Women of Dirt

April 10th is shaping up to be a busy day! After the transition clinic, make plans to head downtown to McCabe's Tavern. The Women's Mountain Biking Association of Colorado Springs (WOMBA) will hosting the movie "Women of Dirt" as part of their annual fundraising event. "Women of Dirt" showcases some of the top talent in women's downhill  and freeride mountain biking. An area of mountain biking that was once dominated by men, these women are showing that anything is possible on two wheels. There will also be a silent auction for gift baskets and other goodies donated by local businesses. There is a suggested donation at the door for the movie, but don't let that stop you!! Come on down and have a good time with the Ladies of WOMBA!

Transition Clinic - 2pm, Saturday, April 10th at Memorial Park

Well, PPTCers, race season is about to begin. (...insert plug for the Falcon Groundspeed Tri on May 1 at the Air Force Academy...)  And with racing comes training for our "fourth sport." No, not post-race beer drinking...

Transitions! Heck - even our own Gazette reported on the importance of triathlon transitions last year. (and I'm a little biased since that's me in the photo). :-) And here, Tracy Thelen enters T2 at  the 2009 5430 Long Course - note the shoes still on her bike (although she hasn't given up socks yet!!)

Our own local pros, Branden Rakita and Haven Barnes, will teach us all how to:

• Set up so you can flow through transition easier
• Making going from the swim to the bike easier
• Ease going from the bike to the run.
• Flying Mounts and Dismounts from your bike.
• Tricks and samples of lubricants and powders to use so you don't get blisters.

Even the experienced triathlete can benefit from transition practice!
So come to the Pikes Peak Triathlon Club Transition Clinic
Crit Course at Memorial Park on
Saturday, April 10th at 2pm

We look forward to seeing you there!

RESULTS - National Challenge Competition

Well, folks, we did it! The Pikes Peak Tri Club rocked USAT's National Challenge Competition and WON OUR DIVISION!
Before I go into those details, here's a wrap up of February's Run Session, which was our best session. We came in 10th overall and on top of our division.

Club Standings by Run Mileage

	Club	Location	Run
1.	Hammerhead Triathlon Club	Jacksonville FL	4929.08
2.	Triathlon Club of San Diego T1	San Diego CA	4856.03
3.	Buffalo Triathlon Club	Amherst NY	4580.12
4.	Tri Fury	Andover MA	3568.6
5.	Team Fraser Multisport	Fraser MI	3409.82
6.	Silicon Valley Tri Club	Cupertino CA	3182.68
7.	DC Triathlon Club	Washington DC	3177.76
8.	Boulder Triathlon Club	Boulder CO	2538.1
9.	Alaska Tri Club White Wabid Wabbits	Anchorage AK	2468.64
10.	Pikes Peak Triathlon Club	Colorado Springs CO	2349.01

We also had two team member place in the top 10 overall!  Don Byers came in 3rd overall with 320 miles (yeah, I entered his name in the system backwards. Oops.) And Ken Kline came in 8th with 277 miles!

		Name (Club)		Run
1.		Hunter MacLean (Jet City Tri)		349.94
2.		Geof Newton (Cape Cod Athletic Club - Cape Cod Triathlon Team)		339.5
3.		Byers Don (Pikes Peak Triathlon Club)		320.28
4.		Bert Jacoby (Fredericksburg Triathlon Club)		311
5.		Matt Chojnacki (Team Fraser Multisport)		309.5
6.		Alan McMillion (Hammerhead Triathlon Club)		301.4
7.		Hendrik (Dirk) de Heer (DC Triathlon Club)		298.1
8.		Ken Kline (Pikes Peak Triathlon Club)		277.2

We averaged a whopping 73.41 miles per runner, the second highest! Guess we have a lot of folks who like to run!  Our top club runners in February were...
Male:

• Don Byers 320.28 miles
• Ken Kline 277.2 miles
• Neal Oseland 171.4

Female:

• Carol Lyndell 222 miles
• Tracy Thelen 148 miles
• Terri Lang 96 miles

Now for the overall results

2010 Overall Session Award Winners

Club: Triathlon Club of San Diego T1

Division I Club: Triathlon Club of San Diego T1

Division II Club: Pikes Peak Triathlon Club

Division III Club: Boulder Triathlon Club

Division IV Club: Tri-ATX

Division V Club:  Team Fraser Multisport

Individual Female: Pam Gudenau (Team Fraser Multisport)

Individual Male: George Marck (Tri ATX)

Woohoo! I think there might be some sort of prize for the club, but that wasn't specified in any of the emails from the contest. I'll keep everyone posted.

Top mileage winners for our club (swim + bike + run) for 3 months...

Male:

• Ken Kline: 3441.7
• Neal Oseland: 2316.24
• Branden Rakita: 1729

Female:

• Carol Lyndell: 2012.78
• Tracy Thelen: 1941.87
• Terri Walters: 1256.73

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone!!!

Awards will be given to to top mileage winner for each session and to the overall mileage winner (both male and female) at our Membership Meeting this next Thursday, March 18th at Bicycle Village (6-8pm). Hope to see you there and thanks for having fun with the National Club Challenge!
(For all national results, visit the NCC website.)

Thanks, Road ID

Road ID, makers of durable, comfortable identification products for athletes of all kinds, has agreed to sponsor the Pikes Peak Triathlon Club for the National Club Challenge. It's getting down to the wire with the swimming, cycling and running (espcially running!). The Pikes Peak Triathlon Club is holding it's own against some stiff competition. Now we have gift certificates from Road ID for awards, in addition to swag from the rest of our great sponsors.

Having identification is important both for club members and their familes. We are out on the roads, the trails and lakes during both training and racing. We all hope that nothing will happen, but if it does... Identification is key to rapid response and contacting of emergency contacts. With the variety of styles from Road ID, there is no excuse to step out the door without proper identification!

Watch out for the squirrels

My first week back to the Wendesday Lunch Workout and we had a couple of furry companions interested in the workout. The cool clouds kept the Santa Fe quiet and we also had a smaller group. Of course, the sun made an apperance after the workout was finished! We decided to mix things up a little this time, running 2x mile, half mile. This proved to be fairly challengeing for pacing.

Next week, we might have to bring some squirrel repellent. There were two squirrels that took a closer then normal interest in what we were doing. They seemed to think that we had something to give them! Even throwing snowballs at the little critters didn't disuade thier advances. We got quite the lecture from one of them after that. He retreated to the tree next to the trail and chattered at us for some time.

See you all next week

Swim workouts at Gold Gym

One of the club members, Scott W. passed along this information regarding swimming at Gold Gym. On Thursdays, there is a Noon swim workout. On Mondays and Wednesdays, there is a coach led swim workout at 7:30 AM. The coach led workout cost $5 to attend. Please also be aware that there is a $10 day use fee if you are not a member of the facility.

For more information call Terre Christensen at Gold's Gym -719-548-8400



7655 North Union Boulevard Colorado Springs, CO 80920

24 Hours of Old Pueblo 2010

Tracy Thelen, one of the Xterra athletes and mountain bike contingent in the club, headed south to Tucson, AZ a few weekends ago for the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo mountain bike race. She raced in the Co-Ed Duo class with her husband Nick. Here's a link to her (long) race report and some pictures from the trip. The sunshine looks nice after all the cold and icy weather we've had up here!

Race Report
http://tracythelen.blogspot.com/2010/02/2010-24-hours-in-old-pueblo.html

Photos
http://picasaweb.google.com/TracyThelen.triathlete/24HoursOfOldPueblo2010RacePhotos#
http://picasaweb.google.com/TracyThelen.triathlete/24HoursOfOldPueblo2010TripPhotos#