Our friends at ON Running are joining us at Elwood this week and are bringing the full wear test kit!   So if you've been thinking about trying out the coolest kicks in town, confirming size and suitability, or are wanting to get the feel of the full range...now is your chance!
Thursday 30th January
Elwood Beach
6pm - 8pm

Don't forget - a bonus for all Tri-Alliance annual members, is that YOU are eligible for a 20% discount off your race fee for the entire 2XU series...cha-ching  

Just select "TRI-ALLIANCE" as your club when entering and hit "JOIN".  It will prompt you for a password, which you can get by choosing "Click here to request it".  You'll receive an email with the code and voila! 
(NB: be mindful that we are not attached to our computers 24/7, so if you send a request at the last minute, we cannot guarantee you will get a response straight away.  Business hours are appreciated).

We’re looking forward to supporting you on race day 
#TriAlliance #TrainingWithPurpose #RaceDayIsComing #TeamVibes #BringItOn

Confirmed Event Dates for 2019/20 are:
2XU Race 4: Elwood - Sunday 2nd February, 2020
2XU Race 5: Brighton - Sunday 15th March, 2020
2XU Race 6: St Kilda - Sunday 29th March, 2020

Hi TA family! Welcome to race week!

A quick reminder regarding the tents and BBQ set up and pack down on race weekends.

After our training session on Saturdays, it would be great if we all chip in to get set up for Sunday. All hands on deck to raise the tents, set up the stock, and make sure we're set for the race day. Same goes on the Sunday, but only in reverse! After your event, we'd love it if you could hang back for a little while to enjoy our free BBQ for the athletes, (thanks Ollie and Michelle!), and help us pack down. I know you'll be exhausted, but even folding up the chairs is a great help. What's the phrase? "Many hands make light work"?

So please, hang about, lend a hand, and chat with your TA family over a snag

Speaking of snags, we're seeking volunteers to operate the BBQ on Sunday. Everything is provided, we just need you to cook it Master Cheffing TA-Style should probably be done by someone not racing on the day. (We don't want you collapsing head-first into our lunch! lol). So, if you usually come down on a Sunday to train and not race, or your spectating-only this weekend, we'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with Ollie, Michelle, myself or Andrea to volunteer your BBQing skills for this weekend. We'd all be super grateful!

To everyone else, I look forward to hanging out with you all while we set up and pack down on Saturday and Sunday.

From Les-bassador and And-bassador

"Not only do I feel racier and faster; Not only am I easy to spot and attract #allofthecheers, but I had zero chaffing and no wet nappy feeling in my new trisuit…ah-mazing!"
If you haven’t already jumped on board the TA trisuit bandwagon, get on it!! We guarantee you will get extra cheers. If you're not in team kit, don’t blame us if you only got cheers once you're 200m down the road and we finally realised we know who you are (we try our best, I promise!)…no, don’t be like all the others, be more like Caro!
There new 2020 suits are in stock, so there's plenty of sizes available.

The future stars of our crazy sport will be giving it their all again on Sunday morning with the Tri Kids race.  We're looking for some friendly faces to come and give these little ones a hand.  It's super easy, they just need help with:
* lining up in their AGs
* walking to the start line
* being pointed in the right direction
* putting on tops, shorts, shoes (after the swim)
* racking and moving bikes
* encouragement to keep going
* smiles for miles and high 5s all round!

Meet at the TA Tent at 9:45am for briefing transition at 10:00am.  The more the merrier.  Let's get around these gems of the sport!