First Thursday River Road TT

In Rodney's (hopefully brief) absence, the Chico Tri Club is going to hold the First Thursday River Road TT.

When: Thursday, May 1

Signups start at 5:30p

First rider off at 6:01p

Where: Meet where West 5th Street turns into Chico River Road.

River Road TT course - click here for details

http://racechico.com/course/river-road-10-mile-time-trial

Come on out and test yourself against the clock.  CTC will handle sign ups and send off's.  Everyone will need to keep their own finishing times.

Please invite a friend, repost, resend and share!

We miss you, Rodney, and hope you feel better soon!!

To show their support for local athletes and the great work our club does in the community, Dragon Graphics is offering one comp'd race registration for any event distance at the Auburn Triathlons on  Sunday, May 18th!

Our club will hold a drawing for the entry at noon on April 25th!  If you are interested, email me at president@chicotriclub.com    Let me know asap!

What you get:

1) Comp'd entry into any of the Auburn Triathlon races on May 18th (up to a $270 value).  Race distances are "Mini", International, Worlds Toughest Half, and Long Course Aquabike.  Information is available at http://auburntriathlon.com/

2) Dragon Graphics Schwag

3) A ride to and from the race with the Kat Ketterer

All you have to do: (if you are selected)

1) Fill out a registration form

2) Take a few photos with the Dragon Graphics crew

3) Write a short race report for their Facebook page.

(You also have to be registered with USAT or provide your own one day license.)

If you are interested, please let me know asap.  The deadline is noon on April 25th.

*You must be a current Chico Tri Club member to be entered into the drawing.

Recent Events:

We had a good turnout at the club General Meeting with some very informative conversations. Thanks go out to everyone that came out, everyone that contributed, and to the Bear for letting us camp out upstairs for a while.

Upcoming events:

Ice breaker Triathlon - the Ice Breaker triathlon is Sunday April 6th. CTC will have several athletes down there representing our club.

If you are not racing, send some good thoughts towards Granite Bay Sunday morning!

If you are racing - do your best and have a great time!

Recent Race Results:

Greg Watkins had an outstanding performance at the Chico Stage Race

17th in RR, 21st in TT, 28th in the Criterium and was the only racer I know who also ran the Downtown mile, winning his age group with a 5:26.

Michael Daily race Oceanside 70.3 and finished 11th in his age group with a 4:42. Officially the fastest half iron distance finish of our club members this year.

Jeriamee Leeman raced at Xterra Real 2014 It looked like fun, but I couldn't find the results :(

Also of note, friend of the club and professional triathlete Matt Lieto also raced Oceanside and finished 14th overall with a time of 4:07:07.

Gear Request:

We have a new member that is looking to get started with triathlon, but needs some help with gear. She is approximately 5'5" (likely size small) and is looking for a wetsuit and a bicycle to borrow. If you have some gear you can share that could work, please let me know!

It is getting warmer and Summer is right around the corner... Check out the group workout schedule here.

Until next time...Swim, ride, run and have some fun!!

Justin