Website is under construction, so here is the Fall Schedule
Workouts:
Mon 5:30pm Track
Tue 9:15pm Swim FL Pool
Wed 6pm Law School Run, meet at Law School sign on 2nd ave across from Wilberts
Thur (every other week) General Body Meeting, check back for time/place
Fri 5pm Swim FL Pool
Races:
9/21 Sand Key Sprint
10/5 Health First Olympic
10/19 Longleaf Sprint
The TriGators traveled to Melbourne, Fl to compete in the Health First Olympic Distance Triathlon as part of the Florida Collegiate Triathlon Commission Fall race schedule. UF took top 3 male and female in the Collegiate Division and posted the top overall times in the race. Check out the results…
http://www.altavistasports.com/results/2008results/healthfirstODtriathlon100508.html
GO GATORS!
Warm-up (everyone)
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200 Free
100 kick (no board)
200 Free Pull, breathe every 3rd
100 kick (no board)
6 x 50 drill (your choice of drills) on :15 rest
100 kick (no board)
Longer workout:
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500 pull, build tempo, breathe every 5th (go straight into the 200 kick)
200 kick: 25 moderate, 25 sprint kick
3 x 200 pull, each one faster than the previous one (60-70%, 70-80%, 80-90% perceived effort level)
on :30 rest (no breathing pattern) (go straight into the 200 kick)
200 kick: 25 moderate, 25 sprint kick
6 x 100 pull, breathe every 5th, 80-85% perceived effort level
on :15 rest (go straight into the 200 kick)
200 kick: 25 moderate, 25 sprint kick
6 x 50 drill on :20 rest
100 choice easy
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3700 y
Shorter workout:
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300 pull, breathe every 5th
200 kick: 25 moderate, 25 sprint kick
200 pull, breathe every 5th
200 kick: 25 moderate, 25 sprint kick
100 pull, breathe every 5th
200 kick: 25 moderate, 25 sprint kick
straight through set, no rest (the moderate kick is active rest)
6 x 50 drill on :20 rest
100 choice easy
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2600 y
Thursday 9/17
7:30pm WEIL 234
At the meeting tomorrow (Thursday) we will be getting rides together and talking about the plans for Sand Key. Coach Will will be there to talk about effort based training and much more.
If you could help us out, by sending the following information to Amanda at adascomb@ufl.edu, it would help us speed things up at the meeting.
– If you are driving or need a ride.
–(If driving) how many people can you take. And how many bikes you can take.
Also, race receipts (with part of the credit card number) are DUE AT THE MEETING! Thanks! See you there!
Long (short) Workout
400 (200) Free
4 (2) X 100 Pull
4 (2) X 50 Drill
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(short skip 500)
500 Free
400 Pull
300 Free
200 Pull
100 Free
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12 (6) X50 4- Breath 3,5,7,9 by 50
4(3)- Build each 50
4(3)- 25 fast/25 easy
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200 cool
1mi warm up
Straights and turns
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5k Time Trial
http://www.mapmytri.com/route/us/gainesville/678062196459
Meeting Minutes – September 4TH
REMEMBER TO SIGN UP FOR SAND KEY.
TURN IN WAIVERS.
VOLUNTEER SATURDAY - 13th.
LAKE WAULBURG - 14th
Welcome everyone! We have had a great turn out these past couple of weeks and would like to thank the new and the old for showing up today. We encourage everybody to come to practice, regardless of fitness level.
Introducing our new officers… drum roll please…
Dave Schofield – President
Coral Owens – Vice President
Rich Vasparro – Treasurer
Amanda Dascomb – Secretary
Alex Lechner – Conference Representative
If you missed the meeting, Doug at the bike route (bikeroute.net) came out and said a few words. Located north on 13th street, trigator members receive 25% of everything. To receive this discount, an updated waiver must have be turned in. Bikes are sold on location, repairs are done in store and drop-offs are welcome, just make sure you bring your bike in well before a race.
The Sports Performance Center offers us rates on lactate threshold and VO2 max testing. Contact Jeff Parr (parrj@ufl.edu) for more information.
Waivers!! They are due if you are racing sand key – make sure you bring them to swim practice tomorrow. If you haven’t taken the swim test as of today, you can take it right before practice on Friday. All new AND returning trigators must fill them out.
Practices – They are up on the website trigator.com
In Regards to San Felasco, if you need a ride, let an officer know at swim practice or send out an email. Run starts between 8-8:30. Directions and map can be found on the website.
TRANSITION TRAINING - 14th sunday afternoon. It will be located right across from the Bauman center on campus. It will be led by the knowledgeable favorites Kelly and Bernd. If you are racing sand key for the first time, it is a good idea to come check it out.
Upcoming races:
Sand Key – September 21st
Health First – October 5th
Longleaf Sprint – October 19th
Sand Key – Clearwater – Only 2 weeks away, make sure you sign up for this as soon as possible. This is a sprint race (1/3 mile swim, 11 mile bike, 5k run). Great beginner course. Registration can be found on the race website trithisink.com – a link will take you to active). Make sure to print out your receipt that includes a credit card number! (without that number, we can’t reimburse you) Receipts are due at our next meeting – Thursday, September 18th. IF YOU ARE RACING YOU MUST TURN IN A WAIVER!! Lodging and carpooling will be arranged at our next meeting.
T-shirts and Hats will be ordered soon. 36 is our minimum order for hats – if we have enough interest we will be getting them – so let us know if you want one so we can get a count and reserve one for you.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 13TH – Kids Triathlon - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow members and get our name out in the community. If you are available please let us know. We can coordinate rides if you need one.
SUNDAY, Sept. 14th – Waulburg BBQ – North Entrance
10am the park opens.
We will carpool and bike over there.
Food – Potluck. Bring some tasty foods so we can all partake and be merry.
Biking 101:
What do I need to have if I am on a ride? Helmet/Tube/ Tire wrenches/ frame pump or CO2 cartridge and adapter/ water. It is also a good idea to take a cell phone- especially if you are by yourself! We’ll have a beginners ride soon, so everybody can learn etiquette and the basics.
Train safe and don’t forget about class 
Thank you to all our new Trigators who have been showing up to practice this week! We are excited about the growth of this team.
Our first meeting is going to be Thursday 7:30pm in WEIL 234.
New members are always welcome throughout the season! We will be discussing our up-coming races (Sand Key is only three weeks away), waivers, bike basics and the season up ahead. Hope to see you all there!
To join the TriGator listserv, follow these steps (okay, so there’s only one step…):
Send an e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTS.UFL.EDU with the command: SUBSCRIBE TRIGATORS-L in the body of the message.
To send an e-mail to everyone on the listserv, send an e-mail addressed to TRIGATORS-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU. Please try to keep the messages as triathlon related as possible.
Results from 1998, 1997, and 1996 have been added to the TriGator Sprint Triathlon Results page.