Welcome to the South Sound Triathletes

South Sound Triathletes is a USA Triathlon registered club with an active membership of over 80 athletes who live throughout South Puget Sound. We aim to support each other in our competitive goals by providing training opportunities, workshops and clinics on many aspects of triathlon, as well as socials to just have fun. We welcome novice triathletes with little or no racing experience as well as elite triathletes and are dedicated to training athletes at all levels for all distances. Our club will assist you in reaching your goals in this great sport we call triathlon. Please contact us for more information.

Weekly e-mail message from Richard:
Hey all:

After last week's blizzard, we're back to the more standard wind and rain.

A big thank you to Monique Lance and Lois Marquart for their great clinic on planning a triathlon season or "Periodization 101." Also big thank you to Mark at Forza Coffee in Dupont and Kelly Heinzinger at Metropolitan Market for providing the refreshments. And finally, thank you to all of you who attended. I hope you learned as much as I did.

If you can lead the ride this Saturday from Forza at 10:00 AM, please let me know. Ice or snow on the ground will cancel the ride.

Yoga will be starting on Saturday, February 4th . Classes will be held at Samdhana-Karana Yoga studio on 6th Avenue in Tacoma and will be taught by Tracy Ling. There will be a nominal donation ($7-10) to the studio. Doors will open @ 12:45 PM with class from 1:00-2:15 PM. We are still looking for an Athlete Development Director for the club. This person would be responsible for developing ideas for clinics and other training/social events for the club. Please let me know if you are interested.

You should have received our January newsletter. If you are an active club member and did not receive one, please let me know. If you are interested in the Polar insulated water bottles, please contact Doug Hill at doughill@harbornet.com.

And finally, see below for information on the 1 hour postal swim which will be happening on Jan 29th.
Upcoming events:
Swim workouts at the Lakewood YMCA from 5:45-7:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays.
January 29th- 1 hour Postal Swim with Blue Wave Aquatics
February 4th- Yoga at Samdhana-Karana Yoga studio with Tracy Ling 1:00-2:15 PM
February 26th- Rainman Indoor Triathlon at the Tacoma Center YMCA beginning at 7:00 AM. For more details go to http://trifreaks.com/TacomaRainManTri.aspx

Have a great weekend.

Richard