2008 Triathlon Page

Coronation Park, Chelmsford

Springfield Striders email address:- add "secretary" in front of @springfieldstriders.org.uk

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2003 Events - 2004/5 Events- 2007 Events

Last Update 04/06/08

Training:-

• Are you tempted at giving triathlon a go? if so then it might be worth joining in with some training for the other two disciplines SWIMMING and CYCLING.
• Swimming - Barbara's Swim Time still continues at Riverside Leisure Centre On Mondays.
  All abilities are welcome and well catered for. For more info and prices call Barbara Williams (01245 351583)
• Cycling - Group training rides continue on Saturdays, as weather permits, distances tend to be mid to long and are planned around other weekend events.

NEWS:-

01/06/08 - The new season is well and truly underway Striders have been busy at a number of local races first off, on the 11^th May, was the Basildon Sprint including ‘Off’ Road bike and run sections.

	Swim		Bike		Run			Total	Place
Craig Campion	00:06:47	2	00:21:03	6	00:14:50	14		00:42:40	6	M2529
Alec Coleman	00:07:50	8	00:23:28	23	00:14:10	13		00:45:28	15	M4549

 Next up, over the weekend 17^th & 18^th May, but a little further a field were the Supersprints at Dorney Lake offering a fast traffic free course. A tight race between two striders saw a sprint finish and only 1 second splitting the difference.

Place

Cat Pos

Swim

S. Pos

T1

Bike

B. Pos

T2

Run

R. Pos

Total

299

23

Stukas, Paul

45-49

00:08:15

450

00:03:06

00:38:20

277

00:01:19

00:21:49

230

01:12:52

301

33

Bhanji, Damien

42-44

00:08:59

635

00:02:35

00:37:40

230

00:01:58

00:21:38

214

01:12:53

930

146

Potts, Greg

45-49

00:11:23

1042

00:02:21

00:44:47

857

00:01:49

00:27:01

890

01:27:25

 

On 1^st June the ever popular Braintree District Tri changed its venue, moving to Halstead. A number of striders attended. With Nicola Wood coming away with 1^st Lady.

	Swim		Bike		Run			Total	Place
Craig Campion	00:07:26	7	00:34:11	3	00:22:12	56		01:03:49	8	M2529
Alec Coleman	00:09:46	72	00:38:48	37	00:20:24	22		01:08:58	32	M4549
Nicola Wood	00:09:22	57	00:41:38	78	00:21:28	45		01:12:28	55	F2529
Paul Stukas	00:10:39	105	00:42:33	89	00:23:24	81		01:16:36	84	M4549
John Lowery	00:09:51	75	00:45:04	121	00:25:18	124		01:20:13	115	M4549

 Forth coming races that a number of Striders will be competing at are the

Ongar Try-a-Tri                		22nd June 

Cowman Middle Distance          6th July

Gosfield Olympic Distance       13th July

21/11/07 - Springfield Striders are now British Triathlon Affiliated this will bring the club a presence in the triathlon community and the ability for its members to gain a £10 reduction on individual membership to the triathlon governing body. BT membership then affords reduced race entry fees, Public Liability Insurance Cover, Personal Accident Cover & Bimonthly copies of the “Tri News” magazine, among other benefits.

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• 2003 Events - 2004/5 Events- 2007 Events- An archive of previous years events are available from this link

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FIXTURES :-

All the local fixtures for this year are listed below.
Races normally stay around the same dates each year. So you can roughly plan next season based on these.
If you are going to take part in any of the events, do not delay, races normally reach their limit well in advance.

LOCAL FIXTURES   

OTHER FIXTURES

Typical Race Distances

Novice Distance	300m swim	- 10-20k bike	3-5k run
Sprint Distance	400m swim	20k bike	5k run
Standard/Short Distance (Olympic)	1500m swim--	40k bike	10k run
Middle Distance (Half Ironman)	1.2M swim--	56M bike	1/2 Marathon
Long Distance (Ironman)	2.4M swim--	112M bike	Marathon

Other Web Sites:-

• Information
  • British Triathlon Association (BTA)
  • BTA Eastern Region
  • Triathlon Homepage
• Equipment
  • 53-12 (& Tri Club)
  • triandrun
  • Probikekit.com
  • Wiggle
• Clubs
  • Tri Sport Epping
  • East Essex Tri Club
  • East London Tri Club
  • Blackwater Tri Club
  • Ipswich Tri Club
  • Born2tri

• Magazine
  • 220 Triathlon
• Web Forums
  • Tritalk
  • Slowtwitch

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