part 2 - Manchester Triathlon Club

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Track Training
The next 5km time trial is on Wednesday 15th Feb. Over the last few weeks there have
been at least 10 new people attending so please turn up, especially if you do not have a
time to work from at this session.
Recent weeks have seen attendance exceeding 30 to 40 people so better track discipline
is becoming necessary. If you are being overtaken, stay in the inside lane. There have
been times where 3 people were running side by side which is totally unacceptable. The
only people who can run side by side (even though there is no reason to) is the lead
group, as they will not be overtaken. If you are overtaking someone who is in the second
lane, shout “track!” If someone shouts this behind you, please MOVE OVER!
Once you have finished a repetition, please be aware that other people are still running
and stay out of the way. The discipline required at the track is no different to that when
swimming.
The pace over the next few weeks will predominantly be T pace (lactate threshold) which is building on
the sessions around M pace over previous weeks.
Watch your stride rate! We reassessed it last week and most people had let it slip. To recap, we are aiming for 90 strides (on one leg) in 60 secs which we will reassess on a regular basis.
Turbo Training
The last turbo session had 17 people attending so we are not far from reaching the first
target of 20. We’re now working with higher
resistances and lower cadences to recruit
more fast twitch fibres (ie. build strength).
These resistances are going to increase over
the next few weeks.
For those who took advantage of the lab testing, Paul is coming in before the session on
Sat 28th to explain the results. Please be
ready for 9:45 as we only book the room until
11am.
As I have said at this session, please drink, drink and drink! If you are experiencing headaches on Saturday
afternoons or your urine is dark, you are dehydrated. You should drink at least 1 litre of isotonic drink from
starting the swim session to starting the turbo session, 750 ml during the turbo and another 750 ml in the following hour. Some of you may need more.
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Editors note: 12 people have so far taken advantage of the lab testing by Paul Wilson, at Salford
University. This is a very valuable test of your baseline fitness and still available to MTC members.
Therefore I have left the explanation and contact details from the last newsletter to remind you all.
Lab Testing
As some of you know, I have been trying to arrange some cycling related lab testing at Salford University for MTC members. This is relevant to all members - regardless of ability – as it provides heart rate training zones related to specific intensities.
The test lasts around 20-25 mins and involves cycling on a fixed bike as the gears change higher (and harder) every 2
mins. Respiration is measured to record the differing values of oxygen and carbon dioxide as the test progresses, and
combined with heart rate measurements and using a scale of perceived exertion, clever people determine where your 70,
80 and 90% of maximum heart rate occur.
Why is this useful? It takes the guess work out of training. At the track we use time trials to determine running pace, and
we can assume that when running at T pace we are running at lactate threshold (90%). On a bike we do not have a similarly accurate way of determining pace, especially in a turbo session. Also, cycling and running heart rates will differ at
the same intensity depending on experience and ability in each discipline. Therefore heart rate training zones are the key.
At future Saturday turbo sessions, intensities (eg. 6 mins at 90%) can be attained by referring to a heart rate monitor rather
than guessing.
The normal price for this test is £100 but MTC members will receive a discount. The first 15 people to book the test will pay
£55 and then the price increases to £80 for following bookings.
Tests can be carried out during weekdays, evenings and weekends, with some time available before Christmas. To book
your place call Paul Wilson (senior lecturer) on 0161 295 2564.
The heart rate monitor and turbo is provided but you need to take your bike. The testing takes place in the Allerton building at Salford University and directions can be found at salford.ac.uk.
Please don’t try to book your place through me! The £55 tests are on a first come first served basis and can only be booked
through Paul. However if you have any questions, please ask. Nick.
Dave & Dave
Dave and Dave are dedicated athletes and gentlemen of the world. If you feel you have a problem
that requires their wisdom, please write to “Dear
Dave and Dave”, care of “Dean Frost, Editor, Manchester Triathlon Club, or email:
[email protected].
Dave and Dave regret that they are unable to reply
personally to letters or emails, and that you may
find their response unhelpful.
A Happy New “R” from Dave and a big “How doooo” from Dave
Dear Dave and Dave,
I went to Brazil recently. Whilst I was there I got one of those
traditional haircuts. The trouble is, now every time I go on
my bike I get a rash. Do you have any advice?
Itchy Suzi, Chorlton
Dear Itchy Suzi,
The trouble with us British is we have a fascination about
anything foreign. Why not just have a good old-fashioned
short back and sides (to give more protection).
D&D
Dear Dave and Dave,
I seem to be carrying excess weight in my panniers, or do I
mean my saddle bags. I’m just not sure. Either way, they
won’t fit on my back. Can you help?
Dave
Dear Dave
Yes we’ve heard that boiled fish and broccoli can work
wonders. It tastes like s**t but it serves you right for being so
fat in the first place.
D&D
Dear Dave and Dave,
I do part-time modelling in
magazines. The pictures are
taken of me at different angles
climbing up things, which I
must admit I am rather good at.
The only problem is that I don’t
think anyone is taking me
seriously, because I never get
asked for my autograph.
Beautiful Andy
Dear BA,
How about changing to a proper
job, such as a window cleaner?
That way you will still be able to
do lots of climbing, and we are
sure you would be more
appreciated. You might even get
tips at Christmas!!
D&D
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Race Clever - The importance of aerodynamics
by Chris Storey
You are very fit; train 6 times a
week - twice in the pool, a couple
of runs, a turbo session and a long
ride at the weekend. You spend as
much time a week as you want to
devote to triathlon but you still
want to go faster. How? Can you
get something for nothing? The
free lunch.
The answer is to race clever.
There are 2 areas where you can
make gains on the bike. One is
getting race pacing right and the
second is getting aero, both by
having a good position and using
aero equipment.
Effect of Aero Equipment
Take a couple of ‘normal’ triathletes with ‘normal’ bikes. Lets call
him Dave to represent as many in
the club as possible, and her Jane.
Both weigh 70kg and ride standard bikes with round tubing,
wheels with normal spokes, 32 per
wheel, OK quality tyres that cost
about £12 to £15, and tribars attached to drop handlebars. This is
pretty much the setup used by
Carine in the picture.
Both have had some fitness testing
done. Jane has a threshold power
output of 200W. That means that
she can maintain 200 Watts for an
hour on a bike. Dave is more powerful and has a threshold power
output of 300W. This means he is a
Caption describing picture or
graphic.
pretty good cyclist; as good as any
in the club. To put it into perspective (for those that know me) my
threshold power output is 235W.
How fast can these two hope to go
riding on tri-bars but not with a
fully optimised position. Lets take
a 40km ride i.e. the bike section of
an Olympic distance Tri, but on
good roads, no wind and no hills.
Dave will take 58.29 to do 40km at
300W
Jane will take 67.43
at 200W
Can these times
be cut by using
aero equipment
and is the money
spent worth the time saved?
Tyres
First a diversion- get some good
tyres. Average racing tyres have
been measured to have a rolling
resistance of 0.0032. Top quality
tyres have a rolling resistance of
0.0027. That’s 16% lower. How
does this affect Dave and Jane’s
time. Remember these are for
40km at 300w for Dave and 200w
for Jane.
Name Average Tyre Top Quality Tyre Saving
Dave 58.29
57.59
30s
Jane
66.57
46s
67.43
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Not bad, a saving of 30seconds
plus straight away. And you notice
that the slower rider has most to
gain.
What tyres are the best? I don't
know which are the best but I can
recommend Veloflex Record
which are 20mm in diameter for
clinchers (normal tyres) or for
tubs Vittoria Chrono. These are
both very light weight tyres,
Veloflex Records weighs only
130g and the Vittoria Chrono tubs
weigh 170g. Do they puncture
easily? Well in 10 years, doing up
to 30 races a year I have had 5
punctures during a race and all
these punctures have been on
clinchers; I have never punctured
a tub in a race.
Wheels
When people think about getting
aero equipment the first thing on
their list are new wheels. Lets get
back to Dave and Jane, both are
using 32 spoke, box section
wheels. How much faster will they
go with the best wheels on the
market? This would be a disc for
the rear wheel. All the data show
that disc wheels are the fastest
under all conditions except a time
trial up a very steep hill such as
L'Alp D’Heuz. A disc for the front
would also be fastest but a front
disc is so hard to handle it is not
allowed; the next best thing is a tri
spoke such as a HED H3 or a deep
section front.
So how much time
can they save?
be the fastest but are known to
suffer with bad handeling in crosswinds. If you are heavy and/or a
good bike rider then a tri spoke
might suite. If not then go for deep
section wheels, the deeper the
section the more aero it will be but
again will be more affected by
cross winds.
Name
Normal Wheel
What disc is best? Aerodynamically there is nothing in it. I have
had a Zipp for a few years and it is
great and so can personally recommend
them.
Disc plus aero front Saving
Dave
58.29
57.26
63s
Jane
67.43
66.32
71s
This is a very significant saving in
time, over a minute is possible
and note again that the less powerful athlete gains most. It seams
to go against conventional wisdom
but any improvement in aerodynamics will have the most effect on
a less powerful rider. If you hear
someone say “I’m not good
enough for a disc” or “ Aero
equipment is OK for the fast guys
but I’m to0 slow for it to matter”
you now know that this is WRONG.
If you go for one aero wheel make
it a front. This will make the biggest difference as a front wheel
hits clean air and a back wheel is
shielded from the air flow by the
frame. Tri-spokes are supposed to
Handlebars
In the last few years a lot of very
fancy handlebars have come onto
the market. These are integrated
handlebar/tribar combinations
and examples can be bought from
HED, Vison Tech, Profile, Cinelli
Oval etc. All are expensive but do
they work? Lets go to Dave and
Jane again.
This is comparing drop handle
bars with clip on tri-bars with a set
of integrated bars
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Name Tri-bar Integrated aerobars Saving
Dave 58.29
57.40
Jane
66.48
67.43
Aero handle bars make almost as
much difference as a pair of aero
wheels. Why? Well they are at the
front of the bike and they hit clean
air, where airfoils can have the
most effect; also the bit of the handlebar where the brake fit are out
in the air stream for the whole
race, so this part needs to be as
aero as possible. I think that this
part of the bike is very important
in getting aero. You need to get it
as tidy as possible, keeping cables out of the air stream, having
aero brake levers. The handle
bars also allow you to get a good
position so although they are expensive they do make a differ-
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ence.
Frame
Here I’m talking
about a fully aero
frame something like
a softrider or a Cervelo P3C
55s
The biggest saving yet and if you
could afford a Cervelo you would
probably have the disc and integrated aero bars as well. The
Cervelo is one of the few frames
that looked at the problem of cables and have included in the design hidden cable runs.
Taking the Cervelo as an example
it has airfoil shaped tubes, integrated seat post, well thought out
cable routing, a seat tube that
shields the rear wheel from the air
stream and bladed front forks and
costs about £2500 and that’s just
the frame.. Does it make a difference? Back to Dave and Jane
Name Normal frame
Dave
58.29
Jane
67.43
Other time trial specific frames
such as the Swiss, HED, Dolan and
Planet X have many good points
but to my mind don't match the
Cervelo. But at £600 to £1000
these frames are much cheaper
and will be almost as good. Is it
valid to add up all the individual
time saved? There is NO evidence
that it is valid. If
you did you would
Aero frame Saving
get a saving of
56.40
109s
about 5 min over
40km but the differ65.39
124s
ent components
might act synergistically and the saving could be even
greater, or they might not and the
total saving might only be 2 min at
most.
The take home message is that
there are substantial time saving
to be made by using aero equipment and if you are serious
enough to be training 6 days a
week then you should be seriously
looking at your equipment. Have a
look at your bike and if you want
to make changes, make them in
winter before the season starts.
Test everything before you race
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on it, and when spring comes
along you will be ready. And remember that less powerful riders
have more to gain by getting aero
than more powerful riders. (Are
my numbers to be believed? They
are based on wind-tunnel testing,
field testing and standard physics.
I have personally tested the effect
of having a drinks bottle on the
frame and the results indicated
that to go the same speed took 5W
more power with a drinks bottle
than without. I personally believe
the above data. You can plug your
own numbers in on the Analytic
cycling web site
(http://www.analyticcycling.com)
or by using Powercalc
(http://www.machineheadsoftware.co.uk) software. This is
very good software that you
can download
from the web so good that I
bought myself a
copy. Most numbers were from
Martin and
Cobb. in High
Performance
Cycling, Ed. By
A. E. Jedkendrup.)
This picture of Jeff Sherrin (Club Treasurer) illustrates a good areo position and equipment
including a semi aero frame, quad spoke wheel at the back, aero front, close fitting clothing,
integrated aerobars and aero safety helmet.
Jeff was in fact setting a new MTC M60-65 Age Group Club record of 24min.25sec for a 10 mile
Time Trial on the Chesterfield 010/2 course in 2005. His partner Carol Smalley also set a new
record in October 2005 for the 10 mile TT of 31min 25sec on J2/1 in the 40-44 age group.
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At this time of year we’re all training hard in preparation for the 2006 events season. Now’s the time to identify your
target and goal event s when you put all that hard work into achieving results. Here, I’ve tried to put together a
comprehensive list of events that may interest the various abilities and ambitions of our members. This includes
events in the North West region and our Club Grand Prix Series and Championship races (which are still provisional at this stage). For the more ambitious I have also included the BTA National Ranking Series , GB Age Group
Team qualifiers and National Championship events for Duathlon and Triathlon. I’ve also included a number of other
UK and international events that I know some of our members have competed in before, or are entering this year. I
can’t include every event. But I’ll update the list if you contact me with some glaring omission.
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February
Sun-05th MTC Duathlon - Chelford
Sun-26th Blackpool Half Marathon
March
Sun-05th MTC Duathlon - Chelford
Sun-12th
Sun-19th
April
Sun-02nd
Sun-02nd
Sat-08th
Sun-09th
Location
Chelford
Blackpool
Chelford
NW Duathlon Championships
Wilmslow Half Marathon
Parbold
Wilmslow
MTC Duathlon - Chelford
Swindon – Duathlon
Ashbourne Duathlon
Arizona Ironman
Chelford
Sun-23rd Chirk Sprint
Sun-30th Cambridge Duathlon
May
Sun-07th Fred Witton Challenge (114 miles)
Sun-07th Skipton Triathlon
Sat-13th
National Duathlon Champs
Sun-14th Darwen Triathlon
Sat-20th Lanzarote Ironman
National Age Group Sprint Triathlon,
Sun-21st Champs,
Redditch
Sun-28th Yarrow Valley Duathlon
World Long Course Duathlon
Sun-28th ITU
Champs
June
Wed-07th Dee Mile (swim)
Sun-11th Tri Uk Shropshire Triathlon
Contact
www.theendurancecoach
com/triathlon.htm
Tempe, Arizona
Chirk, Nr Wrexham
Lake District
Craven swim- http://www.fourlife.com/
ming pool
Edinburgh
Darwen leisure ukresults.net
centre
Chorley
www.chorleytri.co.uk
Fredirica Denmark
The Groves,
Chester
Ellesmere
www.chestertri.org.uk/
www.shropshire.gov.uk/s
ports.nsf
June
Sun-11th Windsor Standard Triathlon
Sun-18th Mold Sprint
Sun-18th Dambuster Standard
Sat-24th European Age Group Champs
Sun-25th Royles Deva Triathlon
Windsor
Mold Sports
www.wrecsamtri.org.uk/
Centre
Rutland Water
Autun France
Queens Park www.chestertri.org.uk/
Chester
Trentham Garderns, Staffs
Sun-25th Gatorade Half Iroman
July
Sun-02th National Age Group Triathlon Champs Wakefield
Gap to Alpe
Mon-10th L'Etape du Tour (116.2 miles)
d'Huez
Crosby Leisure
Sat-08th Sefton Triathlon
Centre
Sun-09th National Middle Distance Champs, Belvoir Castle
Sun-16th MTC Boundary Breeze Sprint Traithlon Holmes Chapel
Ripon RaceSat-15th NYP Tri Ripon Triathlon
course
Manley Mere
Sun-16th Royles Deva Divas
Watersports
Centre
Hathersage
Sun-23rd Hathersage Hilly Triathlon
Pool
Sun-23rd The Longest Day, Wolverhampton
Sun-23rd BigCow Milton Keynes Triathlon
Sat-29th
Sun-30th
August
Sat-05th
Sun-20th
National Aquathlon Championships
Salford Triathlon Olympic and Sprint
National Team Relays
The Blackpool Triathlon (Standard)
Sat-26th European Long Distance Tri Champs
Sun-27th Horwich RMI Triathlon
September
Sat-02nd World Age Group Tri Champs
Sun-03rd Rivington Olympic Tri
Sun-10th Helvellyn Triathlon
Sun-17th North West Classic Triathlon (Sprint)
Sun-17th Bala (Standard)
Sun-24th Brinscall Triathlon, Chorley
November
Sun-19th ITU World Long Distance Tri Champs
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www.nyptri.freeuk.com/
www.chestertri.org.uk/
/www.highpeaktri.org/
www.blackcountrytriathle
tes.co.uk/
www.big-cow.com/
Wombourne,
Emberton
Country Park
Salford Quays www.britishtriathlon.org/
Salford Quays www.trisalford.info/
Holmes Pierrepoint, Nottingham
Blackpool
Aimere, Holland
Horwich Leisure Centre
Lausanne, Switzerland
Anderton Cen- boltonmetrotriclub.com/
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Ullswater
http://www.trihard.co.uk/
Barony Park, www.fun2tri.co.uk
Nantwich,
Penllyn Leisure www.wrecsamtri.org.uk/
Centre
Brinscall swim- www.chorleytri.co.uk/
ming pool
Canberra, Australia
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Escape to East Africa
Question: What’s the best
way to:
Maintain some
modicum of bike
fitness during the
post-season slump?
Be the envy of Moss
Side pool with your
November tan?
Get to see zebras,
giraffes, gazelles,
snakes and lizards
from the comfort (!)
of your saddle?
Answer: A two-week
mountain bike trek across
East Africa from Nairobi to
Zanzibar.
In October we arrived in the Kenyan capital armed with visas, extortionately priced mozzie tablets
and cycling gear for every eventuality. After an interesting first
night in the sauna of the (formerly
a brothel) Heron Hotel – don’t ask!
– we were greeted by our ‘hosts’
for the fortnight, Mandy and John,
the proprietors of ‘Escape Adventures,’ a New Zealand based adventure bike touring company.
Word must have got around about
our booking, as we turned out to
be the only takers for the October
Trek.
the next two weeks.
So off we set: the four of us, plus
Nash, our Kenyan driver, a multitude of bikes and Sabrina (alias, a
converted green and white Japanese bus). The format for the trip
was daily riding (between 25 and
90km across a variety of terrains)
while our kit travelled in style
aboard Sabrina. Food and water
were provided on tap and at night
we pitched up our tents in an assortment of exotic locations.
The advantages of being in the
saddle, rather than in the back of a
jeep or overland truck are too numerous to mention. Of particular
note are the joy of just being able
to hop on and off the bikes to
touch, smell and get a closer look
at the amazing surroundings and
their animal and plant inhabitants.
The second is the opportunity for
genuine interaction with the amazing people who live in East Africa.
We spent a lot of time riding
through Masai lands. Here the
staple diet is a mixture of milk and
blood, there is no electricity, water supply or sanitation and people walk many, many miles for
water or to go to church! Most
people live in mud huts and the
Initial major highlight was our first
zebra sighting, within the first
10km of riding nearly distracting
us into a 6-inch deep pothole on
one of Kenya’s infamous tarmac
roads. Delirious with excitement
at our first ‘big game’ sighting, we
had little idea about the sights and
sounds we would experience over
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riding was at its best,
climbing through remote villages and descending into lustrous
green valleys.
The
change in vegetation
brought a change of
creatures and chameleons, monkeys and
enormous insects became the order of the
day.
Steve and a chameleon?
biggest challenge facing children
in accessing education is that they
can acquire a (compulsory) school
uniform. However, the humbling
sight of children and families racing out to greet four strange
mzungu (white people) in odd
head attire (helmets) with enormous smiles and the customary
shouts of ‘Jambo, Jambo’, made
you wonder what kind of tricks
we’re missing in the course of our
busy Western lives.
Mind you, none of this is as humbling is being overtaken by a local going up a hill on a rickety single speed with 40kg of water on
the back!!!!
The trip included two safari drives
through National Parks (providing
a chance for our legs and bottoms
to recover) and we were privileged to see enough wildlife to
feel like a couple of extras in a
David Attenborough production.
At the start of the second week, we
left the hot, dusty plains for the
green tropics of the Tanzanian
Usambura Mountains. Here the
After covering 1000km
(including 600km of riding) we
arrived at a stunning beach, just
outside the Tanzanian capital Dar
Es Salaam, in time to enjoy a few
(more) relaxing beers and to get
severely sunburnt – yes it’s very
very hot, even when it’s windy and
cloudy.
company, scrumptious food and
stories about lions to impress your
friends with should look no further. If you want to check out similar holidays, visit the Escape Adventures
web
site
www.escapeadv.com or speak to
us we’ll bring the photos round!!!!!
Anybody wishing to combine two
weeks mountain biking with unforgettable experiences, pleasant
Cathy Atkinson
Steve Clayton
A picnic in the Masai Mara
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M.T.C.
SUMMER RACE KIT 2006.
To All Club Members.
Hope all the winter base training is going to plan and you are all raring to go for the start of another new race season . If you are; well it’s time to get your orders in for any race kit you might
need.
As with previous years the kit will come from Amatim Sports who provide us with the quality Desoto kit that we use. To view the kit please check out: www.desotosport.com or ask any club
member who already has the kit.
Please note that for this year Desoto have dropped the red from the women's range, for some
crazy reason!! We no not why!! Amatim have said, “We do have at present 2005 stock in red and
should be able to supply your clubs needs from this. If you let me have your order ASAP we may
still be able to obtain any item we don’t have from the States”.
This is the reason for this early order. We need a quick turn around so we can get the kit we
want before stock runs out!
Please complete the enclosed order form by
delivery and send it to me!
th
Monday 27
February,
for a start of race season
Steve Birkett.
48 BALMORAL ROAD,
FLIXTON,
MANCHESTER,
M41 6HQ.
Please also include your payment in the form of a cheque for the full amount payable to
Please do not email your order and include all your details on
the order form. Please also note that only selected items are available in xs and xxl. INCOMPLETE OR LATE ORDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
“Manchester Triathlon Club.”
!!PLEASE ORDER ASAP TO AVOID DISAPOINTMENT!!
………………………………............................................................................................................................
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2006 RACE KIT ORDER FORM.
ITEM
PRICE
MENS
Power Tri Short
4 Pocket Power Tri Short
Tri Short
Low Cut Tri Short
Zip Tri Jersey
Power Skinsuit
S
M
L
XL
OTHER
SIZE
NO OF
ITEMS
31.95
35.95
27.95
27.95
31.95
63.95
WOMENS
Tri Short
Low-Rise Tri Short
Zip Tri Jersey
Support (Full ) Tri Top
T-Back
(Rib )Top
Power Skin Suit
27.95
27.95
31.95
27.95
23.95
63.95
TOTAL
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE NO
EMAIL
NOTES
TOTAL
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This article on Chris Clarke from the “Stockport Times” was submitted by one our members.
29th October, 2005
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Steely performance by Ironman athlete
Ironman Chris Clarke proved himself
among the fittest athletes in Stockport
when he finished a gruelling triathlon
event in under ten hours.
The 33 year old swam, cycled and ran
a total of 14 miles in the searing heat
during the World Triathlon Championships in Hawaii, completing the
energy sapping event in 176th place
from an international field of 178
men and women.
Chris, pictured, who lives in Adswood, undertook a punishing training
schedule to get himself in peak condition for the 0.24mile swim, 11.2mile
bike ride and 2.6mile run on the pacific island.
Progress
And he was more than satisfied with his finishing
time after finding himself
unable to make much progress in a crowd of ladies at
the start of the swim.
“It’s my first proper year of
competition, so under ten
hours will do”, said Chris
who works as a Pilates and
Yoga Instructor at the
Galleon Leisure Club in Didsbury. “The swim was a nightmare because there were so
many people going off and I
was in a crowded part at the
start and was practically
swimming vertically. There
were so many people I was
getting punched and kicked
and it went on like that for
half the distance. In fact I’ve
been bullied all my life,
I don’t know why, people
just seem to pick on me”.
Now Chris will take a break
of just a couple of minutes
before embarking on the
Ironman qualifiers in
Prestatyn in April, with the
hope that his time there will
be good enough to take him
back to Hawaii for next
year’s final.
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EDDIE McGRATH CYCLES,
31 STATION ROAD.URMSTON
MANCHESTER. M41 9JG
TEL;0161-748-2733
FAX;0161-746-7223
EMAIL;[email protected]
*VISA/ACCESS/SWITCH/DELTA/SOLO*
SNUGG WETSUITS
*AVAILABLE 0% INTEREST OVER 4 MONTHS*
LITE- Standard fittings sizes only £149.99
STEALTH-5-3-2
*
£199.00
RACE ULTRALITE PRO
*
£249.99
SLIPSTREAM PRO
*
£299.00
SLIPSTREAM PRO
LIMITED EDITION *
£360.00
Neoprene Polar Cap
*
£ 16.00
*MADE TO MEASURE FITTING AVAILABLE
AQUAMAN WETSUIT
BIONIK Metal Cell
*
£324.99
BIONIK – XS to XXl
*
£299.99
PULSAR - XS to XXL
*
£249.99
IMPACT –
Multi sex fit S to XL
*
£169.99
*AVAILABLE IN WOMENS AND MENS FIT
BIKE FITTING.COM
NOT TOO SURE IF YOUR BIKE FITS?
Bike measurement system call for details
Book for an appoitment . Cost £35.00
QUINTANA ROO
These wetsuits are available in 16 sizes for both
Men and Women.When ordering please refer to sizing
chart.
*AVAILABLE 0% INTEREST OVER 4 MONTH*
ULTRAFULL –Gents or Ladies
£140.00
HYDROFULL – Gents or Ladies
£240.00
SUPERFULL – Gents or Ladies
£299.99
Q-ROO Polar cap – Adds 3%Heat £ 16.00
IRONMAN
VO2 MENS-Stealth fullsuit
VO2 WOMENS- Stealth fullsuit
INSTINCT MENS-Fullsuit
INSTINCT WOMENS-fullsuit
VO2 Stealth -long sleeve john
INSTINCT-long john
Neoprene Cap
£275.00
£275.00
£195.00
£240.00
TRI- ACCESSORIES
Elastic laces and locks
£ 4.99
Standard lace locks
Deluxe elastic race number belt £ 5.99
Ironman elastic race belt
£ 3.99
Speedo silicone race cap
£ 4.99
Speedo Aquatic supersoft earplug£ 3.00
Speedo adjustable nose clip
Anti-fog goggle drops
Speedo Elite kickboard
£13.00
Speedo Elite Pullbuoy
Speedo Power paddle
£ 6.00
Speedo tech hand paddle
£13.99
Speedo universal kick board
Speedo univeral pullbuoy
£ 7.99
Speedo Training fins
Speedo large team Holdall
£30.00
Speedo pool shoes”flip flop”
£195.00
£179.00
£ 19.99
£ 1.50
£ 3.00
£ 4.00
£12.00
£ 9.99
£14.99
£11.00
GOGGLES
Sonja crystal sport goggles
£11.00
Aquasphere seal mask
£16.99
Aquasphere seal mark –
mirror lens
£23.00
TYR socket rocket 2-metalized
£10.00
TYR velocity goggle-clear/smoke £ 8.00
TYR Technoflex goggle
£10.00
TYR Racetech-mirror
£10.00
Speedo speedsocket
£14.99
Speedo xenith
£10.00
Speedo mariner-sleak styling
£ 8.00
Speedo Multi- seal lightweight
£13.99
Speedo Aquaview-large lens
£14.99
*LOTS MORE GOGGLES AVAILABLE-PHONEFOR PRICE*
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POLAR
HEART MONITORS 0% PAY OVER 4 MONTHS
F1-Basic Entry level HRM
£37.99
F2-Average,zones,alarms
£49.99
A3-Time,average,zones
£49.99
A5-Time,average,zones,cals
£59.99
M31/M32-Zone,cades,average
£89.99
M61/M62-Zone,memory,index
£104.99
M71 Ti-Titanium cased M31/32
£124.99
M91 Ti-Titanium cased M61/62
£165.00
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S120-Ideal for running laps
£75.00
S150-Ideal for cycling-speed
£84.00
S410-Index,cals,codes,sonic
£124.99
S520-As 410-Metal-inc,speed
£149.99
S610-As 410-unlimited files
£149.99
S710i-As 610-with cyclefunc
£179.99
S720i-As 710-with metal case
£199.99
S810-Top of the range HRM
£249.99
Power output sensor
£235.00
Interface-serial or USB port
£27.99
Cadence Sensor kit-S-series
£29.99
Speed sensor kit-s series
£29.99
Universal bar mount
£ 5.99
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T31-Transmitter electrode belt
£29.99
T31-Coded Transmitter belt
£34.99
T61-Coded belt HRM
£39.99
Replaced elastic chest strap
£ 4.99
Triumph Heart bra Black/White
£24.99
CYCLE SHOES
Shimano TrI 1-sizes 36/47
Carnac MPS Sole TRS 8-36/46
Carnac UPS sole TRS 7-36/46
*sizes 47+48 £10.00 surcharge*
Lake CX110 TRI-37-48
Lake CX310 TRI-Carbon
Sidi RO73 Shoe
*lots more shoes available
SPEEDPLAY
£90.00
£89.99
£109.99
£59.99
£109.99
£49.99
X3-Cro-moly-220gm pair
X2-stainless-198gm pair
X1-Titanium-150gm pair
ZERO-Stainless-206gm pair
ZERO-Titanium-164gm pair
Replacement speedplay cleat
Cleat cover for walking
£79.99
£120.00
£169.99
£129.99
£179.99
£19.99
£10.00
EGGBEATER PEDALS
Eggbeater chrome-294gm pair
Eggbeater stainless-266gm pair
Eggbeater Titanium-230gm pair
Eggbeater Twin Titanium-210gm
Eggbeater Triple Titanium-185gm
Replacement Cleat inc pontoons
£65.00
£85.00
£129.00
£169.00
£220.00
£15.50
*SPECIAL OFFER*
GIANT TEAM FRAME-Carbon forks
Plus-Carbon Triangle 2004 model
Now: £425.00
*GIANT BIKES 2004*
OCR 3:Shimano 3x8 speed
OCR 2:Campag Xenon 3x9 speed
OCR 1:Shimano Tiagra 3x9 speed
OCR ZERO:Campag Mirage
£399.00
£525.00
£625.00
TCR 2:Shimano 105 3x9
TCR 1:Shimano 600 3x9
TCR ZERO; Dura Ace 3x9
TCR Composite 2:Campag Centaur
TCR Composite 1:Shimano 600 2x9
£999.00
£1399.00
£1799.00
£1999.00
£2499.00
QUINTANA ROO
TRUENO-Tiagra Group,
Formula wheels
£950.00
KILO-105 Group,XR-1 Wheels
£1300.00
TEQUILO-Frame,fork and Headset £700.00
CALIENTE-Frame,fork and Headset £1000.00
TI-PHOON-Frame,Fork and Headset £2650.00
LITESPEED
£750.00
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Message From The Editor:
Notes for
Contributors
I hope you have all enjoyed your first newsletter of 2006. If you are a
new club member and this is your first newsletter then I hope you find
it a very useful read. This issue is certainly full of news of forth coming club events and informative articles from our coaches. The newsletter will be produced 6 times a year at the beginning of the month
following the closing date for submissions (see note on right). Misguidedly I thought I’d be able to turn this one around in a weekend
but as you can see with all the contributions, it has more pages than
ever and therefore it is likely to take a couple of weeks to produce. None the less keep
your news and articles coming in. It would be particularly nice to hear from any of our new
or relatively new members on your views or first triathlon experiences. Remember for the
latest up to date information on our club activities then always go to the MTC website and
forum. Chris Storey is doing an excellent job developing and updating our website which
will always be the best source of up to date MTC news.
Contribute including stories, race
reports, news item’s, classifieds or
event listing may be submitted
either as Microsoft word document
or excel document. Images are
excepted electronically in JPEG,
TIF or GIF format.
Deadlines for submissions in 2006
are :
January 23rd
March 20th
May 22nd
July 24th
September 25th
November 20th
Send contribution to
[email protected]
Deano
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PSP11 Neutral
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MTC
MANCHESTER TRIATHLON CLUB 2006 APPLICATION FORM
Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December, but new members joining after 1 July pay half the appropriate membership
fee – but this does not apply to former members rejoining.
Payment is by cheque in full for silver & bronze members. Gold members can pay by cheque, or half by cheque on 1 January
together with half in a post dated cheque for 1 July.
Members must pay the full fee for all training sessions until they have renewed their membership and received their membership cards. NO CARD = NO DISCOUNT.
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Membership Types
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
BRONZE (STUDENT)
JUNIORS (under 18)
M’ship
fee
190
60
15
10
10
Swim sessions
FREE
2
4
4
1.5
Longford Park
(run)
FREE*
1*
2*
2*
1*
Sunday bike
Spin
FREE
FREE
FREE
FREE
FREE
FREE
1
2
2
1
Tick
* Plus £2 to pay to the track official in reception
New member
Membership renewal (current member)
Membership renewal (past member)
Do you wish to assist new members joining the club? If so, indicate the training sessions you normally attend and we will
try and match you with a new member.
Moss Side swim
MAC swim
Longford Park
Sunday bike
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Please send to Harry Davies, MTC Membership Secretary,
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