2009 / 2010 subs are due in Sept / Oct - please download a membership form and send it to either Beverley Christy (15 Muirend Road, Juniper Green) if you are a Pentland Triathlete or to Norma Bone (194 Lanark Road West, Currie) if you are a Pentland Runner and Triathlete. Fees are on the form, but please don't fill in your form until our website has been updated and this years form up-loaded. New members will receive a welcome pack.

Our AGM will be held on Thursday 15th October, 7:30pm at Riccarton Arms Pub - please come long for another blether about your running injuries and elastic laces, and we'll try and keep the business side of things short and sweet. As members, we need your input and ideas to help our club develop - we are still a very young club in comparison to the other Edinburgh Tri Clubs and the more folk are involved the more fun we'll have, so put the date in your diary.

As the day light hours available for cycling are now limiting our opportunity to have a decent cycle outdoors on a Tuesday evening, we are re-starting the Turbo training sessions from 22nd September.

This year we are holding the sessions at Catherine Barr's house - Harlaw Farm, with a set-up time of 1915, ready to start spinning at 1930 - 2030. There is a small charge of £2.00 per session to contribute towards the cost of electricity, and this money is also used to bring in outside spin teachers for the odd session.

If you use clip shoes on your bike, bring your training shoes along as well, as we sometimes split up the turbo with a run, i.e. making it into a brick session.

For those of you who have club turbo's at home, please return them to Catherine's either on the 22nd of September if you are coming to that session, or prior to that if you are unable to join us.

Good news - swimming starts at Balerno High School again on 22nd August at 0730, so you no longer have to wonder what to do at the start of each weekend again.

The price remains the same, i.e. £4.00 for non-members, and £3.00 for members. If you pay in advance for a few sessions or do an IOU please write a note on the register to avoid giving our hard-working treasurer a headache...

In the highly unlikely event that too many people turn up for a swim on a Saturday morning, then members do take priority over non-members of the club. Look forward to seeing you all after a good summer break.

These are the dates that the pool is booked by Pentland Triathletes:

With the nights drawing in the Tuesday Cycling Group will be coming to an end, however do not despair... Tuesday turbo is due to re-start on Sept 22nd... yippeeee!!!

Venue: Harlaw Farm Shed - the small one off the yard

Start time 7:30 - 8:30pm SHARP! Please arrive with enough time to get you bike set up etc. Bring running shoes, high visibility vest (and a head torch if you have one) as we plan to do a few brick sessions to keep you on your toes.

Cost: £2 for members

Turbo's will be available for members, but we only have 10, so if you are interested in coming along please e-mail me and let me know, otherwise there may not be a turbo for everyone. It might be an idea to sign up for the term.

Sara Wood is instructing Pilates classes at the Juniper Green Church hall on Monday evenings again.

I am pleased to let you know that the classes will be going ahead this coming Monday (7th September) between 7.15-8.15pm. I have booked the hall for 5 Mondays, over a course of six weeks. There will be no class on the evening of 21st September.

The cost of the block will be £37.50, and is payable to 'Sara Wood' if paying by cheque. Please bring payment on the first night, thanks!

I would appreciate it if you could let me know who is definitely interested in coming along to the class. Please can you also let me know if you are a beginner, or if you have any previous Pilates experience.

I will have screening forms for any new people coming to fill out. These only take a few minutes to fill out so if you maybe come a little early so we can start on time that would be great!

I look forward to seeing you all there, and meeting some new faces!

SUNDAY 20th SEPTEMBER; 9am Start

Registration 8am, @ Red Moss Car Park

Either Open Water Swim in Threipmuir Reservoir (approx. 600m) or Off Road Run around Harlaw Reservoir (approx. 2.5 miles)

Off Road Cycle through Pentland Hills (approx. 9 miles)

Off Road Run around Harlaw Reservoir (approx. 2.5 miles)

Cost £3 members / £4 non-members

This event is a non-marshalled (non-sanctioned) trial race. You are responsible for your own safety. Each competitor is responsible for familiarising themselves with the routes. Gates will not be held open. Sheep are everywhere. Wet suits are compulsory for the swim - the water will be chilly. Helmets must be worn for the cycle. There will be no public toilets at the start however there is a toilet at the Harlaw Rangers and Visitors Centre.

We are not expecting a huge number of eager-beavers to come along, however it is an opportunity for club members (and non-members) to have a blether, compare brake cables and sore knees and eat cake (or something similar). It will be fun; you will probably get cold (and wet), but what would you rather do on a Sunday morning? Please e-mail me if you would like to come along, just so that I know how many rolls to bring.

Ali, September 2009

The Edinburgh Duathlon is on the 21st June this year. It's only just been confirmed, and there are loads of places. Enter via EntryCental.

Our next club event is the Try-a-Tri, see the Events page for details.

Block of 4 sessions to continue from Monday June 8th to June 29th, cost £30. 7.15pm @ Juniper Green Church Hall. Contact Beverley Christy for more info.

New folk are welcome to come along to this block.

Threipmuir Swims
Open Water swim training re-starts on Friday 5th June @ 7:15pm.

Meet at Threipmuir Reservoir (in the car park) for a sharp start. Suggest you arrive ready to swim in wet-suit. Bring swim cap (x2 if you get cold) and flip-flops.

Anyone with a small boat / kayak / canoe keen to join us?

Tuesday Bike Rides (self-led group)
These are proving popular. Now that the evenings are lighter for longer the group are going out for slighlty longer rides.

Folk of all ability can come along, but please note that the group will split according to ability. Meet @ BHS car park at 7:15pm.

Heather is doing the 70 Wild Miles challenge on June 6th and is looking for sponsorship: www.justgiving.com/heatherbarnes. Good Luck!

Despite the efforts of the nutter who purposefully dropped hundreds and thousands of carpet tacks on the cyce route of this event, I think most of us who did the Etape still managed to have a good ride! Apparently, he (the nutter) was a bit peeved that due to the road closure which is necessary to allow an event of this magnitude to take place safely, he wasn't able to drive to his local church on Sunday morning. Seems a bit odd to me.

Most of us got a puncture (or 3), but, at least it didn't rain (much). Apparently we can sue the nutter for new inner tubes... and for the psychological distress caused having to use our brakes whilst descending Shehallion.

It was nice to go to an event as a big group - next time we must wear our club tops and stand united together, at least for a club photo! Well done to everyone who took part and crossed the line with a smile on their face.

These are some of the events that our club members are going to.

All new PT members are entitled to (one) free PT swim cap when they pay their subs. If you haven't got one please let me know. We keep a supply at Balerno Pool, but if you want one posted out please e-mail and I'll get one out to you. You can buy additional caps for £3.

If you are not a member of the club you will not be covered by our club insurance when training with us.

You do not have to be a Pentland Triathlete to come to the Sat Swim Sessions, however as our numbers continue to increase we may need to review this at the start of the new membership year (Autumn). Please check out our Membership page for more info.

Norma Bone has a supply of short and long sleeved Pentland Tri Tops for sale - please contact her if you wish to purchase one. They do look very sexy when worn with lycra shorts.....

Highlights from the Strathclyde Park Elite Triathlon will be aired at 08:00am on Saturday 20 June on Channel 4 and will be repeated 08:00am Sunday 21 June.

We are not hosting the Balerno Ladies Triathlon this year, but Edinburgh Triathletes have asked us to link to their Edinburgh Womens Triathlon taking place on 6th September.

We are have organised a taster Core Training session in Juniper Green church hall on Monday 23rd February @ 7.30 pm. There are constant reminders in the training press of how important it is to work on core strength, and so we thought it would be good to put an hours session together for us all to benefit from. If there is sufficient ongoing demand then hopefully we can make this a regular feature.

The charge will be about £5.00 to cover the cost of the hall and the instructor. (Cost dependent on how many people come along). It would be really good if as many of you as possible can support this session.

In addition, there are quite a few core training sessions available locally.

Swimming
Swimming dates are as per Catherine Barr's email. i.e. 7th/14th/21st/28th March. 25th April. 2nd/9th/16th/23rd/30th May. 6th/13th/20th/27th June. This is for the Saturday 7.30 am session at Balerno High School. £3.00 for members/£4.00 for non-members.

If you are a member and haven't claimed your free swim hat, please do so. For non-members the price is £4.00 per hat, and members wishing to buy additional hats, the price is £3.00.

Also, please re-read the Swim Lane Etiquette in our Swim Club Guidelines.

The club was pleased to donate £250 to St Crispins school from the 2008 Balerno Ladies Triathlon. This was our chosen charity for the event. Thank you to everyone for their support.

We were also pleased to write a cheque for £2,022 to the Oncology Centre at the Western Hospital. This was money raised by the Y-Front race in 2008. Thanks again for everyone's support.

Turbo
Thanks to Lesley Barr's hospitality, we now have an additional Turbo Training slot on Thursdays in addition to the existing Tuesday slot. See our Training Timetable page for times, directions to Leyden Farm and other details.

These sessions are self-led, with visiting trained instructors.

Training starts at 7.30 pm, therefore you need to be there at 7.15 to set up turbo's etc, ready to start at 7.30 and finish at 8.30.

All club owned turbo's are to be returned to Lesley this week, and will be kept at her house for use on a first come first serve basis. If you do have your own turbo, it would be really helpful if you could bring it along - thus allowing more people to take part.

PS: If you happen to have an extra turbo spindle at your house by mistake, could you get it back to us as we seem to be missing some. Thank you.

Swim
Our Saturday morning swim sessions resume this Saturday at 7.30 am. £3 for members/£4 for non-members.

Run
If you don't normally run with Harmeny, don't forget you there are ample opportunities for running training with them - check out our [training timetable].

Subscriptions
Lastly, for those of you who haven't yet paid your annual subscription, could you please do so - thank you.

Saughton remains out of action due to an electrical problem with the floodlights, but the good news is repair work has started.

A decision on whether (or not) to continue with a weekly programme of speedwork / fartlek sessions for endurance runners will be based on demand, so please forward to anyone who has expressed a desire for some serious training, and get in touch.

I will be resuming sprint work (for juniors) on Thu 15th even if it means a few more weeks at the twilight zone of Livvy (with the normal caveat of blizzards, road closures etc).