Queen City Triathlon Club

The Queen City Tri Club has need of volunteers for various events and club functions. Please pick one or two and help promote triathlon and the club:

June 1st–Tri Latta Transition Clinic–Need several people to help lead group rides after clinic, need people to help check in and register participants, also could use 2-3 people to help lead small groups during clinic.

June 6th–Open Water Swim Clinic–Need 2-3 people to help Coach Lance with the clinic
June 7th–Lake Norman Open Water Swim–Need 4-5 people to buddy swim with clinic participants

June 14th/15th Tri Latta–Need volunteers to help work the race on either Sat or Sun. Particularly need help on Sat.  We have nearly 20 racing that day, come out and cheer on your clubmates.

Sept 7th–Ramblin’ Rose/She Rox Transition Clinic–Need several people to help lead group rides after clinic, need people to help check in and register participants, also could use 2-3 people to help lead small groups during clinic.

October 5th–Ramblin’ Rose Sprint–Need 10-15 people to volunteer at race.  We have about 10 ladies racing. Come out and support them. Volunteers need to sign up on the Endurance Magazine Ramblin Rose website. QCTC gets sponsorship benefits based on the number of volunteers we round up. Benefits include advertising in Endurance Magazine, access to race packets, logo on t-shirt etc. PLEASE SIGN UP!!

Group Training!! We also need volunteers to lead/organize group rides and runs. Locations include the Booty Loop and the McAlpine and McMullen Creek Greenways. We are also in need of someone to lead rides on the Latta course. If you’re interested, please contact Keith (kandersen@queencitytriclub.org).

At the May 4th club meeting, Tracy Bonoffski gave a talk on nutrition for the endurance athletes. Click the following link for her notes. Tracy is available for nutritional counseling  by emailing her at tbonoffs@uncc.edu.

For a great book on sports nutrition, check out Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes by Monique Ryan.

No hardware this weekend for QCTC but it wasn’t for a lack of trying.  We had 6 members complete the White Lake Half-Iron and 5 complete the White Lake Sprint.  Congratulations especially to Tommy Mitchell who finished in an awesome 5:00:13, good for 54th overall out of 570 men.  Also, congratulations to Keith Anderson and Eric Morrison who finished their first Half-Iron distance races.  White Lake is a great place for a race–clean, clear lake along with a nearly flat bike and run course.

White Lake HIM:
Tommy Mitchell 5:00:13
Davis Peacock 5:29:06
John Cantrell 5:49:14
Keith Andersen 6:05:08
Eric Morrison 6:32:13

White Lake Sprint-
Matt Phillips 1:25:48
Katie Currin 1:56:25
Robbi Meador 2:27:32
Em Covington 2:36:04
Nicole Graham 2:36:04

Don’t forget that we have a club meeting THIS SUNDAY MAY 4th, from 4pm-6pm at the Dilworth Neighborhood Grill.  Come out and find out what’s going on with your tri club as well as spend some time getting to know many of our new members.  We will also have a special guest speaker.  Tracy Bonoffski is a faculty member in the UNCC Kinesiology Department and will be providing us with some great information on the proper nutrition for a triathlete.

Congratulations to Tommy Mitchell and Alice Howard for a great race at last Saturday’s race which included the first open water swim of the season.  Tommy finished 3rd in the Men’s 30-34 and Alice took home 2nd Place Masters Female.  Great job!

The Queen City Tri Club has been awarded a $1000 Club Development Grant from the USAT.  These funds will be used to help promote the triathlon lifestyle as well as our club.  We will be using these funds to help offer some exciting clinics and events at minimal or no cost.

Upcoming Clinics:

Nutrition Clinic  Sunday May 4th 430pm-530pm Location TBA

Bike Maintenance Clinic Sunday May 18th 3pm-5pm Inside Out Sports

Open Water Swim Clinic Friday June 6th 6pm-8pm NOMAD Aquatic Fitness 

Triathlon Clinic, Sunday June 1st, 9am-11am,  Latta Plantation

Congratulations to our own Matt Phillips and Christian Racz for a great job at the Charlotte’s Finest Duathlon on Saturday, April 5th.  Matt took home 3rd place in the Clydesdale division.  Great job guys!

Congratulations to everyone who survived the pouring rain and brief hailstorm during Saturday’s MAP Sprint Tri in Huntersville.  Queen City Members took home 3 awards–Alice Howard, 3rd Place, Women’s 40-44; Annabet Morris, 3rd Place Athena, and Davis Peackock, 2nd Place, Men’s 23-29.  In all, 22 members competed in Saturday’s race.

Come out and join us as the Queen City Tri Club participates in the nation’s only 24 hr cancer fundraiser.  Visit the 24 Hrs of Booty site and join our team.   Just enter the password triathlete and you’ll be ready to go.  Registration is only $45 and each participant must raise $150.  You’ll have access to a 3 mile closed loop (the Booty Loop) and unlimited food and drink during the event.  All you have to do is show up and ride!  This year, the event has been limited to 1200 participants (last year was nearly 2000!).  Over 400 have already registered.  Don’t miss out. 

When?
The excitement starts Friday, July 25, 2008 at 7PM and ends Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 7PM (we weren’t lyin’ - that’s 24 solid hours of cancer-kicking, communal- camping, booty-bonding fun).

Where again?
Charlotte’s one-and-only Booty Loop, located around the Queens University of Charlotte campus in the heart of the Queen City’s tree-lined Myers Park neighborhood.

How do I get started?
General registration for the 2008 event is now OPEN.  Put on your party pants! (Or bike shorts.  Whatever.) Click one of the links above to register.

How much does it cost?
Registration fee: $45 per participant.
The chance to make a difference: Priceless.

How do I register a team?
Team captains must create and submit an official team name before either the team captain or other team members can register as members of the team. (Makes sense, right? After all, you don’t want to join something without knowing what you’re called. So get crafty and get crackin’!). Each team is given a primary online fundraising page, and each team member also receives his or her own fundraising page. This way, not only can you direct your friends and family to your own story but your entire team won’t have to be subjected to the detailed saga of your teammate Jim’s saddle sores. Ready to register? Click here to register as a team captain. Desperate to know more? Visit the Teams page for more information.

How do I manage my account?
Each participant will receive a personal fundraising account and fundraising page. This enables family, friends, co-workers and secret admirers across town and across the country to donate to your fund-raising account online. No aggravating stamps to purchase or icky envelope seals to lick. Could it get any easier?

For nearly half the club, it’s time for the first race of the year.  We’re looking forward to an exciting day of racing this Saturday, March 29th at the MAP Sprint.  We have 22 members participating and we’re expecting great things out of everyone.  If you’re not racing, come out and cheer on our members, many of whom will be completing their first ever race!

Alice     Annabet     Brenda     Cyndi     Davis     Dia     Elizabeth     Em     Eric     Gygy     Heather     Jon     Karen     Keith     Kim     Leslie     Matt     Miriam     Robbi     Rusty     Tim     Todd