Hello OxfordTri Family,
I hope that you have had a lovely weekend and managed to enjoy a bit of the sun. I’m going to keep this short at there are some key notices that I’d love you to read all about. Firstly our Big Tri-out which is taking place on the last Saturday of the month, do check it out below and then an amazing opportunity to volunteer at the upcoming Oxford 1/2 with great benefits for both you and the club.
Finally, a reminder that we are back at Radley on Wednesday nights with our coached swim session running from 8pm-9pm and Friday nights at Kidlington 7pm-8pm. Sign ups are open now so do head over to the website to get a spot.
God Bless
Craig
Member of the Month – Cicely Arthur
Those who were are the social on Wednesday night got first dibs on this one as we shared that Augusts Member of the Month is Cicely Arthur. Cicely has been part of the club for a couple of years and is always an incredibly energetic and warm individual, often in excellent wacky themed socks. Last month she took on IM Kalmar where she overcame visa issues and forgetting her wetsuit to set a new PB by almost an hour. Cicely thanks so much for being an awesome member of our club. Here’s to many more adventures!
OxfordTri – Big Tri-out
We are excited to share details of our first ever OxfordTri Big Tri-out!
This event is a Social Triathlon which is taking place in conjunction with our last lake swim of the year at Queenford Lake on the 28th of September.
The concept of the event is that across the morning and early afternoon club members will have the opportunity to take on all or some of the three triathlon disciplines (Swim, Bike, Run). For those who do manage to complete all three there will be a finishers medal.
It is important to note that this is not a race, more an opportunity to enjoy the sport we love with fellow club members.
Finally, the distance is up to you. The laps of the courses for the bike and run and speed that you complete each of them are completely up to you.
Below are some of the key details of the day, for those who sign up there will be a more in-depth briefing sent the week of the event. More info including the courses can be found at our website using the following link – https://www.oxfordtri.uk/oxfordtri-big-tri-out/
Event Timings
8:00-9:00 – Swim Session*
*For those taking part multiple disciplines in the Big Tri-out we recommend starting later into this session
9:00-11:00 – Estimated Bike Section
11:00-12:00 – Estimated Run Course
12:00-13:00 – Post Day Social @ The Wandering Cafe
If you are intending on taking part please sign up using the following form – https://forms.gle/HDGZXExK5WsLoDqX9
If you have any questions please get in touch via info@oxfordtri.co.uk
Oxford 1/2 Marathon Volunteering
As mentioned after a large number of our OxfordTri family volunteered incredibly successfully at Blenheim Palace Triathlon earlier in the year we are continuing to work with Motiv Sport the organiser for both Blenheim Palace Triathlon and the Oxford 1/2. Since working with Motive Sport they have helped to advertise our Open Water Swims May which brought over £4k into the club, given us over 16 free spaces for Blenheim Palace Triathlon this past year and fully covered the costs of our recent first aid course for coaches.
We are delighted to announce that we have agreed the following rewards package for OxfordTri members who volunteer at Oxford 1/2 or/and Blenheim Palace Triathlon (The club will also benefit based on the number of volunteers);
- Volunteer at Oxford 1/2 – 50% Off Sprint Tri @ Blenheim / 0.5 Token for free entry to Sprint Tri @ Blenheim
- Volunteer @ Blenheim Saturday AM or PM Only – 50% Off Sprint Tri @ Blenheim / 0.5 Token for free entry to Sprint Tri @ Blenheim
- Volunteer @ Blenheim Saturday ALL Day – 1 Token = free entry to Sprint Tri @ Blenheim
Next month we have been invited to take over one of the aid stations on the Oxford 1/2 Marathon route. We are just finalising the details for the event which is on the 13th of October with timings of roughly 7am till 11am. Last year a number of members volunteered and had a great time, this year we are excited to hopefully get even more people involved.
The link to sign up to volunteer can be found here – https://forms.gle/by9H3frsPzLEfQRD8
More info to come over the next couple of weeks.
Training Calendar
See the official calendar for full info and sign up links.
Monday 16th September: Coached Swim – Leys Pool @ 20:00
Tuesday 17th September: Coached Swim – Thame Pool @ 20:00
Wednesday 18th September: Coached Swim – Radley @ 20:00
Thursday 19th September: Coached Run – Horspath Track @ 19:00
Friday 20th September: Coached Swim – Kidlington @ 19:00
Saturday 21th September: Social Open Water Swim – Queenford Lake @ 08:00