Belpark News for Week Ending 19th Sept 2011

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Belpark News for Week Ending 19th Sept 2011

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CLUB WEEKEND AWAY:
 We are planning a weekend away to the Manchester Velodrome in November. The club is renting a mini bus and taking the ferry over and back, departing on Saturday November 5th and coming back the following day.
John Paul Clarke has very kindly donated a training session at the velodrome to the club. This is a fantastic opportunity to ride a track bike around one of the world's best indoor velodromes and receive professional coaching at the same time. For those of you who like a bit of competition - the inaugural Belpark Velodrome Time Trial will take place afterwards, with a bottle of ale as 1st prize.
We are putting some other activities in place for the rest of the day but a trip to the pub(s) is a definite for later on..
Costs will be low, but places are limited!
if you are interested email belpark at gmail.com

MEETING:
Now that the race season is drawing to a close, it's time to put winter training plans in place. We are having a meeting on Thursday September 29th at 8pm in the Castle Arms Pub in Rathfarnham Village.
We promise to keep things quick (<45mins) so it would be great to see as many people there as possible.
Remember - this is YOUR club, so come along and have your say about what you would like to see happen over the winter.

TRIATHLON IRELAND AWARDS NIGHT:
There are still places available at the Belpark table for the Triathlon Ireland annual awards night on October 22nd. The dinner and awards are in the Aviva and it promises to be a great night out. If you want a reduced rate ticket (€59) email belpark at gmail.com or fixedkev at gmail.com

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING:
Rathfarnham are looking for Belparkers to run for them during the cross country season. Rathfarnham are a great club and we are very lucky that they allow us to train with them throughout the year. Quite a few Belpark members have seen their running improve enormously and have picked themselves up team medals in cross country over the years. If you're interested email Rathfarnham coach Adam Jones at a.jones at upcmail.ie

 

CLUB GEAR:
There is still lots of club gear available for purchase at cost price.
In particular, we have plenty of race suits, jerseys, arm warmers and shorts. A new batch of shoe covers is also on its way in time for winter. A full price list and pics of most of the gear are up Dublintri.com.

 

Racing

Lost Sheep Triathlon, Kenmare
Kevin Keane - 5th
Ed O'Mahony 12th in AG
Deirdre O'Toole - 3rd in AG

Ashford 3Rock Duathlon
Bill McCormack - 3rd
Lloyd Berry - 9th

National Series
Belpark is doing really well in the National Series with three women and two men in the top ten. We are also leading the women's club championships and the mixed championships - pat on the back everybody!

Please email us on your results for inclusion in next week's email (running and cycling races included now that it's off-season!)

Don't forget to check results at the www.irishtriathlon.com

Training This Week:-                             

Tuesday

Run: Bushy Park Interval Session 6:30

Running with Rathfarnham AC. This session is perfect of athletes of all abilities and for those new to the club a great way to meet some of the club members. The session starts at 6.30, meeting at the Bushy Park. There are plenty of places to lock a bike securely.

Thursday

Cycle – Phoenix Park Interval session on Dublin Duathlon/Triathlon routes 6:45 from Papal Cross Car Park

Friday

Swim: 7-8pm Belvedere College Swimming Pool

We have a great new coach with Colm Bolger so the sessions are going to be great this winter.

Pool entrance is via the underground car park on Temple Street.

The session is 60 minutes. We charge €7 for this session (€4 for students) to cover pool hire and coaching costs.

Saturday Cycle

3hr Cycle – Meet 9:30am sharp at the clubhouse in Rathfarnham.

Make sure you have adequate food & drink. A helmet, spare tubes, levers and a pump are compulsory kit.

The will be a fast, medium and slower paced group so don't be afraid to come along.

Sunday

RUN: Long Slow Running at 9:00am: Long slow distance run leaving from Rathfarnham running clubhouse

CYCLE: We will have no ladies Sunday cycle from now until mid-October. This is just to give ourselves a break after long season. We will send out an email when the Sunday cycles are starting up again.  As always, ladies are welcome to join the Saturday cycles which will continue as

Don’t forget to use our Belpark Facebook page  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Belpark-Tri-Club/219908091119

Feel free to put your messages up there too.

Happy training!

Kevin Keane