New to the club?  This is where to start, join the fun, learn about and take advantage of the Club Benefits.

Pasadena Triathlon Club is volunteer led and member powered.  This website is no different.  We are looking for interested members of varying skills and time commitments to support this site, and make it a valuable resource to members and the broader community.  Please contact me (@Info) with constructive feedback, ideas for the website or if you are interested in helping out.

This website wouldn’t be possible without the great build and design from Leslie Heinz and generous volunteer contributions from Karen Girard (guidance and editing), Haroon Said (technical help), Chris Prentiss, Ben Vanmarcke, Nicole Luque, Nicole Goller and the many others that have provided content, inspiration and guidance.  Finally thank you PTC, we hope you like the website and that it shows off and enables the great club that we’ve all built over the years.  Have a look around, I think you will like what you see – don’t take too long though; all the swimming, biking, running and cavorting that need to get done won’t happen staring at the computer.

See you out there,
Greg

Gregory R. Quetin
Secretary, Pasadena Triathlon Club
www.pasadenatriclub.com
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Introduction to Triathlon – Thursday March 1st, 2012

Rose Bowl Aquatics Center @ 7:00pm

Come learn the ins and out of Triathlon and meet the Club.

• Benefits of the Pasadena Triathlon Club
• How to start training for triathlon
• Resources for the new triathlete
• Nutrition for training and race
• Tips and tricks of race day – getting there, setting up transition, swim, bike, run
• Pick a race – great local races to start with
• Gear you need, gear you might want and where to get it

Clinics

Join The Pasadena Triathlon Club for two fun and informative Pasadena Triathlon Course Preview and Transition Clinics.

Sunday, February 19th at 3:30pm and again on Sunday, March 4th at 8:30.

Both clinics will feature:

• a preview of the Pasadena Triathlon bike and run courses via  a 30 minute bike ride
• instruction and hands on practice with setting up your transition area and managing your transitions on race day.

All Pasadena Triathlon participants are welcome to these free clinics.  Meet on the grassy area immediately behind the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center/Tennis courts (look for the Pasadena Triathlon Club tent) and will last approximately 1 – 1.5 hours.  Please bring your bike, helmet (required for the bike ride), running shoes and transition equipment.  Questions – contact us (race@).

Volunteer

The Pasadena Triathlon Club has been a huge supporter of the Pasadena Triathlon in the past, and I encourage you to either participate in or volunteer at this year’s event.  No race happens without the generous support of volunteers, we are helping to recruit people for the following opportunities:

Friday, March 9th, starting at 12:00pm – race area setup behind the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center
Friday, March 9th, 4-7pm – race registration at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center
Saturday, March 10th, starting ~6am – working during the race
Saturday, March 10th, starting ~10am – cleanup after the race

Additional information about the event can be found here: http://pasadenatriathlon.com/

As a thank you for volunteering Generic Events will again give volunteers who work at least one shift a free race entry to another Generic Events race (Pasadena Triathlon races and Xterra Crystal Cove excluded).  They put on many local events, including the Xterra Trail Runs and Playa del Run aquathon series; more info can be found at http://www.genericevents.com/.

If you are interested please respond to Nicole Luque (nicoleluque -at- yahoo.com), Pasadena Triathlon Volunteer Coordinator, directly with your first name, last name, and the shift(s) you are interested in volunteering at.

Thanks for helping out the local endurance sports community!

A Back 2 Back 2 Back running event!

SURF CITY HALF MARATHON

LA CHINATOWN FIRECRACKER 10K

ROCK N ROLL PASADENA HALF MARATHON

Sponsored by

Run With Us, Endurance Nation, Jones Coffee, Yardhouse and Lemonade Restaurant

TRAIN AND RACE with PTC friends. Get in great run shape this off season and have a blast doing it!

REGISTER for all 3 races by January 5th and receive a very special edition February Fecta technical shirt suitable for training and racing.

COMPETE with club mates for the fastest accumulative times of all three races.

Winners (2 deep) will be awarded from the following categories,

Ladies: Under 40, 40 and over (on 2/19)
Men: Under 40, 40 and over (on 2/19)
1st place: prize tbd
2nd place: prize tbd

Special recognition, prizes and schwag will be given to all participants who finish the three races.

Fecta Hybrid

You can be a part of the Fecta fun by racing in 1 or 2 of the events and then volunteer, spectate or sherpa at the other races you do not run in. Do that and you also get a Fecta tech shirt and maybe some other schwag!

Special Events

• Training runs, course runs of RnR and Firecracker, evening run
• happyhours, dinners, breakfasts
• race day hospitality
• special shopping discounts, more schwag

The February Fecta is open to anyone but to be eligible for T-shirt, prizes and awards you must be a PTC member, wear at least one item of PTC clothing in each race, (socks or a hat qualify), and if applicable race under the club designation of “PTC”.