With (national?) bike to work day tomorrow, I'm making 3 Tri-This! athletes bike with me to Fresno State where I teach/they take high school classes from McLane, where we all come from. It's only about 3 miles so not a huge deal except for the fact that we'll have to get there at 7 which is hard to do, and bring a change of clothes and stuff.
In the past few weeks we've gotten uniforms (and are the front page at http://www.oomphsports.com or at least were at the time of this posting!) and most of the kids have their uniforms. Had to tell a kid today who (admittedly hasn't paid his $25 portion of the cost which is more than 3 times that...) that he won't get his probably because ha a) has a 0.0 GPA despite repeated calls to try doing his homework and b) is pretty famous at this point for saying he'll go to practice then not showing up/answering his phone. Hey ya can't save them all :-)
We are hard at work at an innovative biking series designed to get more kids active - FREE summer bike races! the website has more information, but the idea is to design a course in the mclane high school parking lot that's kid-friendly and get kids ages 8-16 racing on it for fun this summer! We'll do a race every wednesday to keep momentum building and try to offer prizes and such. I can't wait! Sponsorships are rolling in too which is nice to see...
We have been blessed with getting payment from past events recently and that is so very nice to see! Still wrapping up the Kids Triathlon from April 25th but the Splash and Dash is a day or two away from being done and we are already planning things for the summer, etc. Life is GREAT.
and I'm getting married June 19th!
-brandon
founder, president, tri-this! inc
http://www.tri-this.org
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Kids Tri Camp and Uniforms!
Hi guys,
It's been very busy around here lately!
- Kids Tri Camp was a HUGE success!
- So was taking 5 kids on a 22 mile pretty hilly ride last week!
- Uniforms come this week!
- Three triathlons in the next three weekends (not counting my half ironman at wildflower May 1st!) whew!
ViTri (Sprint distance tri) this weekend, the big Millerton Tri (we are hoping to have 10 kids representing Tri-This! at that race - the biggest ever!) I will do my best to post pictures!
It's been very busy around here lately!
- Kids Tri Camp was a HUGE success!
- So was taking 5 kids on a 22 mile pretty hilly ride last week!
- Uniforms come this week!
- Three triathlons in the next three weekends (not counting my half ironman at wildflower May 1st!) whew!
ViTri (Sprint distance tri) this weekend, the big Millerton Tri (we are hoping to have 10 kids representing Tri-This! at that race - the biggest ever!) I will do my best to post pictures!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Racing and training
Greetings,
this week I'm taking some time off of training (partly still recovering time-wise from the buildup to the Duathlon last weekend) to train for another teacher certification test coming up in two weeks.
http://www.mtbduathlon.com has a link to the amazing pictures page by Kevin Ford. Love the kid with the pacifier doing the race!
this week I'm taking some time off of training (partly still recovering time-wise from the buildup to the Duathlon last weekend) to train for another teacher certification test coming up in two weeks.
http://www.mtbduathlon.com has a link to the amazing pictures page by Kevin Ford. Love the kid with the pacifier doing the race!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
amazing ride...
It's been a crazy month!
The Feb 21st MTB Duathlon at Hensley Lake was a resounding success! 68 athletes braved the rain for the first-year event, and had a great time! pics are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/trithisfresno/ and look for 'hensleyduathlon' pics - including all of our preparation, camping etc. not too many from the race yet due to the fact that I was pretty busy during the actual race! I'm still catching up on sleep.
We didn't really make much money from the race but did make some great infrastructure improvements (great walkie-talkies for future events), and it really was a high-quality event! Complete with bike racks borrowed from another local race organizer, a well-marked course map, about 60 volunteers over two days thanks to the Disney Give a Day, Get a Day program, and a dozen of my students were up there too. We rented a 12 passenger van and then provided a shuttle service from the parking lots to the trailhead on race day, a 26 foot van was rented from Penske, awesome gray long sleeve t-shirts with a cool logo too, very professional awards (medals three deep in 2 age categories per gender/race.) Even 8 kids showed up to race which was great!
This week is taking it easy, next week is back to practice again!
The Feb 21st MTB Duathlon at Hensley Lake was a resounding success! 68 athletes braved the rain for the first-year event, and had a great time! pics are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/trithisfresno/ and look for 'hensleyduathlon' pics - including all of our preparation, camping etc. not too many from the race yet due to the fact that I was pretty busy during the actual race! I'm still catching up on sleep.
We didn't really make much money from the race but did make some great infrastructure improvements (great walkie-talkies for future events), and it really was a high-quality event! Complete with bike racks borrowed from another local race organizer, a well-marked course map, about 60 volunteers over two days thanks to the Disney Give a Day, Get a Day program, and a dozen of my students were up there too. We rented a 12 passenger van and then provided a shuttle service from the parking lots to the trailhead on race day, a 26 foot van was rented from Penske, awesome gray long sleeve t-shirts with a cool logo too, very professional awards (medals three deep in 2 age categories per gender/race.) Even 8 kids showed up to race which was great!
This week is taking it easy, next week is back to practice again!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
one year anniversary
Happy one year anniversary Tri-This! Inc.!
One year ago today I raced down to the secretary of state's office in downtown fresno from Fresno State (in the rain!) to get back the filing of articles of incorporation for Tri This. I was elated that after about the second try, we had been approved! Once approved we could begin the process of applying for an employer identification number, a bank account, 501c(3) status, etc!
What a year it was, and what a year for TT it's going to be!
One year ago today I raced down to the secretary of state's office in downtown fresno from Fresno State (in the rain!) to get back the filing of articles of incorporation for Tri This. I was elated that after about the second try, we had been approved! Once approved we could begin the process of applying for an employer identification number, a bank account, 501c(3) status, etc!
What a year it was, and what a year for TT it's going to be!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Camps and Races and Uniforms!
Ok team,
Thanks to all of the readers/not posters for your emails.
This week I went back to teaching again and along with that a flurry of meetings for tri things! (Every night except thursday actually!)
Monday: Sierra Kids Triathlon - going to be awesome! Set up http://www.sierrakidstri.com
Tuesday: Met with sponsors... we will be able to order uniforms soon! (from oomphsports.com)
Wednesday: Kids Tri Camp meeting. Building off the success of last year's (admittedly small) Kids Tri Camp, met with basically everyone in Fresno running tri teams for kids! That in itself was really cool. We decided to expand the concept to a Kids Tri Camp and a separate Teen Tri Camp.
Thursday: Met again with a sponsor and was able to pick up some AMAZING donated gear, including a carbon fiber frame, a great mountain bike, and several odds and ends that will help a lot! (biking shoes, helmets, some gear)
Friday: Met with my school principal after school to discuss how we can help more students pass the CAHSEE (california high school exit exam). I will be teaching a seventh period this semester for freshmen who didn't pass algebra 1 last semester...
This morning went mountain biking with Meagan my beautiful fiancee and a few friends. pics are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/brandon.dorman/hensleymtb_jan2010
Thanks to all of the readers/not posters for your emails.
This week I went back to teaching again and along with that a flurry of meetings for tri things! (Every night except thursday actually!)
Monday: Sierra Kids Triathlon - going to be awesome! Set up http://www.sierrakidstri.com
Tuesday: Met with sponsors... we will be able to order uniforms soon! (from oomphsports.com)
Wednesday: Kids Tri Camp meeting. Building off the success of last year's (admittedly small) Kids Tri Camp, met with basically everyone in Fresno running tri teams for kids! That in itself was really cool. We decided to expand the concept to a Kids Tri Camp and a separate Teen Tri Camp.
Thursday: Met again with a sponsor and was able to pick up some AMAZING donated gear, including a carbon fiber frame, a great mountain bike, and several odds and ends that will help a lot! (biking shoes, helmets, some gear)
Friday: Met with my school principal after school to discuss how we can help more students pass the CAHSEE (california high school exit exam). I will be teaching a seventh period this semester for freshmen who didn't pass algebra 1 last semester...
This morning went mountain biking with Meagan my beautiful fiancee and a few friends. pics are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/brandon.dorman/hensleymtb_jan2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
2010
This 2010, change the world.
http://picasaweb.google.com/trithisfresno/snowtrip2010
http://www.youtube.com/trithisfresno
Vacation is almost over, so now it's time to switch gears from working out and seeing family to writing thank you notes, actually sending them, and working on school planning!
but again, you too can change your corner of the world in 2010!
http://picasaweb.google.com/trithisfresno/snowtrip2010
http://www.youtube.com/trithisfresno
Vacation is almost over, so now it's time to switch gears from working out and seeing family to writing thank you notes, actually sending them, and working on school planning!
but again, you too can change your corner of the world in 2010!
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