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Peak Performance Training Plans for 2012 *Start Date 1/31/12**

Coach Jen — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:31:32 -0500

For athletes who would like to achieve peak performance with a more aggressive training regimen. Ideal for those who are training for Republic of Texas 70.3 or Olympic in April 2012, Memorial-Hermann 70.3, Buffalo Springs 70.3, Ironman 70.3 Austin, and Kerrville Half Ironman in October 2012. Training calendars will be offered at Sprint/Olympic and Half Ironman distances for Austin Tri Series and other local races. If you require a more individualized schedule due to work or other commitments, please look at the Personalized & IM training This is a twice-weekly organized group workout for Peak Performance athletes, led by our distance expert, Coach Jen Reinhart.

The Peak Performance program is for those who would like a more aggressive training calendar and who would like a more challenging coached workout two days per week. We welcome all speeds -- even if you're not very fast now, we understand that your priority is maximizing your performance and you're ready to ramp up the intensity. This is for triathletes who are ready to take it to the next level -- rather than focusing on just finishing, they're ready to focus on performance improvements for a long distance race.

Requirements:
- MUST be able to comfortably swim 1500 meters, cycle for 2 hours, and run 6 miles, AND
- Completed at least one Half Ironman, or
- A minimum of one to two full years of triathlon experience and completed Olympic or similar-distance events, or
- Solid, competitive base in all three sports

Tri Zones is pleased to offer two levels of Peak Performance training:

Personalized and Ironman Training Plans 2012 Start date 1/31/12!

Coach Jen — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:16:39 -0500

Excellent Coaching
Our Ironman athletes are in good hands with our distance expert, 4-time Kona Finisher, Coach Jennifer Reinhart. Coach Jen has led Tri Zoners to Ironman success at IM Florida (2009 and 2010), IM Cozumel (2010 and 2011), and IM Austria, IM Lake Placid, IM Arizona in 2011. 2011's successes included Coach Jen and two TZ athletes, Kim Hanford and Gayla Chambers qualifying and competing at IM World Championships in Kona. Coach Jen demonstrates a solid understanding of the fundamentals of distance training and racing while maintaining a healthy balance for life's demands, including family and work.

Team Support
Being part of the Tri Zones family has its perks! Team support in the past has included:

Twice-weekly group quality workouts
Some informal group long rides and runs
Team tent at some races
Race day watch parties at a Tri Zoner's home in Austin, complete with streaming updates on our member forum
Team photo gallery
"Ironman Sherpa" support at some races -- signs, cowbells, and more!

In 2012, Tri Zoners will be training for the following Ironman races:

Pam Trefny

Coach Tracy — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:25:42 -0400

Bio:

"When was the last time you did something for the first time?" It's Pam's favorite Danskin slogan and what motivated her to complete her first Danskin in 2003. She did not know how to swim at all and did not even own a bike but committed none the less. It was an amazing journey and after the Danskin that year she was completely addicted to cross training and triathlons.

Job Title: Assistant Coach - North Team

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Spirit of Tri Zones slideshow

Coach Tracy — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:39:29 -0500

Tri Zoner Tom Marek has put together a terrific slideshow entitled The Spirit of Tri Zones. We can tell you about the camaraderie and team spirit that we all love about Tri Zones, but this slideshow is a great way to visually see what it's like to train and race with Tri Zones Training!

We are very fortunate to have resident photographers on the Tri Zones team -- thanks for contributing your shots to our galleries: Tom, Carolyn, Shayla, Emmie, Ed, and Katy!

You can view our slideshow HERE!

Tri Zones to offer Zombie training program

Coach Tracy — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:07:49 -0400

Tri Zones is pleased to announce the start of its new Zombie training program! No longer satisfied with merely training for triathlons, Tri Zones has decided to expand into the growing adventure-muddy-obstacle-challenge race market. And what better way to jump in than to offer a training program for the much-anticipated Run For Your Lives 5K.

Run For Your Lives provides a unique twist to the typical obstacle race. From the Run For Your Lives website:
Protect your brain and run for your life. This is one race where your legs giving out are the least of your problems. Run For Your Lives is a first-of-its-kind event, one part 5K, one part obstacle course, one part escaping the clutches of zombies — and all parts awesome. Runners will navigate a series of challenging obstacles throughout a 5K course in an attempt to reach the finish line — all while avoiding zombies.

Tri Zones owners Gina Lardon and Tracy Nelson felt this was the kind of race that embodied the Tri Zones motto: Tri Hard, Live Easy. And with Coach Gina's previous zombie experience in the world record-setting Thrill the World performance of Thriller in 2008, she was thrilled (ha) to be able to apply her fabulous experience with zombie makeup, costumes, and creepy crawling to teach athletes how to be zombies in a race.

Coach Gina has already begun training some athletes how to be creepy zombies, including these cyclists:

"It takes a certain kind of look. Or lack thereof..." says Coach Gina. "The trick is to believe that you truly are a zombie." We'll teach Tri Zones Zombies (TZZs) how to apply gruesome makeup, tatter their clothing, and affect a vacant gaze. For utmost physical fitness, it's important to keep our heart rates no higher than Zone 1 -- we'll teach proper creepy crawling, shuffling, and staggering. And we pride ourselves on teaching proper nutrition to our athletes -- we'll teach our TZZs which body parts are best to sustain zombiehood: brains, muscles, or bones!

Coach Tracy tried and tried to be a zombie, but she wasn't very convincing. "I just couldn't take off the cowboy hat and feather boa," says Coach Tracy. "I tried, but I just couldn't muster the strength."

So keep your eyes out for zombies-in-training throughout Austin. They could be swimming, biking, or crawling through town... on the trails, on the roads, and definitely through cemeteries.

One great benefit to this training program is that Tri Zones welcomes ALL abilities. Coach Gina says, "Zombies are kind of slow and trudging, so this is a sport that favors those who aren't 'in it to win it.' If you're a mid-packer or back-of-the-packer, you'll find that this is a lot of fun." Those who are accustomed to podiuming will have to learn to slow down.And if the Tri Zones Zombies (TZZ's) can't seem to catch the knack of chasing other runners, Coach Gina can always teach them the moves to Thriller!

Thrill the World Austin from Blueberry on Vimeo.

Become a Tri Zones Zombie (TZZ)!!
Training starts on April 1, 2012, and runs through the Run For Your Lives 5K on December 15, 2012. To get some extra experience for the Run For Your Lives 5K, we've been given permission by some of the local race directors to be zombies at upcoming triathlons.

Become a Zombie now!

North Weekly Beg-Int Swim Class, 3/11/12 thru 4/29/2012; 7 weeks (No class Easter Sunday) PRORATED thru 4/29

Coach Gina — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:35:55 -0500

Start: Mar 11 2012 - 11:00am

End: Apr 29 2012 - 12:00pm

Start: Mar 11 2012 - 11:00am

End: Apr 29 2012 - 12:00pm

Price: $78.00

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Coach Tracy — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:37:16 -0500

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Coach Tracy — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:37:03 -0500

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Coach Tracy — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:35:25 -0500

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