Join a Tri Club or continue to go Han Solo. . . .
jamewah
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Hi,
I'm just debating whether to join my local Tri club or not.
It gave me a big ego boost after checking the results of my last tri knowing I'd beaten a load of them on my own merit, but realistically should I be joining to enhance my performance even more ?
would like to hear some success or not so successfull stories when people made the change.
Thanks people
I'm just debating whether to join my local Tri club or not.
It gave me a big ego boost after checking the results of my last tri knowing I'd beaten a load of them on my own merit, but realistically should I be joining to enhance my performance even more ?
would like to hear some success or not so successfull stories when people made the change.
Thanks people
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I have heard that most are very friendly though. Your obviously pretty good so why not go and better yourself and smash last seasons times ?
If I could I would - That's what I'm trying to say
so no....no club for me.....anyway.....i like the thought of beating them [8D]
Affiliations
There are a variety of races that to enter you need to be in an affiliated club. Most cycling time trials. Some running events.
I've been to one training session - which was very good, but the nature of my job means that the only free time I have is at the weekend - or, at least, the only free time that I can guarantee to have. Since then, I've been away/travelling every time there is a swimming session.
When I get good/brave enough, then the club OW swim sessions will be good too.
Access to physio etc. should also be a benefit.
now i come to think about it, this is what i meant [8|]
I've seen more similarities with the attitude on this forum - supportive, welcoming, prepared to share advice, encouraging.
I've got more out of being a member than not. And I would get even more if I was around during midweek.
I am a member of a running club, but a not very active one as my family schedule doesn't often fit with club runs etc. I am also ostensibly a member of a local internet based cycling group but the same applies.
So I tend to train alone, allied with some meet ups with various others on a verey ad hoc basis but that is more circumstances than anything. IF there was a LOCAL tri club that I could feasibly attend trainig sessions then i would definitely give it a go.
didds
mind you having very easily arranged a cycling group for tomorrow on this website makes me think that the club may not be needed.....
will see ...
Not everyone in a tri club is super fast, in fact in mine there are only a few are and most are just 'regular' speeds - therefore all this crap about 'feeling good because I beat the competitors from a tri club' is a bad reason for not joining.
If you join a club and use what they have to offer you will improve much quicker than on your own.
I joined my local tri Club in December and its great, lots of friendly members with good advice and encouragement, real easy going club.
I only do one session cycling and one session swimming per week at the moment and do all my other sessions on my own and a few of us go open water swimming once a week.
I would definately try it and see what your local one is like, you can allways become a member just for the freebie ... we get 10% off a couple of sports stores and the swimming sessions are much cheaper been a member.
I do most of my training on my own but will do the longer cycles with the club or others as it just makes the cycling easier and more enjoyable and when I run I do a run a week with them ........... you get the best of both worlds ...............
I thought the decision would be unanimous in favour of a Tri club but seems a bit 50/50 . . .
Further investigations by myself found that they do a weekly open water swim in a dive lake 10 miles up the road so could prove very handy as I'd would like to do OD & IM 70.3 at some point in the future.
Only problem is would need to get myself a wetsuit.
May need to add it to my birthday list . . .