JT Multisport July 2021 Newsletter
July 2021
Another month down and one step closer to summer in the southern hemisphere! Although the weather in Canberra was largely cold and wet that didn’t stop us getting out and doing some local racing. July started with the JTM duathlon at Stromlo which is quickly becoming a staple of the JTM winter. It was great to have the club in Canberra getting together to push each other in a race simulation training session!
We took our learnings from our club hit out into the CME Canberra club tri relays where we pulled together a massive 12 teams! Congratulations to everyone who took part and a big thank you to our friends at CME for giving us an opportunity to race over the Canberra winter!
The last week has also seen our Canberra squad getting together to celebrate the Olympics with breakfast at EQ during the women’s race and sweating it out with a tough trainer session during the MTR. Great to be able to celebrate these events as a group and take inspiration from our Olympic athletes.
August is shaping up to be a huge month for the JTM family with a number of our athletes and coaches nominated as finalists in different award categories at the TACT awards scheduled for August 6th. The following weekend will see Jarrod, Myles and Oscar expanding their coaching knowledge at the foundation coaching. Head coach JT continues to volunteer his time in developing coaches as a mentor coach on the program.
Wishing the entire JTM family a fantastic August and sending some extra love to those JTM members who have been in and out of lockdown over July. Here’s to a happy and healthy August!
Race Results
July 10 -Jordyne Rauter - YMCA Runners Shop 5km - 3rd Place U18 Female.
July 11 -Rob Moore - VCC CCC ITT - 3rd Place MAS5 Male.
July 18 -JTM Teams - CME Club Relays - 2nd & 3rd place male team, 3rd place female team, 1st & 2nd place mixed team.
Athlete Spotlight
Amy Betts
If you’ve been around triathlon in Canberra you know Amy. Not only does last year’s JTM value’s award winner compete in triathlon racing up to the 70.3 distance she can also be found volunteering for every race on the TACT calendar and going above and beyond to help organise other volunteers to help out!
We wish Amy the best of luck as she looks to add another feather to her cap studying nursing at UC!
Training Tools
Reminder - It is a requirement for all JTM athletes to have 2 drink bottles at sessions, 1 x water and 1 x electrolyte. Even when temperatures are cold your body needs fluid. Ensure you are getting enough fluid and nutrition to fuel your sessions, if you aren’t sure how much you need, we have a stack of resources to help you out, drop us a message on teamapp!
Item of the Month
JTM is looking forward to working with Scody to provide us with new world triathlon suits. Suits can be ordered on our website now. Please ensure all suits orders are in by August 8th at the latest. If you need individual sponsor logos, please email a high resolution image of the logo with sponsor placement (additional $40 per logo.)
Upcoming Events
August 6 - Triathlon ACT Awards
August 15-16 - TA Foundation Coaching Course