September 26, 2016

The week of 9/26 to 10/2

Please start wearing reflective clothing and lights at all outdoor workouts (running and riding).  Even a simple reflective vest is a massive help in keeping you safe through the darker months of the year.

*Outdoor Tue/Thurs rides are moving start times to 6 pm – ending at 7pm due to the loss of light.  We will continue to try and ride outdoors as long as we can.  Indoor spins will not begin until after November.

**Pool Closures are complete.  We are back to our normal swim schedule at all pools.  Outdoor facilities are closed.

***No boot camps for this build week  –  boot camps return on Monday Oct 3 (next week).

In this email:  

  • Important Announcements for this week
  • High Level Overview of the Activities for this week (M-F)
  • High Level Overview of the Local Activities for this weekend (Sat-Sun) – There are no local group rides or runs planned for this weekend.  We would love for you to make a trip out to Cambridge to get in a ride/run during Ironman and to support your teammates!
  • Arlington Weekly Activities Details and Directions
  • ZMDC Weekly Activities Details and Directions
  • West Weekly Activities Details and Directions

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Important announcements and things to look for this week and on the horizon”¦.

  1. Two new Grab Bag Options are available at the Team Z Store:  Men – LG Bike Shorts, Unisex Tri Shorts, Team Socks.  Women – Women’s LG bike shorts.  Unisex Tri Shorts.  Team Z Socks.  Price is $35 for each grab bag.
  2. Reminder – Team Z Race Calendar for this winter and for 2017 can be found here.  Note – all dates are tentative until finalized by the race organization.
  3. Outdoor ride times will change this week.  Due to earlier sunset times – we will shift ride starts to 6pm until we finish out the outdoor training season (daylight savings).
  4. Pool Closures  –  are complete. We are back in Spring Hill this week in addition to all of our other regular facilities.
  5. Note on your calendar Oct 11 Haines Point Pot Luck –  this is a recovery week Tuesday – to put an exclamation mark on the end of our outdoor season with a little baby shindig.  There will be a short/easy recovery ride followed by the pot luck picnic at Haines Point.  Start planning now.  Grilled Tomatoes stuffed with Gorgonzola and bacon are my favortie so being your shopping list now please.  🙂

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High level overview of the activities for this week in Team Z

Monday:  

NO BOOT CAMPS THIS WEEK

Tuesday:

Outdoor group rides begin at 6:00 pm instead of 6:30 PM.

Wednesday:

NO BOOT CAMPS THIS WEEK

Thursday:    

Outdoor group rides begin at 6:00 pm instead of 6:30 PM.

Friday:

  • Yoga at  Simon Says  (DC, Arlington, Bethesda)
  • Morning swim  at  AU  (DC)

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Hi Level  Activities  for local workouts this weekend

  • There are no group workouts for this weekend.  Please consider a camping/last minute road trip to Ironman Maryland.  Get in your bike, run, and swim while cheering for and hanging out with your teammates!

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Arlington Weekly Activities Details and Directions

*For the best presentation of this information/data – please set your preferences in your dashboard.   Go to Calendar Events and then elect Arlington Location Events. Select Arlington Social Events.   Then Save.   Then simply go to members.triteamz.com and your home page will present the details for all workouts in the Arlington/Alexandria area.

Or you can go to”¦.

Hard Copy of M-F events are posted on the website at members.triteamz.com.   Then click on files, then on workout location events.

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ZMDC Weekly Activities Details and Directions

*For the best presentation of this information/data – please set your preferences in your dashboard.   Go to Calendar Events and then Select ZMDC Location Events. Select ZMDC Social Events.   Then Save.   Then simply go to members.triteamz.com and your home page will present the details for all workouts in the Arlington/Alexandria area.

Or you can go to”¦.

Hard Copy of M-F events are posted on the website at members.triteamz.com.   Then click on files, then on workout location events.

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West Weekly Activities Details and Directions

*For the best presentation of this information/data – please set your preferences in your dashboard. Go to Calendar Events and then Select West Location Events. Select West Social Events.   Then Save.   Then simply go to members.triteamz.com and your home page will present the details for all workouts in the Arlington/Alexandria area.

Or you can go to”¦.

Hard Copy of M-F events are posted on the website at members.triteamz.com.   Then click on files, then on workout location events.

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If you have trouble reading these emails or generally dislike yahoo groups –

  1. Please go to members.triteamz.com and click on  “coaches comm” on the top navigation bar.  Every post from Alexis or I SHOULD be posted there.  We are getting much better at this.
  2. Alternatively you can go to the blog on the member site, and select  “Monday-Friday Events” category.
    1. Soon yahoo groups will be gone all together – less issues of error when we eliminate the redundant communications.