High Five Events

Michael Lovato Training Clinic

2013-01-24T04:35:00.000-08:00

Triathlon Training Clinic in Austin held by pro triathlete Michael Lovato

This clinic is on March 2 and 3 – Saturday and Sunday.

We’ll be hosting it at Jack and Adam’s Bicycles at 1210 Barton Springs Road. For directions click HERE.

This clinic is aimed at helping triathletes of all abilities, and will be geared toward preparation for races of all distance: from sprint and Olympic to half iron and full 140.6. We will cater to first timers all the way up to seasoned veterans and even triathlon coaches.

On Saturday morning at 9:30, we’ll gather for introductions and a welcome talk. We’ll then break into groups for a run around Lady Bird Lake. The specifics of this run session will be determined by ability and upcoming races. Following the run, we’ll have a lecture and Question & Answer session that will be centered around how to prepare properly for your upcoming races, how to run well off the bike, how to tackle pacing, and what workouts are key components of a training program.

We will have a short break after the Q&A session, so that athletes can get food and move to the swim locale. We will be swimming at Barton Springs pool, orPure Austin Quarry Lake. Prior to the swim workout, we will host the lecture and Q&A. Our goals here will be to discuss how and where to start your next triathlon, how to best prepare for an open water swim, and we’ll discuss a few key swim workouts that should be repeated in your build-up to the next full, half, olympic, or sprint triathlon.

After the swim session, we will break for the day. Suggestions and opportunities for group dining will be offered – as many of you know, the Austin restaurant scene has many great choices!

Sunday morning will begin with a 7:30 gathering at Jack and Adam’s for coffee and a pre-ride talk. By 8:00 a.m. we’ll begin our group ride. As with the run, distances and ride specifics will be determined based on ability, training goals, and upcoming races. There will be a plan for everyone. Upon completion of the ride - 90minutes to 3hrs – we will regroup at J&A’s to refuel. We will have First Endurance products on hand before, during and after each session. And your recovery needs will be quickly addressed with Ultragen for each rider. (We will also plan to offer some real food to complement your recovery… )

Following the ride, we will again offer a lecture and Q&A session. This is your chance to learn some very effective approaches to properly training for your next triathlon, as well as to address any specific questions you may have. Come prepared to ask, listen, and compare notes with your fellow athletes. Any question is a good question!

To close out our clinic, we will be hosting an awards ceremony, at which point, Lovato Performance will be handing out giveaways and goodies to each deserving attendee.

Other opportunities:

Demo CycleOps PowerTap Wheels
Sample the entire First Endurance line of products
Shop at Jack & Adam’s Bicycles
Receive swag from RoadID and other Team Lovato sponsors

As mentioned before, this clinic is aimed at helping triathletes of all abilities, and will be geared toward preparation for races of all distance: from sprint and Olympic to half iron and full 140.6. We will cater to first timers all the way up to seasoned veterans and even triathlon coaches.

To sign up, please email Michael here: vatolovato@gmail.com. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to the PayPal payment option.

Austin Tri makes Outside Magazine's list of The 15 Best Big City Races in America!

2011-09-19T13:27:00.001-07:00

http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/endurance-training/Critical-Mass.html

Pro Triathletes Top Podium at Ninth Annual Jack’s Generic Tri

2011-08-02T16:48:00.000-07:00

Austin, Texas (August 2011) - On Sunday, July 31st, over 700 athletes converged at the Texas Ski Ranch in New Braunfels, Texas for the Ninth Annual Jack’s Generic Triathlon presented by Jack and Adam’s Bicycles.

This popular triathlon, with distances of 500 meter swim, 13.8 mile bike and 3 mile run, has seen numerous professional triathletes take part over the years including Michael Lovato, Kelly Williamson, Desiree Ficker, Amy Marsh, Pat Evoe and Andrea Fisher. This year was no exception with James Bonney taking first overall and former pro, Jamie Cleveland coming in second. On the women’s side Hollie Kenney and Christeen Hodge took one and two.

Jack’s Generic Tri has been voted best triathlon by Competitor Magazine readers and listed as best “under the radar” triathlon by Triathlete Magazine. Texas Governor Rick Perry has also participated in the triathlon a couple of times. “Jack’s Generic Tri is a fun and very beginner friendly venue,” explains Race Director, Dan Carroll, of High Five Events. “It’s a challenging but fast course with a rockin’ post race party. Even the governor got on stage and played guitar with the band.”

This year participants received technical t-shirts, free post-race massage, custom water bottles and swim caps, ice cream, New Belgium beer, a post race meal and much more. In addition, professional timing and photography, as well as a great volunteer crew, make this triathlon a top notch event year in and year out.

Jack’s Generic Tri is the fourth event of the Texas Tri Series (www.texastriseries.com), a six event series of triathlons designed to start with a short sprint triathlon and finish with a half distance. To complete the series a person must participate in or volunteer for each of the events. Every finisher of the series is invited to the Finisher’s Party at the Hyatt in downtown Austin. The final two events of the series are the Austin Tri (www.TheAustinTri.com) in downtown Austin on Labor Day and the Kerrville Tri Festival (www.KerrvilleTri.com) October 1-2 in Kerrville.

About Jack and Adam's Bicycles:

Located in Austin, TX, Jack and Adam’s Bicycles is a complete triathlon and road cycling store. Founded in 2004, it has been voted Best Triathlon Store in Texas every year since its inception. The store is renowned for its friendly service, incredible product support, and community involvement. www.jackandadams.com

About High Five Events:

High Five Events is a multi-sport event production company and the official race director for Jack & Adam’s Bicycles events. High Five Events produces many of the largest triathlons in Texas and provides event management consulting and equipment leasing services to over 30 events per year. www.highfiveevents.com

Next Up: Jack's Generic Triathlon

2011-07-11T09:41:00.001-07:00

Congrats and thank you to all of the participants and volunteers who came out to the Couples Triathlon this weekend. We are now officially half way through the Texas Tri Series! Next up is original J&A / H5E event: Jack's Generic Triathlon (http://www.jacksgenerictri.com). On July 31st, come check out the event that started it all! Who knows? You may even get to meet Mr. Generic himself.

Texas Tri Series Tracking - LPT Results Added

2011-07-01T13:04:00.000-07:00

Tracking for the 2011 Texas Tri Series has been updated to include the Lake Pflugerville Triathlon. There has been a lot of movement on the age group leaderboard as participants show they are committed to finishing the series.

The third event in the series, Couples Triathlon, is on July 10th. Registration is still open.

Please review your results carefully to ensure they are correct. Please report any issues to racedirector@highfiveevents.com.

Results are posted at www.texastriseries.com/results.asp. The age group leaderboard is on the Texas Tri Series home page.

Texas Tri Series Tracking Updated

2011-06-03T12:42:00.000-07:00

After a very busy spring filled of events, we've finally updated the tracking for the 2011 Texas Tri Series. Series registration is officially closed as of June 1st, but some slight variances in the post results should be expected as initial results and registrations are corrected.

Please review your results carefully to ensure they are correct. Please report any issues to racedirector@highfiveevents.com.

Results are posted at www.texastriseries.com/results.asp. The age group leaderboard is on the Texas Tri Series home page.

JGT named part of USAT Talent ID Series

2011-03-06T17:50:00.000-08:00

Jack's Generic Triathlon has been named part of USA Triathlon's Talent ID Series for boys and girls ages 16-19. The purpose is to encourage and identify youngsters with potential in the sport of triathlon.

For more information on the series events please go to http://smwtriathlon.org/athletes/youth/junior_race_series/index.htm.

Austin Fit named presenting sponsor of The Rookie Triathlon

2011-02-24T15:44:00.000-08:00

Austin, Texas (February 18, 2011) – High Five Events and Jack & Adam’s Bicycles are proud to announce Austin Fit Magazine, Austin’s first and only health and fitness magazine, as a presenting sponsor of The Rookie Triathlon, to be held in Austin, Texas on April 17, 2011.

2011 will mark the 8^th edition of The Rookie Triathlon. This event, consisting of a 300m swim, 11-mile bike and 2-mile run, has become the annual rite of passage for central Texas triathletes to start their season. It’s also the ultimate event for first-timers, with a true Rookies division, super safe swim, and short distance.

2011 brings some big and exciting changes for the event. After seven great years at the Texas Ski Ranch in New Braunfels, the event is moving to Austin and will be held at Walter E. Long Park. The new venue will ease the congestion for the extremely popular event and allow for more participants. Also new in 2011 are the separate divisions for Rookies and Veterans. The Rookie division is restricted for true first- timers while the Veterans division is for the seasoned triathlete. Of course, there’s also the Open division in which many of the top professionals in the region will duke it out at the ultra sprint distance.

“The Rookie Triathlon has been looking for a partner who shares our goal of getting people into a healthy and fitness-based lifestyle. We are thrilled to be partnering with Austin Fit Magazine as their enthusiasm for health and fitness is a great influence in the community. Together we hope to expose even more people to the fantastic sport of triathlon and show them a path towards a healthy lifestyle,” says Dan Carroll of High Five Events.

“We’re extremely excited to be partnering with High Five Events and Jack & Adam’s Bicycles on The Rookie Triathlon this year, as it’s a unique opportunity to increase our presence in the Austin multi-sport community,” says Drex Earle, Ph.D. of Austin Fit Magazine. “This is among the most anticipated and well-executed events all season, and we feel very fortunate to be a part of it.”

The 2011 Rookie Triathlon will be held on April 17, 2011. Austin Fit Magazine joins Jack & Adam’s Bicycles as a presenting sponsor. Visit www.therookietri.com for more information.

About High Five Events

About Jack and Adam’s Bicycles

About Austin Fit Magazine

Founded in 1997, Austin Fit Magazine emerged as Austin's first and only health and fitness magazine, with bold ambition and a powerful mission — to improve the lives of its readers through entertaining and informative health and fitness content. Today, Austin Fit Magazine has grown into one of Austin’s premiere publications, as well as the exclusive resource for those looking to develop, achieve and maintain a healthy and fit lifestyle.

www.austinfitmagazine.com

Need a New Year's Resolution? Try the new Texas Tri Series

2010-12-24T20:59:00.000-08:00

Looking to put some strong commitments behind your New Year's resolution to stay fit & healthy? The Texas Tri Series might be just what you are looking for. The original premise behind the creation of the series was to provide motivation for anyone to stay fit and active throughout the year. The idea was to tie together some of the regions best events into a series that would be fun and competitive, but achievable by anyone. We also wanted to put out a strong enough reward, the Texas Tri Series Finisher Party, so that it would help get you out of bed for that morning run or stop you from eating the 3rd slice of pie.

2011 looks to be the best Texas Tri Series yet. It's the 5th annual series, so the party will be sure to be good, plus there are some exciting changes and additions:

The Rookie Triathlon -The signature kickoff to the triathlon season has been moved a few weeks earlier to April 17th, and to a new venue near Austin. The event was moved for 2 reasons. First, we wanted the Rookie to be the first event of the season for most everyone. Second, we needed a venue that could accommodate more people. The Rookie has become so popular that many first time triathletes were being shut out because all the triathlon "veterans" also wanted to do the event. The new venue allows us to host both a true "Rookies" event for first timers, and there is a "veterans" race for all the experienced triathletes.
A sixth event has been added to the Texas Tri Series lineup, the Lake Pflugerville Triathlon on June 19th. We've had our eye on this event since it started, and we think it will make a great addition. The Pflugerville tri community puts on a well organized, safe, and fun event.
Last, there will be a new anchor event to the series. It will now be the Kerrville Triathlon festival, on October 1-2. This new event will bring a new long course triathlon to Texas hill country on an outstanding course with a downtown finish. There's also a sprint event the day before. We'll have more info posted soon.

Don't forget that you must register for the Texas Tri Series before June 1, 2011. It's free! Second, you must register for each of the events individually. Some of the events are sure to sell out so register early. There are early bird registration discounts too. Why wait?

Texas Tri Series All Star Volunteers

2010-11-01T07:10:00.000-07:00

Final Results for the 2010 Texas Tri Series are posted on the home page of TexasTriSeries.com. Jack & Adam's Bicycles and High Five Events would like to especially thank all of you who volunteered at events throughout the series. This year, there was a record number of individuals who volunteered at all 5 events in the series. AMAZING!

2010 All Star Volunteers:

Gordon Alexander, Laurie Allen, June Black, Vic Black, Jodi Denyszyn, Mary Dodson, Paul Edmonds, Mary Egan, Stacy Farrugia, Doug Gillenwater, Rhonda Halliburton, Annette Kobus, Teri Lybecker, Carolyn Marek, Tom Marek, Christine Marquette, Judy Melchor, Nancy Moore, Roy Moore, Rob Murphy, Kathleen Murray, Jennifer Phillips, Shawn Phillips, Javier Pina, James Thomas, Denise Trybalski

Tracking updated with AVIA Austin Triathlon results

2010-09-21T06:42:00.000-07:00

Tracking for the Texas Tri Series is updated to include results and volunteers from The AVIA Austin Triathlon. Only participants in the Olympic distance event were eligible for time tracking. All others have been given credit towards finishing the series.

Please check your results closely and email corrections to dan@highfiveevents.com.

Tracking Updated Through Jack's Generic Triathlon

2010-08-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

Tracking for the Texas Tri Series is updated to include results and volunteers from Jack's Generic Triathlon.

Please check your results closely and email corrections to dan@highfiveevents.com.

Tracking Updated through Couples Triathlon

2010-07-26T08:29:00.000-07:00

Texas Tri Series tracking is now updated through Couples Triathlon. In addition, Skeese Greets Triathlon finisher times have been adjusted to account for the shortened bike course.

Skeese Greets Time Adjustment for TTS

2010-07-26T08:27:00.000-07:00

The Skeese Greets Tri bike course was changed due to flooding at the low water crossing on Francis Harris Lane. The new bike course was 0.6 miles shorter than the normal course. As a result, the bike split times for Skeese Greets Tri were faster than they were for the Rookie Tri held one week earlier. Therefore, any finisher of the Skeese Greets Tri who is using their finisher time for the Texas Tri Series overall time tracking will have their Skeese Greets Tri time adjusted as follows:

The bike pace from Skeese Greets Tri will be multiplied by the difference in length of the two courses.
This time will be added to the overall time so that the Skeese Greets time will roughly equate to a Rookie Tri time.

2010 Results Posted

2010-07-17T14:39:00.000-07:00

2010 Texas Tri Series results tracking have finally been posted for The Rookie. There are a few data issues with the Couples results. Those are expected to be worked out in the next few days and then the series results will be updated ASAP.

View the full results at www.texastriseries.com/results.asp.

Dublin Dr Pepper

2010-04-29T04:03:00.000-07:00

High Five Events is pleased to announce our partnership with Dublin Dr Pepper. Dublin Dr Pepper will be supplying ice cold refreshments at the finish line carnivals, including Dublin Dr Pepper, Big Red, A&W Root Beer, and many other classics.

Dublin, Texas is home to the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant which opened in 1861. Today, Dublin Dr Pepper still makes Dr Pepper with the original formula, using Imperial Pure Cane Sugar, and not high fructose corn syrup, like most soft drinks. Find out more about Dublin Dr Pepper here: http://dublindrpepper.com/

Volunteer to Win a New Belgium Brewery Cruiser Bike

2010-02-20T07:15:00.000-08:00

Each person who volunteers at 4 or more events in the 2010 Texas Tri Series will be entered into a select drawing for a very cool cruiser bike courtesy of New Belgium Brewery. What are the odds? Ask Dan Kirkley, a 3 time finisher of the Texas Tri Series. He volunteered at 5 events in 2010, and was the lucky one out of just 8 people to win the bike. You must be present at the finisher party to win the bike.

Hyatt Regency to Host 2010 Texas Tri Series Finisher Party

2010-02-02T06:56:00.000-08:00

The 2010 Texas Tri Series Finisher Party will be held on the evening of November 13th in the grand Texas ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Austin located on Lady Bird Lake. "The Hyatt has been a great partner to the Austin Triathlon", says Dan Carroll of High Five Events. "We are thrilled to have their support for the Texas Tri Series as well. Hosting the finisher party at one of Austin's finest hotels has been the goal since the series was created. It will be a fantastic place to celebrate the end of the season."

The Texas Tri Series Finisher Party is only open to series finishers and their guests. Register and plan your season so you don't miss this great event.

Information on the Hyatt Regency can be found at www.austin.hyatt.com.

2009 Texas Tri Series Finished

2009-11-08T07:14:00.000-08:00

The 2009 Texas Tri Series wrapped up with the annual Finisher Party at Pure Austin Quarry Lake. Christina Chien and Yancy Arrington received top honors as the overall women's and men's winners. Dan Kirkley was the lucky winner of the New Belgium Brewery Cruiser Bike from amongst the other all star volunteer candidates. Winners of the grand prize of free entries to all of the 2010 events were Brian Dodson, Nancy Edmonds, Heather Herrick, and Julie Wolf.