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2009 / 2010 Season
Click here for a summary of most multi-sport events available this summer. It is not complete. I have put it together with our triathletes in mind.

November 2009
As you are all aware the the World Long Course Triathlon Championships were held in Perth On October 25th with howling easterly winds and excruciating heat.
Congratulations to Sandy Crowe, Lisa Delaurentis, Morgan Marsh, Debra Casey, Matt Illingworth, Peter Rash, Nancy Warnock and Anne Murrell who all completed yesterday's event.
Not everyone had a day to remember but there were standout performances from Sandy 5th place in the 25 to 29 year age group; Anne 5th in the 55 to 59 year age group and Nancy 9th in the 50 to 54 year age group.

Just a note on Sandy: this is her first year in this age group and in triathlon terms we know 25 years old is still very young. Her bike / run combination was awesome. Sandy has worked incredibly hard for at least 12 months qualifying first for the Olympic Distance Worlds, then qualifying for Long Course Worlds. After a very short break back in May, Sandy has trained hard through the crappiest months to compete in both world title events. Watch out for Sandy over the 70.3 distance later this summer.

Well done again to our athletes. Thanks to friends and family who came down to support.
Some results attached.

October 2009

Congratulations to Alison Jennings who recently completed her first marathon. We all know Alison as a courageous athlete with previous successes in Half IronMan triathlon. The marathon was to be her biggest challenge with biomechanical issues never far away. Alison trained really hard through the winter and managed various injuries / niggles that were thrown her way. It was only a few weeks ago she was starting to doubt whether she would even make it to the start line. I think she was particularly tired on that occasion.
Alison ran the St George Melbourne Marathon on October 11 in a time of 4 hours 32 min.
Congratulation, Alison, we are all very proud of you.

RUGBY PLAYER	MARATHON RUNNER

September18th 2009
ITU World Championships Gold Coast, Queensland, Aust.
I know you're all dying to hear how everyone got on.
I have attached a summary table giving splits and places for each of our athletes. I also included Loretta Wesley 'cos she won her age group. Gosh, how do I summarize what has been an amazing few months of training and an amazing few days on the Gold Coast.
You will probably notice Janet Ferguson's name is missing from the results. Whilst Janet did travel with the team she had been advised not to race because of a bulging disc in her lower spine. We all appreciated her being with us.

Every single age-group was unbelievably competitive. The course was OK except that there were several thousand people on the bike course which made it a tad unsafe and for some athletes a bit of a draft fest. The swim was in an estuary, so no waves. Officials couldn't decide on the whole wet suit thing and the decision was made on race morning to go with wetsuits. The decision was meant to have been made 24 hours before the start (ITU rules). At that time they said no wetsuits. This decision was later over turned. All very odd. Jane Yovich didn't get cold so temp must have been up!
There was some very unsportsmanlike (unsportswoman) like behaviour in the water with Jane S taking a nasty dunking.

We all managed to finish the bike in one piece. Not every one was so lucky. 18 in hospital as a result of injuries sustained whilst racing. The run was 2 laps of five kms. Beautiful weather for the beach meant that our people started to suffer a bit with the warmth.

We had two top 10 finishes: Katrina Mercer 8th 25 - 29 years and Jane Yovich 8th 45 - 49 years.

There was no doubt every one gave it their all. I was very proud of the team.
Full results can be seen at this this link:
www.worldtriathlongoldcoast.com/triathlon_results.html

I could say more but that will suffice for now.

September 8th 2009
ITU World Championships being held on the Gold Coast this weekend. All the girls have managed to get through the winter of training relatively unscathed. Regrettably, Janet Ferguson looks unlikely to take part because of an injury to her lower back.
The Olympic Distance race is on Saturday 12th September and the Sprint Distance is being held on Sunday.
There will be live video and audio coverage on triathlon.org
For other information see race website: http://www.worldtriathlongoldcoast.com
Thanks to all the Wellbeings athletes for the support you have provided our World Championship athletes.
See you next week, C :)

June 29th 2009
Ironman France: Overnight Paul Tottle successfully completed the Nice Ironman in 13 hours 53 minutes. He said the bike leg was really, really tough. He also thanked everyone in the group for their support over the last few months.
SWIM 1:19:39 BIKE 7:32:21 RUN 4:39:54 OVERALL TIME 13:53:53
Paul will be taking a few weeks break now!

Australian Team representatives are training well for the Wolrd Championships in September and October this year.

March 30th 2009
A belated review of the City of Perth Olympic Distance triathlon earlier this month.
Podium finishes:
Kat Burnett-Mercer 1st 25 to 29 years
Janet Ferguson 2nd 45 - 49 years.
Jane Yovich 3rd 45 to 49 years (only just, but that's another story!)

Almost Podium:
Sandy Crowe 4th 20 to 24 years
Andree Car 4th 50 to 54 years.
Dannielle Cousins 8th 25 to 29 years
Di Oliver 10th 50 to 54 years.

These athletes and a number of others from the group have gained significant points in their bid for Australian team selection for the World Championships on the Gold Coast in September this year. The team should be announced later next month.

Photos from this event can now be seen in the Gallery.

December 16th 2008
I'm way behind with News but thought this was worth getting out asap. A Christmas Card for you from George. Check it out!

September 26th 2008
Clearly way to much time on my hands. Note and pictures of baby Luca from Natasha. Check it out!

September 25th 2008
Just had a great e-mail from Tamzen who is working out at Windamurra on a 2 week on, 1 week off rotation.
Have a look at what she has to say about the local branch of Wellbeings. Windamurra.

September 24th 2008
The Saturday afternoon swim session will commence on November 1st at Fremantle Pool, 5:00 pm. I have booked two lanes in the 50m pool. I am hoping that by providing this session all those that want to can do two squad swims a week. Priority will be given to people trying to fit in a second swim, rather than those looking for a third squad swim.

Map My Run doesn't seem to be working as we are used to so I have copied the links for our Friday runs into this document. Hope you can find what you are looking for.

August 8th 2008
Check out new photos in the Gallery. July 2008.

August 7th 2008
Not exactly 'news' but it needs to be reported. The World Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships held in Vancouver on June 7th were attended by Jane Yovich (45 - 49 years), Katrina Burnett (25 - 29 years) and Dannielle Cousins (25 - 29 years). The event itself was, perhaps, one of the worst conducted international triathlons in memory. Apart from the organisation, the difficult weather conditions only made the situation less palatable for all athletes. The water temperature was below 12 degrees on race day. It was expected to be between 16 and 18 degrees. To add to this, the winds increased during the morning with the associated chop being described as similar to those we have experienced at Meelup. The race organising committee decided, for reasons of safety, to cut out the swim but not until most of the womens' waves had set off. The last swim wave being the 45 - 49 year women. None of the men got to swim. For them, the race became a 3 km run: 40 km cycle : 10 km run.
The air temperature was in the low teens for the duration of the race. Needless to say it was extremely difficult to get warm after coming out of the water.
In the 25 to 29 year age-group Dannielle and Katrina were out of the water in the first few. Kat matched it with the leaders on the bike and in the end found herself in a sprint finish for 3rd, 4th and 5th! She was placed fifth at this stage....my fault for not putting more sprint work in her programme! This place has been amended to 4th as the gold medal winner was subsequently disqualified.
Dannielle had a strong cycle and ran to form on the the 10km. She finished in 26th place. A pleasing result.
Jane Yovich was affected significantly by the cold and chop of the water. Jane's swim time was below her best and she then was unable to ride to her best because of being so cold. The pleasing thing about Jane's race was her 40:20 run time which took her from thirty something off the bike to 18th overall.
All three of these girls are determined to improve on their performance at next year's wolrd championship race to be held on the Gold Coast next September.

Perth Marathon July 6th 2008
Congratulations to Shauna Giles and Donna West on completing their first marathons in fine style.
Shauna finished in 4:19 and Donna 4:56. Both girls looked solid throughout the day but admitted to feeling pretty 'tuckered out' by about 32 km.
There is no doubting that to run a marathon is an enormous achievement. Both Shauna and Donna had trained really well over an 18 week period.
Nothing ever goes quite to plan and Shauna was struck down by a nasty bout of bronchitis only a month out from the marathon. And Donna made a strategic decision to travel to Mauritius for 2 1/2 weeks for a resort style holiday arriving home only days before the run. Both girls were very courageous, particularly over the last 10 km. As they say, 'when the going gets tough, the tough get going'. I have nothing but admiration for these two gorgeous women.

Some pictures from our July activities.

May 22nd 2008

The triathlon season certainly finished with a bang at the recent Busselton Half IronMan event. Apart from the wonderful performances by our old timers and first timers, this race will be remembered for Selma taking a tumble from her bike whilst taking part in a team.
Pictured here with Carol (left) and Donna West (right), Selma, for reasons as yet unknown blacked out during the early stages of the 90 km bike leg. With no warning of the impending fall Selma was unable to protect herself on impact. As a consequence she fractured her top jaw, nasal septum and has broken or lost four teeth. All of this is fixable and we are just grateful that it wasn't worse than it was. When you think of what might have been...........

Our team results:

City Of Perth Olympic Distance Triathlon, February 3rd...

Saw the group take out two National Titles and a second place.

Janet Ferguson took out her first National Championship by winning the 45 – 49 year women’s category to finish ahead of Robyn Scott. This was an appropriate result for an athlete with a third place in the World Championships last September. Jane Yovich, finished in fifth place giving her enough points to represent Australia in Vancouver this coming June.

In the 50 – 54 years women we had another winner in Andree Carr, a fantastic result after struggling with a calf injury for months. Andree showed incredible resolve by water running and continuing with strength work to ensure she could get through the City of Perth Triathlon. It was Andree’s renowned strength on the bike that put her into an unassailable position. Despite limited land running and the tough conditions she held on to win.

In the very competitive 25 to 29 year age group Katrina Burnett had a strong race to finish second behind local girl, Claire Goldsmith. This has ensured her place in the Australian team for Vancouver. Dannielle Cousins finished 5th in the same age group securing a trip to the World’s.