Pittsburgh Triathlon Club

First and foremost, I wanted to thank you all on another successful year!  If you made it out to the Pittsburgh Triathlon late July, you got to see in person what the club is all about.  Our mission continues to help foster the growth of multisport in the Greater Pittsburgh Area, by supplying an open, supportive, educational and healthy competitive environment, and bringing together triathletes of all skill levels, and capabilities.  As the Triathlon season begins to wind down, I wanted to quickly update you all on some of the ongoing and upcoming activities that are going on within the club!

At our August Triathlon club meeting, Sarah Schreiber was elected Club Secretary.  Sarah’s role will be an integral part of the club in the future as we continue to grow!  If you see Sarah please be sure to welcome her into this new role.

Our next PTC Club meeting will occur this Sunday beginning at 1:00 PM at Top Gear Bicycle Shop in Wexford.  Our meetings typically last around an hour and this is a great place to meet fellow Triathletes in the Pittsburgh area.  Also, be sure to keep an eye on the PTC Website Calendar as the colder months begin to roll in for our organized group bike trainer and Computrainer sessions.

As a reminder, our open water swims will continue as long as we have daylight and as long as the weather cooperates.  Please be sure to check out the Forum on our website for more information and water conditions as we do not announce whether or not the swim is “on” until the day of the swim.  Kamden Hoffman, our PTC Training Coordinator, is also in the process of setting up the next PTC group run on Thursday, September 15th. The run will start at the Over The Bar Cafe on the Southside.  All abilities are welcome and there will be multiple distances with happy hour to follow!  For information regarding the run, please visit http://pittsburghtriathlonclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=533.  Some of the other upcoming events where we have PTC members participating in are the Portage Lakes Triathlon, Savageman, Ironman Wisconsin, Rev 3 Half Iron at Cedar Point, Crooked Creek Triathlon, The Ironman 70.3 Worlds in Vegas, The Nations Triathlon….the list goes on and on!  If you have a race coming up and would like to see if any other PTC members are going to be at the race, simply visit the PTC Athlete Race Calendar at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsG_QYTCtlqrdEhiWjYzaF9LREo0YXFGVjdJeEZWR0E&hl=en_US&authkey=CL6twv4P or visit our Facebook site or the Forum.

We are also in the planning stage for our 2nd Annual Ironman World Championship Kona Viewing Party!  The party will occur on October 8th so please mark you calendars.  Once the meeting location / time details are finalized, we will be sure to relay that information to you all.

Over the month of August we also saw the club grow to 224 members!  We began the year with a goal of growing the club to 200 and as you can see, we far exceeded our expectations!  We will open 2012 membership enrollment most likely in December of this year.  If you are not yet a member of the club, you can join today at a pro-rated rate which will get you membership through the remainder of 2011 as well as membership in 2012.  If you joined the club late in the year for 2011, we plan to send you all a discount code for next year.   We will send out an email to all all late season members also in December with additional details.  To join the club simply visit http://www.active.com/triathlon-membership/pittsburgh-pa/pittsburgh-triathlon-club-annual-membership-2011 .

One more thing I’d like to mention is the upcoming Pittsburgh Great Race.  The PTC has again partnered with Running for Laptops!!!  If you are running the Great Race, why not also run for a great cause!  As part of the team you will receive a Free Brooks running shirt and you get to see the students receive their laptops at the post-pre race student reception.  For additional details, please visit either www.runningforlaptops.org or visit http://pittsburghtriathlonclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=516 for details about the charity and fundraising details.

We hope to see you all on Sunday and thanks again for making the PTC the premier triathlon club in Pittsburgh!!!

Regards,
Chad Holderbaum
Pittsburgh Triathlon Club President

Did you know that the PTC has a Facebook page?  If you’re on Facebook, be sure to become a member today by visiting the following URL!  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_90501125746

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The PTC would like to continue to thank all of our sponsors for their support!

Top Gear Bicycle Shop
Xterra Wetsuits
Rudy Project
E-Gel
Beaker Concepts
Infinit Nutrition
BikeTek
Dr. Webb Chiropractic
DeNovo Chiropractic
Fleet Feet Pittsburgh
Human Vortex Training
Coach Chad Multisport Coaching
Fuel Your Passion
Cornman Multisport Coaching
Steel City Endurance
The Athlete’s Eutrophia
MoJo Running of Pittsburgh