Join us this Sunday for the COTT Newbie Triathlon Clinic May 26, 2011
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The highly anticipated, totally awesome COTT newbie clinic. Seriously, you don’t want to miss out. Just in time for Deer Creek and Wendy’s triathlons! We’ll cover transitions, basic triathlon tips, tire changing, and more. We guarantee you’ll look like a pro at your first race!*
And don’t worry if you aren’t exactly a “newbie”; Anyone who wants a little help or practice is more than welcome to join us. Please RSVP to centralohiotriathlon@gmail.com to reserve a spot!
Bring the following:
For tire changing:
Bike (or at least your front wheel)
Spare tube
Tire levers
Bike pump and/or CO2 inflator
Towel or rag to wipe your hands
For transition practice:
All of your gear you would have for your race
Bring your wetsuit and we can practice exiting the water and running up to transition
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* We can’t actually guarantee that.
COTT’s Key Races for 2011 May 20, 2011
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In and effort to encourage and support a team atmosphere, highlight all of the great local race companies, and just plain have fun, COTT has selected six key races for the 2011 season that we will focus our attention on.
How Crash Dieting Makes Your Less Fit May 16, 2011
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Protect your eyes from that strange glowing thing in the sky! May 9, 2011
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Now that the sun is finally starting to come out a bit, make sure you keep your eyes protected! As a COTT member you get 40% off of all retail prices on Rudy Project glasses (including Rx) at www.e-rudy.com. The code for this and all other COTT discounts can be found on the files sections of the Yahoo group.
Hungry on the Bike? May 6, 2011
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An article for our friends at Accelerade:
Exercise suppresses hunger by affecting the release of hormones that control appetite. Consequently, if you start a workout with an empty stomach, you may forget about your hunger until after you’re done. But exercise doesn’t kill hunger completely. During very prolonged exercise, hunger can become just as intense as it does at rest. Cyclists and triathletes routinely experience rumbling stomachs on the bike during long workouts and races. SEE MORE
May is Bike Month! May 3, 2011
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May is bike month. And guess what… It is May. So go do some bike things!
Bikesource has great free clinics on tire changing, bike maintenance, and commuting.
Wild Good Creative has some unique bike related events this month including a DIY bike light workshop and happy hour. Sounds like fun!
Plenty more events can be found here.
And of course, we have the COTT group rides every Thursday night. This week is out of New Albany and the weather is looking pretty good right now.
Happy Biking!
Finding Your Racing Weight April 26, 2011
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An article for our friends at Accelerade:
Every endurance athlete knows that body weight affects performance. We race best when we are light and lean. But what is your ideal racing weight? If you don’t know, it’s worth figuring out so that you can target that weight each time you prepare for a major race. SEE MORE
2011 COTT Uniforms–ORDER NOW! March 15, 2011
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It’s time to order uniforms again! Okay, for some of us this time of year is a little more stressful than it is exciting, but seeing members rockin’ their COTT threads on group rides and on the race course is worth it in the end. Thanks to your input from that crazy long survey we sent out a while ago (thanks for your participation, by the way…), we’re going to make a few small changes this year that might be good for everyone.
1. Deadline: This year, we really want to have our uniforms by late May or early June, which unfortunately means that the ordering window is going to be pretty short. Don’t worry though, we thought of everything. (Well, probably not everything, but at least the important stuff.) The order deadline is MARCH 23RD…that’s like 9 days from now!
2. Fit Kit: Louis Garneau sent us a fit kit already so that you can try on the jerseys and tri tops ahead of time so that you’ll be confident when you place your order…and you will be ordering right? Right!
Roadrunner Sports was kind enough to open its doors to us THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16TH FROM 6-8PM so that members can come out and try on items from fit kit. If you can’t make it on Wednesday night, we’re going to try to hold another fit kit…umm…fitting sometime this weekend, so stay tuned. If you don’t think you’ll be able to make either fitting, here’s a link to LG’s sizing chart. They seem to run pretty true to size as well.
http://www.louisgarneau-custom.com/ordering/size_chart.asp
3. Price: Just like last year, tri tops will be $54.50 each and cycling jerseys will be $60 each. It’s a bit of investment, but they are high quality so you should get a lot of use out of them…because you’ll be doing and lot of riding and/or racing, right? Right!
4. Style: Full zip men’s and women’s cycling jerseys (short sleeve) and men’s and women’s tri tops. This year, we’re opting for a lighter weight fabric for the cycling jerseys since it gets pretty darned hot around here in the summer. The tri top fabric is very nice and is unchanged from 2010.
5. Design: Some of you may remember the (completely fabricated) critic acclaim our uniform designs received last year. Honestly though, we received tons of compliments out on the road, on charity rides, and in races. Plus, they make it really easy for us to spot you on the course so we know when to ring those cowbells!
6. Ordering: This is the easy part. Once you know what you’re going to order (three of each, right?), you’ll need to go to our handy dandy ordering site.
http://www.cott.us/uniformorder.php
7. More info: Links to more information about the jersey and tri top as well as mock-ups of our design are also available on the order page. (http://www.cott.us/uniformorder.php) We will try to bring a jersey and tri top from last year to the fit kit events so that you can see what they actually look like.
8. DEADLINE: Okay, one more time–this time with feeling! In order to get these uniforms in time for race season, we need to have all orders submitted by WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD!
Now that you have all the information, go check out the goods and start ordering! If you have any questions, send them to centralohiotriathlon@gmail.com.
New COTT Sponsor March 7, 2011
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Events Plus Racing, a local triathlon and race company will be offering races throughout Central Ohio for the 2011 season. They will also be offering COTT members 10% off all registrations!
