7.15.2011

TRI CLINIC

This is what I am doing tomorrow:

Roll Bike Store of Polaris will host the 3rd Giant Eagle Multisport Festival Clinic onSaturday, July 16th from 9:00am to 12:00pm. The clinic will be hosted by Olympian Victor Plata and Daniel Smith. Plata competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed twenty-seventh with a total time of 1:57:09.09. Plata was the alternate for the U.S. Olympic Team in 2000. In 2005 Plata was ranked as high as 4th in the ITU World Rankings for triathlon. Daniel Smith is a top Ohio triathlon coach and has recently served as the swim coach for the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs.

This clinic will feature a bike ride from Roll Polaris to Alum Creek State Park, followed by a swim and transition clinic at the site of the Giant Eagle Triathlon transition #1.

Here is the clinic timeline:

9:00-9:30am Meet and Greet with Victor Plata and Daniel Smith at Roll of Polaris (outside Roll)
9:30am Bike Ride from Roll Polaris to Alum Creek State Park
9:45am Swim Session including talk/demonstration, short swim and evaluation
10:15am Snack
10:30am Victor Plata presentation on Triathlon
11:15am Point to Point transition tips and Q & A
11:40am Light Run at Alum Creek State Park
11:55am Wrap-up and Bike ride back to Roll of Polaris

What to bring:
-Swim wear
-Bike and helmet
-Running shoes
-Light snack
-Water or Fluid Replacement
*HFP will transport your gear back and forth between Roll and Alum Creek State Park. Please consolidate items to 1 bag.

I'm a little nervous :-\ Report to follow!!! And I will draw for the giveaway tomorrow too!!!!!!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

That sounds great!

Big Daddy Diesel said...

15 mins to ride from the store to the beach, thats the time it can take by car!!!! I am wondering the route they are going to take, unless its some back way through the old ampithreatre, we will be riding on Polaris

Matthew Smith said...

That Tri Clinic is going to be awesome! I'm sure you're going to take away a bunch of important points to make you even faster. Have fun!