National Relays:

Saturday 2^nd August 2008 is the National Relay Championships at Holme Pierpont in Nottingham.  If you haven't ever raced at the Relays, you really have missed out on one of the most exhilarating and fun events on the UK calendar. The Relays revolves around teams of four using a tagging format where everyone swims, everyone bikes and everyone runs in race that looks like a mixture between competition and chaos.

Its a sprint distance event (similar to Hart Tri ) with a 400m open water swim, a 15K bike and a 5K run.  It is held on completely closed course over which you can see the whole of all three disciplines and is the nearest you can get to racing a triathlon in an arena.

Sharkie will be coordinating teams - he is club captain after all!. The categories are male, male vet, female, female vet and mixed and as far as TVT is concerned all abilities are encouraged meaning that no one in our club is too inexperienced or "slow" to represent to compete for TVT.  The primary purpose is for people to have fun, there will be teams that are looking to be competitive and place well, and there will teams just out to enjoy.

If you would like to race in the race that was awarded "race of the year in 2007" then please email the following details to Sharkie (captain@thamesvalleytriathletes.co.uk):-

Name:

Mobile:

Email:

Time for 400m swim:

Time for 15K (9.4 mile) bike:

Time for 5K run:

BTF (British Triathlon) number:

The only stipulation is that you are a paid up Member of TVT for 2008, and that you have a BTA Membership card with TVT on it as your club. It is the club intention to once again to fund entries i.e. you pay, you turn up, club refunds and this will be explain more nearer the time.

This is a great event - and a great day / night out. Think of it as your best ever race / training session with a party afterwards! And if for any reason you do not want to race - come along, support, and cheer of the club and then join the party anyway :-)

Please note this is on a Saturday.  There is a campsite across the road - so we are planning on camping - getting a BBQ going, and celebrating with some beers after the event.

Last year we had four teams competing, and a support crew along side.  This year we may have our own bike mechanic along to support the teams.  A number of us camped both Friday night and Saturday night.  This meant finish work on Friday early – may be worth booking the afternoon off now! 

Photos of last years event can be found here.  Take a look at the BTA handbook for a photo of your website designer 

Final note – it looks great if you race in club kit – we are currently trying to coordinate a new order.  Please check out the club kit page.