Let's start off with a Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there in the TA Family.  We hope you found some time yesterday to spend with (in person, over the phone, via FaceTime) your dad and make them feel special. We certainly did here at TA HQ.  We had a full day of exercising, eating and enjoying family time.

Those 3-week cycles seem to come around quite quickly, don’t they?!?  Here we are at the beginning of another Recovery Week.  And as we always say, if you have been following your program, you should be hanging out for these as a time to recharge and refresh your body.  So that’s exactly what the focus should be this week.  Make sure you get along to the stretch session Wednesday night and some fun trivia Friday night to really make the most of the week.

Well done to all those who got themselves entered into the 2XU series and took advantage of the double discount (early bird and TA squad).  It’s always a good idea to have a goal set on the calendar to keep you accountable. Timely acknowledgement to those athletes who have been notified and had to postpone/defer their Noosa entries once again.  It's a sh*tty reality that we won't be able to make the annual pilgrimage up to QLD in November, as it looks to be going ahead as a local race.  We will be back when we can.

On the other hand, as the unpredictability of events has become, dare we say…predictable, it’s good to know the team from O2 Events have already got contingency plans in place. Did you know:

Q: What's the contingency for Race 1 Nov 28 and Race 2 Dec 12, 2021?
A: In the instance that Race 1 or 2 is impacted, we have a contingency in place to achieve an additional race in 2022. Any outcome on these events would be determined during the middle of November 2021.

Q: What if events are impacted and I've purchased 6 races?
Or a single race?
A: Should a 6-race purchaser only have the opportunity for 5 races in their series, a pro-rata refund will be available to them (e.g. 1/6 of their registration fee). An individual race entrant could transfer to any other race or seek their registration fee refunded back less a 20% admin fee.

We’re remaining positive that the full 6 races will go ahead as planned and that’s what we will continue to work towards.  As always, as soon as we know differently, we are here to help steer the ship in the right direction and get everyone back on their path.

Looking forward to seeing many of you at a session (or two) this week. 
Stay safe. 
Train with purpose. 
Recover well.
And keep your eyes on the prize! 

Looking for some motivation to lace up and get out the door?
Then join our team, and in all the friendly competition, for the 2021 ON Squad Race!
Ollie and I are locked and loaded.  Who's joining us???

All the details were sent out last Friday. Here's the short version:

Over two weeks in September, you and your squad amass points based on your speed, stamina, and team size. Your points accumulate from:

• The average 5k speed for all your squad members
• The total average km run per squad member
• The size of your squad (up to your 50th runner)

Who's ON-board? To join up to the Tri-Alliance team, you'll need the squad password:
Tr1-i6ll16nc3

Hit the link below to read on and join in the fun!

*** Recovery Week ***

Monday:

• 6pm - All athletes – to work on technique and strength in a dryland swimming set.  Have all bands available for the session with Coach Ollie (link in programs).

Tuesday: 

• 6pm - Long Course athletes – wind trainer session with The General (link in programs).
• 6pm - Short Course athletes – wind trainer session with Coach Gaz (link in programs).

Wednesday:

• 7am - All athletes – to work on technique and strength in a dryland swimming set.  Have all bands available for the session with Coach Ollie (link in programs).
• 7pm - All athletes - flexibility session to stretch, roll, massage and to loosen those muscle and relax.

Thursday:   

• Afternoon/Night - All athletes – interval run session, as per your program.  All athletes are encouraged to find a suitable run area within your 5kms local area.  Confirmation for accountability can be shared with the coaching team.

Friday:

• 7am - All athletes – to work on technique and strength in a dryland swimming set.  Have all bands available for the session with Coach Ollie (link in programs).
• 5.30pm - All athletes - happy hour trivia.  BYO beverage of choice to participate in a fun trivia challenge about all things...trivial!

Saturday:

• 6am - All athletes – will be riding a programmed course on Zwift from coaches Ollie and Greg.  Athletes to follow programmed distances.

OR

• 7am - All athletes – will have an active recovery wind trainer session with Coach Gaz.  Variations for both SC and LC athletes (link in programs).

 
Sunday:

• All athletes – are encouraged to complete their long run individually and outdoors. This can be achieved within your 5kms local area.  Confirmation for accountability can be shared with the coaching team.

Thanks for your patience with this format of the newsletter.  We are working with the dev team to fix the bugs currently preventing the usual flair and pizzazz that I'd like to include!  Hopefully not much longer and we'll be back to normal.