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Friday, March 12th
BBQ at the TriSports Store

Special BBQ for the Phoenix Triathlon Club with the TriSports Team! The Holiday Inn across the street is offering rates for $89-109 per night. You can get a link to that discount from here: http://shop.trisports.com/trifest.html

Please RSVP to Eric.Harding@PhoenixTriathlonClub.org so we can get an accurate headcount for the BBQ!

Saturday, March 13th
Mount Lemmon Ride with TriSports @ 6:30am

To get to the base from the store is about 15 miles. The ride will be no-drop until that point at which time people can head back to the shop or for further up. I think there is a support vehicle planned as well.

Ride Lead: Scott Perrine, Sue Shafer
Ride Lead: Jenifer Garner, Brian Kochert

Saturday – March 13th TriSports.com Retail Store Open 10:00am-6:00pm

6:30am – Meet for TRIFEST 10 Mt. Lemmon Group Ride at TriSports.com Retail Store
7:00am – Mt. Lemmon Group Ride departs
10:00am – 6:00pm TRIFEST 10 Manufacturer Showcase – Current Vendors:
Cliff Bar
Fuel Belt
Garmin
Gray
Oakley
Saucony

5:00pm – TRIFEST 10 Daily Raffle at the TriSports.com Retail Store – must be present to win.

Register from 10:00am-4:00pm.
http://shop.trisports.com/trifest.html

Sunday, March 14th
Tucson Sabino Canyon run @ 8:00am

For those staying in Tucson for the Mount Lemmon ride, Scott Perrine will lead a run in Sabino Canyon

Central Phoenix Canal Run @8:00am
Jonathan Coffen will lead a 1:00 - 1:30 canal run from Granada Park (20th Street and Maryland Avenue) in Central Phoenix. From Granada Park head east along the Arizona Canal, which is lined with a packed sandy trail on both banks. Pass the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Golf Course. Turn around at 44th Street and return to the start.

SE - WarPaint Trail Run @ 8:00am
Rebecca Tschider will lead a 1:00 - 1:15 trail run. Meet at the WarPaint Trailhead (go to 3550 E Knox Road, 85044, then continue on Knox across 36th Street, make a right on Warpaint and the trailhead is at the top of the hill). Meet for breakfast at Einstein Bagels (48th and Ray) after the ride.



Thursday, March 18th
Thirsty Thursday!!! 6:00pm @


Wildfish Seafood Grille
7135 E. Camelback Rd.
(at the Scottsdale Waterfront)
Scottsdale, AZ 480-994-4040
http://www.wildfishseafoodgrille.com


Seventy-five-cent oysters? Five-dollar blood-orange margaritas? Five-dollar Bacardi mojitos? With prices this good, you could surely be forgiven for assuming that we were talking about some desperate hole in the hinterlands, offering incredible deals in hopes of luring someone — anyone — to spend happy hour at their place. But no. Unbelievably, all this is going on in one of the swankest dining rooms in the Scottsdale Fashion Square area — the lovely, stylin', and downright tasty Wildfish. During the summer, incredibly, these deals last all night long in the bar area, along with $5 off on an array of appetizers, including Wildfish's awesome salt-and-pepper gulf shrimp and the crab cake that New Times previously named the best in Phoenix. Not surprisingly, the place draws quite a crowd, but the bar area is spacious enough that you still won't get jostled — perhaps the best happy hour promise of all.

Join us the 3rd Thursday of each month, for a fun, social Happy Hour. Chat about upcoming races, ask questions of the board and supported team, plan training and other activities.

Location to change monthly to different parts of the valley.

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CLUB MEETINGS
The PTC hosts monthly general membership meetings which are open to all members and their guests.

The meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month with a “meet and greet” from 6:30 to 7:00PM and the general meeting at 7:00 PM. The meetings always have a guest speaker who is a professional from the triathlon community such as pro triathletes, physical therapists, coaches, nutritionists, etc.

Past speakers have included: Paula Newby Frasier, Joel Friel and Melanie McQuaid. In addition, during each meeting we offer a raffle of products from our sponsors to any member attending.
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NEXT CLUB MEETING
Tuesday March 2, 2010
Meet & Greet 6:30 PM
Club Meeting 7:00 PM

Speaker: PROFESSIONAL TRIATHLETE LINSEY CORBIN

Linsey Corbin revealed herself to the triathlon world as an uber biker in 2006
when as a amateur, she matched the bike splits of Samantha McGlone and Natascha Badmann at the Wildflower Triathlon, ultimately finishing third.  In 2008 she recorded the third fastest woman’s bike-split in the Hawaii Ironman
World Championship (5:14:33). 

Corbin can sustain up to 265 watts in a 40k Time trial and 210 over 112 miles.

She has over 15 top five half ironman finishes and 7 Ironman including IM Coeur D’ Alene (7th), IM Lake Placid (5th), IM Arizona’s (5th and 2nd) and 3 Ironman World Championships in Hawaii (23rd, 5th and 11th).
 
You ask Linsey to give a Bio, its more detailed:
1981: born. Watch out world!
1984: learned how to ski
1990: rode my bike next to my dad as he trained for a marathon.
1992: decided I wanted to be an Olympic ski racer
1993: decided I liked running better
2001: moved to Montana
2003: rode my bike from Spokane, WA to Seattle, WA
2004: start racing triathlon
2006: turned professional & completed my first Ironman
2008: finished top-American at the Ironman World Championships
2010: talked to the Phoenix Tri Club and race the Desert Classic Duathlon


Meeting Location:
Monti's La Casa Vieja
100 South Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281 Map

 

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WELCOME TO THE PHOENIX TRIATHLON CLUB
 
The Phoenix Triathlon Club (PTC) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting the multi-sport community. We offer educational meetings (1st Tuesday of every month), club training events, weekly email updates, along with the support of local and national sponsors.

Typical weekly training sessions include a Track workout on Tuesday evenings, Bike / Brick workouts on Saturday mornings, and Run workouts on Sunday mornings. Locations vary throughout the valley – please consult the website for further details.

All levels of ability are welcome and events will usually contain beginner, intermediate, and advanced options. So if it’s your first triathlon or you’re a seasoned Ironman athlete we hope you come out and join us!!

We also offer a USAT sanctioned Tri Kids program for children ages 6-15. The exceptional athlete/individual can apply for a spot on our PTC Adult and Junior Supported Team and function as an ambassador for the Club and its sponsors.

Joining is easy – just print the Club Membership Application, or attend the monthly meeting (details on the next meeting can be found above).

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Running from an Angel marathon

January 9th 2010 Lake Mead, Nevada

By Eric Glass

Have you ever wondered what a race would be like if the race director’s sole purpose was NOT to make money? You might just get a long sleeve technical shirt that was not full of sponsors, or you might get an amazing finisher’s medal, or maybe you would even experience a fun race where you didn’t feel like a herd of cattle. If you choose the Angel Marathon you will get all three plus more.  Full  Story

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Do your first Triathlon with the PTC

Are you looking to complete your first Sprint or Olympic distance triathlon?  Would you like some consistency in training as your prepare for your first race?  We have the program for you! 

Each program will have you complete 6 workouts per week (2 swim/ 2 bike/ 2 run).  You will be introduced to different types of workouts (open water swimming, track workouts, bike/run brick workouts, etc) to maximize your fitness and enjoyment as you prepare for the triathlon. 

Watch for updated information on the New2Tri Section of the Membership Page

Questions about the New2Tri Program: eric.glass@PhoenixTriathlonClub.org
Questions about PTC club membership: greg.garner@phoenixtriathlonclub.org
Enter "PTC" in the subject line.

 

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CLUB NEWS AND SPECIAL EVENTS 
PTC Donates Spotting Scopes to McDowell Regional Park (5/28/09)
Triathlete takes his body to next level by Richard Obert, AZ Republic  (10/4/08)

PTC hosts 2008 Nathan Triathlon Course Preview (9/21/08)

PTC Members are in the Guiness Bood of World Records (8/10/08)
Rebecca Tschider & Scott Perrine qualify for 70.3 World Championships (8/4/08)
2008 Tucson Triathlon & Lake Havasu Triathlon Results (3/30/08)

2008 Winter Heat Series / Tempe Town Lake 10k Results (1/22/08)
2008 Club Race Schedule Announced (1/15/08)
Member Spotlight - Heather Freeman (1/4/08)
IronMan Training Plan - Weeks 7-11 are up on the Training Page (1/3/08)
New Bike and Run map links on the Training Page (1/3/08)
2008 Junior Elite Team Bios updated (1/2/08)
Featured Videos - On the Races/Photos/Results page (12/30/07)
Winter Heat Series - 5 inter-club races to heat up your winter training (12/10/07)
TriFest Coming to Tucson (12/17/07)
Members Only Forum Is Up and Running (12/14/07)


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MEMBER'S SPOTLIGHT

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Welcome to the 2010 edition of the Member’s Spotlight. We have goals of updating this portion of the site monthly so we can get to know our fellow club members better and learn a few things we normally would not ask.

Julie Peregord: 
We are pleased to introduce Julie Peregord to this month’s edition of the member spotlight. Julie is a math and science teacher. Julie joined the Phoenix Triathlon Club and the sport of triathlon in general approximately 7 months ago. She indicates that she wants to participate in triathlon because she is not great at any sport in particular but just loves being outside and active. She doesn’t like the pressure of team sports. She is working at developing all 3 sports right now while placing extra emphasis on her run. One of her talents is incredible patience that is mandatory when teaching young adults and so we are sure that she will have enough patience when it comes to the sport of triathlon!

While Julie has not had the opportunity yet to participate in many races, she has enjoyed all of the ones she has raced so far. The farthest she has traveled for one to date is the Lake Pleasant, so it looks like we will need to push Julie to get out to at least the Blue Water Triathlon club race in Parker this year. She indicates that her pre-race ritual is fairly boring. She makes sure to eat some oatmeal and a banana with a cup of coffee while checking over her race inventory. When it comes to recovery Julie says that she uses Accelerade products and after a long weekend ride or run she makes sure to make a huge breakfast and then lie around to watch movies.

Outside of the sport of triathlon Julie likes to play the drums and has been in multiple local bands throughout the years. She enjoys rock climbing, snowboarding, reading, and role-playing at the renaissance fair (not really haha). She enjoys traveling and has traveled to Spain many times. She tries not to go to the same place over and over again. Julie is more of an explorer of new places and things. For 2010 she wants to start doing Olympic distance races and perhaps try Soma in October.
Fun Q&A:

What is your favorite drink?
“I tend to drink lots of coffee and lots of beer/wine but it also depends.”

What is your favorite gel?
“By the time I need a gel, I’m not in a position to be picky.”

What is the weirdest thing you’ve eaten?
“I’m pretty sure I ate some weird things in Costa Rica, but it was never intentional. There were times when I just had to close my eyes, not think about it, and eat.”

If you could work out with one single person, who would that be?
“I think I’d work out with Dara Torres. She’s sort of enigmatic isn’t she? I’d want to find out if it was natural. If I couldn’t get her, I would choose Eric Glass, he’s magical!”

If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why?
“That depends…when I’m swimming, I really wish I were a dolphin, when I’m running, I wish I were a cheetah, when it’s dinnertime, I’m glad I’m human.”

Do you have a good quote for us?

“I really like Al Einstein and he says; “great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” That’s a good one. Also, George W. was always good for a laugh. For example, “Arbolist… look up the world. I don’t know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it’s an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees.” Fabulous!!!”
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