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JUNE 2012
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TRIATHLON CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
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New Members 5 Member Profile 6 TCSD Conversation 7 Race Report: With The Czech 12 Race Reports: ITU Sprint Tri 16
It’s The Law Coach’s Corner: Compression ITU San Diego Finishers Web Gems
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TriNews
The headlines leading up to the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Championship Series in San Diego individual performance. So what
JUNE CLUB MEETING Special Guest:
Chrissie Wellington and her new book A Life Without Limits Sunday, June 3rd 2pm to 5pm Location: Evolve PT & Advanced Wellness 11468 Sorrento Valley Rd San Diego, CA 92122 Refer to the Club’s website for complete information.
focused on the Olympic hopes did it take to mobilize a tribe of 3,000 strong to of 140 international triathlon work together when the Triathlon Club of San elites. Now, the word “elite” according to the Diego became the ITU WCS Volunteer Sponsor Oxford Dictionary originated from 18th century and host club? It was dialing up and down the channels of French to mean “selection” or “choice” and from communication to find the common the birthplace of triathlon emerged language of the many tribes within the final selection of triathletes to the club that moved the impressive compete on the world stage for the Olympic Gold. Truly, the Olympic mass. The first campaign came in IBE the initial promotion of the ITU race spirit of amateur athleticism, spans R ET a broader spectrum of elites of and first wave of registration back TH some 2,000 Age Group triathletes in October, 2011. A delegation of who raced the very same venue on ITU and USAT officials presented at Vu hao By T the weekend of May 12th. Where as the club meeting the San Diego proa marathon, cycling race or open motional video which captured water swim race may draw tens of excitement in celebrating the birththousands of athletes, a local place of triathlon and the glamour triathlon may peak with merely of sharing the same venue with 1,800 athletes. This narrow populaelites at an Olympic qualifier. Still, tion of endurance athletes is the club’s 2012 calendar was already marked by the ITU symbol “The packed with the Navy’s Super Seal, Tribe.” It’s vertical bar represents the sport of the Ironman Oceanside Half Distance and the triathlon that is scored by three slanted hori- Wildflower pilgrimage. Even the much anticipazontal bars, representing the swim, bike and run tion ITU exclusive pre-registration offer did not entice TCSD’s mass. Then something was discovdisciplines of the sport. Even as the sport of triathlon continues to ered during the off season in December 2011 grow many folds since its birth in 1974 which with USAT Winter National Club Challenge. While started with just 46 athletes, its tribal culture in TCSD was awakened by a seventh place performsmall congregations of “fishes”, “roadies”, or ance in midstream, it only took two weeks of “Ironman” preserves the true character of rallying to quickly unseat Buffalo, NY from sixth continued on page 6