Squad Drinks - 14th March

Following the TRG wave at final XOSIZE race, 14th March at Brighton, there will be squad drinks at the Nest from 3:30pm to celebrate the end of sprint season and well wishes for our Port Mac athletes.

Lysterfield Squad Breaky - 21st March

Keep Sunday 21st March free as there will be a breaky at Lysterfiled from 9am. Prior there will be a 90 mins run from 7:30am of 3km open water swim at 8am.

Latest News & Results

Well we have three Half Ironman Series champions amongst us as David Swan, Maureen Wilson and Neil Gilbert all won their age catagory. A sensational result.

Neil Gilbert also came second in his catagory at Malaysia Ironman clocking a 14:43 (1:41 / 6:26 / 6:21) in some oppressive conditions. A great result for Neil to come 2nd in his age group at an International IM event- He was able to match it with the winner on the bike and in the swim but the other competitor ran a great 4.40. More impressive was that Neil came 285th out of 422 finishers with large number of DNF'ers.

Joel Knott had a fast swim at Pier to Perignon – 41mins

Donna had an amazingly tough day down at Apollo day with a number of competitors pulled form the water during the canoe Leg- Donna describe the conditions as VERY scary with a big swell and waves over 2ft- making paddling nearly impossible – to here credit she hung in there despite being on the verge of hypothermia- (unable to stop her teeth and jaw from chattering and shaking). What makes it worst was she had to run a girl down in the final stages of the event and then had this opponent challenge her in a sprint finish after competing for 5hhrs+- Sensational Job Donna

Well done to all the BRW competitors- sounded like a lot of fun- Hopefully enjoyable for a few of the comeback triathletes in the Sq Sara Steen and Daniella Favero - competing for the 1st time this season.

To training- sounded like all got through the BIG sessions of the weekend- athletes pacing them selves well and planning their nutrition as requested. Thanks to all those who supported one another out there I know it means a lot to the athletes who require assistance in difficult times!!

Finally Good Luck to those off to New Zealand for the IM on Saturday - Clint Van Beveren, Michael Hill & Ben Griffin All 3 are in magnificent form and I am sure will have great races. Also racing are former TRG'ers Dan Thompson, Jodie Barker and Lance Purdon. 

Otway Classic - Bruno's Race Report

How tough was the Otway Classic? Read Bruno report to get a feel of how tough it was by clicking here.

PowerBar Athlete's of the Month - February

Sarah Hughes has had a great season and it was capped off in February with a debut half IM at Geelong in a sensational 5:01 (transition practice is only needed) and then in a season where she repesented Aus at the Olympic Distance World Champs came 7th in the Austrlian Sprint Champs. As bis is 2009/10 was for Sarah, look out 2010/11!!!!!

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PowerBar Athlete's of the Month - January

Mark Hamill after being belated announced as the PowerBar athlete of the month, took the spirit of team work a bit too far after being pinged for drafting off Michael Hill at the Sprint Champs.

Mark has showed a great commitment to his training this season and it paid off big time with a great race at the Enduro. Well done Mark and keep up the good non-drafting hard work!!

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Training this Week

New weekend training schedule can be found here. Sessions for WB 15th Feb have been updated so login to get the session specifics. 

• Weds Ride: 5:50am Packer Velodrome
• Thurs Run: 6pm Dendy Park
• Saturday 6th March: Key Session - To be emailed
• Sunday: TBC

Cycling Aerodynamics

Well unless your only race each year will be Geelong 70.3, cycling aerodynamics are important. How much difference does an aero helmet make? Should I use aero bars? all these questions and more can be found in a good summary of the key points about cycling.