Week of September 6-12, 2010

Please note:
I will not be in a position to send a weekly email for the next few weeks so please refer to the calendar on our website for any news or informal work-out suggestions.

This week’s thanks and bragging rights …
Summer Series 2010 – September 5, 2010
First, thank you to Kevin Neatt for putting together a great practice this morning! Kevin had lots of help – thanks to Nancy, Alex, Al, Jane, Gordon, Terrilyn, Marilyn, Jill, Lynn, Aaron and Jacob who took the time to make sure everyone’s name was in a swim cap for the draw prizes and offered water to all the finishers. Not sure if Jennifer and Erin Morgan were there to help, not sure I saw everyone. Volunteers go out of their way to make sure that everyone is safe and has fun, so kudos to all of them.

Second, to the 25+ participants who joined in to swim/bike/run at Kearney Lake! We will be emailing the participants with their split times so they can get an idea as to how they did….but everyone did great!!!

Women’s Only Triathlon, Milton Ontario – September 5, 2010 – Olympic
Moka Case: 2:48:52

Little bits of info:

Budapest Men’s Finals
Kim has reserved an area at Boston Pizza in Bayers Lake this coming Saturday, September 11 from 3:00-4:30 for our members to get together and watch the Budapest Men's Finals on the big screen. You never know, we may just see one of our fellow members on that screen! We need to let them know how many people to expect in order to secure the reservation, so please reply directly to Kim Way at kickin_kim@hotmail.com by END OF DAY MONDAY in if you are planning to attend. (If we get a good turnout we may reserve it again for the following Saturday to watch the Women's Budapest Finals!)

Ocean Swim – Autumnal Equinox
Part of our Summer Series included an Autumnal Equinox swim in St. Margaret’s Bay and we are still planning on going ahead with this. The ocean may still be quite warm by then. The date is Sunday afternoon, September 26, 2010 and the time is 2:00pm. Lynn has kindly offered her house and beachfront again. Let me know at comeaufm@eastlink.ca if you are interested and we will send the directions. Lots of boat and kayak support.

Season-end Party
Mark Friday, October 15, 2010 at the Frigate (the room below Pogue Fado) from 6:00pm onwards for our party. More information to follow, we just wanted you to keep your calendar clear. The last of the duathlons, and the Valley Harvest Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10k will be behind us so it will be time to take a break from the serious stuff!

We need pictures of you showing your skills at various races over the past summer so we can have a slide show at the party. Please forward any photos you want to share to terrilyn.chiasson@dal.ca

Week of September 6 – 12, 2010
All practices are now informal, no support, no guarantee of anyone being there but I suspect members may still want to practice before the Shoobie Dooby

Suggestions:
Monday & Wednesday: Informal swim around 6:00 pm on beach side of Paper Mill Lake in Bedford.

Tuesday & Thursday: 6:15 pm: Swim, ride and/or run out of Shubie

Sunday: Good luck to everyone racing Shoobie Dooby! Be safe!!

Have a great week!