What a year we have been through...and thank goodness we are coming out the other side of it.  We are just about back to a full timetable of coached sessions and couldn't be happier.

We were really proud to be able to keep our community together during those lockdown months with the quick implementation of the Go Solo programs.  The half price memberships and the option to Go Virtual on 17 sessions per week was our little way to help out the TA Family in a time of uncertainty for many. 

It's now time for us to look forward and start our COVID normal.  Due to popular demand, the Go Solo membership option will be staying, with a few tweaks.  We need to bring it in line with normal pricing, and these memberships will be for programs only, no group squad training sessions.  There is one exception, the Tuesday night wind trainer will remain virtual and be open to all training memberships.

We’d like to offer a grace period for the change in pricing, so beginning January 1st the Go Solo short course membership will be $40 p/wk and the Go Solo long course membership will be $44 p/wk.

If you would like to attend group training, our short and long course membership options are now back in force.  Go Solo members are no longer able to attend squad sessions from now on.

Athletes have full control over all their membership options, via their TA Dashboard.  These can be amended at any time, including annual memberships.  If you have any questions or need a hand accessing yours, feel free to get in touch and we’ll help you out!

Entry Protocol

If coming to a session, it is a requirement of all athletes to check in via COVID comply.

1. Scan your camera over the QR Code
2. Follow the prompt to COVID Comply web address
3. Read Conditions of Entry
4. Enter personal details – Name, Phone Number, Email and Home Address
5. Enter area visiting e.g. Outdoor Pool
6. Complete the health check questionnaire
7. Submit check in
8. Show confirmation screen to MSC staff member

On the confirmation screen, you can opt in to save your details for quicker access to the venue in future.

• Swimming Monday, Wednesday, Friday
• Hot Laps returns this week for intermediate/advanced athletes
• Saturday rides from Elwood
• Wind trainer will remain online for the foreseeable future
• Try the Tri #1 starts this Saturday
• Hell Week starts Saturday 19th December

*NB: next week is recovery week, so no Tuesday morning run or Thursday morning Hot Laps.  But there will be a Friday morning coached swim at MSAC.

For those new to the concept, Hell Week is a week-long period of completing a triathlon every day for one week.  In a nutshell, we're setting you a personal challenging to run, ride and swim every day, which will replace normal timetable sessions in late December at MSAC, Elwood and Albert Park.

The aim of Hell Week is to provide athletes with a serious spike in their training, running from December 19-27, with the exception of Christmas Day (or go ahead and do Christmas day if you’re feeling exceptionally hell-ish!).

It is simple:
6am – Group Ride from Elwood Lifesaving Club every day, followed by a run off the bike, and then a swim to cool off
OR
6pm – Open water swim from Elwood Lifesaving Club (if you didn’t swim in the AM)

*Hell Week sessions are uncoached sessions.  Coaches may be out with you completing their own Hell Week Challenge.  Athletes are encouraged to complete sessions with like-minded others.  The above is a suggested schedule to help group athletes accordingly. 

Ok, the results are in for Race #2 of Series 2, with some fast lap times of Albert Park Lake.  The times were very close, with seconds separating our place getters in both the overall category and the fastest laps.

Big claps to those who participated, earning themselves double points for their efforts.  See link below for full results.

Race #3 is happening tonight, with a public Zwift race, aptly titled 'ZHQ FutureWorks Crit City Race - Anti-sandbagging'.  Due to simultaneous SC/LC WT sessions, there will be no Zoom available for this race. Go hard everyone and we look forward to seeing those results come in!

If you are racing Windtrainer Women/Men or Outdoor Women/Men, this week you get to test yourself from Race #1 – we’re back to a 30 minute race seeing what distance you can cover in that time. Submit your .csv file, with your name in the file title, to [email protected]

If you are not setup yet, head to the TA website for all the details.

Don't forget to share your race day selfies & photos, and be sure to tag @trialliance and use the hashtag #TAVRS2020

Feeling optomistic as restrictions ease? Ready to refresh or renew your training goal and plans? Want to chat about your performance across the Virtual Race Series? Take the opportunity to reach out to a coach to discuss your goals and training purpose. Head Coach Ollie is available for 20 minute Zoom catch ups, these can be booked using the link below.