MTSU Triathlon Club
Welcome to the Middle Tennessee State Triathlon Club website. This is the place where you will find the most up to date information about our club. You will find a calendar with important events (races, practice schedule, meetings), news and updates on what we are doing, information about our sponsors, and links to our favorite triathlon related websites.
News
SECTC Training Camp
January 30th | | This year, SECTC and USAT will get together again and will offer a training camp for all the collegiate triathletes. There will be no entry fee and USAT will pay for lodging. This year the camp will be at Clemson University in SC. To be able to attend you need to be a full time student, be part of the club and get in touch with Tiago. The camp will be from March 12-14.
&This is a great opportunity to learn from top coaches around the country and to meet athletes from other universities at the southeast region.
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Practice times
January 30th | | We are having practices as scheduled. Tue and Thu, swim at 7:30 am at the Rec Center and running at 1:30 pm at the Murphy Center track. We didn't get many people this week but we hope that you can make it. Let Tiago know if this time is not good for you.
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Last day to sign up with a discount
January 30th | | Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the McMinnville triathlon at discounted rates. For more information check out the race website.
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Club meeting
January 25, 2010 | | Last Friday we had a very productive meeting. A few of the old members and a few people that were interested in getting more information about the club showed up, a total of nine people were present.
I explained the benefits of joining the club, which include: financial support from MTSU, discounts from our sponsors, the ability to use our equipment, and more importantly make friends and have them provide support for your athletic endeavors. I talked a little about the races around the area and said I would post some of them in the website calendar, and the races are already added.
If you are planning on doing any of the races let me know so I can add to the list of members participating at each race.
We also talked about a time where we can meet to practice as a group and the possibility of creating a message board to post practice times and for club members communication. I'm working on figuring out the best way for club members communication, there are a few options like using google wave, facebook, and creating a message board. I will give an update on the situation soon.
Right now the practice times are as follow:
Swimming - Tue/Thu from 7:30 to 8:30am at the Rec Center. Micaiah will be there in the mornings.
Running - Tue/Thu starting at 1:30pm at the Murphy Center indoor track. I will be there during those days. There is also a possibility for running practices on Friday.
Biking - No schedule practices at this time.
We are on our way to have a great season with more members than ever before. Let your friends know about the club and start practicing to get in shape for the upcoming races.
Tiago Barreira
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GJCC has changed location
January 25, 2010 | | Here is the information given by Team-Magic:
Team Magic Kicks Off Triathlon Season With A Change in TN. McMinnville Tri Replaces GJCC.
Come join us for our 8th year in the great community of McMinnville. New this year - we have shortened the distances and changed the date due to the cancelation of our GJCC Memorial Day Triathlon that has been held in Nashville for the past five years. The wildly successful sellout GJCC Triathlon has unfortunately been canceled by our host facility due to staff changes. We loved working with them and will miss them of course. For those of you that have never been to McMinnville, it is only about 75 miles southeast of Nashville and the race is starting at 8:30 am to give morning arrivals a little more time!
Team Magic wants to continue offering an early season beginner friendly option so the nice folks at McMinnville have agreed to make the date/distance adjustment.
The new race distances will be just like the GJCC for the swim at 200 meters and the run at 2 miles. The bike course will be slightly longer at 10.5 miles but an easier course than GJCC.
This event is in our calendar.
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Friday meeting
January 20, 2010 | | We will have our first meeting on Friday at 4pm at the second floor of the Rec Center. If you are not a student and plan on coming to the meeting please let me know so I can leave you name at the front desk so you don't have to pay to get in.
We will be deciding on practice times for the semester, what races we are going to do, I will be sharing information about our sponsors, and make plans for uniforms purchases.
I hope to see you there,
Tiago
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3rd Annual Border Brawl
January 13, 2010 | | There is a change that will be able to participate on the 3rd annual Border Brawl with Western Kentucky University that will take place on Saturday, April 10th in Bowling Green, KY.
More information to come.
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Upcoming events
January 12, 2010 | | If you are looking for information about the Triathlon Club, there are a few events coming up that will be helpful. We will have a meeting in the next few days, I will post date, time, and location soon. But before the meeting happens, we will have the Sport Club Infoormation Fair on January 20 at 10am-2pm KUC 2nd floor. If you want any information, that is a great place to learn about the club. If you are a club member, please come so you can recruit new members.
Tiago
President
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New year new sponsor
January 1, 2010 | | The deal was made last month,but we are starting the year with a new sponsor. Xterra Wetsuits will be providing great discounts for our team. Please get in touch with me for ordering instructions.
Xterra Wetsuits are designed and engineered in San Diego to improve your open water swimming ability. As the leading American-based triathlon wetsuit company, XTERRA WETSUITS provides a significant advantage: without third party distributors, we are able to put additional resources into researching, designing, and manufacturing our suits. The XTERRA WETSUITS research and design team is comprised of world champion triathletes, world record swimmers, Olympic medalists, and passionate age group athletes. The end result: the fastest and best performing triathlon wetsuits in the industry.
Since 2001 XTERRA WETSUITS has manufactured high performance triathlon wetsuits. Over the years of training and racing, the XTERRA WETSUITS design team has perfected all aspects of the triathlon wetsuit. XTERRA WETSUITS are designed for maximum buoyancy, maximum flexibility and maximum speed through water. XTERRA WETSUITS are also designed to support the swimmer's body in the correct horizontal swimming position.
http://www.xterrawetsuits.com/
Tiago Barreira
President
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