meeting Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7:00PM

We’ll be having a triathlon club info meeting this THURSDAY, JAN. 21st at 7pm on the 3rd Floor of Stern. Everyone is welcome.

If you’ve sent me an email about tri club and I haven’t responded, deepest apologies. Come to the meeting and I’ll answer any/all of your questions.

If you can’t make the meeting, also not to worry as I will send out a recap email on Friday (most likely) on what we discussed at the meeting.

Things to look forward to…

Practices

Races

Uniforms

Etc.

On the uniform note, we will be placing an order for new uniforms within the next 2 weeks. If you know you are interested in a uniform, please be prepared to let me know your size at the meeting. This is extremely important. Cost will tentatively be around $60 for top and bottom. Again, more details at meeting but this is a phenomenal deal for great quality gear.

Hope to see you at the meeting. If I can help you at all before then, please email me or call (404) 514-7515.

Marina Fleming

Welcome back, Spring 2010

Tricougars!!

I hope everyone’s break was ridiculously awesome and everyone rested up well cause this season is gonna be killer!. I am currently working on our registration and getting setup for nationals this year in TEXAS. Also charleston is going to be hosting the first every charleston haf-iron man. If anyone is interested in doing this IT IS POSSIBLE. Every one of you can do it. I am currently training for the great floridian full iron man in october so i will be training for this half iron man race by this time. We will also be having 2 other collegiate races before the that we will KILL. As uniforms go, we have them and sweatpants and sweatshirts all lined up, but as everything in triathlons its gonna be kinda pricey. We have a sweet deal set up for 55 dollars top and bottom sweats with tricougars, logos and our last names BIG on the back. The uniforms are really sweet, sugoi is sponsoring them through trisports. These will be about 120 for tops and bottoms, but these are top choice quality. We will be holding a meeting sometime next week to talk about fund-raising, and to get our act together. i hope to be seeing all of you guys soon!

-Steven

Announcements

Hello all—

We had a great showing at tonight’s run, thanks to the people who came out. However, we will be changing things next week to accomodate more people.

In addition to the 5:15pm long, fast(er) run, we will have an additional 5:15pm short, slow(er) run. Hopefully this split will help out with creating similar paced groups. Both will leave from the Cistern and have group leaders.

As far as Hickory Knob is concerned, we have a handfull of people interested in racing. If anyone else wants in on this group, again let me know ASAP (by Friday at the latest) so we can start working out logistics like rooms, driving, etc. It’s a beautiful course and a great way to break into tri’s if you’ve never done one before. Only $50 before Oct.1 for the olympic distance! Steven will be going to help the group out so no one will be going solo.

Hope to see everyone out at the swim tomorrow…7:30-9pm at Stern. You don’t have to be there right at 7:30 if there’s time conflicts We’ll have a couple workouts to choose from if you’re new or experienced.

Dues

None due yet!

First Meeting, Fall 2009

Hello all–

College of Charleston Tri Club will be starting up this week with an informational meeting on Wednesday (9/16/2009) at 6:30 pm at the Cistern. We will go over practices, races, dues, the team, etc.

PLEASE COME OUT!!! I’m very excited about the number of emails I have received from you all. Remember we are a very laid back and open minded club so even if you don’t have experience, or you do, we look forward to having you.

Let me know if you have any questions before then or if you can’t make it and we’ll work something out.

SWIM BIKE RUN!

Thanks,

Marina Fleming

Training Camp

The University of Georgia is hosting a triathlon training camp March 6-8.
This is the last weekend of our spring break. It is put on by the conference, SECTC. Here is the message I received…

SECTC!
It’s looking like the training weekend will be scheduled March 6-8 at UGA. If you were at The University of Alabama last February, you know how great of a camp this is. Once again, we’ll have Justin Trolle (USAT’s Athlete Development Manager) and a lot of other great coaches.
Just this year, it will be all collegiate (no Juniors) so Justin and all the other coaches will be spending all their time with us. Also, this is a great time to meet other collegiate athletes in our conference and make tons of new friends!

Tentative Topics Covered:
Swimming (probably stroke analysis)
Cycling
Running
Transitions
Strength Training
Flexibility (Yoga/Pilates) Training
Nutrition (Collegiate Friendly)

We’ll have a catered meal one night and we will hopefully be providing some money for each team to help with Hotel rooms like we did last year.

Clinic Cost: Free. Usually clinics like this are $150/weekend. But
because this is through USAT Southeast, we can use Region money for this at no cost to you!

If anyone is interested, please let me know ASAP!!! If you don’t have plans for spring break, this is sure to be a lot of fun and a good opportunity to meet other triathletes in the conference. Again, let me know ASAP!!

Thanks,

Marina Fleming
mkflemin@edisto.cofc.edu
404 514 7515

2009 Information

Hello-

Thank you to all who came to the meeting last night, I really appreciate your attendance.

Here is a recap of all that was discussed:

1. Liability Release- I need EVERYONE to sign this so I can turn it into the director of club sports ASAP. The gist of it says that you understand the risks associated with this sport and won’t sue to college in the event that something goes wrong. In addition, it is a medical authorization form as well so again, in the event that something goes wrong, you can receive the proper medical attention. Not that we’re expecting anything to go wrong but its procedure.

2. Emergency Contact and Allergies- I need an emergency contact for everyone participating. Once again, this is a precaution. Please also list any allergies or medical issues that we need to be aware of, like asthma.

3. Practices- Based on the schedules of people in attendance, we decided on the following practice schedule. Keep in mind that this might change after it starts to get darker later and the weather warms up, but for now, this is it. PRACTICES BEGIN MONDAY JAN. 26.

Monday- Long Run, 4:30, meet at the fountain behind the library.
Tuesday- Swim 7:30-9 at the Stern Center Pool
Wed- Bike 4:00, plan on 2 hoursish, meet at the fountain behind the library.
Thurs-Swim 7:30-9 Stern Center Pool
Fri- Run 3:00, meet at the fountain behind the library
Sat- OFF
Sun- 11 am Brick (Bike then Run, so bring a change of shoes with you) Meet at 11 A Smith St. (Sorry boys, everyone volunteered your house. Let me know if this is a problem)

4. Races- Parris Island Sprint Tri Saturday March 16 and East Cooper Tri April 20th. I am in the process of finding another race, preferrably an olympic but I’ll let everyone know about that soon.

5. Shirts- Tinja is working on a design. More info to come.

6. Website- Its still there, if anyone wants to add anything let me know.

7. Uniforms- We’re working on it.

8. Budget- We’ll find out Monday or Tuesday how much we either get or don’t get. As soon as I find out, you will too.

9. Dues- I HATE saying this but we need to start incorporating dues. It will be something small, $50 a semester but it is neccessary. We haven’t had them before because we were a new club and we didn’t want to chase anyone away. However, they are now neccessary in order for us to get money from the school. They need to see that we are creating funds on our end as well and putting forth equal effort. You WILL get this money back however in the form of a race registration, tshirt, etc. More on this to come…

Thanks again and as always, let me know if I can answer any questions.

Marina Fleming
mkflemin@edisto.cofc.edu
404 514 7515

January Meeting

We will be having an informational meeting this THURSDAY at 5:00pm in the basement of the Higdon Student Leadership Center. It is located on Coming St. before the library, the building with the arches. You can enter from upstairs of the building or through the basement door. If you need further directions let me know.

We’ll be discussing practices, races and the upcoming season in general.
We also need to get an accurate roster so please please come!!! Also, please pass this along to anyone you know who might be interested in the club! Everyone is welcome!!

Hope everyone’s semester is starting out well, see you soon!

Marina Fleming
mkflemin@edisto.cofc.edu
404 514 7515

Last Swim for the Season and Spring Planning

Hello-

Just a reminder we will have a swim practice tonight from 7:30-9. It will be the last organized practice of the semester due to exams. Good luck to everyone!!

Also, thinking ahead to Spring I was hoping you all could give me some feedback on your schedules so we can create a tentative practice schedule. Please send me times that would either be good for you or times to avoid so we can accommodate as many people as possible. We will be stepping up the intensity in January and hopefully start meeting at least 5 days a week, or as often as everyone can make it.

Again, good luck and I hope to see you all at the pool tonight!

Thanks,

Marina.
mkflemin@edisto.cofc.edu

Second swim workout added

Hey guys–

We will be adding another pool swim Mondays from 7:30-9 in addition to the Thursday swim from 7:30-9. This really only affects this week and next Monday as I’m sure they will be changing the pool hours during exams.

We are currently meeting twice a week for a pool swim. More practices will be added come spring semester. For those of you who are new, we will have another informational meeting in January. Until then, please come out and join us! Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience level. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!

Thanks,

Marina Fleming
mkflemin@edisto.cofc.edu
404.514.7515