Georgian Pontiac

The Baydogs are extremely proud, to announce, Georgian Pontiac has their major sponsor for 2010. In addition, the Baydogs are absolutely delighted to announce the "Locker Room" as a significant sponsor.

60

Growing faster than a Google Stock! In pure absolute numbers the Barrie T.C. Baydogs have now hit 60 members.

this coming week February 1st - 7th

good morning Baydogs & friends, for the first week in february, we have :
tues. feb. 2nd winter 8km run, 6:15pm meet at Centennial Beach parking lot.
thurs. feb. 4th our second social nite at the Locker Room on Cundles
fri. feb. 5th our official Barrie T.C. swimcaps arrive.

FREE TRIATHLON SEMINAR IN BARRIE!!!

Hello Baydogs,

Some of you might be interested in this one.

Maybe we can show up ?

Maybe it is a good idea to get more vibility as a club?

Maybe we can distribute our new cards and logo to get more members?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2010 Trisport Promotions Newsletter In this newsletter: FREE TRIATHLON SEMINARS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear ( read Baydogs unstead of my name!), Have you been trying to motivate yourself to get your training started this year? Do you have a friend you were hoping to introduce to the world of triathlon? Well, here is your chance. Canada's first ever Olympic Coach Barrie Shepley and Ontario's top elite athlete Sean Bechtel will be doing free ninety-minute Triathlon Seminars at local Running Free Stores in January and February. "Sean and I are excited to have a chance to meet TRISPORT's many triathletes in our three free seminars" said Barrie Shepley. Seminars will include great material for novice participants as well as leading-edge information for veterans who are training for 70.3 or Ironman races in 2010. Each talk will take place at Running Free Stores. Jan 27th at the Markham Running Free at 7pm. Feb 3rd at the Milton Running Free Store at 6:30pm. Feb 10th at the Barrie Running Free Store at 6:30pm. Participants will be eligible for great draw prizes, great training information and early-winter-motivation. Participants must RSVP for the free talk they wish to attend (and let Barrie know how many seats you need reserved). Save a seat by emailing barrie@personalbest.ca. Sponsored by Merrell and Running Free Januaray 27th at Markham Running Free 7pm. February 3rd at Milton Running Free 6:30 pm. Feb 10th at Barrie Running Free 7pm. _________________________________________________

Get'cher Groove On

So, it is January and Spring seems to be far in the distance, but you should take to heart the advice posted on my classroom wall, "Warning: due dates are closer than they appear."

That next adventure race, sprint triathlon, Spring du, or season's goal is actually peering at you in the not so distant future. Why not take advantage of some of the great group training activities offered up as either official Barrie T.C. events (like the Tues eve run and Wed eve speed sessions) or some informal ones like the spin classes at Holly on Monday night (I hear they are fantastic), or the Hour of Power at Allandale on Wed night (a killer for the fittest out there), or some of the morning swim sessions that other Barrie T.C. members have been meeting and swimming together during (re: East Bayfield Tues & Thurs AM).

The point is, get out there and get your season going. You don't have to, "Kill it!" but take a page out of Lance's book (whether you like him or not, he was a triathlon phenom back in the day - which, as Dane Cook reminds us, was a Wednesday). In other words, prepare yourself for the stress you are going to put your body through.

Said stress, is of course, relative, so don't think I am prescribing some sort of Fab-4 massive training volume at this time of the year. Canada in winter is not SoCal, hence is not conducive to such outdoor endeavours. What I am trying to remind you is pull a Nike, "Just do it!" Or if you dislike winter as much as I do, think like Adidas, "Impossible is nothing." or if you are more of a Sid the Kid fan, it's "Your move." What ever slogan you prefer, what ever gets you out the door, your body will thank you when you toe the line this summer, at your neoprene clad gathering of choice, this side of the Semi-annual Bakersfield, Va. Germaphobe Convention.

I leave you with my favourite of late, "Do or do not, there is no try." -Yoda. Or as I have begun to envision it, "Tri or tri not, there is no Du."

Peace out, T. Hatch.

BTW> If you haven't checked us out go to our Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=188605042583

Cycling & Running Routes

Quick reminder deadline is nearing. If you have a favourite cycling route or running route submit to Ted Read (Cycling) and Jamie Nielsen (running). Along with the written directions by street name. A map of the highlighted course must accompany the submission(s).

example : Title = Winter 8km Run. Starts Centennial Beach (Barrie), path, White Oak, Brennan, Whitby, Tollendal, Royal Oak Cres., and back to beginning. approx. distance 8.2km

refer to your last member newsletter for more specifics.

Swimming Tools

The following are excellent sources for workouts & tutorials to customize your swimming desires & needs. Swimplan is free and is easier to use. The other two websites are equally beneficial.

www.swimplan.com

www.goswim.tv (also go to youtube & type in"go swim").

www.swimsmooth.com

Every Tuesday (ET) 8km Run 6:15 pm

Our winter run has been shifted to Tuesday evenings 6:15 pm. We will meet at Centennial Beach parking lot at 6:10 pm and run our 8km. Our second, ET run is, Tuesday January 19th.

(please note there is no longer a thursday morning run).

The Winter run will last until Spring temperatures return and at some point in April we will turn this time slot back to our Time Trial time slot.

GREAT MEETING! :)

Hello Baydogs Rrr!

Well, after the social and now the meeting...keep talking about the club.

Maybe we can have more people on spring meeting as people will start to focus on summer/racing season.

Sounds like we are going to have fun with all people showed up!

Glad, impressed and happy!

Might not sounds obvious now with this coldy morning but early enough will get back on track with our summer routine, outfits, tri gears and so on.

New members, there is a ton of experience here in the club, so go for it and enjoy the ride.

We are in good hands (time trials, speed training, sat rides, social of course:)))

Slowly but surely, we will build it there!

Stay focus!

Thanks to all organisers.

G

Hawaii - TRIATHLON - INSPIRATION

Hello trifolks!

Had it to your sched, thusday, jan 12th TSN 1330-1430.

Inspiration (even if your are not thinking of Ironman...yet.:)

Scenic view from Hawaii, great athletes...

Enjoy the show.

G

Sat. Jan.9th Holly Meadows Community Ctr 9am 2010 Kick Off Meeting

Dear Barrie, Orangeville, Newmarket, Innisfil, Stayner, Collingwood, Elmvale, Midhurst, Bradford, Orillia, Oro-Medonte, Horseshoe Valley, Wasaga Beach, residents of Jupiter, Florida & St. George, Utah,.......welcome!

Saturday January 9th, at 9am located at the Holly Meadows Community Centre (south Barrie), the Barrie T.C. Baydogs have their official 2010 "Kick Off" Meeting 90 minutes in length. Bring your enthusiasm.

directions 400 Highway, to Essa Rd. (head west on Essa Rd.) turn right onto Mapleton. Travelling about 500m Holly Meadows Rec Ctre will be on your right hand side171 Mapleton Ave

Tell Us

We want to know what your 2010 #1 Goal is ? Or if you prefer tell us what your new year's resolution is ? Comment here or go to the Barrie T.C. "group" on fb.