THE LONDON FIELDS AQUATHLON RETURNS!

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IT'S BACK...

We're back with our end of season race around London Fields. It's a fantastic race for novices and experienced triathletes. Put it in your diary, and enter via the picture on the right >>>

RACES IN APRIL

(Sorry, this post is a week late)

It been surely our biggest month of competition in the short history of the club. Remember, if you race, let us know and we will give you 'big up's' all round

The big event was our own race – full results from the Aquathlon can be seen here, but even higher praise must go to the event organisers and marshalls!

Scott McKenna and Ellen Greaves are now the club record holders on the course, finishing in 25.09 and 27.05 respectively.

We've started our inaugural London League season...

1^st race... The Ful-On Duathlon. A nice, well run event if slightly repetitive. This was just me. I both arrived on time and finished without hurting myself. Result!

2^nd race... The Dragonslayer Duathlon. It sounds like it was a bit of a lung buster. This didn't put off Tim Smith who finished an impressive 23^rd. Kath Brasier was also 2^nd in her category, well done! Rob Boulding, Mick Cairns, Gabriel Sayer, Seb Balcombe, Russell Webley, Catherine Emmett and someone who may, or may not, have been Amanda Wilmer also finished! No dragons were harmed during this race.

3^rd race... Over to Karl G for a summary of the Thames Turbo race...

A 4am start is a tad early for any race, but I think with such a great bunch of athletes it made up for the early start, and seeing everyone in their London Fields hoodies really made us stand out as a professional ‘looking’ team. Although if there were a prize for loudest team we would surely have won, and that would have been with Seb on his own.

A staggered start is always a bit strange, but it did mean that there was always someone on the side of the pool encouraging the swimmers (oh and checking out tactics, swim technique, and any other ‘stand-out’ features of the racers).

I think my ‘hero’ for the day was Joe Dale. In the pool he must have overtaken about 12 other racers, and with style! And for his category, he was 98^th in the swim, 54^th in the bike, and a spectacular 4^th in his category in the run. Now if we can just get him a bit faster in the water....

A few minor errors may have been made by the team, but I think everyone has been able to learn from the errors and (hopefully) won’t make them on the next team outing. I think Tim is going to be putting a bit of a blog entry together about how and how not to do a race.

Well done all who took part! Joe Dale, Tim Smith (Coach), Paul Thompson, Karl Grainger (Coach), Tim Pratt, Amanda Wilmer (F Captain), Jane Dennyson, Seb Balcombe (M Captain, Coach), Christina Rabbini, Simon Austin, Daniel King (Events Co-ordinator).

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There was a 2^nd Thames Turbo race a week later – well done to Alex Cooper, Clare Shakespeare and Nathan Dytor for braving a very windy course.

And finally, two people that deserve big mentions...

Alex Adames completed the London Marathon, raising a big bundle of cash for charity. Well done! http://www.justgiving.com/Alexandra-Adames

And Rhodri Gabe has cycled from Lands End to John O'Groats. Please offer him a cushion if he sits down near you... http://www.justgiving.com/RhodriGabe Well done!

And that is all – If you finish a race – let us know by emailing the club with 'RESULT' in the header.

Best,

Chris

Club Sec

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

Our 2nd Aquathlon took place in life-affirming spring sunshine yesterday - our huge thanks to all those who helped make it an excellent event.

Well done to the race winners, who are listed below. A full list of results can be found by clicking here

(Numbers in parentheses are Swim + Transition, Run, Total)

Junior: Female

1st: Emily Downey (2:07, 5:13, 7:20)

2nd: Elizabeth Kaethner (2:33, 5:13, 7:46)

3rd: Tara Lewis (2:57, 5:09, 8:06)

Junior: Male

1st: Jay Downey (2:37, 4:41, 7:18)

2nd: Max Macauley (2:55, 4:59, 7:54)

3rd: Zach Stroman (3:08, 5:00, 8:08)


Female (under 30)

1st: Ellen Greaves (7:17, 19:48, 27:05) Overall Female Winner

2nd: Clare Shakespeare (7:35, 24:26, 32:01)

3rd: Peppi-Marie Holder (7:53, 24:17, 32:10)


Female (Under 40)

1st: Stephanie Robson (8:42, 19:30, 28:12)

2nd: Sophie Hemsworth (7:32, 22:22, 29:52)

3rd: Fay Israsena (7:45, 22:47, 30:32)


Female 40+

1st: Dorothy Zerdin (7:35, 23:01, 30:36)

2nd: Lucy Fern (9:32, 24:39, 34:11)

3rd: Jane Allen (12:08, 24:43, 36:51)


Male (under 30)

1st: Danny Russell (6:49, 15:40, 22:29) Overall Male Winner

2nd: Paul Allen (6:37, 18:20, 24:57)

3rd: Mark Giddon (7:04, 18:05, 25:09)


Male < 40

1st: Scott McKenna (6:11, 18:58, 25:09)

2nd: Joe Dale (8:28, 16:47, 25:15)

3rd: Alex Elferink (7:24, 18:49, 26:13)


Male 40+

1st: Guy Holbrow (7:07, 18:09, 25:16)

2nd: Brian Longman (6:29, 19:21, 25:50)

3rd: Mark O’Donoghue (12:01, 16:10, 28:11)

Races in March

Well done to all those who competed in races this month. Remember, if you have raced - please let us know as we'd like to pat you on the back (digitally at least)! Simply email the club address with the heading 'RESULT'.

Alex Cooper braved the alarmingly titled Boxhill Ballbuster and took twenty minutes off his personal best! Fantastic!

I took part in the Brentwood half marathon last weekend along with skipper Seb Balcombe, Tim Smith and Laura Turner. Tim finished a fantastic 91st (of over 2000) with a time dead on 1hr 30. Seb came in a minute later, I was another 12 minutes back and Laura popped her head over the line in a very respectable 2hrs 10. Well done all of us!

I thought 6 days would be plenty of time to recover for the Victoria Park Open 5. It wasn't, but I still finished. A good showing from the club saw Ellen Greaves, Colin Staniland, Alex Cooper and Jane Dennyson all cross the finish line with good times - Ellen came 8th in her category, finishing in just 31.40!

Well done to anyone else who raced this month, I can't give a shout out though as you didn't let me know. There's a really busy month ahead with our 1st London League outings as well as our Aquathlon - expect a HUGE report in a months time.

Best, Chris Skinner

THE 2ND LONDON FIELDS AQUATHLON - ENTER NOW!

AUCTION AT LONDON FIELDS LIDO

Anyone who visits the lido will recognise the fantastic prints of cold swimmers, including our coach Tim.

If interested, the pic's are being auctioned for charity, info below...

CLUB SOCIAL - 19TH NOVEMBER

To celebrate the clubs first anniversary, the launch of our new membership scheme and because it's a Friday(!) our next club drinks will be at Pub On The Park on Friday 19th November, from 6pm.

The pub serves food if you fancy some dinner. Hope to see you there!

NEW SWIM TECHNIQUE COURSE

Hi all,

Top coach and friend of the club Terence Collins is launching a new swim course, he is offering a 10% discount to members of LFTC. Info below...

The next 8 week swim technique course starts on Monday, 1^st November and will be held in the Barbican at the City of London School for Girls from 7 to 8 pm (http://www.clsg.org.uk/contact_details/index.php).

It will focus on improving freestyle (front crawl) stroke technique via drills grounded in the body of knowledge offered by Sports and Coaching Science. Additionally, we will film your stroke in order to increase your ‘stroke self-awareness’ which will comprehensively increase your understanding of what you need to do to improve your swim technique.

The cost is £120 - 10% discount if you are a member of the Serpentine Running and Triathlon Club, London Fields Triathlon Club or Tri London and it runs for 8 consecutive weeks (Nov 1^st, 8^th, 15^th, 22^nd, 29^th and Dec 6^th, 13^th, 20^th).

If you require additional information please do not hesitate to contact him, moreover if you want to book a place on this course, please confirm as soon as possible.

WE ARE LONDON FIELDS TRIATHLON CLUB!

We are also famous!

LONDON FIELDS AQUATHLON - THE RESULTS

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the event on Sunday!

The full results can be seen here

Well done to the following winners:

MALE
U30: DANNY RUSSELL - TRI LONDON (22.04)
U40: FELIPE ELIAS - LONDON FIELDS (25.41)
40+ BRIAN LONGMAN - TRI SPORT EPPING (24.58)

FEMALE
U30: ALISON MCLEAN - LONDON FIELDS (29.51)
U40: NATALIE SNOW - TRI SPORT EPPING (29.34)
40+ ANDREA SANDERS REECE - MORNINGTON CHASERS (29.05)

Pictures online soon

My thanks to all those who took part, all our marshalls and referee, Tim & Karl (the LFTC coaches) and Seb, Guy and Rob (event organisers)

Here's to the next event!

Chris

All new Wednesday Intro To Tri swim sessions

After much blood, sweat and tears, the club has managed to organise a weekly Wednesday swim session aimed at newcomers to triathlon. The aim of the session is to develop swimming technique and fitness for those whoa are new to triathlon and/or who may be lacking confidence and experience in the water. I must emphasise that the Wednesday session has a much different aim to the Saturday morning session: if you have previously turned up on a Saturday morning, only to be put off by the standard of swimming, then this session could be for you!

The first session is on Wednesday September 29th (next week) and starts at 7.30pm. The cost is £6 and the venue is the Kingshall Pool in Clapton (http://www.gll.org/centre/kings-hall-leisure-centre.asp). If you are interested in attending, please let us know by emailing lftriathlon@gmail.com

LONDON FIELDS AQUATHLON

Entry form here

SWIMMING DRILLS

Our coach on Sunday was Dan Bullock from Swim for Tri. You can see more info about his drills here and here. He also runs a Thursday night course that might interest you.

GROUP 2 RUN ON 24TH JAN

Hi all, this is the route we ran in group 2 this Sunday...

Map your run in UK - route355489: LF TRI CLUB 24TH JAN 2010

Best,

Chris

1ST SESSION

Swim and run sessions begin on 10th January!

Email us now if keen to join the fun!

IT BEGINS!

Training sessions start in January 2010 with swim/run sessions booked for Sunday mornings. If you haven't been in touch yet, drop us an email: lftriathlon@googlemail.com.

1ST STEPS

London Fields Triathlon Club has affiliated to Triathlon England. We are currently building up numbers and hope to start sessions in December.

It is hoped that we will simultaneously run sessions for both experienced and novice triathletes.

If interested, please get in touch! lftriathlon@googlemail.com

Triathlon Club

London Fields Triathlon club is in it's embryonic stages.

If you are interested in joining/finding out more, email lftriathlon@gmail.com