2006 IPSWICH TRI CLUB TRAINING

Thursday evening club nights

In most cases the Thursday evening club session from Greshams will be a run session but in some cases a BIKE is going to be very useful.
A rota of volunteer leads has been put together - see ITCH for current position. Senior runs & ride-outs usually start at 7:00pm.

Following the success of the recent Junior Training Day we are staging three follow up training sessions designed at preparing athletes for the forthcoming Ipswich Junior Triathlon being held in August. The sessions will be held at Greshams Sports Club on the following Thursday evenings from 6-7 pm:

29 June - Run Training
20 July - Bike Training
24 August - Transition Training

New members and juniors who haven't entered the Junior Tri are very welcome. Sessions will be staffed by qualified coaches and will be free to members and £2 to non-members.

For further details contact John Gabriel on 01394 278473.

 

Swimming - Saturday morning sessions

Swim sessions at Woolverstone School - April to July

A very good swim training session in excellent pool with qualified life guard.  Start 9am prompt for at least 1 hour with the option of bike ride afterwards.
Here are the latest planned swim dates.

June   24th

July    1st, 8th, 15th (note that the session planned for 15th, thought to have been cancelled, is now going ahead)

No swimming during summer holidays period - planned September restart 9th

The cost to each member is now £4 per session with the rest still being subsidised by the club - but please note the pool has been booked for training & improvement rather than purely recreational splashing about.

If driving, please use the car park around the corner, not the pavement outside the pool doors.

Any questions email Jeff and Tonya at bubble.squeek@ntlworld.com

Details - Jeff wrote:

Times are 0900 - 1000 prompt at Ipswich High School, Woolverstone.

This has taken a lot of organising and goodwill on behalf of the school. The pool is a 25m 6 lane excellent facility and this is an opportunity which we should make the most of.

In order to secure these sessions we have had to bring in the services of a qualified swim coach and life guard, if anyone in the club has a lifeguard qualification please let us know. It is a requirement that at least one person is not swimming for health and safety reasons (lifeguard) and all insurance is provided by the club. As long as Tonya or I are available one of us will happily do this - however there will be dates when we cannot oblige. If the swim instructor is present this will not be necessary but he may not be there every session. (Members may wish to employ him for coaching in a private capacity.)

Although Tonya and I organised these sessions we are not instructors but have a number of ideas from our club swim sessions. Everyone will be encouraged to contribute with ideas for sessions and we will of course structure as best as we can for varying abilities.

Any questions email Jeff and Tonya at bubble.squeek@ntlworld.com

Open water swimming - Tri Anglia sessions at Whitlingham Country Park
Wednesday evenings & Saturday mornings

We have been told that individuals welcome to join in with Tri-Anglia's open water swim sessions but please don't start arriving en masse - there is a maximum of 30 per session and clearly Tri-Anglia people will get priority.  The sessions are held at Whitlingham Country Park just outside Norwich, and the venue for the Norwich triathlon.

Download the registration form here. The procedures & sessions rules are shown here:

Provisional Procedures from 21st May 2005 Tri-Anglia's logo

3 swimmers minimum, 30 swimmers maximum.

No swimming if water temperature below 13 degrees C. No swimming when lightning within 5 kilometres (count of 15seconds).

To cover insurance swimmers need to be current member of BTA or BTA affiliated club

Park in Little Broad Car Park, Whitlingham Country Park.  Swim from grassy area between to two Broads.

8am Saturdays, 5.30pm Wednesdays, With effect from Saturday 21st May 2005

Some may run or cycle after swimming, participate if you wish.

Car Parking is £1 for 2 hours, £3 for the day. Annual season ticket are £16.50 available from Broads Authority, 18 Colgate, Norwich NR3 1BQ

All swimmers will pay an administration fee to Tri-Anglia of £1 per session,  pair off with a ‘buddy’ & sign on before swimming. The cost of a swim is likely to increase when facilities provided by the Out Door Education Centre (below) become available (Showers tea etc).

Artist's impression of Whitlingham Country Park's outdoor education centre.

 

Contact for Open water Swimming: Simon Edye   -  simon.edye@ntlworld.com  -  mobile 07915 089 223

Rules !

1)      All swimmers to wear wet suits

2)      All swimmers are required to complete contact form and submit at least a couple of days before swimming.

3)      Swimmers to group into pairs (or three if odd number of swimmers) of similar ability who agree to swim together. Groups to wear different colour swim hats.

4)      Names of those swimming, and groupings to be posted on Board and taken to waterside with blankets and first aid kit. Water temperature and time in water to be noted on board.

5)      Before swimming swimmers to decide on course to be swum, and any re-grouping points.

6)      Coordinator to liase with any other users of the water.

7)      When swimmers come out of the water, take names off board.

8)      Coordinator to record on Sign on Sheet, date, water temperature, and pairings

9)      All swimmers to Print name and sign Sheet. After swimming to note any incidents, comments, or suggestions.

Ipswich members who may know more - having gone along - include Grayhame & Anne Fish and Sarah Strivens.

Open water swimming – sea off Felixstowe

Susie Scorer is offering to look after some of the logistics (including that all important cup of tea afterwards!) if people are interested in sea swims off Felixstowe. Susie’s preference would be for a 6:00pm start on either a Monday or Friday.  If you are at all interested, please e-mail Susie in the first instance.

Cycling - bike improvement programme

Update:

Cycle Preparation Period Training - those who have expressed an interest in following this training will now have been e-mailed all phases of this programme - they are also posted below.
For further details please contact John Gabriel at jgcoaching@btinternet.com or 01394 278473 (home)

Downloads:

The downloads are all in PDF format so you will need to have Acrobat to view them. Contact John or Charlie if you need them in Word or Excel.

Charlie writes:

As part of his planned progression to Level 2 Triathlon Coach, John Gabriel is offering to put together a bike improvement programme.  This is all still subject to confirmation but would be aimed at providing a good preparation phase over a 12-14 week period from November [2005] – February [2006].

The programme, which would be based on one which John used with a cycle-specific group last year, would need you to have your own turbo-trainer and preferably also a heart-rate monitor and cadence meter. Commitment would entail about 5-6 hours per week of bike work: a mixture of long rides (endurance) and continued turbo work (speed/power).

If you are at all interested, please e-mail John at jgcoaching@btinternet.com in the first instance.

Running - Alton Water runs

Anybody interested in running around Alton Water on Friday mornings please contact Susannah.