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New Members Potluck and Gear Swap!
Do you have extra gear that has been taking up space? Stuff you haven't used in seasons? Bring it with you to the New Member Pot Luck for our annual Gear Swap!!

Potluck Assignments
If your birthday is in:
January- May please bring a main dish
June- September please bring a side dish
October- December please bring dessert

Location: The Home of Heather Reed
3226 Laurel Canyon Road, Santa Barbara 93105

Save the date!  Full details coming soon!  We'll enjoy dinner, a club update and announcements and hear from a great guest speaker!

Please join us on Thursday, February 18th from 6 PM - 7 PM for an update on what we have in store for the year, along with several great speakers. All are welcome! 

We're packing a lot into this one hour meeting:. 

Santa Barbara Triathlon Club update - What you can expect for 2021

Same Great Race, New Race Director:

Hear from the new race director for the SB Triathlon, Elizabeth Farnam Rodriquez

Featured Speaker: Chris Latham of Heal Well Nutrition 

Chris will be presenting "How athletes can support their immune function" which is so important always, but especially right now!

Due to current social distancing guidelines, this will be a virtual meeting.

Zoom meeting information:

https://hginsights.zoom.us/j/97414319253?pwd=US9LWU55YU8vRzlwWWV3MmgvK2NwZz09 

The link will be available beginning at 5:45 PM

March Virtual Meeting

• Zoom line will open at 6 PM
• Social Half Hour from 6 PM - 6:30 PM - we look forward to catching up virtually!
• Meeting begins at 6:30 PM:
  • Club Updates
  • Featured Speaker: Coach Q&A with Ian Murray

Zoom Link: https://hginsights.zoom.us/j/98988351004?pwd=Vit5OWlJM3lBakdMbUVRemVGWEh4Zz09

Coach Ian will be addressing YOUR questions, and topics such as:

• What are the best ways to train during the pandemic?
• What will give me the “biggest bang for my buck”: Training by HR, power, pace, or RPE? Will a new bike or bike fit make me faster? What training modalities are best for specific athletes?
• Which metrics are the most important to track?
• I don’t have time to train. What do it do?

If you have any specific questions for Ian, please bring them to the meeting!

Ian Murray has been a full time triathlon coach for over two decades, and is one of only 20 Level 3 USA Triathlon coaches. He's coached thousands of first timers on up to National & World Champions, and has served as the Head Coach of TTS Junior Elite Development Team, Head Coach for U.S. Youth Olympic Team (Nanjing, China 2014, Silver Medal), and served as the lead instructor for USA Triathlon’s Coaching Education Department for a decade. Ian was honored as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Development Coach of the Year for Triathlon in 2006. He is also a Bike Fit Instructor for both Cannondale’s Guru Academy & F.I.S.T. fit school. Ian is also the co-owner of Slowtwitch Coaching. 

We're so excited that in person events are back, and we're kicking things off with our annual Steve's Memorial Triathlon!  Also included in this fun training event is an open water skills clinic for those looking to improve on open water swimming.  Coach AB will do the clinic during the swim portion of the event and once you're done with the fun swim stuff you can transition along through the rest of the triathlon!!!

Steve's Tri Details:

Event starts at 10, arrive early to setup

Please join us for our annual event to commemorate beloved club members, Steve Issaris and Sandy Roberts. All are welcome to this fun and free Sprint Triathlon. This is a great way to train and celebrate the people that lift us up the way Steve and Sandy did.

See below for course maps and approximate distances:

Swim (750 m)

Bike (11 miles)

Run (5k)

Steve's_Tri_Swim_Course

Steve's_Tri_Bike_Course

Steve's_Tri_Run_Course

We're combing both our Sponsor BBQ with the New Member Potluck into one EPIC evening! Join us for an evening of socializing with your fellow club members and enjoy a great meal! 

We're supported by some extraordinary people and local businesses. These sponsors show their undying support by partnering aside us each year with time, treasure, and talent!

Activities will also include:

• Local Legend Prize Drawing
• Gear Swap - Do you have extra gear that has been taking up space? Stuff you haven't used in seasons? Bring it with you! 
• Schwag will be available for pickup as well!

The Club will provide the BBQ (chicken, tri-tip and portabella mushrooms) and beverages! We need some grill-masters to help with the grill!

Members are kindly asked to bring a side or dessert to share. 

• If your last name starts with A - J, please bring a side. 
• If your last name starts with K - Z, please bring a dessert. 

Approximate event timeline:

3:00 PM - arrive and socialize; get to know each other game!

5:00 PM - dinner time! We will hear from our sponsors and pull the prizes for Local Legend during dinner. 

Ongoing: Gear Swap - drop your items off and see if there is anything new (to you) that you need or want!

Location Notes:

The entrance to Rocky Nook Park is on your right just past the historic Santa Barbara Mission on Mission Canyon Road. If you see the entrance to the Natural History Museum on your left, you've gone one bend too far.

All cars must be out of the park by sunset, which is approximately 7:30 PM. Event time has been adjusted accordingly. 

Join us for dinner, socializing and a panel discussion on "How to Leverage the Off-Season to Maximize Next Season's Success". 

• Dinner & Social: 6 PM
• Panel Discussion / Announcements: 6:45 PM

Let's Kickoff our 25th Season! 

Dinner will be served at 6 PM

Provided by Kyle's Protein Grill - vegan options are available. 

Dessert from Renaud's

Formal Meeting begins at 6:45 PM

• Announcements
• Season Overview
• Race Updates
• Club Championship
• And more!

Wear your oldest SB Tri Club gear in honor of our 25 year anniversary!