Here’s the uncoached workout. Uncoached Swim Workout 22Feb10

1st position- A person with ability to develop a Power Point presentation of SAA photos for the AGM. Presentation would be about 3-5 mins long and will be played while everyone gathers. Please email Amanda at secretary@thesaa.ca if you are interested.

2nd position- A person who is willing to sell our SAA stuff, clothing, water bottles, stickers, socks etc that we have stored. This would be at the AGM for about 20 mins after the meeting portion finishes. If you are interested, please email Amanda at secretary@thesaa.ca.

Reminder: the date of the AGM is Saturday, March 13th.

Thanks

For our Tuesday night run on March 9th, we’re changing locations to the offices of Precision Health. Run start is still at 6:30pm, but after the run we’re pleased to present Carmen Bott, president of Human Motion, Inc. (sponsor of TriBC) to give a talk on the science behind injury prevention and strength training for triathletes.

Parking is free on Azure and we’ll meet in the Precision Health office for a 6:30 pm run start. (office #430 – 6091 Gilbert Road)

I received enough interest for the Orange/Blue Oakley Jawbones that we’re going to proceed with orders and accept payment. We still need to meet the minimum quantity of 15 (if we don’t meet the minimum then we’ll refund your cheques).

If you would like a pair, please bring a cheque in the amount of $175 + taxes (total $196) made out to Steveston Athletic Association to Stephen Ptucha or Linda Hilts at one of the SAA training sessions before Feb 28th. A big thanks to our club sponsor SPEED THEORY for this unbelievable price for CUSTOM sunglasses (…see the “SAA” etched in the lens).

Unfortunately I only received emails from two people wanting the purple/white version of these glasses so it doesn’t appear we would meet the 15 minimum quantity.

See the attached invitation  from the City of Richmond for the Mars Waterbomber viewing on Feb 23 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm at Garry Park. Also there is a demonstration on Feb 24 at approximately 4:00pm. Rumour has it that the plane will fill a paper cup with water on the boardwalk.

Mars Waterbomber

Uncoached Swim Workout 10Feb10

Marinus has 2 “B” category tickets to the Women’s Ice Hockey Semi-final #1 on Feb 22nd starting at 12:00 noon and he’s looking to sell or possibly trade for long track speed skating on another day. If interested please contact Marinus at: marinus@shaw.ca

Just a reminder that our Tuesday night run is cancelled tomorrow, so everyone can catch a view of the Olympic Torch coming through Richmond.

The Torch Relay will begin at No. 5 Road and Steveston Highway at 4:30 PM, and travel all the way to Minoru Park. The whole relay will consist of a 21KM path throughout Richmond with each Torch Bearer running for 300 Meters. The final torch bearer will light the Torch Cauldron at 8:20 PM.
 
The celebration site at the O Zone in Minoru Park will have its gates open at 5 PM, with entertainment beginning at 6 PM and running all the way to 9 PM, ending the evening with a Fireworks finale.
 
Please visit the official City of Richmond website for more information:
www.richmond.ca/discover/2010-Olympics/torchrelay.htm
 
For the Torch Relay route, view this PDF:
http://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/OTRroute25003.pdf

Rocky Racoon 100 Mile – Feb 6, 2010

Down in Hunstville, Texas this past weekend Benji Chu was attempting the monumental goal of a 100 mile running race. After completing the Haney to Harrison 100 km solo race in 2008, the 100 mile race was a natural progression. After many long hours on the road training, the stars weren’t aligned for race day and Benji was forced to pull out at mile 62 due to sickness. We all share in Benji’s dissapointment, but will be right there beside him to prepare again for the next 100 mile opportunity.

The Delta Triathlon is looking for volunteers to take an Officials course and act as Officials for the Delta Triathlon (and other races). There would be a 4 hour Officials’ course leading up to the Delta Tri. If you’re interested please send a note to Tracey Shelley at traceysh@gmail.com