Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 96, July 2017 | Page 29

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12 August 2017: 5150 Bela Bela – 1.5km swim/40km bike/10km run
24 September 2017: MiWay Cape Ultra – 1.9km swim/90km bike/21km run
26 November 2017: MiWay Midlands Ultra – 1.9km swim/90km bike/21km run
28 January 2018: 70.3 East London – 1.9km swim/90km bike/21km run
15 April 2018: Ironman South Africa – 3.8km swim/180km bike/42km run
Tried and Trusted Programme
Each week (usually Mondays) all members receive an e-mail detailing the week’s
recommended training as well as the month ahead. The programme will have two
training plans – one for novices and one for those who have already completed
a Half Iron triathlon and are looking to improve their times. Weekday training is
done by yourselves, or with friends, a training group or your clubmates, and then
weekend coached sessions will be presented by DTT Coach Derick Marcisz, and
all athletes are encouraged to come along and train with the Group. (Specifically
structured training is available if you require it, and is especially recommended if
you need a beginner’s programme for one of the sports.)
The weekend coached training sessions will be as follows:
• RUN training will be on Saturday mornings from Jeppe Quondam.
• SWIM training will be on Saturday afternoons, starting with indoor pool sessions
at Virgin Active Bedfordview, and then we will start open water swims in
September as the weather warms up again.
• BIKE training will be on Sunday mornings, either out in the Cradle or in the
South of Joburg.
New DARE TO
TRI Season
Starts in July
The Modern Athlete DARE TO TRI Academy has had
six very successful years since we started with our
initial coaching project that took 10 novices to compete
at the 70.3 Ironman South Africa in 2012. Now the
2017/2018 DARE TO TRI Programme is set to kick off
on 10 July, so sign up today and let us help you reach
your triathlon goals.
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his training programme has transformed many everyday athletes and even
self-confessed ‘couch potatoes’ into triathletes that have not only finished
their first ever Standard Olympic distance triathlon, but then gone on to cross
the finish line at Ironman 70.3 as well as the Ironman African Champs in PE.
The success of DARE TO TRI (DTT) is that it is an affordable, manageable and
sustainable training programme that fits in with your family, work and social
commitments. The programme is designed to take complete novices to the ultimate
triathlon finish of an Ironman event, and this is done with a carefully planned
gradual increase in training over the triathlon season. DTT specialises in training
novices, and this past year we also took visually-impaired triathlete Helen Webb
to her first ever triathlon finish at Bela Bela, and seven months later she finished
Ironman African Champs in PE, where we had nine novices amongst our 12
finishers.
This year’s programme will work toward these main goal events (but we will also
plan to do other events on the calendar, including some of the shorter sprint
triathlons):
The DTT Academy will also host the following specialised workshops:
• SWIM WORKSHOPS (one indoors and one outdoors) – focussing on swim
technique and open water swimming.
• BIKE WORKSHOP – basic bike maintenance.
• BIKE/RUN WORKSHOP – learn how to transition from bike to run.
Still the Most Affordable Option!
The good news is that we have once again kept the costs down, and for just R1500
you will receive coaching and be able to join coached weekend group training from
11 July 2017 till Ironman PE on 15 April 2018. You cannot get this level of coaching
for this period (nine months) at this cost anywhere else, so go to https://
daretotri.canbook.me/e/view/8916 and follow the prompts to register.
The 2017/2018 Programme will start with an Info Session on Sunday 9 July at 9am
at the Jeppe Quondam
Club in Bedfordview.
Coffee/Tea and delicious
muffins/biscuits will
be available, but most
importantly, you can
meet the DTT Coach,
Derick Marcisz, as well
as some triathletes who
have enjoyed success
with DTT. The training
will then start officially
on Monday 10 July.
Meet The Coach:
Derick Marcisz
The Modern Athlete DARE TO TRI Coach is 62
years old and can look back on 47 years as a
runner, cyclist and triathlete – and he is still
an active athlete. Derick has a marathon PB of
2:17:17, a sixth place finish at the Old Mutual
Two Oceans 56km Ultra-marathon, and a top 20
finish in the Cape Town Cycle Tour. He has been
involved in triathlon since 2000 and has competed in more
than 120 triathlon and duathlons, at all distances from sprint to Ironman.
Derick has represented the South African Age Group Team at five World
Triathlon/Duathlon Championships. He is a qualified TSA triathlon coach and
has been involved in coaching athletes for more than 20 years.
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