	00:13:05	00:02:57	00:18:54
Erica	Booth	00:02:59	00:13:06	00:03:01	00:19:06
Andy	O'Reilly	00:03:05	00:13:06	00:02:58	00:19:09
John	Miles	00:03:14	00:13:29	00:03:18	00:20:01
Lee	Cooper	00:03:08	00:13:47	00:03:12	00:20:07
Dean	Jackson	00:03:15	00:13:55	00:03:03	00:20:13
Graham	King	00:03:17	00:14:27	00:03:07	00:20:51
Rob	Quilliam	00:03:22	00:14:31	00:03:07	00:21:00
Sam	Marsden	00:03:15	00:14:59	00:03:26	00:21:40
Aiden	Kane	00:03:20	00:15:35	00:03:23	00:22:18
Phil	Holden	00:03:30	00:15:40	00:03:38	00:22:48
Tom	Mitchell	00:03:46	00:15:47	00:03:32	00:23:05
Elizabeth	Caldwell	00:03:30	00:16:08	00:03:39	00:23:17
Jasmine	Holt	00:03:30	00:16:08	00:03:44	00:23:22
		0.8k	1.6k	0.8k	Total 3.2k
Nina	Carter	00:04:18	00:08:32	00:04:15	00:17:05
Zee	Cooper	00:04:46	00:09:35	00:04:29	00:18:50
Christine	Marsden	00:04:46	00:09:35	00:04:29	00:18:50
Lynn	Haliwell	00:04:46	00:10:33	00:05:14	00:20:33

Training Plan for an Olympic Distance Triathlon

Maybe you are planning to do an An Olympic Distance Triathlon, also known as Standard Distance Triathlon in the summer. It is a 1.5k swim, 40k bike and 10k run. Here is a 12 week plan to get you up to the required fitness for race day. Up until then, over the winter and spring, you need to build up your endurance and aerobic fitness by training at steady pace and gradually increasing distances. Also time spent perfecting your swim technique and doing some strength and conditioning work will both pay off later. For other race distances just scale training distances up or down.
Good Luck

Weekly training schedule updates

The Friday night bike session has finished for the winter and will start again next year 13th April to 28th September 2018.
The Wednesday night run session at Bolton Arena track starts at 6.45pm not 6.30 as stated on the website
The Thursday night junior swim session 7.45 to 9pm at Smithills School is now a Bolton Tri Club session. It is open to any juniors 16 and under who are in the advanced or intermediate groups at Farnworth (the top four lanes) or are at that standard. It will be included in the standing order scheme for those who subscribe to it or it will be £3 for members who are 'pay as you go'.