As many of you know, Ken and Gloria Petruzzelli (a.k.a. Team K & G) are moving to Sacramento and have resigned their positions on the Chico Triathlon Club Board.  We are all grateful for their service to the club, and recognize that CTC simply would not exist at all if it weren’t for them.  We wish them the very best in their future endeavors, and look forward to seeing them at races in the years to come.

Going forward, I am moving from Vice President to President and will serve in that capacity for the remainder of the year.  Shawn Hughes will take on the Vice President’s position and Dina Rabo will be Secretary.  We will continue as a seven member board until elections are held at the end of this year.  At that time, we will open two new board positions to bring the total back to nine.  The two-year terms for five of the board members will also end at that time (Shawn H., Sean M., Wally M., Susan M., and myself).  If you would like to have a more active role in the club, please consider running for one of the open board positions later this year.

Keep in mind that we have two “club races” remaining on the calendar.  We will again invade Lake Siskiyou on Labor Day weekend at the Mount Shasta Tinman triathlon.  The race is on Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 8:30 AM.  Camping is available at the race site, and we hope to duplicate our huge presence again this year.  Twenty-two club members raced last year and we all had a great time.

The final club race of the season is the Granite Bay Triathlon on Sunday September 25th at Granite Beach on Folsom Lake.  Granite Bay is a challenging sprint distance race that is also the California Sprint Distance TRI Club Championship.  Clubs need ten members racing to qualify for the championship, but points are awarded for any club finisher regardless of time.  We had excellent representation last year but came up just short of ten members, so we were unable to qualify.  The overall winning club team receives a trophy and dedicated racks at all TBF races the following year.  The fastest team receives ten free entries to the Golden State Triathlon on October 9th, 2011.

Even if you’re not planning on either of the club races, be sure to attend some of the club workouts that will continue through the end of the season.  There’s the Monday evening tempo run at One Mile, Josh’s bike intervals on Tuesday, Sean’s Thursday track workouts at PV, and of course Wally’s famous swim workouts Friday mornings at One Mile.  Be sure to join the Yahoo Group email list for the latest in club events.

Greg Watkins

President, Chico Triathlon Club