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Newsletter 

March 16th 2012
Greetings!

Our next Club meeting is next Wednesday, March 21st at the Richmond Heights Community Center (8001 Dale Ave). Doors open at 6:30pm, meeting starts at 7pm with some Club business before we introduce our featured speaker. We will also have the Icy Iron awards available for the Icy winners. Check the results on the Club's Icy page.
 
Please come and meet our bike sponsor, Big Shark Bicycle Company! Kevin Jokisch of Big Shark will be educating us on nutrition choices as well as the differences between triathlon and road bikes (hint: it's not just the aerobars).

We will also have the Club's clothing fit kit available from Voler.
2012 orders are due on the Voler website on March 23rd, 2012!
See below for more details on the clothing order, or go to the Clothing page on the Club website
 

Club News  


The 2012 ordering window for race apparel is now open and will close March 23rd. Expected delivery is scheduled for May 14-18th.  

 

Once again we are ordering from Voler. This clothing has been very popular and has received high praise from Club members! This apparel will have a new design for 2012, however, the artwork will not be available until mid-April after the ordering window has closed.   

 

The sizing kit will be available at Little Shark from Saturday, March 17th to Tuesday, March 20th, and also available at the March monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 21st. When ordering, you'll see options for different fits; the "race" fit is more fitted and the "club" fit is a tad looser.

 

The club has inventory on hand that can be purchased immediately for use now while training during this mild Spring. The inventory list is located at the club clothing link on our website (scroll to the bottom).  If you are interested in something, please contact me at clothing@stlouistriclub.com and I will make it available for you to try on. --Lori

 

 

Sponsor News
 

Have you registered for the Eads Bridge Duathlon? Big Shark's newest race closes the Eads Bridge for a 1.5 mile run, 10 mile bike, and 1.5 mile run on April 22nd.  2012 Club members get $5 off registration, please email any board member for the code. Registration is open at www.bikereg.com  

 

RaceMaker Productions has launched their new website which includes their 2012 race calendar. The first race is Try Tri on May 6th 2012. This sprint tri has two distance options and would make a great first race for your season. This race will also be a part of the soon-to-be announced 2012 Club Challenge. Current club members will get a discount, we'll have the discount info soon and you can email any board member to get it.   

 Upcoming Events and Races

Sun Apr 22nd: Eads Bridge Duathlon, St Louis MO 

Sat May 5th: Big Shark's Vino Fondo, Augusta MO 

Sun May 6th: RaceMaker's Try Tri sprint triathlons, Edwardsville IL 

Sun May 6th: TriZou and DuZou races, Columbia MO  

 

Coach's Corner: Top Training Mistakes
Jennifer Meyer, TriSmart Training Systems

 Through my own racing experience as well as coaching other athletes, I see the same mistakes repeated over and over again. Each one of these mistakes prevents an athlete from reaching their full potential in this great sport. Hopefully you aren't making any of these!

Click here to see Jennifer's list... 

 

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Happy Training!

St Louis Triathlon Club