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The SAA AGM was held today with almost 40 members in attendance. A special thanks to our club sponsors; Dave’s Fish & Chips, Precision Health, Popeye’s Supplements Richmond, Aqua Sphere, Discrete Renovations, Finish Line Coaching, Niemi LaPorte & Dowle Appraisals Ltd, The Run Inn, Speed Theory and to Triathlon BC for the great door prizes.

The SAA Charity Committee, represented by Michelle LaPorte, was on hand to present the SAA Charity Fund recipients: KidSport Richmond, BC Cancer Foundation via Run Inn the Woods Event, and Richmond Pathways Clubhouse. The SAA donated a total of $5000 to the three well deserving charities which were nominated by SAA members.

The new SAA Board of Directors were elected as:
President – Joanne Fox
Vice President – Marinus Waterberg
Treasurer – Linda Hilts
Secretary – Ann Hayes
Directors at Large – Rob Herron, Michelle LaPorte & Erin Lee
Past President – Stephen Ptucha

A big THANK YOUto the past Board for their hardwork and welcome to the new Board!!

The new uniforms were unveiled which will be detailed in another post along with uniform ordering information.

Don’t forget the AGM this Sunday at 8:30am

- raffle prizes
- elections
- uniform unveiling
- refreshments & uniform sizing session (post run)

Agenda can be found here: SAA_2012_AGM_Agenda

This past Tuesday, SAA was pleased to have hosted a tech talk by Ariella Turner of Nutritionally Balanced in Steveston. Ariella gave the running group a very informative talk on nutrition, touching on protein, healthy fats and answering the important question of how many bananas are too many. Attendees were left with a handout that contained a few delicious recipes which can be found here: Nutritionally Balanced handout . Ariella’s contact info can be found on the handout as well.

This a reminder of the SAA Annual General Meeting. Please support the club and plan to attend.

Details:
Date: Sunday February 5
Time: 8:30 am, club run to follow
Location: Clubhouse at 12333 English Avenue, Richmond

Following the AGM we’ll embark on our weekly long run. Finally, after the run we’ll return for refreshments and have a fitting session for those who are wanting to check sizes before ordering the newly designed SAA club uniforms.

We hope to see you all there!

The Thursday runs for February will be meeting and starting at the Sea Island Starbucks and going over the Canada Line bridge to Winona Park. Start time is still 6:30pm.

The route is: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/66186836/

To go along with today’s swim session, attached is a copy of the triathlon swim pace chart: TriathlonSwimPaceChart

SAA Swimming is please to offer a Swim Video Analysis session on Wednesday Feb 1. Extra lanes have been rented and to accomodate the higher number of swimmers in the current Winter/Spring session we’ve extended the lane rental till 8:45am.  To help organize the video analysis, sign up will be available in the lobby of Watermania prior to the start of the Wednesday Jan 25th and Friday Jan 26th swim sessions, spots are limited. Look for your president with the sign up and more details.

Come to the SAA AGM on Sunday February 5 to see the new club uniforms!

Following the AGM and run there will be an opportunity to try on various sizing and styles of cycling / running gear for the upcoming order. Orders will be accepted until Feb 17th. Additional details and order sheets will be made available online and at the sizing. If you’re unsure of how the gear fits or your size then please come out to the AGM and this sizing session.

SAA members – if you have SAA uniforms (Champion cycling and running attire), it would be a huge help if you could bring these to the AGM and sizing session to allow others to try on the various sizes. Please mark your items with your name.

Congratulations to our very own Joanne Rooney for being part of The Province Team for the Vancouver Marathon.  Way to go!

Check out Joanne’s fabulous photo sporting The SAA pink and a great article about her marathon journey HERE.

Spin Class is cancelled tonight due to the power outage. See you all next week.