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FIRST WAVE TRIATHLON NEWS ARCHIVES
Check this page for news items that previously appeared on the First Wave Triathlon home page.
Tri To Help™ - Saturday August 9th
Tri To Help™ - Indoor Triathlon For Epilepsy presented by the Stroup Kids For Kids Epilepsy Foundation
All proceeds raised at this Arizona based event are going to the Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona.
Date: Saturday August 9th, 2008 8:00am
Location: Chandler/Gilbert Family YMCA, 1655 W Frye Road, Chandler, AZ 85224 (480) 899-9622
Website: http://www.tritohelp.org/
Event Registration: To register as a participant for the Tri To Help™ Indoor Triathlon please visit our site (http://www.tritohelp.org/) or go directly to:
http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1587801
We hope to see you again on August 9th, 2008
Thanks,
Trent Stroup
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Race Director
Tri To Help™ - Indoor Triathlon For Epilepsy
First Wave Tri 4th of July Bash - Saturday, July 5th at 6:00pm!
Come celebrate the 4th of July on the 5th of July!
Where: Rick Stanfield's Home - email Kara for address and directions.
What to Bring:
- BYOM - Bring Your Own Meat
- A dish to pass
- Your Family
We will be grilling and would love to grill your choice of meat to perfection!
Ice Tea and Lemonade will be provided.
We will have at least one game of bean bag toss and yard golf. If you have a yard game please feel free to bring it along! Anyone have a volleyball net?
The Stanfields have a beautiful pool, feel free to bring your swimsuit to cool off!
RSVP: Email Kara at karamumford@yahoo.com
Please include the item you are planning to bring to pass. We don't want to end up without any desserts!
See you Saturday!!
Trevor and Kara
Special Members-Only Offer from Custom Medical Massaage!
Be sure to log into the site by clicking the Member Login link to see the special offer from Custom Medical Massage.
IronMan Arizona Volunteer Opportunities!
Have you ever wanted to experience the Ironman Triathlon up close? I have a way to do just that without killing yourself training for this event.
This will be a fun and fulfilling day of helping others. Come on out and hand out water, food, and words of encouragement.
See the detailed volunteer information here.
Swim Clinic Series with Chris Aikman
This is a 3 part series of Saturday morning swim
clinics for FWT members and guests located at the Arrowhead Country Club
Pool in Glendale. No matter whether you are training for sprint, olympic
half or full Ironman races, Chris has fine tuned these clinics specific
for the Triathlete at every level.
We have dates in February, March and
April and are free to all FWT members in good standing and a drop in fee
of $10 for any guest. Come to one, two or all three. As a guest, you
receive a discount if you do all three clinics and pay up front a $25 fee
instead of $30.
The clinics will be starting at 7:00 a.m. and will be
finished before 9:00 a.m.
Feel free to brikng your bike or run gear to
take off on a brick after the clinic. Showers and locker rooms are
available. You can bring your bikes down to the pool as well. The dates
are set for 2/16, 3/8 and 4/5.
See the posted workouts for details on each session.
Congratulations to Chandler Sprint Tri Participants!
Congratulations to all who participated. Results can be viewed at http://www.ceptiming.com/. Congratulations to Mike Brown for taking 3rd overall!
FWT Participates in the Super Bowl's Amp Energy Event!
A big thanks to Trevor Sehr for coordinating the FWT involvement in this very unique and fun evenet!
Check out the footage of this event at the Amp Energy web site! Be sure to see thie video clip of FWT's Cheryl Miller being "motivated" by the drill sergeant!
Here are some great photos of FTW participants!
VO2 Max Testing at Glendale Community College
We are doing VO2max tests at GCC. Our tests are very sophisticated and laboratory quality. We have the capability of performing treadmill or bike ergometer tests protocols to determine VO2max and Lactate Threshold. We are charging very little for these tests (see the price schedule below).
The tests are performed by Lisa Lewis, a Faculty at GCC and an Exercise Physiologist (Master of Science degree and soon to be Doctor) and an active Consulting Exercise Physiologist to the Seattle Mariners team.
The VO2max test price schedule is:
- For Students taking any of the Fitness or Nutrition classes (such as Triathlon Training, etc.) $75
- For any GCC student $95
- For First Wavers or other running or triathlon club $125
For more information and to schedule a VO2max test, they can email Dr. Carlos V. Nunez at slowest_man@hotmail.com or call (480) 794 0412
CONGRATULATIONS FWT PF Chang's Rock-n-Roll Marathon and Half-Marathon Participants!
Monday January 14, 2008
Today's Arizona Republic is out. We have good representation in the top 150 listed in the sports section for the Full and Half Marathon yesterday.
Michaela Skelly-Lankford took 10th overall in the women's Half Marathon with a 1:27:57 time. WOW!
In the Full Distance:
Dan Cadriel was 86th overall with 2:59:06
Trevor Sehr was 94th male with 3:00:23
Matt Grove wearing FWT colors proudly was 142 with a 3:07:20 time. Now just get the membership app and fees in Matt! ;-)
There were a lot of club members out there and all did very well in the 20 degree higher temps from last year! It was a beautiful day - especially when it was all over!
Official results and searches can be found at http://results.active.com/pages/page.jsp?eventLinkageID=15
If anyone has photos they want posted, please send to Sandy here: webmaster
Southwest Regional Thanksgiving Day Triathlon - November 22 - Goodyear YMCA
FWT was very well represented at this year's Thanksgiving triathlon. Way to go all who participated! You can see pictures and results in the Thanksgiving album here: Thanksgiving Album.
If anyone has more pictures for the album, email them to Sandy at sandy.plentzas@gmail.com.
Congratulations to the Nathan Timex Tri Participants!
We had a big showing at Sunday's triathlon. See the photos here!
Women's Bicycling Clinic
Tribe Racing for a women's only road cycling clinic!
Dates: January 12-13 from 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Who's invited: All women interested in improving bicycling skills for road racing or triathlon regardless of ability or team affiliation.
What do I get? Meet other women interested in cycling, cornering clinic, body composition analysis, nutritional information, core strength class, riding with some of the state's top women cyclists, and much more.
What is the cost? Best part...it's free!
Contact: Catherine Dickson (623-561-9793, kdickson4@cox.net) by January 10th.
Click here for flyer.
Club Uniform and Polo Shirt Information
Uniforms: Due to the overwhelming interest in Club uniforms it has come time to
place another order.
Polo Shirts: We've requested more details on the women's shirts from The Perfect Touch but
haven't gotten an answer yet. We will need a total of at least 12 shirts (men's and women's) to be able
to get the $30 price. If we don't get enough of the female orders then they will have to be added to
the male order to get to 12 shirts. I don't have a picture for the men's, but Mike and Dan have
worn the shirts at the last two meetings and will again this next Tues.
In order to receive the uniforms in time it will require a prompt response from all who are interested. We are setting a DEADLINE of July 25th for payment.
Top $50 Bottom $50
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Shirt (M & W) $30
Example of Women's Polo
Click image for a larger view.
Click here to see polo shirt artwork.
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Checks payable to FWT
Mail payment to:
Mike Brown, 7131 W. Dreyfus Drive Peoria, AZ 85381
OR bring checks to the club meeting on the 24th!
CONGRATULATIONS FWT Ironman Participants!
First Wave Tri was well represented at the Arizona Ironman in Tempe on Sunday. We are so proud of all of you!
Click here to see preliminary FWT member results!
FWT Featured in the Arizona Republic!
The First Wave Tri club was featured in Friday's (April 13) Arizona Republic sports section.
Check out the online article here!
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