Downtown Airport Time Trial #4 - July 1st

Results from the latest Time Trial. We had lots of PRs and great performances. Two new winners, Josh Wolf and Kelly Dippold.
Thanks to everyone for coming.

Name	Time
Josh Wolf	25:28
Mark Burghart	26:13
Jeff Sturd	26:13
Justin Estes	26:17
Kelly Dippold	26:27
Scott Bowling	26:30
Jim Nicolas	27:14
Matt Robinson	27:48
Drew Hull	28:05
Monty R Stanley	28:28
Amy Cotter-Brown	30:22
Becky Henning	31:39
Doug Bordegon	32:49
Rob Jones	34:10
Doug Baldwin	34:20
Rex Groves	36:14
Colleen Janner	48:11

Next Time Trial will be Wednesday, August 6th at 6:45p (no Canadian beer this time).  To be part of the Time Trial go the Midwest Triathlon Coaching Facebook page and "Join" the Event. - www.facebook.com/mwtricoach

Downtown Airport Time Trial #2

Riders attending the 2nd event of the Downtown Airport Time Trial Series faced much warmer temperatures and a stronger wind blowing from the south but we had lots of great performances and a good time was had by all.

Champion this month was Mark "Blue Springs Express" Carey and Annie "Check Out My New Wheels" Altorfer.

Overall results for three laps with a rolling start were:

1	Mark Carey	24:23
2	Scott Bolen	25:28
3	Anthony Lee	25:58
4	Caleb Teague	26:24
5	Jeff Sturd	26:32
6	Mark Burghart	26:44
7	Jake Bond	26:48
8	Scott Bowling	26:59
9	Brett Agee	27:06
10	Ivan Pancic	27:09
11	Justin Estes	27:16
12	David Schiffer	28:45
13	Pete Davis	28:46
14	Annie Altorfer	28:51
15	Ryan Lewis	29:18
16	Kyle Belew	29:20
17	R Michael Herrman	31:40
18	Brandon Skaggs	32:04
19	Donny Danner	32:24
20	Beth Shull	34:25
21	Michelle Washburn	35:10
22	Michael Conley Weatherly	36:50
23	Lori Terzopoulos	38:53

Bit of a change from our "First Tuesday of the Month" routine as the next event in the Series will be Thursday, May 29th. There is no fee to participate and you don't have to be affiliated with Midwest Triathlon Coaching (though we'd love it if you were).  We do ask athletes to "Join" the Event on Facebook so we know you are coming.

Garmin Settings?

Checking out the Garmin while running at IM Louisville.

I had an athlete recently ask what he should have displayed on his Garmin Forerunner 910xt.  Thought it was a good question, so wanted to share the answer here as well.
As a bit of background info I have been using Garmin products since the first Forerunner 101 came out.  Back then it was strapped to one wrist while my old HRM was strapped to the other (I looked like a dork...) I am not as much of an expert as DC Rainmaker (a blog I highly recommend you check out if you are interested in the technology of triathlon training) but I enjoy learning about new technology and how devices can help me and my athletes with our training.
I am currently using the Garmin Edge 500 as my primary computer on the bike and love using the Garmin Forerunner 910xt while swimming and running.  I have the Garmin cadence/speed sensor on my road bike, though on the tri bike cadence comes from my Quarq powermeter.  I've recently added the foot pod sensor for running as well. At races last summer I had the 910xt running in multisport mode for the whole race. I would be totally lost without my Garmin devices, don't know how anyone could make good decisions to race effectively without them.

As for what to "watch on the watch", it is all personal preference and some are a bit obvious but the ones I strongly recommend are in bold -


Bike 
Screen 1 - 3” Avg Watts, HR Zn, Cadence, Speed; 
Screen 2 - Total Distance, Lap Avg Speed (I auto-lap every 10-15 miles), Total avg speed, Total Time, Normalize Power Lap
Screen 3 - Time of Day, Calories burned, Temperature


Run
Screen 1 - Lap Distance (I auto-lap every mile), HR Zn, Lap Pace, Lap Cadence
Screen 2 - Total Time, Total Distance, Total Avg Pace, Total Average Cadence
Screen 3 - time of day, Training Effect, Calories burned.

When I go to a hilly place like Colorado I will add elevation to the bike settings.  When I was riding last summer in KY and in Maryland I added elevation gained to my third bike screen just for curiosity, but around Kansas City I find its sort of mute, at least until I get home and upload the file.
I have my devices set to Auto-pause while I'm training but on race day I obviously turn that feature off.
Please feel free to add a comment below if you have other suggestions regarding setup, always open to ideas.

Scott PR's at Louisville Marathon

The PRs just keep falling!  Congratulations to Scott Bowling on his Boston Qualifying run at the Louisville Marathon yesterday as he took 21 minutes off his previous best effort. Huge!!
To read more about Scott and his journey click the Scotty Tris link on right.
Thank you to everyone who came out to Lees Summit R-7 Aquatic Center to swim, bike and run.  Great session, hope you liked to route.

Group Ride 4-19-14

Here is the route for our ride from Lees Summit R-7 Aquatic Center.  I have ridden all these roads and I think you will like the route.  You should also access this at mapmyride.com so you can download it to your phone for navigation purposes. Here's the link - MTC Grp Ride 4/19/14

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Downtown Airport Time Trial #1

April 1st was more than "Fools Day", it was also the semi-official kick off of the MTC Downtown Airport Time Trial Series.  We have done events at the Airport for years but this season we are going to make it an on-going series, on the First Tuesday of each month.

Thank you to everyone who participated.  I also appreciate those who spread the word about the ride via social media and/or invited friends to come along as well.

The next "public" event on the MTC training calendar is the Kansas 70.3 Training Camp May 2-4.  

The next Time Trial will be May 6th.  To register just "Join" the event on Facebook

Congratulations to our Men's winner - Aleks "the Flying Serb" Tasic and our Women's leader, Sara "I Just Chicked You" Prince.

The overall results for three laps with a rolling start were:

1	Aleks Tasic	26:16
2	Mark Carey	26:42
3	Preston W	26:56
4	Brandon Simpson	27:22
5	Reece Robinson	27:33
6	Justin Estes	27:37
7	Jeff Sturd	27:49
8	Scott Bolen	27:50
9	Caleb Teague	27:52
10	Riley Freeman	28:06
11	Peter Paulin	28:07
12	Scott Bowling	28:24
13	Mark Burghart	28:58
14	Sara Prince	29:26
15	Todd Dicus	29:32
16	Danny Loental	30:06
17	Rafael Frontaura	30:07
18	Monty Stanley	30:08
19	Greg Clum	30:22
20	Nathan Goodnight	30:22
21	Jeff Remsburg	30:49
22	Pete Davis	30:55
23	Lew Vandover	31:53
24	Kim Uhrich	31:55
25	Becky Ingold Henning	33:43
26	Beth Shull	36:17
27	Alan Gore	Flat
28	Chris Dyroff	Flat

70.3 Training Camp Registration Now Available

New information and a registration link for the annual Ironman Kansas 70.3 training camp May 2-4 is now available on the Camps/Clinics page of the MTC website. 

While you are there check out the preliminary info about the new (resurrected actually) Summer Training Camp - July 9-13. Although all MTC coached athletes are encouraged to attend these Camps you do not have to be a coached athlete to participate and benefit.

MTC Transition Towels

New MTC Transition Towels are now available for all coached athletes. Let me know if you want one - ken@mwtricoach.com

Thank you to Sara for modeling.

2014 MTC Racing Team

Non-coached athletes interested in being part of the 2014 MTC Racing Team should apply now.  We only accept a limited number of non-coached athletes and the deadline for applying is April 3rd.

To download an application form via Dropbox - click here

2014-15 Uniforms Now Available for Order

Once or twice per year we open up the Midwest Triathlon Coaching gear store hosted by Zoca Gear (our manufacturer)  The store is now open until March 30th.
Here are the things you need to know about MTC gear and the gear ordering process -

1. Every year I get lots of comments from athletes saying how great it was to hear others cheering for them when they are out racing.  When you are feeling a bit down a "GO MTC!" can equal free speed.
2. I've also received comments from athletes saying how disappointed they were that they didn't order MTC gear and then missed out on all the camaraderie and team spirit.
3. This uniform design will be the same for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, we only change designs every two years.
4. Tri kits are great for racing and training bricks; BUT
5. Bike jersey and bike shorts are more appropriate for training rides so I suggest ordering both.
6. Tech tees are great for running races & training, wearing around before/after events and is the "official" shirt to wear when you are up on the podium picking up your Age Group Award :)
7. "Men's" marathon singlet is exactly the same as the women's, but ladies should size accordingly when ordering
8. We have kid's gear for those of you with young athletes looking to race
9. You order and pay Zoca directly.  They will manufacture and ship the gear straight to you. We should have the gear back around the first weekend of May.
10. You do not have to be a currently coached athlete to purchase MTC gear. If you are part of the "Racing Team" or an extended member of the MTC Family (former athletes, spouses, children, friends etc) please consider ordering as well - happy to have you sporting this great looking gear!

Final Note -  I have to order my personal stuff now too.  I don't "stock" any gear and don't order anything "extra", (people ask every time...) so if you want something, you need to order it now.

To order please go to - http://mwtri.zocagear.com

Cathy rides

Short video of Cathy riding her new triathlon bike!  Great job.

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Request for Bike Trainers

Do you have an old trainer you'd be willing to donate?  We are working on developments for the new MTC Youth Team (more info coming shortly).
Because of safety concerns (which are different for a group of 10-15 year olds) we'd like to be able to do a lot of our cycling working using trainers.  If you have one you'd be willing to donate to our new Team please contact me - ken@mwtricoach.com.  The trainer doesn't need to be anything fancy, just in decent working order.
Thank you.