TriExpo

Joe's in Town

Picked up Joe and his wife Joyce this morning from the airport and they are now enjoying the beautiful Bournemouth weather. Joe's looking forward to the weekend and I can't wait to get started.

One change and a couple of new things:

Firstly Andrew Potter is replacing Glen Walker to cover the swim coaching. Andrew is an experienced swim coach and runs T3 Performance coaching http://www.t3performance.co.uk/ He is a three time Kona finisher and always placed in the top five of his age group. Big thanks to Glen and hope he will do something with us at next years show.

Secondly we have John Dennis on board for the late slot on Saturday afternoon. John has been qualified as a chartered physiotherapist 16 years- worked full time in elite sport since 1998 - Has attended commonwealth and Olympic games - Currently employed by the english institute of sport and works full time as lead physio for British Triathlon. Triathlon wise he has previously qualified for GB age group and done a couple of ironmans.

Last but not least, Tacx have confirm they will have their full range at the show including the i-Magic virtual reality system and maybe even the mutliplayer version. More details from http://www.tacx.com/producten.php?language=EN&ttop=VR trainers&lvlMain=16&lvlSub=55&lvlSubSub=78

More prizes!!

Cervelo (via Primera) have now given me a P2 SL Frameset worth about £1k as a prize for the pre-purchased tickets draw. This is a massive prize so if you haven't got tickets yet, get them by Friday 24th November to get in the draw!

Prizes Galore!

To encourage people to buy their tickets online before the show, I have got a whole bunch of giveaways to raffel. Some are; Garmin Edge GPS system, Joe Friel online training plan (any of those on www.trainingpeaks.com), loads of signed books, vouchures and carb drinks from Infinit, free entry to the votwo Jurassic event and loads of their cool clothing kit................... I'll do the draw on Friday 23rd and give the prizes out when people come through registration

Martin Yelling - the final piece in the puzzle @ TriExpo

It's a pleasure to announce that Martin Yelling (Liz Yellings husband) is on board to do the running based seminars at the show. Martin is an awesome athlete (9.45 in Kona two weeks ago!) and well recognised coach who has represented the UK in the Elite World championships on many occasions.

Only 4 weeks to go!

I've been so busy doing other stuff for the show that I forgot to keep this upto date! Some major things have happened which have changed the focus of this event to something I think will be really benificial to all visitors.

So instead of a massive exhibition with everything from £1 jells to £5k bikes, TriExpo has evolved into a conference. This was in direct response to feedback from triathletes and cyclists who wanted  an education focussed event where they could come and get some 1st class training advice and tips from renound experts. So I went off and put together a list of presenters and practical demonstrations that I hope will deliver this vision. The downside is that I have to charge for people to attend the sessions-It the only possible way to make this event happen.

So if you are looking for a training focussed weekend event where you can get some great advice to guide you through the dark winter months, get online and book yourself a place. Don't forget that all BTF junior members get to come for free as I want to encourage them into the sport. 

The website is finished

Well if you got this far, you must have passed through the website! The old holding page has been retired and the full version is here. I would welcome any comments on what you think and anything I should add to make it better.

Press Promotion

I met with the team at 220 Triathlon last Wednesday and will be working with them to promote the show. You will see the first show announcements in the July issue out on 31st July and there should be a constant stream of announcements leading up to the event. They will be at the show in a special press area by the networking cafe. Big thanks to James and his team. www.220magazine.com

I will be meeting up with Paul Shanley of TRI247 next week to get them involved with the event. Congratulations to Paul who finished Ironman Switzerland over the weekend. www.tri247.com

Glen Walker & Julie Dibbens on board

I met up with Julie Dibbens over the weekend at the Ironman 70.3 race at Wimberball in Devon. Julie raced and broke all the records again (as well as her bike!) and I trotted round at my own pace. Julie will be comming to the show to talk about Women in triathlon and to give us all some winter motivation. She will also be promoting her 'Driven to Tri', Training/Coaching business http://www.driventotri.com/

Glen Walker from Slippery Fish will also be at the show to cover all aspects of swim training http://www.slipperyfish.co.uk/ .If I can find someone who wants to put in an endless pool, we will be able to have some practical demonstrations.............

New Ideas @ TriExpo

TriExpo is a new event and as such I would be very interested in any ideas you may have to make the show more worthwhile. I have Joe Friel comming over from the USA as the main speaker and will also get someone with a high profile in womens triathlon along as well to cover women specific stuff. Any features, ideas or subjects you would like covered, please send me your comments.

Joe Friel on-board for Triexpo

Top Triathlon & Cycling coach Joe Friel is going to be the keynote speaker at the show. On Saturday the seminars will focus on starting out in triathlon and on Sunday, 'going Long' - middle and Ironman distance events. On both days there will be Q&A sessions with Joe to answer your training and nutrition questions. Other speakers will be announced shortly.