…besides the members of course.
This past year I have really fallen in love with triathlon. Though there is a pretty active triathlon scene here in Boise, Idaho, I know of only one triathlon club, and I don’t think it is very well developed. I trained alone almost the entire year, and many times found myself wishing I was training with people of similar interests and abilities.
I attend Boise State University, and want to start a triathlon club on campus, starting next semester. Being still relatively new to the sport, I was hoping to get some suggestions from you guys on what makes a good triathlon club based on your experiences. I was hoping to make the club a way for students to get acquainted with the sport, get training advise, meet people with similar interests, and find people to train with.
Obviously I’m still working out the details, but please post any advise and/or suggestions, I’m open to everything.
Cheers,
Tony
One that’s run by triathletes, and not cyclists (who race bikes only in triathlon relays)…
Our local triathlon club is very much like what RocketDog was saying. We have no coaches or elite triathletes but just a solid bunch of male & females that have fun training and racing together. We started 7 years ago and basically had no membership dues and ran it with about $100.00 budget. That included monthly newsletters. Basically the $$ came from local sponsors that I sold on the club idea that triathletes like spending money and I could get them in their door. Now, our club is on the top and everything is going better than ever expected. We now have a solid core group that are totally focused on our mission, put on a youth tri for almost no charge, have our own race going into its second year, local sponsors that believe in who we are, national sponsors, merged with our local Velo club which did nothing but make us stronger, more $$$ than we count now, and even have Coach Troy coming in town to film a video with us. Also, we made a committement in the club to win …and that we did, the 2004 Mideast Region Club Champions. What makes a good triathlon club, everyone working together and leave your ego on the race course. RocketDog…are you with the RocketDog tri club in ILL ? If you are…get that club back for 2005 and competing.
make sure that it’s not the same people doing all the work year after year. You need others to be able and willing to step in and help run the club.