11 Feb '15: ATC News

 

 

Entries for the ATC Sunset Team Time Trial, taking place on Wednesday 25 February 2015, are open!  To enter your team please visit the ATC SSTTT Event Page. 

 

We are calling for assistance from members to help before, during and after the event.  Please Click Here to Volunteer your services.  We will once again be hiring casual staff to marshal on the route.  So ATC members volunteering will help in the transition area and can participate in the event, as well as help.

 

This evening (Wednesday) we will have an ATC Office Evening the Oceana Boat Club.  There will also be a club run starting at 18:00.  The ATC Office will be open before the run from 17:00 and again afterwards from 19:00.

 

We are in need of swimmers to swim for Development team in the 11 Cape Town and XTERRA Grabouw Events.  11 Cape Town is on Sunday and XTERRA Grabouw is next weekend.  Please let us know if you would like to swim for one of the teams.

 

Stuart Firth and Jadon Wessels have qualified to compete in the 3 Km open water event at the Swim SA National Open Water Championships taking place in Grabouw on the 7^th and 8^th of March.  Congratulations and good luck to these two.

 

SWIM:  The Canal Swim will be on Friday morning at 06:00.  Please arrive a bit earlier if you do not have your barcoded tag yet or if you would like to do a longer swim.

 

BIKE:  On Tuesday and Thursday mornings we will do a road bike ride from the Point Virgin Active at 05:30.  On Saturday morning we will do a long, easy ride (5 – 6 Hours), starting from the Camps Bay Vida at 06:30.

 

RUN:  Track will continue as per normal on Tuesdays at 06:00 in the morning and at 18:00 in the evenings.  Both sessions take place on the field below The Bungalow.

 

This evening, Wednesday, there will be a club run from the Oceana Boat Club, starting at 18:00.  The ATC Office will be open before the run from 17:00 and again afterwards from 19:00.

 

NEXT Wednesday, Off The Mark Training will be hosting a unique running workshop.  A live analyses of two lucky runners’, to be picked from the audience, will be conducted during the workshop and individual corrective techniques will be discussed.  For further details and to reserve a spot, please contact:  sean@offthemarktraining.com

 

On Sunday is the ELEVEN Cape Town Triathlon taking place in Big Bay, Blouberg.  The event includes an Olympic, Sprint and Super Sprint Triathlons and also incorporates the ATU African Sprint Cup.  You can still enter on-line and specify ATC15 as a voucher number to receive R100 discount off the entry fee.  Enter on-line before Friday at:  http://www.11global.com/ELEVEN%20Cape%20Town/Registration.htm

 

The Sanlam Cape Mile takes place on Saturday in the Eikenhof Dam, Grabouw.  Also on Saturday, the Dirtopia Love Run on the Delvera Farm near Stellenbosch.

 

Good luck to all the members doing the Peninsula Marathon and Half on Sunday!

 

The first leg of the WP Masters Long Course Swimming Championships takes place on Sunday at UWC.  This will be followed by further sessions on Sunday the 21^st and Sunday 1 March.  For more details visit the ATC Calendar.  Good luck to all the swimmers.

 

The ACA Joe West Coast Warm Water Weekend takes place in the National Park near Langebaan on 14 and 15 March 2015.  ATC Members will receive a 15% discount on the entry fee.  To take advantage of the discounted entry fee, enter ENTT313 in the ATC / Embark Member Code field on the 3^rd page of the on-line entry form.  To enter visit:  http://www.electricink.co.za/warmwater-weekend

 

If you survive Friday the 13^th, have a great Valentines!

ATC