Monthly Archives: April 2009

Thursday Fancy Lake Practice – May 7 – Aug 20

Our weekly Fancy Lake practice starts on Thursday May 7 and runs for 16 weeks until Thursday August 20. This practice will be occur the same way it has in the past: 6:00 – 6:30 – Setup 6:30 – 6:40 … Continue reading

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Tuesday Interval Practice – May 5 – Aug 11

UPDATE : sessions Jun 23 – Aug 11 will focus on one discipline per week (either the bike or the run, no swimming).  The practices will be at various venues between Bridgewater and Lunenburg that will use the unique characteristics … Continue reading

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Power Swim Testing – May 23-24

On May 22 and 23, Dr Genadijus Sokolovas who works with the US Olympic Swim Team will be in Halifax to conduct Power Swim Testing.  The Bridgewater Triathlon Club has been invited to participate and club members can have their … Continue reading

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BTC Tri-camp takes place Apr 18/19

First we swim … then run … then bike … and then do it again the next day! Nice early spring weather contributed to a very successful weekend tri-camp. Saturday started with a 1:00 swim, followed by 1:30 at the … Continue reading

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Sunday Rides, other bike info – Bike Lunenburg County

Many thanks to the Bridgewater Triathlon Club for posting info about local rides. The Sunday Ride has a new home at : Bike Lunenburg Country : http://groups.google.ca/group/bike-lunenburg-county It is a Google Group with a message board, a page with local … Continue reading

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Next Open Swim starts Sunday April 19th

The club’s second Open Swim start on Sunday April 19 and runs for 9 weeks from 6-7pm at emOcean in Lunenburg. We try to have the following lane assignment: 1- open 2 – following a program (warm-up, drills., main set, … Continue reading

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Tri-camp – 3 spots open

As of Monday April 13th, there are 3 spots left in the swim-bike-run part of the Tri-camp coming up on Saturday April 18/Sunday April 19th. Are you ready for the 2009 season?  Here’s your chance to see … more : … Continue reading

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Why triathlon ?!?

Swim – bike run … wow, seems like two sports too many!  The following article is provides a personal perspective on why people do triathlon … A fellow racer came into transition next to me only to find that somebody … Continue reading

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Sports Nutrition Presentation very informative

Many thanks to Tristaca Caldwell from ‘Fueling with Food’ ( www.fuelingwithfood.com ) for a very interesting and informative presentation about nutrion and athletes. There were may takeaways and it should help many of us reach higher levels in our athletics. … Continue reading

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April Spin Sessions at HBSSC

For the month of April, there will be informal (ie: you don’t have to be a member of the BTC to participate, not a part of the BTC, you participate at your own risk) spin sessions at the HB Studios … Continue reading

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