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| Veteran Badminton Tournament (40 years + | Mar 18, 2010 | View URL |
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Details of January’s training camp:
For the tenth year running, Club La Santa invites participants to the Badminton Veteran Tournament in Lanzarote.
The actual tournament starts on Monday the 24th of January and will take place over 2-3 mornings or afternoons depending on the number of competitors.
As in previous years, it will be possible to practice in the badminton hall during the days before the event, allowing participants to get used to the conditions and be prepared for when the tournament begins.
In order to join the tournament, you must arrive at Club La Santa no later than Saturday the 22nd January. The seeding and the draw will take place just before the tournament starts and the
programme and training hours will be handed out at Club La Santa.
Games will be played in all categories (mens/ladies singles, mens/ladies doubles and mixed doubles) and age groups from 40+ – 70+ combining the strongest groups if necessary.
We do, however, reserve the right to also combine categories and age groups with too few participants.
The tournament is held according to the pool, cup or ”double knock out” system (depending on the number of participants in each category). The rules of the Badminton World Federation will apply.
Sample Programme
Friday
16.30 Welcome & Registration
Saturday
09.30-12.30 Training in the Badminton Hall
17.00-21.00 Social ”Get together” tournament
Sunday
15.30-17.45 Training in the Badminton Hall
15.30-17.46 Training in the Badminton Hall
18.00 Welcome Cocktail party in the Discotheque
Monday
14.45-20.00 Tournament
Tuesday
16.15-20.0 Tournament
Wednesday
09.30-14.00 Tournament
15.30-18.30 Tournament, if there are still matches to be
played
19.30 Dinner with prizes (To be booked and paid
additional)
Thursday
12.00 Excursion with lunch included (To be booked
and paid additional)
Club La Santa reserves the rights to make changes. The final programme will be handed out after arrival.
Shuttles:
Shuttles for the tournament are kindly sponsored by RSL Shuttlecocks.
In charge of the tournament:
Bjørn & Tonny Holst-Christensen from the Danish Badminton Association. For more information regarding the tournament, you can contact Bjørn Holst-Christensen on telephone +45 57 64 00 65.
Registration:
You can register individually. However, it is important that you book your stay at the same time as you register. We expect around 70 participants from Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom. On the entry form you need to put your date of birth.
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
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| Duathlon Training Camp with Phil Price & | Mar 18, 2010 | View URL |
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Club La Santa would like to invite you to join the third Duathlon camp at our sports resort. It is an event where you will be coached, trained, have seminars and meet other athletes from all over Europe.
The training
The training will take place throughout Lanzarote. Bike rides will be around the island on the newly resurfaced roads and the runs will take place in and around Club La Santa on and off road, plus some track work.
We will be aiming to increase your fitness whilst also giving advice on all aspects of duathlon including seminars on some evenings.
On Saturday 22nd January Club La Santa host the 15th International Lanzarote Duathlon(5K-20K-2.5K) and if you join the camp, you also get entry in to the race. This is a great opportunity to compete against recreational and elite athletes on a challenging course.
The camp will cater for everyone, from novices to experienced athletes – covered by different ability groups but entrants must have a reasonable level of fitness and be familiar and competent riding a racing bike.
The Instructor Team
The instructor team will consist of experienced athletes and coaches led by resident coach, Phil Price, with some assistance from the Green Team.
Phil Price
Coach at Club la Santa. Almost 30 years experience of coaching in Triathlon, Athletics, and Cycling. Welsh Triathlon Coach and Manager. Former Welsh Veteran 5 km track Champ, and many times County Champion.
Please note that if you want to rent a Club La Santa bike rathering than taking your own, you will have to arrange this separately with Club La Santa UK prior to departure. The price for a bike is around 85 € per week or 18 € a day. It is advisable to book these bikes at time of booking and will be subject to availabilty
Accommodation and flights have to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| Duathlon Training Camp with Stephan Vuck | Mar 18, 2010 | View URL |
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Club La Santa would like to invite you to join the fourth Duathlon camp at our sports resort. It is an event where you will be coached, trained, have seminars and meet other athletes from all over Europe.
The training
The training will take place throughout Lanzarote. Bike rides will be around the island on the newly resurfaced roads and the runs will take place in and around Club La Santa on and off road, plus some track work.
We will be aiming to increase your fitness whilst also giving advice on all aspects of duathlon including seminars on some evenings.
On Saturday 22nd January Club La Santa host the 15th International Lanzarote Duathlon(5K-20K-2.5K) and if you join the camp, you also get entry in to the race. This is a great opportunity to compete against recreational and elite athletes on a challenging course.
The camp will cater for everyone, from novices to experienced athletes – covered by different ability groups but entrants must have a reasonable level of fitness and be familiar and competent riding a racing bike.
The Instructor Team
The instructor team will consist of experienced athletes and coaches led by resident coach, Phil Price, with some assistance from the Green Team.
Phil Price
Coach at Club la Santa. Almost 30 years experience of coaching in Triathlon, Athletics, and Cycling. Welsh Triathlon Coach and Manager. Former Welsh Veteran 5 km track Champ, and many times County Champion.
Stephan Vuckovic
Won a silver medal at the Olympics in 2000 in Sydney in triathlon. Since 2005 he has been competing in long distance and his best results are 2nd in the Ironman Canada in 2005, 3rd in Ironman Lanzarote in 2007 and 10th in Hawaii in 2005, earning the title “The best rookie of the year”.
Please note that if you want to rent a Club La Santa bike rathering than taking your own, you will have to arrange this separately with Club La Santa UK prior to departure. The price for a bike is around 85 € per week or 18 € a day. It is advisable to book these bikes at time of booking and will be subject to availabilty
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
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Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| Marathon Running Camp with Stephen Vucko | Mar 18, 2010 | View URL |
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Details of the 2011 event
Once again Club La Santa are happy to welcome you to the Marathon Running Camp. Both marathon and distance running have been increasing in popularity in recent years; this camp gives you the opportunity to sample the challenging terrain of the volcanic island of Lanzarote.
The undulating terrain and sandy trails will be good training for athletes competing in one of the spring or summer marathons now available or any other distance race. It could also be used for those athletes looking for the endurance phase of their training for shorter distance races.
The training
Athletes able to run up to a 4:15 marathon will be catered for and we will have experienced coaches and athletes looking after you. You can see from the programme that we will arrange a variety of runs, one of which will be on the small nearby island of La Graciosa. Additionally, there will be some technical work, track sessions and optional races.
There will also be lectures and at the end of the week, we will have a dinner in the restaurant, La Casa, where companions can join us by paying 26€ for a 3 course meal and a half bottle of wine.
As well as the running we will be offering you some alternative methods of improving your fitness and technique on land and in the pool.
Participants must come prepared for the heat and terrain with good shoes, a hat, sun cream and water bottle carrier. It will be a typical Club La Santa event where you have the chance to meet other athletes from all around the world. The main language spoken will be English.
The Coach
Phil Price
Coach at Club la Santa. Almost 30 years experience of coaching in Triathlon, Athletics, and Cycling. Welsh Triathlon Coach and Manager. Former Welsh Veteran 5 km track Champ, and many times County Champion.
Stephan Vuckovic
Won a silver medal at the Olympics in 2000 in Sydney in triathlon. Since 2005 he has been competing in long distance and his best results are 2nd in the Ironman Canada in 2005, 3rd in Ironman Lanzarote in 2007 and 10th in Hawaii in 2005, earning the title “The best rookie of the year”.
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
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Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| 27th Volcano Triathlon | Mar 18, 2010 | View URL |
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For the second time you can register online for the race, just follow this link…..
The Volcano Triathlon in Lanzarote has been growing over the past years and is now established as a top quality event. The scenic course around Club La Santa the spirited people and the fantastic atmosphere have made it a favourite event with hundreds of elite and amateur triathletes. For the second time this year there is a new course and the opportunity to participate in a Relay Competition.
Course description
1,5K Swim
The swim goes around the sea water lagoon at Club La Santa on a
clearly marked course. The water temperature is approx 21º C and wetsuits are allowed. Water conditions are good and very safe.
40K Bike Course (No drafting)
The bike course consists of two loops starting and finishing at Club La Santa. Upon leaving the Stadium at Club La Santa you will turn right and at the roundabout head left towards Caleta de Caballo, then onto Soo, Famara, the surfers paradise, and back to Club La Santa round about. You will make two loops of the bike course. The aim is to improve the safety on the cycle route with the support of the police and the town hall.
10K Run
The run starts and finishes at the Stadium and is a two loop course. Leaving the Stadium you turn left, you pass the Hotel Reception and head towards the lagoon; you keep on until reaching the turn point on the road to La Santa village. After the turn point you will return to the Stadium and then repeat the same course to complete the 10K.
Timing – The ChampionChip is selected as the official timing system and mandatory for all competitors to wear; it must be attached to the left ankle and must be worn throughout the race. The ChampionChip can be rented at the time of registration for a
deposit of 25 € which is refundable after the race. If athletes
wish to use their own ChampionChip it is essential they bring it
with them when registering.
Medical Service – Full medical care is available during the race. Our race doctor will be at the start/finish line and Red Cross will ensure first aid on the course.
The Event organization reserves the right to make changes to the Volcano
Schedule of Events
Saturday, May 07th
15.00-19.00: Registration and information, Sports Booking, Club La Santa
18.30-22.00: Pasta Party, Restaurant Atlántico, Club La Santa (participants are invited)
19.00: Pre-race briefing, Square, Club La Santa
Sunday, May 08th – Race day*
08.00-09.30: Check-in: bike, cycle and running gear, Stadium, Club La Santa.
10.00: Race start
10.05: Volcano Relay start
21.00: Award ceremony, Live Music and Dance, Square, Club La
Santa
*No registration on race day
General Rules
• The ETU (European Triathlon Union) Competition Rules must be followed
• You must wear a clearly visible start number on the front and back of your racing kit
• Normal traffic rules must be obeyed
• Drafting is not allowed
Age Groups for the individuals triathlon
U/20, 20-24-, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65+
Awards for the individuals triathlon
Finisher T-shirt and medal
Prize money* is awarded in Euros to the overall top 10 finishers,
male/female:
1. 1100€ 6.90€
2. 600€ 7.60€
3. 480€ 8.60€
4. 330€ 9.60€
5. 210€ 10.60€
*Local tax and bank commissions will be deducted from the prizes.
Top 10 male/ female and all age group winners will receive a trophy. Overall winners not eligible for an age group award.
The Volcano Relay Triathlon
The Volcano Relay swim start will be at 10.05 am, 5 minutes after the individual start.
Relay Team – The team must be composed of 3 members, one for each discipline: Swim – Bike – Run
Relay Team categories
Females – Males – Mixed 2+1
Relay Exchange Rules – The team Championchip will act as the race baton and be exchanged between each team member in the Transition Zone. The ChampionChip must be worn on the left ankle in all 3 disciplines. Each stage member must attach the timing chip to his left ankle before the start of his discipline within the Transition Zone. The next designated stage member may assist the incoming stage member with removing the chip and reattaching it to his own ankle only when the first one has passed the timing mats in the Transition Zone.
Registration for the Relay teams – Team Captains are responsible for picking up their team numbers and Championchip during Registration (3 start numbers & one Championchip per Team). The Relay entry form must be fully completed and signed by the 3 Team members and sent to Club La Santa Lanzarote by April 30th 2009 (please see the entry form over the page).
General Rules for the Relay Triathlon
The Volcano Relay Team must follow the same rules as the individual participants.
Awards for the Relay Triathlon:
• Finisher T-Shirt per each runner of the team
• Finisher Medal per each runner of the team
• Trophies to the winning team in each category
Please note that if you want to rent a Club La Santa bike rather than taking your own, you will have to arrange this separately with CLub La Santa UK prior to departure. The price for a bike is around 95 € per week or 21 € a day. It is advisable to book these bikes at time of booking and will be subject to availabilty
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
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Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| Martial Arts Week with Brian Turner | Mar 17, 2010 | View URL |
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If you would like to learn some martial arts, or improve your existing knowledge, come and take part in our Kazan Gasshuku (Fire Mountain special training course). We have a range of Martial Arts on offer, and our international instructors will help you get the best out of your time on this course, by sharing their knowledge and teaching you new skills.
The training
There will be two classes each day, each lasting 90 -120 minutes –one in the morning and one in the late afternoon or early evening. You can sign up for 3 days or one week, and the themes for the week, depending on your level of skill and which options you choose, will be:
- introduction to martial arts – multi-discipline
- basic skills – multi-discipline
- Muay Tai including pad work
- Karate including kata (forms) and applications
- Jujutsu including grips/throws and takedowns
- self defence including knife defence
- sparring drills & applications
- Weapons (bo) Staff
All activities are for both beginners and experienced. Whether you want to learn how to defend yourself or for the physical and mental side then this is definitely a week for you – come and join us.
The Coach – Brian Turner
Brian Turner came to karate late in life bringing with him his wealth of experience as a semi-professional boxer and athlete. Brian owns his own fitness centre and Ren Bu Kan Okinawan Karate fight school teaching both karate with the Seijinkai Karatedo Association and boxing. He is a consultant to a large security company teaching restraining techniques to a diverse selection of security personnel. Brian is also a qualified fitness instructor, sports coach and sports psychologist. In addition to this he is also world renowned for his inventions of exercise training systems and equipment to help the disabled become more involved in physical exercise. This includes the production of exercise training videos for both the martial arts and disabled fitness enthusiast. He also works extensively with some of the UK’s paralympian athletes.
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Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| Masters Triathlon Camp 50+ | Mar 17, 2010 | View URL |
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Club La Santa is looking forward to hosting a new Triathlon camp with Dieter and Jochen Holz. The target age group of this camp is the 50+, so men and women who have different fitness goals. You may want to lose some weight, improve your health and overall fitness, or work towards competing. Whatever your objectives are, we will help you to achieve them through well directed training and nutrition, allowing you to improve your daily routine and stay fit.
The Training
This is a training camp with a special atmosphere. The head coach Dieter Holz and his team know the most beautiful areas of the island and its quiet roads. Small training groups coupled with personal supervision distinguish this camp. You will train for the endurance sports; swimming, running, cycling and triathlon on the beautiful volcanic island of Lanzarote. Swims will take place in the 50m pool and also in the Club La Santa lagoon. You will run both on and off-road, with some sessions on the track.
The camp caters for all abilities and is designed to be especially suitable for sportsmen and women aged, 50+. During workshops and lectures you will be taught the essentials of exercise, relaxation, nutrition and a balanced diet. The camp also includes a fitness test. We expect a variety of nationalities, however the spoken languages are English and German.
The Coaches
Dieter Holz
Dieter Holz, the head coach and a licensed trainer, has been working with sportsmen and women of all ages for the last 35 years; both free-time and performance-oriented age group athletes. He is himself a long-time endurance athlete and 7 time Ironman Hawaii and 3 time Vasaloppet finisher. Over the years, he has also coached athletes in various other sports including water polo, cross-country skiing and Nordic walking.
Jochen Holz
Jochen is a B Licence trainer and long-time coach for swimming, running, triathlon and fitness. He is an endurance athlete in triathlon, cross-country skiing and MTB and a 4 time Ironman finisher.
It is necessary to pre-register as there are only 30 spaces available. Early booking is advisable.
Please note that if you want to rent a Club La Santa bike rather than taking your own, you will have to arrange this separately with CLub La Santa UK prior to departure. The price for a bike is around 85 € per week or 18 € a day. It is advisable to book these bikes at time of booking and will be subject to availabilty
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| Lanzarote Marathon Festival, Marathon, 1 | Mar 17, 2010 | View URL |
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The annual Marathon in Lanzarote will take place in Arrecife, the capital of the island; this is the only Marathon event in the Canary Islands and it is celebrating its 20th anniversary welcoming runners of all age groups from all over the world. On the course in front of the beach you will experience the charm of the city, with its new and old buildings where locals have lived in close contact with the sea for centuries.
The course
The course has been designed by the foremost runner from
the Canary Islands, Jose Carlos Hernández Cabrera (Arrecife – Lanzarote).PB 3000 m.8:04 – 5 K.14:00 – 10 K 28:54 – 1/2 Marathon 1:04:21.
This prestigious road racing event consists of 5 individual
races:
Race 1 – 1/4 Marathon 10,550 K
This is a one loop race course for all categories, for both beginners and experienced runners.
Race 2 – 1/2 Marathon 21,100 K
This race consists of two loops and caters for all categories of
runners, both slow and fast.
Race 3 – Marathon 42,195 K
The marathon is a great challenge for all athletes. The race attracts running enthusiasts from all over the world competing to be the first finisher of the four loops. The cut off time is 5 hours.
Race 4 – Marathon by Teams
Please consult the Marathon by Teams leaflet.
Race 5- Marathon Kids (approx. 1 K)
A race for children from 3 to 14 years old organized by the local Government. The race is free to enter and all participants will receive a T-shirt
Aid Stations
Three aid stations are located on the course: 2 water stations and the last one which offers Coca-Cola, energy drinks and fruit, sponges will also be available to cool you down. If you have personal refreshments, please bring them to the start area on race day. They will be placed at the fi rst aid station before the race start.
Timing
The ChampionChip is selected as official timing system and mandatory for all competitors to wear; it must be attached to their shoe lace and must be worn throughout the race. However official time for the first 10 runners crossing the line will be the gun time. The ChampionChip can be rented at the time of registration for a deposit of 25 € which is refundable after the race. If any athlete wishes to use his/her own ChampionChip it is essential he/she brings it with
Finishers
Shortly after the races all finishers will receive a T-shirt and a finisher medal; the finishers of the Marathon will also get a diploma.
Awards and prize money
Awards Marathon
Prize money* is awarded to the overall top 5 finishers, male/female:
1st 750€ – 2nd 450€ – 3rd 300€ – 4th 210€ – 5th180€
First Lanzarote citizen/ resident male and female:150 €
Trophies
First 5 males and females
First Lanzarote male and female
Age group winners male and female – u/20, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44,
45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70+
Awards 1/2 Marathon Prize money* is awarded to the overall top 3 finishers, male/female:
1st 300€ – 2nd 210€ – 3rd 180€
First Lanzarote citizen/resident male and female: 125 €
Trophies
First 3 males and females
First Lanzarote male and female
Age group winners male and female – u/20, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44,
45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70+
Awards 1/4 Marathon Prize money* is awarded to the overall
top 3 finishers, male/female:
1st 160€ – 2nd 120€ – 3rd 100€
First Lanzarote citizen/resident male and female: 60 €
Trophies
First 3 males and females
First Lanzarote male and female
Medical service
Medical assistance will be available and accessible to competitors during the race. The race doctor will be at the start/finish line and will ensure that there are fi rst aid facilities on the race course. If you will need assistance during the race please go to the nearest aid station which will be in contact with the start/finish area.
Pasta Party
The Pasta Party in Restaurant Atlántico at Club La Santa on Friday, November 28th, will keep runners energized and ready for the big day. Participants are invited and relatives and friends are welcome to join for a small fee at the entrance.*Local tax
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| International Running Challenge - 10K/13 | Mar 17, 2010 | View URL |
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The International Running Challenge is one of Club La Santa’s most successful running events and will be run for the 22nd time this year. The running races take place on 4 consecutive days over various terrains and distances and this great event attracts runners of different ages, levels, and nationalities with the common purpose of competition and enjoyment. Take a deep breath, relax, smile and don’t forget you are there to have fun.
Course description
Race 1 – Clásica de Lanzarote -10K Road Race
Starting at the Stadium you will run on asphalt roads toward the villages of La Santa and Caleta de Caballo (2 loops race course).
Race 2 – 13K Ridge Run
Starting at the athletics track at the Stadium you will run on both dirt trails and asphalt roads around one of the big volcanoes nearby Club La Santa.
Race 3 – 5K Beach Race
Buses will take the running participants on a half hour ride to the beach in Puerto del Carmen, where the run will take place on soft sand.
Race 4 – 21K La vuelta de Tinajo
The last race, over a half marathon distance, starts at Los Dolores Church in Mancha Blanca and will take you around the volcanic Montaña de Tinajo (1 loop) through Tinajo and back to Club La Santa on both asphalt and dirt tracks. You will finish the race with 300M of the running track in the Stadium before receiving your International Running Challenge medal.
Club/Team Competition
The running team/club must be made up either by only female or male runners. Each team/club can be made of 4 named persons, but only 3 count for the overall team/club results. Each runner will have to specify the team/club name on the entry. Once all 4 members have applied, the team/club cannot change any of those members
Timing
The ChampionChip is selected as official timing system for our races. However official time for the first 10 runners crossing the line will be gun time. A ChampionChip is a mandatory scoring device for all entrants: at registration you will have to leave a deposit of 25€ to get the chip which is to be returned after the race. If you want to use your own chip, it is essential you bring it to the registration. The chip must be attached to the shoe lace and worn throughout the race.
Awards and prize money
Awards Race 1
1st male/female: 100 € and a trophy
2nd male/female: 60 € and a trophy
3rd male/female: 30 € and a trophy
Awards Race 2, 3, 4
1st male/female: 60 €
2nd male/female: 30 €
3rd male/female: 20 €
Overall 4 days International Running Challenge awards
Top 3 male/ female and the winner of each age group male/ female will receive a trophy. Trophies to the top 3 teams in
each category. All finishers of all four races will receive an International Running Challenge medal.
Age categories
U/20, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69,70-74, 75-79.
Please be aware that your actual age on the fi rst race day is the
one that counts during the International Running Challenge.
Gift certificates: for Veteran age group winners, male/female o/35, and upward in 5 year categories.
Medical assistance service
Medical assistance will be available and accessible to competitors during the race. Our race doctor will be at the start/finish line and Red Cross will provide first aid facilities on the race course.
Be a volunteer and join in the fun!
Soak up the atmosphere and receive your free volunteer T-shirt as a souvenir of the race. Please sign up to be a volunteer the week before the event in Sports Booking or in the Info Centre (see opening times) at Club La Santa Lanzarote.
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
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| 12th International Bike Tour of Lanzarot | Mar 17, 2010 | View URL |
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Come and enjoy the bike ride through the unique landscapes of the island of Lanzarote with international stars such as Rolf Aldag, Gunnar Asmussen, Andreas Klier, the 7 times Le Mans sports car race winner Tom Kristensen and Herman the cycling artist.
All levels of riders are catered for from beginner to elite.
The Course
The X International Bike Tour of Lanzarote offers the participants two options:
The Pro tour: 75 K, average speed 26 K/h.
The family tour: 55 K, average speed 20 K/h.
You will start from Club La Santa to Soo, Tiagua, Mancha Blanca, through the lava fi elds of La Geria, Uga, around El Golfo and back to Club La Santa riding through the Fire Mountains in Timanfaya.
The family tour will be a similar route but will not include El Golfo.
There will be one aid station with water on the course and another one with water, fruit and Coca-Cola when you return to Club La Santa. Police, Red Cross and the Race doctor will follow the tour.
Registration
Friday, November 12th
16.30 – 19.00 Sports Booking, Club La Santa
The price is 20€ which includes a t-shirt and a meal of paella in the Restaurant Atlántico after the tour.
Rules
All bikers must obey the normal traffifi c rules and the advice from the police and the organization. It is mandatory to wear a helmet. All participants must wear their start number on the back of their jersey.
There will be a lead car and all the cyclists must stay behind it.
Please note that if you want to rent a Club La Santa bike rather than taking your own, you will have to arrange this separately with CLub La Santa UK prior to departure. The price for a bike is around 85 € per week or 18 € a day. It is advisable to book these bikes at time of booking and will be subject to availabilty
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| International Bike Weeks, Gunnar Asmusse | Mar 17, 2010 | View URL |
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Once again in 2011, Club La Santa has the pleasure of hosting the popular International Bike Weeks on the beautiful volcanic island of Lanzarote.
The island’s dramatic landscape offers a variety of
terrain with some fantastic mountain climbs that makes Lanzarote an ideal place to train; very few riders can achieve the same speed as at home. The well-known hosts, together with the experienced Green Team bike guides offer you plenty of challenges, guidance and many unforgettable experiences whilst you’re biking around Lanzarote. The weeks cater for all abilities from novice to the serious racing club cyclist.
Ideally, to get the most out of your bike weeks, you should be able to cycle 2 to 4 hours daily.
Training
The routes will vary both in length and difficulty, taking you to the far south of the island, through the fascinating Fire Mountains and up to the north with the view over the island La Graciosa. You will challenge yourself and test your legs on the hard climb to Femés and on the 10km long beautiful mountain climb to Tabayesco. We will divide you into groups, which will go at different speeds (from 21 km/h to 30+km/h) and levels, so that there will be a suitable group for everybody. The slowest group is called Herman’s Cappuccino-group and will go 21 to 23 km/h. All the groups will be lead by a host and a guide.
During the long rides there will be stops allowing you to have a sandwich and refreshments.
Before the daily rides there will be advice and guidance given on how to set up your bike correctly and you can always ask the hosts for advice regarding biking in groups, hills/mountains and how to take corners.
It is not unusual for the participants to cover about 950 km and have many unforgettable experiences and challenges. The programme also contains other activities; we will have different lectures with the hosts and a pool tournament on one of the evenings. Every week ends with a dinner in the restaurant La Casa, where different prizes are handed out.
The Team
Rolf Aldag, one of the most famous German bikers, has been biking professionally for 15 years (13 for T-mobile) and has done the Tour de France 10 times winning several stages. In 2000 he was the German road biking champion, and has also won some six-day races. In 2006 Rolf got a new job as the Sports Director for the T-Mobile Team, which is now Team Columbia. Rolf will participate in a part of the bike weeks.
Herman Reichold is a German-Italian artist and is known for his abstract paintings in Germany, Lanzarote and around Europe. Herman has only been biking for around 10 years, but he is a highly respected biker – according to Rolf Aldag. Herman is the
leader of the ”Cappuccino-group” during the bike weeks.
Tom Kristensen, 8 times winner of 24 hours Le Mans (Record) – The most famous motor race in the world. Tom has been driving all kinds of racing cars with great success throughout his career. He is an experienced and all around athlete and he is a good bike rider, both on racing bike and MTB. Besides that he knows all the bike routes on Lanzarote.
Gunnar Asmussen, has been active within the bike sport more than 40 years. He has won several Nordic championships, his main achievement being an Olympic gold medal in 4000 m for teams in Mexico in 1968.
Please note that if you want to rent a Club La Santa bike rather than taking your own, you will have to arrange this separately with CLub La Santa UK prior to departure. The price for a bike is around 95 € per week or 21 € a day. It is advisable to book these bikes at time of booking and are subject to availabilty
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
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| NEW Music Marathon Festival Lanzarote | Mar 17, 2010 | View URL |
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| Results for Ironman China 2010 | Mar 16, 2010 | View URL |
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Results for Ironman China 2010 have been added to triresults.com.
URL: results for Ironman China 2010
| Results for Ironman New Zealand 2010 | Mar 08, 2010 | View URL |
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Results for Ironman New Zealand 2010 have been added to triresults.com.
URL: results for Ironman New Zealand 2010
| Soleus Injury – Right Leg | Mar 08, 2010 | View URL |
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My marathon training has been going well. On Saturday I had a run-bike brick, and it felt absolutely wonderful. I’ve been studying up on nutrition/diet and at what point to eat what things before, during, and after workouts, and I think it’s making a difference. But of course just when things start going really well, that’s when the injuries come. Here’s what happened this time.
Normally I walk for 1-2 minutes before I start running, mostly because it takes that long for my Garmin to pick up satellites, but also because I like the warm up time. This morning my Garmin connected faster, and I was in a hurry, so I walked perhaps 10 steps before I started running.
As I started out, the back of my lower right leg, just above the Achilles tendon area where it enters my calf, felt a little stiff. Just a tiny, tiny bit. This is not an abnormal feeling for me at first, and it usually goes away after 15-30 seconds of light running. The stiffness went away, but continued feeling tiny, sharp pains even after 15-20 minutes when I was plenty warmed up. It wasn’t enough to impede me from running, but enough that I was noticing it and thought it was a bit abnormal. About 30-35 minutes into my run, I thought maybe I just had a tendon or ligament out of place, and walking might help it get back into place. As it turned out, it hurt more walking than it did running. I tried running again, and that hurt less than walking, but it didn’t feel right, and it wasn’t getting better. I stretched, starting out with a calf stretch but then bending my knee, and that triggered the pain and made it feel worse again, so I stopped it. The pain was not bad at all, but I knew something was going on at this point and that it wasn’t just a matter of getting warmed up or working through it.
I walked-ran back home, and took a short cut. I found that going uphill was the worst. As soon as I got home and cooled down, it stiffened up and has been feeling kind of swollen. Not a lot, and there’s nothing visible, but it’s stiff and thick. If I raise my toe, it doesn’t hurt immediately, but as I get to where I would normally feel a stretch it hurts. Not too bad, but it’s stiff and sore. If I point my toe downwards, so that the tendon gets bunched up, it also hurts (I also noticed when I had shoes on that when I did this the back of my shoe pressed on my tendon and that hurt as well).
To sum up, the pain is not bad, and only hurts when I move. It doesn’t feel like a bad injury, but I do think it’s injured at least slightly.
I called my coach and he diagnosed it as most likely being a lightly strained soleus muscle, rather than my Achilles tendon. He had told me to do calf lift exercises (standing on a small step with my toes and raising my body up with the weight on my toes to strengthen my calves) a few weeks ago, but I forgot to, and he said doing that might have prevented this injury. But before I can start doing that exercise, I need to recover, and that means two things:
1. RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation)
2. Elipticals. Argh! I like running outside. I do not like doing anything inside that I can do outside. But since my coach recommends not running outside for 7-10 days, I’m replacing my runs with elipticals until I can work outside runs back into the mix. This is the only way I can fully maintain my run fitness and muscles, which I really, really don’t want to lose this close to my first marathon. My coach said he was injured three weeks before a triathlon and trained those last three weeks on an eliptical and ended up doing his best 10K ever in that race, even compared against 10K races that were just 10Ks, not triathlons. I’ve got a 2.5 hour run scheduled for Wednesday that I was really looking forward to proving myself on (it would be my longest run ever) but I guess I’ll be proving whether I can handle an eliptical for that long instead.
| Do you want to swim faster? | Mar 08, 2010 | View URL |
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I love to swim. I’ve been swimming since I was 6 years old and I still swim at least 5 days a week. I come up with my own workouts and swim by myself or with friends who share the same training philosophy as me. I swim much faster now than I swam when I was on a swim team in high-school and in college (over 20 years ago). How is it possible? I trained then just as hard if not harder as I train now, but I just couldn’t improve that much. The answer is technique. In swimming technique is everything. It seems like everyone understands this but only few actually work on improving it, especially triathletes.
Every triathlete or swimmer should ask him or herself how much time do I spend working on my technique? I am sure the answer in most cases would be close to 0. As a contrast, Fred Bousquet, one of the fastest swimmers in the world, spends 75 min a day on technique work. Think about it, 75 min a day doing nothing but drills!
I’ve swum with triathletes before and here is a typical workout that a lot of triathletes do: warmup 300-400, then may be a couple of 50s of kick, drill, swim and then one or more excruciatingly boring sets like 10×200 or 10×400 or even worse 4×1000. Workouts like these will never make anyone swim faster, they might actually make you swim slower and they will definitely wear you out mentally. Sure, your endurance will probably increase and you’ll be able to swim longer BUT you will still swim at same slow speed. If swimming longer, not faster, is your goal, then it’s fine. But if you want to be able to swim faster, here are a couple of things that will help you.
1. Every time you swim work on your technique. Dedicate the first 30 min of every workout to warmup and drills. All drills must be done at a slow pace – don’t rush. Learn about drills as much as you can. There is no one magic drill that will make you faster. You have to think about drills as a progression. Break down the stroke into simple parts and work on each of them, breathing being the most advanced. It will be hard in the beginning because chances are, you don’t have a good balance in the water but if you stick with it, it will get easier. Don’t expect fast results. Wear your snorkel and fins in the beginning. Once you get better, you can take them off. It takes a long time to retrain your neurological pathways. Give yourself at least a year to see results.
2. Throw away your buoy. Triathletes love to swim with buoy because buoy gives you a false sense of buoyancy, it elevates you in the water and it makes you think you swim fast. Get a bend and wrap it around your ankles when you do pull sets. You’ll quickly realize how much harder it is to pull without the buoy. Pulling with bend around your ankles will force you to develop good catch and it will make you stronger.
3. Throw away your paddles. You don’t need paddles, especially the big ones that triathletes like to use. They make your arm turnaround slower and you lose the feel of the water. If you really must wear paddles, get the small ones, not the size of a kick board that I’ve seen some triathletes wear.
4. Swim at the pace you would like to swim in your race – race pace. This is another concept that most people seem to understand but few do anything about it. Figure out your pace per 100 and then swim as much as you can at that pace. For example, if your goal pace is 1:20 per 100 then your 50 pace is 0:40 and your 25 is 0:20. Instead of swimming boring 20 x 100, break the distance and swim it at pace. Here’s one possible set:
4 rounds of broken 100 as:
round 1: 4 x 25
round 2: 25-50-25
round 3: 2 x 50
round 4: 50 + 2 x 25
all 25s on 0:20
all 50s on 0:40
Have enough rest between the rounds to be able to swim the next round at the same pace. If you can’t maintain the pace, increase the interval. If you feel like your technique is falling apart while you are trying to make the interval, slow down and increase the interval. You don’t want to develop bad habits, you probably have enough of them already.
5. Kick, kick and kick. This is probably the opposite of what you’ve been hearing from other triathletes. Most triathletes have this idea that they don’t need to kick hard or kick at all because they need to “save” legs for the bike and the run. It makes no sense. If you don’t kick in swimming, your legs start to sink and they will create a lot of drag. To overcome this drag you’ll have to work harder with your arms and as a result waste more energy. What good do fresh legs give you if you finish the swim half dead? If you work on your kick (and technique) you will become a much more efficient swimmer with stronger legs. What’s wrong with having strong legs? They can only help you on the bike and the run. If you get more efficient in the water because of kicking then you’ll finish the swim with much more energy left and your bike and run times will be faster.
Obviously, there’s much more to swimming than these 5 items, but if you consistently work on these 5 steps, next season your competition will be left behind. Happy training!
| Ivan Raña confirms start at 2010 Rohto | Mar 06, 2010 | View URL |
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For the first time ever, he will take part in a Ironman 70.3 event. In 2002 Raña won the ITU World Championship, and he took fifth place at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics games.
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About Iván Raña:
Raña participated in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. He took fifth place with a total time of 1:49:10.88.
In 2002 when he won world, European and national titles. His world championship win in Cancún, Mexico, was Spain’s first gold medal in the event.
In 2003 he came home second at the world championships behind Australia’s Peter Robertson and he had to settle for silver earlier this year as well.
In 2004 in Madeira world champs, Raña came home less than a second behind Kiwi Docherty and at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, Raña dropped to a disappointing twenty-third place with a time of 1:55:44.27.
He finished fifth at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and in December 2008 he signed a one-year-deal with the professional cycling team Xacobeo-Galicia but he still has the idea ambition to compete in the triatlhon at the London Olympics in 2012.
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- Name: Iván Raña Fuentes
- Country: Spain
- Nickname: El Soldado (The Soldier)
- Date of birth: 10 June 1979 (age 30)
- Place of birth: Ordes, Spain
- Height: 1.74 m (5 ft 81⁄2 in)
- Weight: 62kg
| TRIResults.com and Ironman | Mar 04, 2010 | View URL |
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Most triathlon results are listed by event. You open a file and you search through to find how you placed. If you want to see multiple events. you look at multiple sites and collect the data. I found this frustrating so I created TRIResults.com. It’s the first site that aggregated and matched triathlon results in one place. So, if you click on an athlete’s name in TRIResults.com, you see all of his or her results for all events. The bulk of the results on triresults.com are for Ironman events so it’s not surprising that most of triresults.com visitors are Ironman or aspiring Ironman athletes. I have spent several years collecting, formatting and loading the Ironman results and Ironman Hawaii qualifying times, making TRIResults a pretty unique place, one where triathletes from all over the world go to find their results, to research their competitor’s times, to see what times they need to have in order to qualify for Ironman Hawaii and to get motivated for training.
TRIResults.com has been operating successfully on its own for quite a while. For it to really realize its potential, however, I think it should work in partnership with another triathlon entity and ironman.com just makes sense. I can’t help think that integrating TRIResults.com with the ironman website would be a tremendous benefit to all triathletes. While ironman.com has a lot of historical data on its site, they are hard to access and there is no search functionality. Imagine the benefit if people could go to the ironman website to get all of their pre-Ironman needs met. They could look up qualifying times, view historical results, research their competitors times and interact with fellow athletes at the Ironman social network IAmTri. It makes sense to me.
So, if anyone from the Ironman corporation is reading this and would like to discuss integrating my services to complement your offerings, please send me an email at eduard@triresults.com and I would be happy to talk to you.
| Results for Ironman Malaysia 2010 | Feb 28, 2010 | View URL |
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Results for Ironman Malaysia 2010 have been added to triresults.com.
URL: Results for Ironman Malaysia 2010
| Celebrity Fit Camp with Tina Baker | Feb 10, 2010 | View URL |
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Club La Santa are happy to be able to welcome you to the very first Celebrity Fit Camp with Celebrity Fit Club Winner, Tina Baker. This could be the perfect opportunity to shape up under the sun in great surroundings with lots of fun & fitness to get you in your best shape yet! Beginners are also very welcome.
Do you want to…
- See results?
- Look good?
- Lose weight?
- Tone up?
- Feel better about yourself?
- Get fit?
- Feel more energetic?
- And have a good time?
If any of these sound appealing to you, you should join Tina at Club La Santa for…
- Fun and effective Exercise Classes for any level of fitness – you’ll have a chance to sample a variety of exercise styles and build your own fitness programme.
- Body Image sessions – boost your self esteem, tackle some of the obstacles you put in the way of your success, and set goals to work on in between classes.
- One to one sessions with Tina – focusing on a personalized exercise and motivational programme.
- Plus, you’ll get some inspired Tina’s Tips to take away with you to keep you going once your holiday’s over.
The instrutor
British TV personality Tina Baker
For more details on Tina Baker visit her website.
Tina lost 19 kilos and won the UK version of the prime time television series, Celebrity Fit Club. She’s kept off the weight for 4 years, and has toned up from a UK size 16 to a size 10.
Tina now divides her time between her writing and broadcasting and motivational fitness coaching – a combination of life coaching and personal training – teaching aerobics, body conditioning, and core stability, focusing on holistic techniques, support and fun.
She has devised and runs The Factory Fit Club, a series of supportive weight management and goal setting workshops at London’s top private gym. Factory London
Price
The price for one week is120 € and this includes all the activities in the programme, a special event t-shirt and a dinner in the restaurant “La Casa”. The final programme will be handed out at the introduction meeting, where payment also has to take place. It is necessary to pre-register.
Club La Santa reserves the right to cancel or change this event if under subscribed.
To register, simply download the waver form download it as a PDF file
Accommodation and flights have to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| Swingtime Aerobics & Dance Conventio | Feb 05, 2010 | View URL |
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The ultimate fitness experience
An international team of professional instructors is waiting to give you the ultimate fitness experience. An Aerobics & Dance Convention bursting with energy, professionalism, power, social activities and plenty of sun.
It’s all happening under open skies at the largest playground in the world – Club La Santa. If you are an instructor, or “simply” a super enthusiast, the week will be right up your street. You will receive plenty of inspiration for your own classes and will delight in giving it everything you’ve got together with the world’s elite within aerobics and dance! Instructor or not. Naturally, the
classes will cater for all levels of skill, ensuring everyone the ultimate fitness experience! A very varied programme will be presented by a super team of instructors.
On offer daily:
• 3 step classes
• 2-3 aerobics classes (dance aerobics, Latin aerobics, power aerobics, high-low, etc.)
• 2-3 body/mind/fitness classes (pilates, body toning, kickboxing, etc.)
• 1 aqua workout (deep-water aerobics, shallow-water aerobics, etc.)
• 3-4 dance classes (hip hop, street dance, house, ballroom fitness, rock’n robics, salsa, etc.)
• Not to mention barbeques, discos, salsa evenings, etc. Plenty of social activities both day and night.
Instructor team:
• Elisabeth Dalsgaard
• Patrick Goudeau
• Fitzroy Gaynes
• Balázs Füzessy
• Tanya Camilleri
• Samuel Nogueira
• Amir Elfalaki
Registration for Swingtime Aerobics & Dance Convention
Participation charge for Swingtime Aerobics & Dance Convention
costs £159 per person.
Individual classes and day passes can be bought at Club La Santa:
• Price per class: € 20
• Price per day pass: € 50
To register, simply download the waiver form download it as a PDF file
Pay the registration fee at the time of booking your apartment via Club La Santa UK.
If you have any questions about the trip, please contact Club La Santa on tel. 0161-790-9890.
If you have questions about the event week, please contact Elisabeth Dalsgaard – swingtime@mail.dk, www.swing-time.dk or tel. +45 48 224 324
Please note the payment for this camp needs to be taken at time of booking
Club La Santa reserves the right to cancel or change the event if too few are preregistered.
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
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Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| Robin Brew Family Swim Camp | Feb 01, 2010 | View URL |
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Join Robin Brew and his coaching team for an action packed holiday in the sun and the whole family can benefit from world class coaching and training.
The swim week will be ideal for all levels of ability and it will be especially attractive to master’s swimmers, age group swimmers & Triathletes. We will have two swim sessions daily, am and pm along with stretching routines and gym work. You will love the technique sessions during the evening where you will review your stroke technique with the coaching staff and see yourself swim on DVD.
The week will conclude with a ‘Family Fun Gala’ along with relays and an opportunity for time trials.
No matter what your current swimming ability, you will find this camp invaluable for improving your swimming. Our aim as always will be to ensure your time with us in Lanzarote is both enjoyable and rewarding and also, best of all, lots of fun!!
In order to fully benefit from the course it is recommended that you can swim at least 200m.
• Learn from leading stroke technique coaches
• Interesting & exciting coaching sessions
• Excellent way to have a family holiday and maintain your training
• Specific sessions from home coaches catered for
• Talks on technique on all strokes including DVD play/feedback
• Advice on training methods and preparing for competition
• Stretching routines, stretch & relax
• DO AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS YOU WOULD LIKE
• 2 pool sessions every day in the sun
• Individual video analysis with 1-2-1 feedback
• Use of fully equipped fitness centre for land training
For full details Robin Brew Sports website.
Liz (mob) 07808 582589 (e-mail) liz.brew@btinternet.com
Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| Ironman 70.3 Miami annouces Rohto as the | Jan 12, 2010 | View URL |
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The Mentholatum Company puts its eyes on the finish line with Rohto Cooling Eye Drops Sponsorship of select Ironman 70.3 races and Aflac Iron Girl Event Series.
As part of a new marketing direction focused on athletes and people who live active and outdoor lifestyles, The Mentholatum Company (TMC), a leading over-the-counter healthcare products company headquartered in Orchard Park, NY announces its title sponsorship for Ironman® 70.3 Miami.
“The eyes of Ironman 70.3 and Iron Girl athletes are exposed to the sun, water and wind for months while training and racing for the events. This makes Rohto Eye Drops an important part of an athlete’s training regimen and we are happy to have them as part of the Ironman and Iron Girl family”, says Ironman Director of Sponsorship and Licensing Andy Giancola.
“Athletes, in particular swimmers, runners and cyclists, are often faced with dry, irritated eyes because they’re constantly battling environmental or chemical elements”, says Todd Cantrell, director of the eye care and pain management divisions at The Mentholatum Company. “We’ve found that ROHTO Eye Drops are popular among endurance athletes, and the product line has a definite place at these types of events”.
Ironman 70.3 Miami is proud to have Rohto on board as title sponsor.
| Chris Legh will take part at 2010 Miami | Jan 08, 2010 | View URL |
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Chris Legh is one of triathlon’s top athletes. After spending 20 years as a professional triathlete, Chris has racked up over 90 wins competing in Australian and World triahtlon championships. . . Chris Legh’s Profile * AGE: 36 Years Old * NATIONALITY: Australian * RESIDES: …………………… Lyons, Colorado (Northern Summer) …………………… Melbourne, Australia (Southern Summer) * YEARS IN SPORT: 20 Years . . Career Highlights . Six Time Australian Champion Two Time Ironman Champion 6th [...]
| Chris Legh will take part at 2010 Rohto | Jan 08, 2010 | View URL |
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Chris Legh is one of triathlon’s top athletes. After spending 20 years as a professional triathlete, Chris has racked up over 90 wins competing in Australian and World triahtlon championships.
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Chris Legh’s Profile
* AGE: 36 Years Old
* NATIONALITY: Australian
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* YEARS IN SPORT: 20 Years
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- Six Time Australian Champion
- Two Time Ironman Champion
- 6th Ironman World Championships 1998
- 8th Ironman World Championships 1999
- 5th Xterra World Championships 2005
- 4th 70.3 World Championships 2006
- 4th Xterra World Championships 2007
- 10th Xterra World Championships 2008
- Over 90 Professional Wins
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| Mirinda Carfrae has been included to the | Jan 06, 2010 | View URL |
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Australian winner in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships (2007), and silver in Ironman World Championships Hawaii 2009, Mirinda Carfrae, will be taking part in the Ironman 70.3 Miami. Background In 2000, at the age of 19, Mirinda competed in her first triathlon. Even though she did not have a background in swimming, running, or biking, she experienced success [...]
| 5 reasons triathlons are full of middle- | Jan 04, 2010 | View URL |
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I just read this article, which led me to ask the question; Why are triathlons full of middle-aged people? I was going to ask why triathlons are full of middle-aged, fat people, but I haven’t seen that many fat people in triathlons. Not to say I haven’t seen any–I’ve seen some really fat people in triathlons, even in the half-Ironman I did, and wow, that’s impressive. I mean, it’s impressive that I finished a half-Ironman, but some of these people were even fatter than I was. Some of them were a lot fatter. But there weren’t that many people fatter than I was, so I can’t really say I’ve seen all that many fat people doing triathlons. What I have noticed is that although I’m 34, most of the people I race with seem to be at least 30. Sure, there are young’uns there too, but if I had to guess I’d say 2/3 of racers are 30+. But why?
It’s an easy jab to say it’s just a response to a mid-life crisis. But that doesn’t reveal the underlying reasons behind the mid-life crisis, nor the attending question “Why triathlon?” Why not a new, completely impractical, sports car? Why not a new wardrobe from Banana Republic and a new hairstyle? Why not start listening to your kids’ music? Actually, my oldest is almost two-years old, and I have been listening to more Kindermusik than I care to admit lately, but that’s not in response to a mid-life crisis, I swear. Here are five reasons why triathlon is the response du jour to the mid-life crisis many of us are having these days:
1. We’re fat. We weren’t fat 10 years ago, so doing a triathlon never crossed our minds. I mean, who would have the motivation to start this type of thing if they weren’t in a desperate situation to begin with? We weren’t back then, but we are now, so here we are, spending 10-20 hours per week in response to a condition that snuck up and grabbed us around the waist when we weren’t looking.
2. We’re ready to admit we’re fat. You were probably fat at 30, but it took you until you were 34 to admit it and start doing triathlons. Before that, you were svelt, stocky, husky, strong, burly, or manly (I’m talking to the men here, please don’t get offended womenfolk, you probably have your own set of reasons that are different than ours). Then you finally admitted those were all words designed to disguise the fact that you were fat.
3. We have some money. Actually, I had more money 10 years ago…what’s wrong with this picture?
4. Triathlon is real, and real is the new fake. We’re done with anything Chuck Norris is selling, the latest diet drink, lipo, or any and all of those fad diets. We always knew those things didn’t work. We always knew it was going to be hard work to get in shape, and when we looked around and asked “What’s really, really hard?” someone responded “You should do a triathlon,” and we thought “Yep, that’s what it’s going to take, I guess.” Triathlon replaces all those surgeries, diets, and pills sold on late-night infomercials with something we know will work or kill us in the process, and it only costs three times as much as any of those other things.
5. It works. Somehow signing up for an event, training for it because you’re afraid of what will happen if you don’t, changing your diet because you’re afraid of what will happen to your training if you don’t, doing the event, hesitantly signing up for another, and then doing that and realizing your time is 25% better than your first one leads to an addiction, and the next thing you know you’ve lost 30 lbs. but you see no reason to stop doing triathlons, because you have somehow come to like doing them and all that goes with the training, and you recognize that your life has changed forever, and even all those receipts for $40 containers of drink mix can’t bring you down.
| Ironman Bike Shipping | Jan 04, 2010 | View URL |
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This November (2010) I’ll do my first full Ironman event in Panama City, Florida. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. That means it’s more than a short drive with my bike on top of the car, so the question is what’s the best way to get my bike to Panama City, and to the venue?
I know there are shipping services, and I know there are airlines that ship bikes as checked luggage, but I’ve never used any of them and would appreciate any recommendations, horror stories, etc. I can use in making some decisions.
One issue I already know I’m going to run into is that I’ll probably arrive several days before the event, and will therefore want access to my bike prior to the event to get in a last ride or two, so having my bike shipped directly to the venue isn’t an option (I guess that also means I’ll need to rent a vehicle I can fit the bike into, since I assume most rental vehicles don’t come with bike racks on top).
| Results for Ironman Hawaii 1980 | Jan 02, 2010 | View URL |
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Results for Ironman Hawaii 1980 have been added to triresults.com.
URL: Results for Ironman Hawaii 1980
You can find all available Ironman Hawaii results on this page.
| Left Anterior Deltoid | Dec 31, 2009 | View URL |
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Mommy, I hurt my arm.
So the other day I was swimming, freestyle, and everything felt fine. I had swam about 1,000 meters, not as hard as I could, but at a decent clip, perhaps 5-10% harder than normal, and all of a sudden my left arm, on the front, in between my shoulder and elbow, but more towards the shoulder, started to hurt. I finished my lap and stood up in the pool, feeling my arm and stretching it in different directions. I was feeling slight twinges when I moved my arm, but they were very slight and unpredictable. I decided to keep on swimming, but every time I lifted my left arm for the recovery portion of the stroke, I would get a sharp pain in that same area, such that I only made it through three strokes and realized my swimming was over for the day. It’s not that it hurt all that bad, but I could tell that if I kept swimming it was only going to get worse, and that I shouldn’t push it.
I talked to my coach and he told me it’s my deltoid muscle. There are three parts to this muscle and it appears I injured the anterior deltoid muscle, which is the part of your deltoid on the front of your shoulder/arm. The three questions I then asked were; 1) how did this happen, 2) how do I get better, and 3) how do I keep this from happening again?
1. I don’t know how it happened, but my coach said sometimes you can strain the deltoid but it doesn’t start hurting exactly when you hurt it. This seems to make sense, because I don’t know how I could have hurt it swimming. After all, all I’m doing is lifting my arm through the air, so there’s no resistance other than the weight of my arm, and I’ve been swimming for some time and this has never happened before. It seems much more likely to me that I strained it doing something else out of the ordinary, and I think I might know what it was. I think it was due to picking up 45 lb weights in the weight room with my left arm, and using my deltoid to then lift my arm up to lift the weight and re-rack them. Or it could totally be something else, I don’t know. If you have any ideas, let me know.
2. Most of the websites out there specify ice and rest, which is what I’m trying to do, although not very well. That is, I’m not swimming with my arm, but I’m still doing other things, and today I hurt it even worse. How? Toweling off after a shower. Evidently I was a bit vigorous while drying my legs off, because it strained the muscle and now it has been hurting a lot worse all day. I can’t drive anymore, and just about every movement I make hurts. Luckily there’s no swelling and it doesn’t hurt if I don’t use it. Oh, and I haven’t yet iced it once…kind of lazy about that. Hey, I’m busy, you know? But I probably should do that.
3. Strength training, and stretching. Here’s a simple video on how to stretch your anterior deltoid muscles. Here’s a dull but correct video on how to strengthen the anterior deltoid muscle.
| How to Make Green Smoothies Taste Better | Dec 30, 2009 | View URL |
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Back around August I started drinking green smoothies. I held up for a little over a month, and then I couldn’t take it anymore. The taste of raw spinach got to me, and I couldn’t look at a green smoothie without feeling a desire to do the technicolor yawn. It wasn’t that the taste of the spinach in the smoothie was all that bad. In fact, you can hardly taste it at all. But just the slight aftertaste of it was all it took to make me sick of them. I gave up for a while, but then I stopped losing weight (I’ve got a good 30-40 lbs of pure fat on me I need to lose), and I didn’t feel as good. I really missed the nutritional value of those green smoothies. I just wish there was some way to put it directly into my stomach without it having to go through my mouth.
I tried peanut butter and other ingredients, but always the taste of spinach was there. But I stumbled onto an absolute cure. One day I poured in a scoop of fruit punch flavored Accelerade, and the spinach taste was gone. I don’t mean that it was just masked or overwhelmed, I mean it was totally, 100%, gone. I could not detect the slightest taste or aftertaste of spinach. My green smoothies went from tasting like…well, a green smoothie, to tasting like something I paid $6 for at Jamba Juice with a fraction of the nutritional value.
I haven’t tried any other drink mix yet, so I don’t know if fruit punch Accelerade is the only thing that will do it, or if Heed’s Subtle Strawberry or Gatorade Lemon-Lime will have the same effect, but at least I’ve found one cure, and maybe there are more out there.
| Ironman Western Australia 2009 Athletes | Dec 29, 2009 | View URL |
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Reports for Ironman Western Australia 2009 athletes who qualified for Ironman Hawaii 2010 have been added to triresults.com.
| Inspired Bicycles – Danny MacAskill | Dec 28, 2009 | View URL |
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| Ironman 70.3 Miami is sold out! | Dec 27, 2009 | View URL |
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Race reaches it’s 2,500 limit 10 months prior to race day . Regular individual and team relay entries for the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Miami have been sold out. The race has reached its initial field limit of 2,500 athletes in a little over 10 months prior to the race day, scheduled to take [...]
| Results for Ironman Western Australia 20 | Dec 26, 2009 | View URL |
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Results for Ironman Western Australia 2009 have been added to triresults.com.
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| My Version of New Moon or “When to Rep | Dec 17, 2009 | View URL |
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Since August I’ve been swimming in a pair of Zoot jammers. Who started calling these things “jammers”? Didn’t they used to be called swim trunks? And when I was a kid, I just called it my “swimsuit”. Actually I called it a bathing suit, but that doesn’t make much sense either since I don’t bathe in them. Anyhoo…a month or so ago I noticed two spots wearing through in the front. And when I would take the jammers off I could see there was a line wearing through right down the middle of the back of them. Over the past few weeks, I figured out that the two spots in the front were being cause by me grabbing my swimsuit by pinching the material and pulling it away from my skin when I would get out of the pool. I guess I was trying to make them a little less form fitting. It just became a habit I had never thought about until those spots appeared.
But I certainly wasn’t grabbing the back of my trunks, so I figured it must just be my cheeks or something rubbing together (sorry for the imagery) and rubbing part of the material off. The problem was, I couldn’t figure out whether it was see through or not while wearing them. I would look at the two spots and I could sort of see my legs through them, but I wasn’t sure anyone else could. And I would stand in front of a mirror and look at my behind with the trunks on, but I still couldn’t tell what other people could see. So I went on wearing them.
I kept forgetting to try the jammers on at home so my wife could tell me if they were see-through in the back, and whenever I thought about it I was at the gym, and I couldn’t exactly ask a stranger for help. “Hey, would you check out my behind and tell me if my swimsuit is see-through in the back?” would probably result in me getting my membership revoked, and maybe a new membership on a public database somewhere.
So finally last night I remember and had my wife take a look. “Yep, totally see-through” was the diagnosis. Now the only question is how many people have seen me getting in and out of the pool at the gym and have said “Oh my goodness…does that guy really have a 4-inch wide clear stripe going down the back of his swimsuit?” I guess it’s a good thing I’ve got those waterproof headphones so I wasn’t able to hear anything.
| Marathon Running Camp with Ron Hill MBE, | Dec 13, 2009 | View URL |
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For the first time, we’re really pleased to say that Ron Hill MBE is attending this Marathon training camp at Club La Santa. It’s great news, as Ron is one of the true masters of marathon running, so this is your chance to learn from one of the true greats of our time.
With both marathon and distance running have been increasing in popularity in recent years, this camp gives you the opportunity to sample the challenging terrain of the volcanic island of Lanzarote.
The undulating terrain and sandy trails will be good training for athletes competing in one of the spring or summer marathons now available or any other distance race. It could also be used for those athletes looking for the endurance phase of their training for shorter distance races.
The training
Athletes able to run up to a 4:15 marathon will be catered for and we will have experienced coaches and athletes looking after you. You can see from the programme that we will arrange a variety of runs, one of which will be on the small nearby island of La Graciosa. Additionally, there will be some technical work, track sessions and optional races.
There will also be lectures and at the end of the week, we will have a dinner in the restaurant, La Casa, where companions can join us by paying 24€ for a 3 course meal and a half bottle of wine.
As well as the running we will be offering you some alternative methods of improving your fitness and technique on land and in the pool.
Participants must come prepared for the heat and terrain with good shoes, a hat, sun cream and water bottle carrier. It will be a typical Club La Santa event where you have the chance to meet other athletes from all around the world. The main language spoken will be English.
The Instruction Team
Ron Hill MBE
Dr. Ron Hill began running in 1953 and has kept a training log since 1956. He qualified with a Ph D in Textile Chemistry and worked in the textile industry for over 11 years before leaving and concentrating on his own business, Ron Hill Sports Ltd., founded in 1970 producing the first technical running gear, designed as a result of his running experience and the use of his knowledge of advanced textile materials. In 1992 he founded the Hilly Clothing Company bringing that same knowledge and experience to technical running socks.He set World Records on the track for 15 miles and 25 kilometres in 1965 and 10 miles twice for 10 miles. On the road he set a world record for 20 miles of 1:36:28 in 1968. He ran in three Olympic Games : Tokyo, 1964, Marathon and 10,000 M ; Mexico City,1968, 10,000 M – 7th, Munich, 1972, Marathon – 6th.
In 1969 he won the European Championships Marathon in Athens. In 1970 he became the first Briton to win the Boston Marathon in a record time of 2:10:30. Later in 1970 he took Marathon Gold at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, breaking the World Record with a time of 2:09:28. His first marathon was in 1961, the Liverpool Marathon, which he won in 2:24:22. He completed 115 marathons in his career, only three outside 2:50:00.
Ron has run every day since 1964 and December 20th 2009 records 45 years without missing a day. By the end of 2009 Ron had passed a lifetime total distance of 153,000 miles…..AND STILL COUNTING.
*{color:black}For a full list of Ron’s achievements visit his website
Phil Price
Coach at Club la Santa. Almost 30 years experience of coaching in Triathlon, Athletics, and Cycling. Welsh Triathlon Coach and Manager. Former Welsh Veteran 5 km track Champ, and many times County Champion.
Accommodation and flights have to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
| Intercontinental Miami: Also to host Iro | Dec 10, 2009 | View URL |
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Book now in the hosting hotel! Intercontinental Miami will host the Welcome pasta dinner and awards ceremony, and it is located within walking distance from the event start/finish line! Special pricing for Ironman 70.3 Miami athletes – make sure you use the booking link below to take advantage of the exclusive pricing. . Miami – Set in the heart of the [...]
| Ironman Arizona 2009 Athletes Who Qualif | Dec 03, 2009 | View URL |
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Reports for Ironman Arizona 2009 athletes who qualified for Ironman Hawaii 2010 have been added to triresults.com.
| Long Distance Triathlon Training Camp wi | Nov 26, 2009 | View URL |
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Triathlon as a sport is growing and its popularity is ever increasing, so in 2011 for the seventh year, we will have the Long Distance Triathlon camp at Club La Santa. The camp offers you a great opportunity to get yourself prepared for racing – maybe even for the Lanzarote Ironman. It will be an event where you will be coached, trained, have seminars and the chance to meet other athletes from all around the world.
The camp caters for all abilities, from novice to elite, and is also suitable for Olympic distance athletes looking to build their base training. We will be aiming to increase your fitness, whilst also providing advice on all aspects of triathlon.
The maximum number of participants will be limited to 36 places each week to enable more individual attention in all three disciplines. This means that if you want a place on the camp you will have to book quickly.
The training
The training will take place in many parts of the beautiful island of Lanzarote. Swims will take place in the 50 m pool, the Club La Santa lagoon and the Ironman swim course in Puerto del Carmen.
The bike rides, with 3-4 groups at varying speeds, will take in most of the island including the Ironman course, and the runs will take place on and off road with a few sessions on the track.
The weeks will start with a welcome meeting and end with a dinner in the restaurant “La Casa” to round off each week. Companions can join us at the dinner by paying 24 € for the 3 course meal and a ½ bottle of wine.
We are hoping to welcome the same variety of nationalities as in the previous years, including participants from Denmark, Germany, UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Hawaii and Canada. The main language spoken will be English.
Please remember to bring your swim equipment, wet suit, bike shoes, pedals and helmet. All participants must ride with helmets, according to the law in Spain. No helmet – no ride.
The Coaches
Phil Price
Coach at Club la Santa. Almost 30 years experience of coaching in Triathlon, Athletics, and Cycling. Welsh Triathlon Coach and Manager. Former Welsh Veteran 5 km track Champ, and many times County Champion.
The instructor team will include several Pro triathletes, experienced coaches both male and female, and throughout the week members of the Green Team will assist.
Please note that if you want to rent a Club La Santa bike rather than taking your own, you will have to arrange this separately with CLub La Santa UK prior to departure. The price for a bike is around 95 € per week or 21 € a day. It is advisable to book these bikes at time of booking and will be subject to availabilty
Accommodation has to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
FOR APARTMENT PRICES AT CLUB LA SANTA. Please refer to the pricing tab.
Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.