April Newsletter
What’s Happenin’ @TriOntario
2015 Memberships Are Now Expired!
With April comes Spring and the need to renew your membership. Thanks to the ~2,300 members that have already joined for the 2016 season.
Thank you to all of those that have made donations. We are almost at last year’s total already. Why are donations important? Because those go directly to supporting our new initiative, the Long Course Development Team. You can directly support the next up and coming Long Course professional from Ontario. Remember, you don’t have to be a member to support a future pro. Go here if you would like to directly support a developing professional.
Don’t forget to pick up that 24/7 worldwide insurance for your training and bike insurance to make sure the thousands you’ve invested stay safe!
‘Yours To Discover’ Trisuits and Cycling Kits Now Available
Triathlon Ontario and its Official Team Uniform Supplier, Champion Systems, have teamed up to create unique Ontario trisuits (one piece and two piece), swimsuits and a full cycling kit including matching bib shorts and a fleece to keep you warm on those chilly April rides. All trisuits are ITU compliant and have the ability to customize a last name and a club logo. The clothing line comes in Triathlon Ontario colours and incorporates Ontario’s Trillium and “Yours to Discover” motto.
The store is only open until April 20 at midnight, so act fast! To view the full catalog and to place an order please click here.
Draft Certification Clinic Available May 14/15
Triathlon Ontario will be hosting a 2 day drafting clinic certification in Milton on May 13 and 14th. This is ideal for any Youths (12-15) or Juniors (16-19) that would like to compete in the Youth or Junior Cups, Ontario Summer Games, National or Provincial Championships or Series and are not yet certified. To register or find out more details, click here.
New Venue, Date and Age Group Wave at Draft Legal Provincials
There are many changes this year including a new date of August 27th, a new venue, the International Flatwater Centre in Welland and for the first time ever, a capped draft legal wave for Age Groupers.
The fastest triathletes in the province will gather to compete in this event which will once again be the cornerstone of Triathlon Ontario’s Cup Series for the Elite/U23, Junior and Youths (aged 14-15), offering additional points.
Provincial titles, names engraved on trophies and for the Elite/U23 division, $2,000 of prize money offered by Triathlon Ontario will all be on the line.
There will be a mandatory race meeting on August 26th on site tentatively set at 6:30 pm.
Read more about the Age Group Division and Registration can be found here.
Youth Cup Venues Confirmed
The fourth edition of the highly successful Youth Cup Series is coming and the venues are set.
The province’s best Youths will go toe to toe in Belle River, Ottawa, Peterborough, Orillia, Welland and Lakeside. Lakeside will also double as the site for the inaugural Youth Club Championships.
For a full list of venues, dates and rules, click here.
Parry Sound to Host 2016 Cross Triathlon Provincial Championships
On July 23rd, cottage country will be the site of the 2016 Cross Triathlon Provincial Championships. Element Racing’s Parry Sound race will be the first time host of the off road Provincials, commonly known as XTERRA.
This triathlon consists of a swim, mountain bike and trail run.
Last NCCP Coaching Course of the Spring
The last NCCP Community Level coaching course until the fall is April 23/24 in Milton. If you have an interest in becoming a coach, learning more about our sport or a self-coached athlete, be sure to check out our recently revamped course.
Don’t forget, if you have completed a course and are looking for additional knowledge and build on your technical coaching skills, try one of our Online Continuing Education courses.
We have two courses in the Series so far, “Introduction to Swimming for Triathlon” taught be Mike Rutledge and “Exercise Physiology for Triathlon” taught by Dr. Greg Wells. Learn at your own speed and the comfort of your own home!
Ontario Elite News
Blecher Crowned North American Jr Champ
Ontario Junior and Quest for Gold carded athlete, Oliver Blecher started out his final junior year last month on a high by winning the North American championships last month in Sarasota. Congrats Oliver!
Provincial Development Team members Jacob Jamnicky and Dylan Pust both posted solid top 20 results in Florida.
There were a slew of top 10 results from the High Performance Training Centre Guelph athletes at the Florida CAMTRI events. Clermont results included Joanna Brown (4th), Andrew Yorke (5th), Alexander Hinton (7th), John Rasmussen (9th).
Sarasota’s CAMTRI top tens included Andrew Yorke (2nd), Dominika Jamnicky (5th), Alexandra Coates (8th), Taylor Forbes (10th).
Sanders Wins at Oceanside
Lionel Sanders, fresh off of a couple of days of testing at the Velodrome, took another 70.3 win last week, this time in California. This was the first win for Sanders at IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside. Congrats Lionel!
Special Discounted TriOnt Member Offers
Are you buying your sports drinks off the shelf or buying multiple nutrition products? Why not customize a drink that has all of your nutrition needs for racing and training?
Infinit Nutrition is offering all members a free 30 minute consultation to help design your own sports drink plus 20% off all products by using the discount code TO2016.
Not only is the team at the Flying Monkey Bike Shop and Coffee Bar official bike fitters and mechanics of Triathlon Ontario’s Provincial Team, they also offer all members 25% off bike fits and saddle mapping for both road and tri bikes as well as 10% off of all store items. Make sure you show your membership card to ensure you get your discounts.
Healthy Results Vegas Camps
Healthy Results Training is offering 2 more camps in beautiful Lake Las Vegas, Nevada.
Camp 1
April 12-19 – Long Course focused.
Ride on the same roads as the cycling group, but you get to add in some great swimming at the outdoor pool in Henderson, Nevada, open water swimming in Lake Mead (has played host to ITU long course worlds and 70.3 worlds), and excellent running on the trails and paths around both Lake Las Vegas and Lake Mead.
Camp 2
April 20-27 – A women’s only camp perfect for the newer triathlete or one with a few years under their belt who also wants a little more time for all the wonderful attractions in the Las Vegas area. Great training and great sight seeing at places such as the Hoover Dam and Las Vegas Strip.
Click here or contact Alex at [email protected] or Rich at [email protected]. Discounts available for Triathlon Ontario members!
Age Group Drafting Clinics
The Toronto Triathlon Club, in partnership with NRG Performance Training, is running a Novice and Intermediate “Learn to Draft” clinic on Sunday May 15th.
Draft Certification Clinic
LPC Triathlon Club will be hosting a draft legal certification course in Guelph on May 28, 2016. Details can be found here.
Age Group Draft Clinic
The ByTown Storm, of Ottawa, will be hosting two drafting clinics. Session 1 will take place on May 1st and Session 2 will take place on May 15th.
2016 NRG Europe Camp
Menton, France April 28-May 8. This is our 12th year of running camps in Europe and Menton has been our best location yet.
Just 15km from Nice and 5km from Monaco and Italy, we are on the water for easy access to open water swimming in the Mediterranean and at the foot of the famous Col de la Madone that many of the world’s top cyclists use to test their fitness. Enjoy 8 days of fully supported swim/bike/run training with the NRG team in France!
Triathlon Ontario members will receive a $50 discount!
You can find all the details here