The Chico Tri Club had a great weekend of triathlon.

Boise 70.3

We saw some great performances from CTC athletes Boise 70.3. Sean Molina 4:44 (3rd AG), Michael Daily 4:43 (5th AG), Jason Berry 5:21(top 20% AG) and Jacqueline Sasaki 5:30 (5th AG). I can't wait to see some race reports from these grand efforts!

If you are interested and want to see what the finish line of an Ironman 70.3 event looks like you can see a video of the finish here - http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/coverage/detail.aspx?race=boise70.3&y=2014#axzz349pCUbrP

You can see videos of the CTC athletes finishing on the middle video clip with the following times:

Sean Molina - clock time of 4:54:50 and video clip time of ~19:00

Michael Daily finished at 5:25:17 clock time or 49:58 clip time.

Jacqueline Sasaki crossed at 5:44:51 clock time and ~1:09:00 clip time (Jacqueline is on the left)

And, Jason Berry finished at 5:47 clock time and ~1:11:45 clip time

Screen Shots can be found here - Boise 70.3 Finisher Pics

Way to go CTC Boise 70.3 Athletes!!

USAP Events Folsom Triathlon

Our first "official" club race of the year was June 8th at Nimbus Flats State Park in Folsom, CA and we saw CTC members out in force.

Austin King represented our club at the Long Course Distance on a very hot day. Austin finished his FIRST Long course triathlon with a great effort.

The rest of us avoided the hottest parts of the day by taking on shorter distance races.

International/Olympic athletes were Josh Rowe (3rd AG), Jim Peplow (3rd AG), Daren Otten and myself.

Sprint distance athletes were - Alison Diaz (1st AG), Manny Mejia, Becky Hutchinson (1st AG), Josh Hutchinson (3rd AG),Carrie Naylor, Caitlin McCandless, Laura Van Dervoort, Dan Spencer, Mike Marvier and Mimi Brown.

If I missed anyone, please let me know!

Congratulations to everyone that ventured down to Folsom and competed! And special congratulations go out to several of our athletes completing their first triathlon ever! We hope to see you out there on the race courses again soon!

Of all the athletic adventures, one of the most competitive events of the day was the dance competition during the award ceremony. For the well being of all involved, I have chosen not to include pictures of that particular event. Just know that CTC was well represented in this contest. :)

Mark your Calendars:

The CTC Summer Party is also right around the corner.

When: Saturday, June 21st at 3:00pm

Where: Sean and Forough Molina's home

715 Parkwood Drive

Chico, CA 95928

This is one of the best opportunities we have as a club to just hang out and get to know each other. No, intervals or pace-lining allowed (ha ha). This should be a no-drop kind of party with family fun for all.

Granite Bay Countdown

We have 75 days until the Granite Bay Club Championship.

The race is going to be held on August 23rd at the Granite Bay course.

If you haven't already registered, let me know and I can give you the club discount code. You can register here - http://www.totalbodyfitness.com/race/events/Triathlon/the-granite-bay-triathlon-tri-club-and-individual-sprint-championship-race

*We currently have space in our race reimbursement program for several more athletes to reimbursed for race fees at this race. http://www.chicotriathlonclub.com/documents/2014_granite_bay_reimbursement.pdf

This is going to be a great event with a lot of representation by CTC. If you haven't marked your calendar already, please consider doing so. This is going to be a lot of fun.

The Week Ahead

This should be a pretty standard training week ahead:

Wednesday night 50's meeting at Rosedale elementary at 5:30p (Fun and Fit) and 6:00p (Fast) Thursday night track at PV High at 5:45p Friday morning swim at One Mile at 6:30a Saturday morning LSD Run at 5 mile starting at 8:00a and Sunday morning decide and ride leaving from one mile at 9:00a.

As daylight is available earlier, I have heard several comments about starting workouts at different times. if you are interested in starting workouts at different times, let it be known to the group and we can try to adjust accordingly or perhaps have a couple different start times.

And as always, if you are doing your own thing, but are open to company, let it be known on the Yahoo group and/or the Facebook page. The more the merrier!

Until next time...Swim, Ride, Run and have some fun!!

Justin

Six people braved the heat for this week's River Road 10-mile Time Trial. Here are the results:

25:06 Justin Waller

25:27 Tom Tucker

26:04 Jim Peplow

29:38 Justin Vaught

30:23 Paula Sunn

30:32 MaryAnn Bachus

Thank you to all who participated, and a big thank you also to Stefan for doing the timing!

Hello fellow CTCr's!  We have another busy week ahead with lots going on and lots of fun to be had.  But first, lets start with a recap of recent events...

Rancho Seco Weekend

We had several athletes competing at Rancho Seco park this past weekend.

Greg Watkins came in 1st overall at the Tri for Fun

Tammie Watkins came in 2nd in her age group

Karen English was 4th in her age group

Steve Brusig was the overall winner in the Du for Fun

Of all these efforts I am excited about.  There are two more that are very special to me.  Maya English (age 10) finished in the top half of her age group and Jack English (age 7) finished second in his age group.

Am I excited about how well these two fine young people did?  Absolutely!  I am even more excited about how one of our local families is showing how to do something fun together; to stay healthy and active as a family.  Way to go Tony, Karen, Maya and Jack!!

Practice Tri

We also had our club practice triathlon this weekend at Black Butte Lake.  Fun was had by all, and I heard a lot of good feedback.

Some of started the morning by being towed out to the Buckhorn Campground by Mr. Jason Berry.  Thank you for the 1 hour and 20 minute accumulated pull from the Berry Express.

We had a short swim supported by Kelly on SUP, Laura and Tanya on kayaks.  We followed that with a short 40 minute bike ride on the Black Butte Tri sprint course and a 15 minute run on the trails around the campgrounds.

We followed this up with a small potluck BBQ that was a good opportunity for us to hang out an talk.  Thank you to all that helped and participated in every aspect of the day.

I hope all of us are a bit more ready to race this weekend!

Also of note:

I failed to mention that two of our founding members competed at Ironman Texas a couple weeks back.  Ken Petruzelli and Gloria Petruzelli rocked the course in Woodlands, Texas on May 17th.  Both had GREAT days and have fully documented races reports out on the web for your reading pleasure.  Ken's report is here:

http://triathletelawyerken.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/ironman-texas-2014-race-report-its-all-about-execution/

And Gloria's report is here:

http://lifewithnolimitscoaching.com/2014/05/25/ironman-texas-race-reflection-part-1/

Ken went 20 minutes faster than he did at the same course last year.  Gloria went 48 minutes faster and earned 5th in her age group!!  While Ken and Gloria are now part of the Wattie Ink crew, they will always be part of the Chico Tri Club.  Congratulations to Team K&G!

If I missed anyone, please let me know!

Upcoming events:

CTC Time Trial

As this is week will be the first Thursday of the month, we will NOT be out at the track Thursday night.  We will be hosting the Chico Tri Club "First Thursday TT."  We are going to be set up at the start of the 10 mile TT course on River Road at 5:30.  Riders will be leaving at 6:01.  This is a great way to test your fitness and see how you are improving.

First "official" club race of the year is this weekend!

USAP Events Folsom Triathlon Series June 8th at Nimbus Flats State Park in Folsom, CA

We have athletes competing at all three distances on Sunday and it is going to be a great time.

Based on their website, the races will start as follows:

Long Course - Waves start at 6:30am

International (Olympic) - Waves start at 7:00am

Sprint - Waves start at 7:30am

USAP requests that all athletes arrive at least 1.5 hours early for the event.  This will result in some early mornings.  :)

Registration and Packet Pickup will be at Folsom Bike from 12-6 on Saturday, so if you are in the area, I suggest you stop by there.  You will also be able to pick up your packets on Sunday morning starting at 5:00am.

Please check their website and make sure you have all your logistical information squared away and questions answered prior to race day.

USAProductions has also reached out for volunteers.  If you are interested in supporting the sport, having some fun (and potentially racing later in the year with USAP for 50% of the race fee) consider volunteering.  Friends and family can also volunteer and it is a fun way to interact with the sport.  Contact me for details.

If you haven't signed up already, please let me know. We have a special discount code for these races and for USAP events all season long. You can sign up here -  http://www.usaproductions.org/

Boise 70.3

We also have a trio of athletes making the trek up to Boise 70.3 to race on Saturday.  Jason Berry, Sean Molina and Jacqueline Sasaki are going to be racing on one of the premier courses in North America.  This is a 12:00 (noon) start on Saturday, so please send them some positive thoughts and good energy.  You can track athletes here - http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/coverage/live

Mark your Calendars:

The CTC Summer Party is also right around the corner.

When: Saturday, June 21st at 3:00pm

Where: Sean and Forough Molina's home

715 Parkwood Drive

Chico, CA  95928

This is one of the best opportunities we have as a club to just hang out and get to know each other.  No, intervals or pace-lining allowed (ha ha).  This should be a no-drop kind of party with family fun for all.  Mark your calendars now!!

Don't forget to check out the group workout schedule here.  You can connect up with some local and like-minded folks.

Until next time...Swim, ride, run and have some fun!!

Justin