TriAdventure Hires Swim Coach

Following their guiding principle of “always doing more to help our athletes and fitness enthusiasts improve and succeed”, Kelly McPherson and Anne Jones, of “TriAdventure Multisport Coaching and Fitness, have hired a knowledgeable swim coach to help their triathletes swim more efficiently and faster.   

 

For most triathletes, swimming is a struggle.  Unless they have grown up in competitive swimming, a mile or even a 300 yard swim is daunting.  Correct form is illusive and the tendency is to fight the water.   That is where Tom Williams comes in - Tom comes to TriAdventure with a strong background in competitive swimming and coaching.  He competed for over 20 years in age-group and collegiate swimming, performing as a four-year letter winner at the University of Tennessee. While in Knoxville, Tom helped the Vols win the prestigious SEC Championship and finish 3rd in the NCAA Championships.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

More recently, Tom has been involved in coaching, working with Olympic athletes, teaching private lessons and clinics and serving as an assistant coach at The University of Tennessee, Wittenburg University, and Virginia Tech. 

For the last three summers Tom has run his own 8-week High Altitude Swim Training camp in Colorado.  In Colorado, Tom coaches several triathletes, and has assisted several in achieving their Triathlete Pro Card.    

"TriAdventure is very happy to have Tom on our team. We believe he will make all of our athletes better swimmers, helping them exit the water faster, making them faster triathletes overall," Head Coach Anne Jones stated in a recent interview.

TriAdventure is the largest and most successful triathlon coaching and fitness training service in the area.  To learn more about TriAdventure, or sign-up for triathlon, running, swimming or cycling coaching, visit www.triadventure.com.

Virginia Triathlon Series Event Returns To New River Valley

TriAdventure Summer Sprint Triathlon Returning To Christiansburg, August Date Announced

TriAdventure Multisport Coaching & Fitness, the area's leading multisport coaching company, recently announced the date for the second annual TriAdventure Summer Sprint Triathlon.  The second year event, to be held in Christiansburg and Montgomery County, will again be part of Set-Up Event’s Virginia Triathlon Series.  The date for the event is Sunday August 5^th, 2012.

Christiansburg is an ideal location for this event featuring a course that is scenic, fast and safe.  The event will begin, transition and end at the new, state-of-the-art Christiansburg Aquatic Center.  Swimmers will navigate a 400 yard snake-swim before taking on the out-and-back, relatively flat, 13.5 mile bike course.  The race will end with a fast 5k run along Depot Street in Christiansburg.

The TriAdventure Summer Sprint will join Set-Up Event’s established state-wide portfolio of 20-plus endurance events which include Angel’s Race in Lynchburg, the Smith Mountain Lake Sprint and Bath County's Lake Moomaw Triathlon. “Working with a first-class company like Set-UP to host the new TriAdventure Summer Sprint fits in perfectly with the mission of TriAdventure Multisport Coaching”, said Anne Jones Thompson, founder of TriAdventure Multisport.  Part of the proceeds from the race will be donated to Fitness In Action, a non-profit company formed to help underprivileged youth in the New River Valley train for and complete a triathlon.

The 2nd Annual TriAdventure Summer Sprint will take place on Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 7:00 a.m., at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center, in Christiansburg, VA. The public is invited to watch the race and cheer on the competitors. 

Registration will open November 1^st, 2011. Interested participants are encouraged to register early as space is limited. Visit www.triadventure.com or www.setupevents.com, or call Kelly McPherson at 540-818-1463 for more information. 

TriAdventure Kids Out In Force At Richmond Tri

Gabriel Bennett Finished Second in the 14 and under age group and set the stage for the rest of the TriAdventure  Triathletes as they raced in Richmond in the Brinkman Sprint Triathlon. All together, 10 kids and 6 adults participated, many of them competing in their first triathlon.  

Competing adults included Erin Wininger, Gleen Skutt, Will Stacey, Patricia Arav, Nav Gupta and Allen Duncan. The kids group included new triathletes Ben, Nate and Caleb, and "veterans" Aska, Nick, Charlie, Avery, Sid, Hans and Gabriel. 

The weather was perfect and the orange looked great! Thanks to all for making the year so amazing!

Taylor Jennings Qualifies For Long Course World Championships

Talk about a successful Fall!

TriAdventure's Taylor Jennings has been on a roll this fall, coming in 3rd in his age group and 25th overall at the Patriot's Half Ironman Triathlon in Williamsburg, VA (which qualified him for the USAT National Long Course Championships), 1st in his age group and 9th overall at the Cane Creek Sprint in North Carolina, andnow, a 3rd in his age group and a 52nd overall (out of 750) at the USAT National Long Course Triathlon Championships at Myrtle Beach, SC this past weekend!

At Myrtle Beach, Taylor dropped ten minutes from his previous Half-Iron time, and earned a spot on the USA Team racing in the Long Course World Championships in Spain next summer.

Matthew Conner Wins Goochland Tri 15 and Under Division

David Conner and son Matthew traveled to Goochland last weekend to compete in the first ever SetUp Events' Goochland Triathlon.

Matthew won the 15 and Under Age-Group and was only 11 minutes back from the overall winner. This was Matthew's 5th triathlon of the season!

Dad David finished just behind Matthew, and PRrd for the pool portion of the swim - that's what a summer of hard training will do for you!

Way to go guys! Congratulations!