Jan 18, 2012
RUTTCC CLUB NEWS – JANUARY 2012
Club Registrations
RUTrainingToday CC is now a British Cycling affiliated club – yay! For those of you who are racing this year, remember to click on RUTTCC (not Primal Europe) in their drop down bar when applying for your licence. The BC Race calendar for the region has been posted so members can see what’s on offer this year. Full information about the races and entry forms can be downloaded via BC’s website.
Ken has registered the club with CTT. However, being a new club we missed the window to have our own event this year, so Ken will be offering his services to other clubs to get some experience of putting on events and we will organising our own in 2013. Tom has put together a list of local TT events and this will also be our website.
We also have Go-Ride status and our coach, Sorrelle has already started teaching her pupils how to ride their bikes safely and teach them skills. We are currently in talks about hosting some Go-Ride events in the warmer months and will post location and date details once confirmed. We expect these sessions will be aimed at youngsters between 12-17 years old, but could cater for younger children if the demand is high. If you have a son, daughter, niece, nephew etc that you think might be interested in learning some bike handling skills or learning how to race, then please e-mail Sorrelle so she can start compiling a list – sdplec00r@aol.com.
Club Rides
We are currently holding rides on Saturday and Sunday and meet at the Legacy Hotel (Marsh Mills side) at 9.00am. If numbers allow the group splits into a race pace bunch (suited to riders who want to race or reach gold standard times in Sportives) and a slower ride. It helps those leading the rides if members post on facebook or the forum their intention to attend. Ride frequency and times may vary once the race season is upon us. Also feel free to post on either site if you are planning on riding other days and would like some company.
Club Kit
The official race kit for RUTTCC is the black and white kit. We do know that this still has the Primal Europe logo on it but this has been approved by BC. There is a red and white short sleeve jersey and bib shorts available to purchase which just has the RUTTCC logo on and you are welcome to wear this on club runs if you wish. Once we’re better established we can look at a new kit if that’s what the members want.
Leon Marshall has very kindly offered to be in charge of the club race kit and will be placing an order on 24th January. See below for current prices and e-mail your requirements to ocelotracing@hotmail.com with your name, address and phone number and DONT FORGET TO INCLUDE SIZES!!!! (Lycra already stands for Let Your Clothing Reveal All, so we don’t want anyone squeezing into a size smaller than they need!). Then drop a cheque in the post for 50% of the total order to L Marshall, 2 Radford Park Drive, Plymstock, Plymouth, PL9 9DT. Please make cheques payable to “rutrainingtoday.co.uk” and write your name on the back.
Delivery is expected around March / April time when the remaining 50% will be due on collection. Unfortunately the suppliers require a minimum of 15 items per order so if we can’t get what you wanted we will let you and refund any monies owing.
| Short sleeve jersey | £38.00 |
| Long sleeve jersey | £46.00 |
| Heavyweight long sleeve jersey | £48.00 |
| Gilet | £48.00 |
| ProT9 bib shorts with APX chamois | £57.00 |
| Prisma bib shorts with APX chamois | £63.00 |
| Primsa bib shorts with E6 carbon chamois upgrade | £70.00 |
| Evo bib shorts with E6 chamois | £79.99 |
| Skin suits | £79.99 |
| Second layer | £77.00 |
| Paradigm jacket | £111.00 |
| Arm warmers | £20.00 |
| Knee warmers | £18.00 |
| Leg warmers | £28.00 |
| Tights | £tbc |
Member Coaching
Paul Brennan is a UK Athletics Level 3 Performance Coach, UK Athletics Strength and Conditioning Coach, British Cycling Level 3 Road and TT Coach and British Triathlon Level 2 Coach and has recently coached at Plymouth Athletic Club and Plymouth Triathlon Club.
Paul has offered us his knowledge and experience to do a series of coaching articles that will put more structure and purpose into training. This will be targeted more at club members (rather than the team) on a weekly basis: goal setting, components of fitness, demands of the event, types of training, lifestyle audit / rider profiling, periodisation / yearly planning, long-term development, benchmarking, etc. As we get closer to the competition phase he will tell you how to deal with race prep, tapering, technical / tactical issues, etc.
If there are any other areas that you would like Paul to cover let him know. He does not purport to know it all but can usually get information from more knowledgeable sources.
When the light / weather improves and riders have built up a good endurance base, Paul wants to organise some mid-week sessions to develop power or designed to help develop lactate threshold.
The clocks change (1hr forward) on 25th March 2012 and sunset is around 19:39pm or later. Ideally mid-week sessions could start on or around this date. Please post interest below or on the forum your preferred day of week and time.
A Date for Your Diary
We have been given the date of Sunday 8th April to put on our RUTTCC Road Race. Jackie is currently looking at circuits in the West Devon area and is hoping that we will be able to use one of the new routes BC are currently assessing. We may need some help with marshalling, so if you know anyone who would be willing to wear neon yellow and wave a red flag at cars, please let us know by e-mailing jec68@blueyonder.co.uk. NB: bullying people into helping will be frowned upon but we have no problem with begging or bribes! J
Membership
If you would like to become a member of RUTTCC the annual cost is £20.00 per year which runs from January to December. Membership forms can be found on the website along with details of member benefits. As you see from the information above, we are more than just a race club and welcome applications from all cyclists – at the present time were are catering for road cyclists who can maintain an average of 12mph during a ride. However this may change in future as the club develops, so please keep checking our website for updates. Potential members are very welcome to come along and try some of our rides so you can see if we’re the club for you.
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