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WHO CARES? TCSD Cares...of Course!
Race Recap and Reports from Team Solana SEPTEMBER CLUB MEETING Thursday, Sept 30th 5:00 pm food begins SPECIAL GUEST: BOB BABBIT Babbitt on Babbitt stories from the past 30 years of endurance sports. Location: FunctionSmart (aka UCPT Sorrento Valley) 10803 Vista Sorrento Parkway San Diego, CA 92121 Complete details available on the Club’s website.
SEPTEMBER TCSD AQUATHLON Powered by Kashi® Thursday, Sept 9th 5:00 pm check-in begins 5:45 pm course talk 6:00 pm race start Location: La Jolla Shores
Background During the early evening of May 27th, 2010, I (along with other Team Solana coaches and mentors) stood in front of a room full of very dissimilar strangers, and told them they would be the very best of friends in less then eight weeks. Looks on faces showed blatant skepticism. We were at Hi-Tech Bikes, and this was the introductory team mixer event for those who had signed up to be on the TCSD Cares Team Solana 2010. Team Solana is a fund raising event for the charity arm of TCSD known as TCSD Cares. Using club volunteers, sponsors, and other resources, we take a group of mostly beginner level aspiring triathletes, and provide full training and education in order to get them ready for the Triathlon Club of San Diego Solana Beach Triathlon. In exchange for a donation to TCSD Cares, they get a full program, fun shwag, and entry to the race. Different things brought each of those people together into that room. Mostly it was the opportunity to train with a group, or perhaps the need for a structured program that
Intro by Steve Tally Race photos courtesy Osamu Chiba, Opix.net
would take them right through race day. What they had not counted on was the bonds and friendships that would be created. I happily witnessed this phenomenon during the first Team Solana 2009 (they still call themselves ‘the Originals’). What I did not know for sure was if it would happen twice! What we did learn last year was that shared experience, mixed with a dab of fear, is an incredibly efficient bonding agent. Training Something about a first shared pool swim provides just the right combination of ingredients for team-building. The groundwork for a tightknit Team was laid during the second week of training when we introduced the Team to pool swimming at the JCC. The always incredible TCSD pool coaches put the entire wide-eyed Team into two lanes and started the basics from the ground up. Many of you can attest to the friendships that can be forged through misty goggle lenses between breaths while hanging onto lane-lines. From there, the biggest challenge we had as a coaching and continued on page 3