Annual General Meeting Sat March 29th

Interested in Triathlons? Live in Barrie or surrounding area? Make note the annual meeting is just around the corner Saturday March 29th. Meet Mark Harrison in person.
The Kempenfelt Tri Club Meeting starts @ 10am and will be held at the Holly Rec Centre on Mapleton (south end Barrie). Meeting is room # 2. Bring a friend.

36.1 km/hr = 200 Watts of Power

I've always wanted to know what my power to weight ratio is. Obviously, most of us do not have $700 to buy the device, so i wanted to know if there was a crude method of calculating by hand. In my investigation i found an informative German website www.kreuzotter.de/english. You fill in the appropriate boxes with bike, your height your weight and many various attributes that you can make asumptions on. Based on my physical attributes, i'm 5'-10" 173 lbs. to produce 400 Watts of power i need to maintain a speed of just 47.1 km/hr. Oh, is that all? Ok, let's bring it down a bit. To produce 300 Watts of power, i need to maintain a speed of 42.3 km/hr. At this point is when i said, "sheeeeit". One more time, to produce 200 Watts, i need to maintain an average speed of 36.1 km/hr. I welcome comments is you have found other methods of calculating watts?

Shawn P. Secrets

Yesterday, i had the privilege of training with Shawn P.
Normally, Shawn P. trains in isolation, to keep the latest training techniques top secret such as the "Sand Shark Start 401" done repeatedly over & over again in the Allandale Pool monday mornings. I caught up with Shawn P., "One thing, Shawn P., gives us one thing, to focus on. Shawn P took a deep breath & reluctantly, blurted out, "Hills". Do hill repeats. It not only builds the hamstrings & quads but it builds your spirit. Wow, I said. Shawn P. can you give us more. Shawn P., checked over his left shouldar and lowered his deep voice, "Ok, most runners & triathletes do hills, but the fatal mistake they make is they wear socks." Socks? Yes, they wear the incorrect socks. Shawn P, i'm not following you? What i like to do is fill my socks with pumpkin seeds. This way when i attack the hill there is that slippage action, making it harder. Shawn P. do you use wet or dry pumpkin seeds? Wet is better, but dry will do.