Do you want to live the Triathlon lifestyle? Are you committed to your training plan? Could you use a coach? How about a bunch of friends with the same interest as you? For only 50$ a year we can do that for you…we are THE TRIATHLON CLUB.
I have been swimming at one of the local YMCA”S for the past 3 months now and I have been given this speech about a dozen times. All by well meaning people who want to welcome me into the fold and let me know that there is a triathlon family out there. I appreciate the sentiment…but I think I will pass. Yes, I said “No thanks” to the local organization that will give me some free goodies and a small discount to local shops for being a member. I am not against clubs or the people who belong to them. The problem I have here are that other than helping out at club functions and get-together’s, most of the members I know do not train or hang out with the club except at the races. They happen to win a lot of the races, so people flock to them to be around the chosen members of our sport who have got what it takes to be ranked as all Americans. I like to hang out with them because…because I know them outside of the sport…funny how that works.
I work a 2nd shift job at a local hospital and do not have time to go to meetings and clinics. It is not that I am against them, I just can not attend them. I have sought the advice from many of the local experts, some whom I have paid, and others who have graced me with their knowledge, because that is how they role. I am grateful for what I have learned from them, and they know it.
In the end, I joined a club…The NTTC Racing club sponsored by Jelly Belly Sport Beans. I sold out for a great box of swag!!!! I now have a fancy race top and hat to wear and some really yummy candy to eat while I am on the bike. I am currently the only Iowa member that I know of…and I am just fine with that.
Happy Training to all and to all a great race season!!!
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