Training Resources

What's up, ballers?

If you want a race calendar, or training advice, go to http://www.3solo.com/. They would like to partner with us to help us get even better.

So good luck on finals, and keep up the hard work!

Your fearless leader for just a few more weeks,

Drew Streip

Natchez tRace Report

Nice work, TriVols!  

Yes, the weather was less than ideal, and our swimmers---Joe Peeden and Jennifer Torrance---didn't get their chance to demolish everybody in the water. But everybody did a great job anyway, and you can read a full race report at my (Drew Streip's) blog.

Highlights:

• Gray Skinner got third overall, and had the fastest bike split*
• Leslie Cagle took third in her age group
• Joey Ferry had the lowest combined T1+T2 time*
• plus, a lot of other funny stuff unsuitable to publish on a family-friendly website

*Fastest splits earned bonus points for the SECTC scoring

Welcome, XTERRA Wetsuits!

I am happy to announce XTERRA Wetsuits as the newest sponsor of the Triathlon Club at UT!

This is an incredible opportunity for us, especially anybody seeking a wetsuit. Our alum, Ryan Smith, wore the Vortex 3 on his way to a 10:57 finish at Ironman Florida in 2008.

And if you raced at either Natchez Trace or Collegiate Nationals in 2009, you know the importance of staying warm. So don't miss this chance to score a sweet deal! Just log on to their site using the following information:

URL: http://www.xterrawetsuits.com/special

LOGON: CC-UTENN

Thanks to Katie at XTERRA Wetsuits for helping us make this possible!

Haven't updated this in a while...hmmm...

Monday
3:30 pm -- bike ride from TRECS

Tuesday
6:30 am -- swim at SAC
5:30 pm -- track workout with KTC

Wednesday
3:30 pm -- swim at SAC
5:30 pm -- run w/ KTC at Runner's Market

Thursday
6:30 am -- swim at SAC
5:15 pm -- spin class at TRECS

Friday
3:30 pm -- swim at SAC
4:30 pm -- run from TRECS

Saturday
7:00 am -- IRONMAN Florida: Get 'em Allan, Cal and Robbie!

Sunday
2:00 pm -- run from TRECS

Dedication

If you are not a fan of humor and amusement, then don't watch this video. Otherwise, enjoy! And thank the Rain Gods for the good weather--I guess that dance I did Saturday night with the beads and feathers really worked.

-Drew

P.S. If you're not a mountain biker, you should be.

Weekly Schedule

Monday:
4:30 pm -bike ride
***5:30 pm -if weather is bad, Lauren Lee teaches a 30-min spin/30-min yoga class that could be fun

Tuesday:
6:30 am -Swim at SAC
5:30 pm -Track work-out with the KTC (at the track)

Wednesday:
3:30 pm -Swim at SAC
5:30 pm -Run with KTC at the Runner's Market

Thursday:
6:30 am -Swim at SAC
5:15-6:15 pm - Spin class in downstairs Trecs studio

Friday:
3:30 pm -Swim at SAC
5:00 pm -Campus run (meet at TRECS)

Saturday:
R & R, TLC - whatever you want to call it

Sunday:
***Atomic Man Half-IronMan --- a few volunteers still needed!!! I promise, it won't be that bad!
2 pm - Long run from Trecs

If you're racing this weekend...

and you couldn't come to our pre-race prep meeting (or you want a reminder of what we talked about), here ya go:

So the day before the race, drink a lot of water. Not ridiculous, but clear to faint-yellow wee wee is a good thing. If you've read about "carb loading", don't worry about it. That's for longer races than this. Do what you would normally do on a Saturday night, unless your normal routine is Edward 40 hands and copious amounts of drugs.

All kidding aside, you don't want to be late to the race on Sunday morning. It starts at 8 am, by the way. 6:30-7 is the perfect time to be there. If you can pick up your packet (get your race numbers and timing chip) on Fri or Sat before the race, you'll save a little time on the morning of. Don't eat a Cracker Barrel buffet in the morning before the race, but do eat a little something. Oatmeal/banana(s)/cereal are pretty common. Maybe a little less than you normally eat for breakfast. I'd bring a water bottle to have on the bike (if you have a bottle holder on your bike, if not it's not a huge deal) and one to have just to sip from before the race starts.

In terms of what to wear, it's a little different for guys and girls. I wore compression shorts from WalMart during the Trideltathon two years ago, and those were great. I've seen girls wear one piece swimsuits during an entire race. There really aren't any "dress code" rules, but you should probably refrain from getting nakey in transition. If you can, wear some form-fitting clothes during the swim. You'll save some energy by not being dragged down by normal swimtrunks/floaties. Remember that bike seats can hurt your butt if you have to sit on them for too long, but that shouldn't be a problem in this race.

Ok, so you're getting your personal transition area set up. Your transition area is just the place where you go to after each event is done. Everything you need to bike and run is there. Don't forget goggles, swimcap (if you need it), bike (with pumped up tires; if you don't have a pump, there will be people with them you can ask nicely to borrow), bike helment is MANDATORY, bike shoes (if you have them, if not it's not a big deal), running shoes...there are some other accessories that can be helpful, but this stuff is essential.

So imagine you're about to jump in the pool to start your race. You will be nervous, and I'd say unless you feel like a pro at swimming, start swimming slower than you think you should. You will have so much adrenaline for the first minute, and if you swim too hard at first the last few minutes will not be enjoyable. When you're done swimming, if you want, take your time getting out on your bike. Put socks on, shoes, helment, drink a little water if you want. This is a race, but you are supposed to enjoy it. So eventually you'll be out on the bike. Always remember that you have to run after you stop biking. There is a big hill or two on the bike couse, so pace yourself. When you're about finished with the bike, you'll experience a feeling unique to triathlons. When you put your bike up and start running, I'm not gonna lie, your legs will feel like concrete blocks. Don't be discouraged; everyone feels like this, and the feeling goes away after a few minutes of running. If y they have water stops along the way, definitely drink some water or gatorade. Eventually, you'll make your way all the way to the finish line and realize that triathlons aren't for freaks or physical specimens. You will see more older moms and dads than you will people that look like professional athletes. You'll meet some encouraging people, both spectators and racers, along the way. Hopefully by the end you'll think as much of this sport as we all do.

Bike Tubes pro deal

Thanks to BikeTubes.net we can get a super deal on inner tubes as a club. If you didn't know, one tube at the shop costs $5. These cost less than $1.50, and we don't have to do bulk orders.

Special thanks to David Henry, the sponsorship director at BikeTubes.net, for getting the TriVols this sweet deal!

Callaway Gardens Triathlon

We had quite the race this weekend. Loaded up in one car with five bikes strapped to our vehicle, we made our way down the interstate into Callaway Gardens, GA.

Drew Streip                   12:45  1:42       52:54  21.1  1:51      32:22  6:29 1:41:32

Anthony Harmon                15:48  2:33       47:48  23.3  2:00      36:33  7:19 1:44:40

Allan Hamilton                14:04  1:36       55:24  20.1  1:16      33:15  6:39 1:45:33

Michael Ott                   16:12  2:17       57:51  19.3  2:22      42:24  8:29 2:01:04 

Leslie Cagle                  14:15  2:14     1:04:29  17.3  1:50      43:20  8:40 2:06:06

Melissa Gill                  17:16  2:20     1:04:55  17.2  1:47      44:35  8:55 2:10:51

Good news about the race in Oct

One thing not a lot of us had realized was that there are two triathlons on the same day at the same place. One is a longer distance one (1.5k/40k/10k) and one is a shorter distance one (0.5k/10mi/5k) - (swim/bike/run)

If anyone is thinking "Man, I would love to go to a race with the team but I really don't want to do a longer distance triathlon", you have this option!

The pricing for both will be approx. $50.

For more info:

Long distance race

http://www.setupevents.com/?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=1195

Short distance race

http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=1196

Where to leave cars if you're racing this weekend

If you are racing this weekend, I would highly encourage you to carpool to our meeting spot. We are going to meet in Sequoyah Hills at 11:00 a.m on Saturday. Here are the directions from campus:

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If you live off campus, make sure you get everything you need from

campus (like goggles) on Friday so you don't have to fight through

the zoo that will be gameday traffic.

Also, carpooling from campus will probably help a lot of people out.

Drew, will (I think) be on campus that morning. To talk to him

about this, call 423-593-0255

Interest meeting

If you missed the interest meeting last week, never fear! We are here to catch you up on what was discussed.

In the near future, club members will be traveling to Callaway Gardens. Anyone interested in going should sign up ASAP and let us know. Also, I found out today that the other race for the fall semester is $30 cheaper than I thought. If you see this in the next hour, you can register for $45. On Sept. 1, the price increases to $55 (I think). To get this discounted rate, you must have the collegiate code. Talk to us to get that.

We were planning on another race this fall (the weekend of Oct. 4), but that race is already full and closed to registration. So while that is a no go, we are exploring other options for that weekend.

Race for the Cure is Oct 24. It's a 5k race for a good cause, and one we have been involved with in the past.

We are planning a sweet bike trip to Cades Cove on Sept. 18-19. It's approx. 45 miles from campus to the park, and we will ride there on Friday, stay the night in the park, hike and/or ride back on Saturday. The football game that day is Florida, but we'll be back in plenty of time to watch it on tv (it's an away game). We will also have a support car to provide encouragement/car rides for those in need.

We need members of the club to pay dues. Dues are $60 for the whole year. The benefits of dues are: hotels and gas on club trips are paid for, great deals on apparrel ($50 for the full Tennessee Tri kit - that is a steal).

Anyone interested in going to Panama City Beach, FL on the weekend of November 6-8 shoot me an email at allan.j.hamilton@gmail.com

Look for a spin class in the next week or two.

Weekly Schedule

Monday:
4:30 pm - bike ride (meet at TRECS parking lot)

Tuesday:
6:30 am -Swim at SAC
5:30 pm -Track work-out with the KTC (at the track)

Wednesday:
3:30 pm -Swim at SAC
5:30 pm -Run with KTC at the Runner's Market

Thursday:
6:30 am -Swim at SAC
4:00 pm -bike ride (meet at TRECS)

Friday (an easy day all around):
3:30 pm -Swim at SAC
5:00 pm -Campus run (meet at TRECS)

Saturday & Sunday:
Callaway Gardens race -- wish us luck, and train on your own if you want

Sunday night, 9:30 pm: BOOMSDAY!!! We will try to find a good fireworks-watching spot. GET EXCITED!!

This week's workouts

If you can't make practices this week but want something productive to do, this is what we'll be doing this week:

Swimming: Warmup with 200 swim/200 kick/ 200 pull/ 200 drills

3 or 4 x

100 fast rest 20

300 hard but steady r. 60

100 or 200 easy cooldown

Running:

15 min medium pace warmup

4-8 hill repeats - we are running on campus
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15 min easy cooldown

8/24-8/31

Are there 31 days in August? There's only one way to find out!

Also, there is an Interest Meeting on Thursday night at 7 p.m. in TRecs 228

Lastly, if you saw the email, Friday was a typo. There is a short sightseeing run around campus. 5 p.m.


Monday:
4:30 pm - bike ride (meet at TRECS parking lot)
6:00 pm - optional very short run (to start practicing those brick workouts!)

Tuesday:
6:30 am -Swim at SAC
5:30 pm -Track work-out with the KTC (at the track)

Wednesday:
3:30 pm -Swim at SAC
5:30 pm -Run with KTC at the Runner's Market

Thursday:
6:30 am -Swim at SAC
4:00 pm -bike ride (meet at TRECS)

Friday:
5:00 pm - Fun Run around campus

Saturday:
rest, relax, something fun and social maybe?!

Sunday:
2:00 - long run (meet at TRECS)

RecFest

Don't forget, RecFest is tomorrow. 5-8 in the Trecs Plaza. Come check us out for a little while. Also, our first group swim of the year on Wednesday at 3:30 at the pool.

Mountain Lakes Triathlon

4 members of the UT triathlon team went down to Guntersville, Al. to compete in the Mountain Lakes Triathlon.

Place No. Name                   Usat Age Sex Rank   Run   Pace    T1    Rank   Bike  Rate   T2    Rank   Run   Penalty Final 
===== === ====================== ======== === ==== ======= ===== ======= ==== ======= ==== ======= ==== ======= ======= =======
  1   4 Alex Woodard                 21   M    2    8:44  3:31    1:06    1   39:12  24.9    0:40    1   16:47         1:06:26
  2   6 J Bruhn                      20   M    5    9:43  3:55    1:09    3   39:33  24.7    0:41   16   21:55         1:12:59
  3  12 William Ansick               23   M    9   11:04  4:27    1:15    4   40:00  24.4    0:38    7   20:07         1:13:01
  4   2 Tiago Barreira               29   M    1    8:13  3:18    1:14    6   41:24  23.6    0:37   15   21:51         1:13:16
  5   9 Meredith Tyler               21   F    8   10:56  4:24    1:21    5   40:44  24.0    0:51    4   19:30         1:13:20
  7   5 Joe Peeden                   22   M    3    8:59  3:37    1:31   12   45:15  21.6    1:09    2   18:32         1:15:24
  9  19 Drew Streip                  21   M    6   10:29  4:13    1:43   11   45:08  21.7    1:02    8   20:12         1:18:33
 14  11 Allan Hamilton               23   M   11   11:12  4:30    1:47   13   45:22  21.6    0:43   19   22:44         1:21:45
 24  25 Michael Ott                  29   M   22   13:26  5:24    3:05   16   46:57  20.8    1:24   25   28:09         1:32:58

That was not the only race of the day, as many club
members stayed in Knoxville and raced the
Springbrook Tri in Alcoa

  Matthew Lettre       21 Knoxville          TN   55:21
  Scott Drerup         22 Knoxville          TN   55:55
  Ali Andreaco         21 Knoxville          TN   57:25
  Lauren Lee           20 Oak Ridge          TN 1:03:40
  Leslie Cagle         21 Piney Flats        TN 1:04:28
  Jordan Parkins       20 Milan              TN 1:04:58

This next week is the last week without official practices.
Those will start up the days classes start. The practice
schedule will closely resemble the previous year. If you
forgot what that looks like:

Monday



5:30-6:30pm spin class in T-recs



Tuesday



6:30-7:30am swim at the SAC

5:30-7:00pm speed workout at the track with the KTC



Wednesday



3:30-4:30pm swim at the SAC

5:30-6:30pm run from the Runner's Market with the KTC

6:30pm dinner at El Mezcal with the KTC



Thursday



6:30-7:30am swim at the SAC

5:30-6:30pm Spin class on the bottom floor of T-recs



Friday



3:30-4:30pm swim at the SAC

5:00-7:00pm ride from the SAC



Saturday

To be determined



Sunday

2:00pm Bike ride from SAC parking lot

Now, any of the spin classes will probably be subbed for
outdoor bike rides since it is sunny and warm outside

Things to remember:
Our first interest meeting for the Triathlon Club is
Thursday, August 27 at 7 p.m. in TRECS Room
228

RECFest is Tuesday, August 18 from 5-8 outside
of TRECS. This is important to meet incoming
freshmen and let them know that they want to
join the Tri club

First Post

Hi everyone. Well, we are tired of not having a website through UT (or at least having a crappy one), so we figured let's just start one ourselves.

There is not much to say right now. We have a race this weekend in Alabama. The race schedule for the fall is:

AUGUST 8, Mountain Lakes(Guntersville, Alabama): 600m / 16.2 miles / 3 miles

SEPTEMBER 6, Callaway Gardens (Callaway Gardens, Georgia): 1K / 30K / 8K

OCTOBER 4, Lake Lanier (Lake Lanier Island, Georgia): 400yd / 13 miles / 5K

OCTOBER 17, Hickory Knob -- CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP -- (McCormick, SC): 1500m / 28 miles / 10K