Woohoo the sun is out! Daylight savings is here so it must be nearly triathlon season!

Whether you are training for your first triathlon or Ironman NZ or simply want to try something different, I am holding a “brick” session with a focus on skills and coaching feedback. The session is 3 hours long, but you can do as little or as much as you feel you can, or simply come along to join in 1,2 or 3 of the disciplines. A good way to join in a group for a sea swim, bunch ride or run.

If you do not have a full coaching program from Kinetic Edge the session is $20, and non-KE members are more than welcome to come along too! The more the merrier. There will be appropriate groups of abilities (beginner to elite) and those with less confidence will have the option of short shore line swimming, short laps on the bike and a flat easy run. Those who need a challenge will be sent on swims ranging up to 3k, solid bikes with varying terrain and running off the bike to ensure those jelly legs are well and truly sorted.

Date: Saturday 7th November
Where: Kohimarama beach – meet at the change block
Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $20 for non-full program athletes

What to bring – everything! Wetsuit, bike and run gear, towel, change of clothes and some dollars for a good coffee and refuel after!

Please register you interest with Ali asap and forward this onto anyone you think may be interested in joining in!

Exciting racing at the Dunk Grey Velodrome in Bankstown, Sydney. We have a few riders there and you can view reults and live streaming on the website:

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who raced recently:

RECENT KINETIC EDGE RESULTS:

World Masters Games (Sydney):
- Stewart Imrie: 2nd Road Race & 3rd in the TT
- Garry Groves: 10th Road Race
- Jeremy Turner: 11th TT
- Fiona Southorn: 1st 500TT
- Alan Gilder: 45th Road Race

Waterfront TT:
- Mike Henton: 20:55 (PB)

Pukekohe Express:

50K:
- Yvanca Clarisse: 1st (AG)
- Russell Liddell: 4th (AG)
- Susan Turner: 2nd (AG)
- Sherie Hammond: 2nd (AG)
- Becci Lampard:21st (AG)

100k:
- Aaron strong: 2nd (overall)
- Mike Henton: 4th(overall)
- Glen Frost: 7th(overall)
- David van Dam: 21st (AG)
- Mark Taylor: 18th (AG)
- Carly Braithwaight: 2nd (AG)
- Martin Dack: 42 (AG)
- Anna Salek: 13th (AG)
- Emma Jones: 3rd (AG)
- Felicity MacDonald: 3rd (AG)
- Malcolm MacDonald: 103 (AG)
- Jamie Gemmall: 130th (AG)

I have tried to ensure i have included everyone, but if i have missed you out please email me and i will pop you on the list!! Well done everyone!!

If you have missed out on receiving the Oct-Nov KE newsletter please email Ali to get sent another copy! This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Additionally if you would like a read of the cycle action auckland newsletter she can send you that too!

Happy reading!

Please join us in sending a message to the North Shore City Council to keep and enhance the existing Lake Road cycle lane. We are people who share a vision of the future and understand that anything we can do to promote more people on bikes and fewer people in cars is a good thing. This is a vision which is about our children, our future and promoting a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live. In joining our cause please consider some very simple facts:

- Hundreds of children cycle along Lake Road every day to local schools. Belmont Intermediate is the top cycling school in the Auckland Region. The Principal is proud of this and has given written support for the retention of the cyclelanes. The bike storage cages at Takapuna Grammar are overloaded and bikes now overflow onto non-secure racks. The younger children ride on the shared footpath cyclepath and tend to graduate to the on - road cyclelanes as they gain confidence. If we take the cycle lanes out these children may no longer ride their bikes, losing the health benefits they now get. This will add more car traffic during peak rush hour. Worse, those who continue riding to school will face additional risk of getting hit by a car. Why would anyone want to put our children at risk to appease a small vocal minority?

Click HERE to sign the petition (please ignore donation part)

NOTE TO ALL ATHLETES!

WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) has re-baned pseudoephedrine - this drug is found in common cold products sold at chemists! So please read the labels carefully if you are taking cold medications!

If you are unsure of what is on the prohibited list find out HERE

And this isn’t just for “carded athletes” theoretically anyone can get tested but typically its those who who ride A-grade+

But don’t fret…they haven’t taken coffee of the list again yet!!!

Next month there are two pinnacle events for our athletes overseas!!!

Firslty World Masters Games in Sydney!!! Stewert Imrie, Gary Groves, Jeremy Turner and David Going, head over to cycle on the road and track and see just how fast their legs will go!! We wish them all the best in their build up and on race day!!!

Secondly, World Long Course Triathlon Champs in Perth. Bevan McKinnon will be testing his training in the ELITE category over the 2k swim, 80k bike and 21k run!! Bevan has been training so hard over the last few months (over 30hrs a week!) so we wish him all the best GO BEVAN!!!

K1 & K2 is also in October, so we will be carefully watching how everyones training is going and will let you know results as soon as we get them in November!!!

Kinetic Edge now has a “Product” section on the website! In here you will find some great bit’s and pieces!

- Core conditioning guides (3 levels of progression)
- Generic cycling programmes
- Training Camp tickets - Jo Lawns ironman camp is in November!
- Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge Guide - Written by our own Amy Taylor
- SRM CRANKS - Want a Power meter, these are the best on the market!

Happy shopping!

A huge congratulations to Mel Burke who on the weekend claimed the NZ national duathlon champs title! Mel, who comes from an elite marathon running background, has never competed in duathlon before! She managed to borrow her coaches bike bling and rock on up to the course and blitz the feild!

Congrats Mel, not too shabby for your first attempt!!!

For more info and results click here

KE drinks are on again tonight!

5pm onwards @ Squid Row (top of Symonds St, car park next door).

It is Amy’s last day before she jets off for a wee OE in europe, so pop along and wish her Bon Voyage!

Friday drinks are the fist friday of every month - if you can’t make tonight’s social get together it would be great to see you next time!!