4 Aug '15: ATC Weekly

 

 

Ironman 70.3 Durban Results – Orientation Evenings

 

 

A reminder that the orientation for the Embark Ironman 70.3 East London training takes place this evening, Tuesday the 4^th of August at 18:00, at the Green Point Cricket Club.  This orientation will be repeated in the northern suburbs on Wednesday at 18:00, at the PP Smit Stadium (home of the Bellville Cricket Club), at 18:00.  

 

The orientation evening for the Embark Summer Beginners Triathlon training will take place this Thursday the 6^th of August, also at the Green Point Cricket Club.

 

Anyone is welcome to attend the above talks.  Please visit www.embark.co.za for more details.

 

Congratulations to all the members who finished Ironman 70. Durban on Sunday!  Although easier than East London, the event was no walk in the park, forcing most of us to do more than a bit of walking on the Durban Promenade.  Dean Hopf came 7^th overall and won the 25-29 age category.  Nick Turner and Jenny Nel both came second in the 35-39 Category.

 

Scroll down to see details of all our members’ results.

 

You will be forgiven for thinking that we have a copy & paste problem in the results section but, no, this is not the case.  Our team of trail runners did it again on Sunday in Paarl!  In the Short Course Challenge, Dawood Goeiman won overall (1^st Jun) and Daniel Arendse was the 2^nd Junior.  Bruzano Britz won the Minimee category.

Eugene Poss was the 2^nd Senior, Barry Goliath the 2^nd Veteran and Derek Oehly won the Masters category.

 

Michael Gombart was 3^rd in the open male category after finishing 5^th overall for the third time in the Long Course Challenge of this series.

 

Two years ago our Junior ladies won the u/15 team category in the Cross Country League.  This year, as u/17s, they did it again!  Congratulations to:  Michelle Matthews, Letichia Klink, Simone Adams and Melanie Abrahams.

 

At the Cross Country event on Saturday at CPUT, Jenna Rudolph won the u/8 category again and this time she beat all the u/8 boys too!

 

Richard Murray qualified for the 2016 Olympics by taking 3^rd in the test event, which took place in Rio on Sunday.

 

 

We are slowly returning back to our normal training schedule.

 

SWIM:  The canal swim will take place on Saturday afternoon at 16:00.  We have created a mailing list for the canal swim and all members who recently did the swim have been added to the list.  If you have not yet received a specific email about the Canal Swim and will be doing the swim over the next couple of months, please click here to subscribe to this list.

 

We will use this mailing list to send out last minute notifications and instructions for the swim as the development of the area progresses over the next couple of months.

 

BIKE:  On Thursday morning we will do a Mountain Bike ride from the Point Virgin Active at 06:00.  On Saturday morning we will do a 2 - 3 hour ride, starting from the Point Virgin Active at 07:30.

 

RUN:  Tuesday Track at the Green Point Cricket Club is back to normal with sessions in the morning at 06:00 and in the afternoon / evening at 18:00.  Well done to all the runners who showed up this morning in freezing, wet conditions.

 

On Saturday is the Brackenfell Half Marathon and 5 Km starting from the Brackenfell Primary School.

 

The venue for the Women’s Day open water swim relay has been changed to Big Bay, Blouberg and will take place on Sunday.  The relay consists of 4 x 800 m legs and teams of 1, 2, 3 or 4 can enter.  There must be at least one real woman per team and disguised males can make up the remainder of the team.  Each team, irrespective of the number of swimmers, must complete 4 x 800m laps.

 

On Monday, there are two Women’s Day runs:  The Women’s Day Challenge, hosted by Edgemead Runners in Central Park, Century City and the Women’s Race, taking place in Stellenbosch.  Both events offer 5 and 10 Km routes.

 

Happy Women’s Day & enjoy the long weekend!

ATC