17 Feb '16: ATC T&E Update

 

 Sunset TTT – Training – WPTA Selection

 

Entries for the ATC Summer Sunset Team Time Trial are flowing in fast and looks like the event will sell out again!  The race will take place on Wednesday 24 February 2016 at the Green Point Cricket Club (GPCC).  We have some really cool team names this time and we’ve listed some at the end of this email. 

 

Thank you very much to the ATC members who have already volunteered to assist.  We will get back to you about any preparations happening this weekend.  We will once again hire marshalls for the route but we need at least 20 helpers at the finish line and transition area. So if you have not yet volunteered, please do so at the following link:  Click Here to Volunteer

 

We would like to thank the Laser Beautique Gardens for sponsoring prizes for our February 5 Km Club Time Trial.  Members who posted the fastest times and a couple of lucky runners won prizes ranging from Swedish Massages to Near Infra-Red (NIR) Treatments to Laser Hair Removal.  NIR is a relatively new therapeutic treatment that can reduce inflammation, decrease muscle spasms and increase blood circulation, treat joint pain and stiffness, sprains and strains, muscular and back pain, muscle spasms and a host of other ailments. For more information and to book for any of the both, please contact: gardens@thelaserbeautique.co.za

 

For the March 5 Km TT, we have another lucky draw planned.  Watch this space for details!

 

WPTA reported that there was a delay with team selection and letters to successful applicants will be sent out this evening.

 

Congratulations to Carlo and Louise Botha on the birth of their baby boy!  Ruben Pieter Botha was born on the 4^th of February.

 

Justin Willard and Candice Morrison met a couple of years ago while training for Ironman with Embark.  The couple continued their training together and got married this past weekend on a wine farm near Somerset West.  Congratulations Justin and Candice!

 

BIKE:  We will ride tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 05:30 from the Point Virgin Active

 

On Saturday there will be a supported long ride, starting from the Point Virgin Active at 06:00.  We will team up with Embark for this ride and the ATC / Embark Ranger will follow the group to offer assistance with mechanicals and to transport extra nutrition.  We will ask for a contribution of R50 per ride to pay the driver and fuel.  Anyone is welcome, not just athletes training for Ironman.  The plan is to head out past Melkbos first and then the loop to Chapman’s Peak for a 140 Km ride.

 

RUN:  Our track sessions will take place on Tuesday mornings at 06:00 and Wednesday evenings at 18:00.  The ATC office will also be open before and after the sessions.  Note that during athletics season there are a lot of events taking place at the Green Point Athletics Stadium.  The events are meant to be finished in time for us to access the track but this is not always the case (as happened last week).  This problem has been taken up with the Stadium and WP Athletics.

 

Good luck to all the runners doing the Peninsula Marathon or Half on Sunday, particularly those using the event as a “last chance” to qualify for the Two Oceans Ultra Marathon.

 

On Friday is the Daredevil Speedo Run!  The run will start at 15:00 from the Mouille Point Lighthouse.  The idea is to get as many runners as possible to put on Purple speedos and then wobble down the Green Point Promenade and back to the Lighthouse.

The run is in aid of creating cancer awareness and R100 of the entry fee goes to various charities involved in combating cancer.  You can still enter on the day, from 10:00 onwards.

 

XTERRA South African Champs takes place this weekend in Grabouw, starting with the kiddies events on Friday.  The Lite and FULL events take place on Saturday and Sunday.  The Puma Trail Run at XTERRA takes place on Sunday.

 

This weekend it is the trail runners’ turn to take on the Tankwa Trails.  This 3-day stage race starts on Friday at the Kaleo Guest Farm in Ceres.  The Trans Outeniqua 3-day Mountain Bike Tour starts on Friday. 

 

The BAT RUN takes place on Saturday night and will take runners to all three peaks of Table Mountain.

 

On Sunday there is the Tour De PPA Road Bike Funride in Durbanville and the Ride the Vines Mountain Bike ride on the Nederburg Wine Estate.

 

Enjoy the week!

ATC