USAT National Challenge Competition (NCC)

[Janet E]

Well it's that time again, time for the USAT National Challenge Competition (NCC)! The USAT NCC Challenge is a promotion put on by USA Triathlon to keep us motivated throughout the year. Tri Clubs across the country go head-to-head to see who can log the most training miles during the competition and sign ups start now!

This year we are expecting great distances from you all - plus it is a great way to get in shape for triathlon season next year! Not only that, if you do not already track your mileage, this is a great way to get started!!! There will be certificates for top man and woman each month from USAT and CTC will be recognizing our top performers!

So how does the NCC work exactly? The NCC will feature three sessions, each one month in duration, from December to February. Clubs will record their training miles and submit them on NCC site for automatic calculation and ranking.

All sessions will include swim, bike, and run, but one sport will be highlighted for each session. The winning club for each session is determined by the greatest number of miles logged during that session for that month's discipline. There are also prizes for the first club to reach the benchmark mileage for each session, and Overall Combined Mileage for a club at the end of the three months.

While the OFFICIAL competition will be not be underway until December 1st,, NOW is the time to get everyone set up and on CTC’s roster!!! Please be assured no matter if you put up 1 mile a week or 200 a week, every little bit helps CTC and we want it to count. Enter today as we need 75 people to fill our roster!!!!

New this year, Athletes Can Enter Their Own Mileage into the actual website!

So here is how to get started-

1. Email CTC rep, yours truly ([e-mail]) the following information-

First Name:
Last Name:
USAT Number:
Age on 12/1/11
Gender

2. I will enter this information to CTC’s team roster on the official USAT NCC site. Once your information is entered, an email will go to the athlete (YOU) with their login username and password. Athletes are only able to enter their own miles, nobody else's.

3. Train, train, train and enter in those miles!!!!!

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Some additional important notes-

* All participants must be members of USA Triathlon.
** USAT encourages miles to be logged on a weekly basis at a minimum.
***In order to equalize each discipline, disciplines outside of cycling are weighted
(1 Swim Mike=10 Miles, 1 Bike Mile = 1 Mile, 1 Run Mile -3 Mile)

December 2011 is swimming and the benchmark is 500 miles. Between the Reddy’s swimming and a few of our known dolphins, CTC has got a good chance of doing well! (January is Biking, February is Running!)

All sessions will include swim, bike, and run, but one sport will be highlighted for each session. The winning club for each session is determined by the greatest number of miles logged during that session for that month's discipline. There are also prizes for the first club to reach the benchmark mileage for each session, and Overall Combined Mileage for a club at the end of the three months.
Let’s make the 2011-2012 the season that CTC dominates the NCC CHALLENGE! COMPETITION KICKS OFF DECEMBER 1st...GET IN ON THE ACTION TODAY!

[Janet E]

The challenge will kick off this Thursday, December 1st!!! December focus is swimming and what a good opportunity to prepare for the CTC Swim Challenge!

So far CTC has 17 people signed up including-
1 Carter, Morena
2 Dove, Aaron
3 Edwards, Janet
4 Edwards, Tim
5 Gigliotti, Paul
6 Gordon, Andrew
7 Henneman, Brandon
8 Hridel, Ginny
9 Jolliff, Phil
10 Kurilko, Christian
11 MacDonald, Marsita
12 Mayer, Mike
13 McCray, Dan
14 McMahon, Sid
15 Mika, Darryl
16 Petkovsek, Jennifer
17 Viola, Cat

That means we have room for 58 more of you! To join, email me today ([e-mail]) with the following information-
First Name:
Last Name:
USAT Number:
Age on 12/1/11
Gender

Let's show the competition just what CTC can do!!!

*If I missed anyone who previously sent me an email, please advise!!!

[Janet E]

And we are off!!!!

December is swim month!!! Time to train and log some miles!

To follow the standings, check here!
www.racetracker.ca/usat/standings_swimsession.cfm

I see Eric Gibb, Dan McCray and Steve Thompson have already catapulted CTC into the top 10! Heading to masters swimming tonight at Lifetime to rack up some points!!!

PS-it is not too late to still get in on the fun!

[Janet E]

December, the SWIM month has officially come to an end!

CTC ended up in 6th place in our Division (2) with a total of 10,303.82 points! While we might have been behind some big names like Boulder Tri Club we did rack up enough points to make sure some clubs from Portland and even Tallahassee (who must have way more accommodating weather to train in) were behind CLEVELAND!!! Huge props to everyone participating!!!

CTC's BIG Fishes were-
Christian Kurilko with over 28 miles swam, Steve Parris with over 25 miles swam and Paul Gigliotti with over 22 miles swam!

Overall in December, CTC points leaders were Janet Edwards (897), Christian Kurilko (877) and Dan McCray (860).

January kicks off BIKE MONTH! So far in January, CTC has moved up to the #3 spot!!!

Can you believe that the TEAM BIKE BENCHMARK to ride is 7500 miles for January? So with 23 people on our roster, this works out to 326 miles this month each that you must bike. So you ALL better get started pedaling your 81.5 miles this week! Just kidding as it is all for fun!!!! But what a great excuse to get riding and every mile counts!

So you just renewed or signed up for your USAT license and CTC membership and want to get in on the fun? It is not too late to sign up today! Email [e-mail] with your name, email, Age on 12/1/11, Gender and USAT #.