Bridgewater Triathlon Club

Is this your year to tackle a duathlon???  The Bridgewater Triathlon Club will be hosting the 5th Annual Riverport Duathlon on Sunday October 3rd and this introductory session will take you through the steps of a run – bike – run event with details of what’s required to successfully complete your first duathlon.  Appropriate for all fitness levels, ages 12 and up.

• LOCATION: Riverport Elementary School
• DATE: Saturday September 11, 2010
• TIME: 1pm – 3pm
• EQUIPMENT: running shoes, bike, helmet
• COST:  $5
• REGISTER: contact the Municipality of Lunenburg Recreation Dept. – 541-1335
• QUESTIONS: contact the Bridgewater Triathlon Club at bridgewatertriclub@gmail.com

[Patrick Hirtle - SouthShoreNow] – Bridgewater Triathlon Club member Cliff Worden-Rogers turned in a remarkable performance in the Bridgetown Triathlon’s Half Ironman on August 1, finishing first overall.

But, as wonderful as the victory was, he will be the first to say that it wasn’t a race that went exactly as expected.

For the complete article, go to : http://southshorenow.ca/archives/2010/081010/sports/index007.php

Three BTCers took part in the 2010 Yarmouth Triathlon on Sunday August 8th:

• Cliff Worden-Rogers (pictured above) was the overall winner in the individual, male category
• Bev Richardson was the 2nd place female in the 50+ age category
• Steve Saunders was the 3rd place male in the 50+ age category

It was a new course this year that included a 1500M lake swim, 40k bike route and 10k run loop along Yarmouth’s waterfront.

More information about the Yarmouth Triathlon : http://ymcayarmouth.net/triathlon.html

Eleven BTCers took part in the 2010 Bridgetown Triathlon on Sunday August 1, 2010.

Hilites:

• Lisa Leahy-McIsaac was 1st in her age group in the Try-a-Tri
• Liam Patterson was 3rd overall and 3rd in his age group in the Try-a-Tri
• Janelle Knickle was the 2nd fastest female/1st in her age group in the Sprint
• Wade McIsaac was 3rd in his age group in the Sprint
• Ron Allen was 3rd in his age group in the Olympic
• Cliff Worden-Rogers was 1st overall in the Long Course
• Tammy Slauenwhite was 2nd in her age group in the Long Course

The complete results are on Atlantic Chip at : http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/results.php?year=2010

Photos from the event are at : http://picasaweb.google.ca/bridgewatertriclub/2010BridgetownTriathlon

Congratulations to everyone that took part.  It was a beautiful day, challenging swim, near perfect bike and a hot run … followed by lots of cheers.  Tammy and Dion — great job with your first Long Course race!  Lisa … a fantastic start to triathlon!

On Wednesday July 26th, Cliff Worden-Rogers (above left) and Mark Campbell (above right) made two presentations to members of the BTC and friends:

• Cliff’s presentation dealt with nutrition for athletes shooting for peak performance
• Mark spoke about his experience during his solo run around the Cabot Trail

In the picture above, Cliff is presenting Mark a donation on behalf of the Bridgewater Triathlon Club for the Brigadoon Children’s Camp, the charity that Mark supports through his efforts.

We’d also like to thank Karen Weagle from the Bridgewater Pharmasave for the Sigvaris athletic compression socks used for the door prize.

Are you a Facebook user?  Checkout the Bridgewater Triathlon Club’s Facebook group at : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2417611540

Eight BTC members participated in the first local triathlon of the 2010 season — Navy Tridents — held at the Shearwater military base on Sunday May 30th.

Congratulations to our newest triathlete — Melanie Johnston who participated in the Sprint distance event (750M swim, 20k bike and 5k run).  Other participants in the Sprint included Janelle Knickle (3rd female overall), Mary Chisholm (age group winner) and Team Cormier (Freda, Caitlin and Andrew).

Other club members that participated were Liam Patterson (Super Sprint) and Sharon Snow (duathlon).

The next race on the local circuit is a duathlon at Lawrencetown Beach on Sunday June 6th followed by another sprint triathlon at the Greenwood military base on Sunday June 13th.

  Reprinted with permission from TNS …

The first triathlon gets under way this weekend — Navy Tridents — with something for all ages between the two events.  The morning event has two super sprint distances that are included in the youth points series, a duathlon and a sprint triathlon as well as a team sprint event.   The Shearwater Kids of Steel event is a non-timed event  focusing on participation.

Registration for the Navy race ends on Friday and there is NO race day registration due to the planning involved in the multiple wave set up.  Registration for the Kids of Steel event continues until race day but the fee increases to race day fees at 6pm Saturday evening.

Next up, on the 6^th June, is the Cyclesmith Duathlon put on by Paul and his team of helpers out at Lawrencetown Beach.  A great multisport event for those that aren’t too keen on the swimming aspect.

Then on the 13^th is Greenwood, another pool swim triathlon to get us used to the wet part before we have to move to open water swimming. This race also features a duathlon and supersprints.

Triathlon Nova Scotia will be hosting a facilitator from Triathlon Canada and we’ll be putting on a Community Coaching Course on June 11^th and 12^th.  The Friday session will run from 5pm to 8:30pm, the Saturday session will go all day from 8am to 5pm (lunch will be provided).  The course will be $110 for TNS members and $160 for non-members (you could still pay the $40 membership fee and save some $$).  You can sign up online here  http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/details.php?show=567 or mail your cheque into the office.  We had hoped to run it in Greenwood but because of the flight times booked for the facilitator we are having it in HRM (location TBA).  This is a great course for those who think they’d like to begin coaching but also for those that want to learn more about training so they can better train themselves.

 Almost all race directors have their registrations set up on Atlantic Chip these days so you can check there for details on each race

As we move into June I’ll be sending out details on the Bedford Kids of Steel race which has a youth points series race,   Ingonish Triathlon (formerly known as Heart of the Highlands Triathlon) , the South Shore Kids of Steel race now put on by the Bridgewater Triathlon Club  and before you know it we will be into July already!

While race directors love to put on races for you, they also can’t do it without you, so take the time to volunteer.  If you’re not racing some weekend, drop a line to a race director, they’d love your help.  You can contact them through their Atlantic Chip pages or email the office and we can put you in contact.

Sarah Wood

Executive Director / Kids of Steel Director

Triathlon Nova Scotia

triathlon@sportnovascotia.ca

425-5450 x205

425-5606 fax

The BTC is very pleased to announce that it will be supporting the fund raising drive for the new Lunenburg County Life Style Centre by donating all the proceeds from the 2010 Riverport Duathlon to be held on Sunday October 3, 2010.

The new $30 million+ facility will include a 25M pool (yeah!) along with an ice surface, library and meeting rooms.  Located next to the Centennial Trail in Bridgewater, we expect it will be an excellent venue to someday host multi-sport events.

BTC member Cliff Worden-Rogers is currently preparing for IM70.3 Southern California and took part in a 5 day pro triathlon camp hosted by his coaching company — LIFESPORT — during the week of February 15, 2010 in Victoria, BC.

He chronicled his experience, you can read his notes from each day by clicking on the Responses at the bottom of this post.