Triathlon at Springfield Striders

Springfield Striders are a British Triathlon affiliated club this provides the club with: -

Access to support from Home Nation BTA staff
Club members are eligible for reduced membership fees with Triathlon England.
The club is listed on the British Triathlon and Home Nation website and included in the annual Handbook.

If members then want to join the BTA they can receive the following benefits: -

Reduced membership fees (above)
No day membership fees for race entry (ie reduded race entry fees)
Free Subscription to Trinews and the British Triathlon Annual Handbook
Worldwide personal accident cover

TRAINING INFORMATION :-

Unfortunately the club does not run training sessions for the swimming and cycling disciplines of triathlon, but with an increasing number of members taking part there are a number of possibilities to learn and develop these skills with other Striders.

SWIMMING

Two options with links to the club are

Barbara's Swim Time at Riverside Ice & Leisure Call (01245 351583) BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE

GetintheSwim at Various Locations see here BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE

Plus

Chelmsford Swim Club at New Hall School see here ADVANCED

And for the more confident

Open Water Swimming is a regular feature from April through to September at Gosfield Lake where a number of members attend

CYCLING

A few Striders are members of local cycle clubs including Chelmsford and Essex Roads for specific training

A small band of members also meet at weekends as weather permits, for informal long road rides.

Distances tend to range between 30-60miles (averaging between 15-18mph) for the route

Better the weather the longer the route.

FIXTURES :-

A selection of local fixtures through the year are listed below.
Check their websites for race details and entry requirements

LOCAL TRIATHLON FIXTURES :-

Date	Venue	Distance	Information
May	Basildon	Sprint	Born2tri
June	Epping TRY-A-TRI	Novice	Tri Sport Epping
July	Grays	Sprint	East Essex Tri
July	Gosfield	Club Relays	Born2tri
July	Culford	Sprint	Ipswich Tri
August	London EXCEL	Sprint or Olympic	London Tri
August	Cambridge	Olympic	Cambridge Tri
September	Dunmow	Sprint	Dunmow Tri
September	Clacton	Sprint or Olympic	Clacton Tri
September	Maldon	Sprint	Blackwater Tri

LOCAL AQUATHON / DUATHLON FIXTURES

Date	Venue	Distance (Run/Bike/Run)	Information
March	Rayleigh Aquathon	400m/5k (Swim/Run)	East Essex Tri
March	Dunmow Duathlon	5k/21k/5k	Dunmow Tri
April	Dragonslayer Duathlon	5k/21k/5k	East London Triathletes
May	Discovery Centre (Notley)	4k/23k/4k	Born2tri
May	Cambridge Duathlon	7.5k/40k/7.5k	Cambridge Tri

September	Ipswich Duathlon	5k/21k/5k	Ipswich Tri
September	Discovery Centre (Notley)	4k/23k/4k	Born2tri