Ho-Ho-Ho!  

TAT 2009 Holiday Lights Fun Run was December 17 at Double Shot Coffee Company.

The hardy group shown above jogged 4.8 miles and viewed the holiday lights around mid-Town Tulsa. It was quite a show.

They returned to DoubleShot for some cocoa, pizza, sandwiches and cookies. They witnessed the unveiling of the new TAT Gear designs and Logo (More on that in a day or two), and checked sizes for the new gear--cycling kit, and triathlon kit.

Finally, they elected the new board of Directors for the Tulsa Area Triathletes. The list of new board members will be posted in a day or two, too.

 

Sarah Haskins entertains TAT-ers!

December 1 saw the first of several planned educational events for Tulsa Area Triathletes. 2008 Olympic Triathlete Sarah Haskins spoke to about 75 members of the club, and guests, at the Centennial Park Center.

Her story of the Olympic race and training tips kept the group engaged for hours. She graciously signed autographs and posed for pictures after speaking. See our gallery HERE.

She was also encouraging of each athlete, at all levels.

Thanks to Ben Lozano for putting it all together.

Check out our events page for short list of Oklahoma Races: TAT race dates now posted for SPRING FEVER, TULSA TRI, and CHRIS BROWN TULSA DU!

Early in-door race: St John 21st Annual IndoorTri is set for January 23 & 24, 2009.

See our events page!

For two training approaches, see the articles on our run page.

We're saving the big announcement for the Holiday Light Run. The new logo can be seen on some TAT-ers already.

The new Kit for cycling will be shown on the 17th. All the more reason to come to the Holiday Light Run.

Orders will be taken.

We'll take order here on our site, too, once we get a few kinks worked out of the system. So, check back on the 17th.

TAT is offering $10.00 off membership for 2009 as a way of (1) thanking you for your support, (2) taking advantage of New Year’s Resolution urges, and (3) encouraging a January-to-January membership year for as many as possible! So that means individual membership costs only $20/year, and family membership (up to four people in a household) is $30/year ---for this time only. After January 31, it goes back to regular dues. I do hope to send out individual reminders to people, so those who are not due to renew for quite awhile will get an email from me. Or you could say ‘what the heck, I’ll renew now!’ (grin)

So, to sign up, even if it is a few months early for you to renew, go here.

There will be NO MORE mailed-in memberships. (If you know that this is a hardship for someone, let me know. Having online membership sign-ups streamlines things tremendously for me). TAT pays all online fees. You will sign up online as usual, then will be asked for a discount code, which is earlybird09.  (case sensitive and that is the number zero, not a letter)  This code expires at 11:59 pm on January 31, 2009.

*** You can share this code with anyone wanting to join TAT. It not just for existing members. ***

We are adding in some new club goodies that are included in your membership. For those of you who just joined in the past month or so I will mail those new goodies to you ASAP after I get them from the secret membership goody manufacturer.

We hope you’ll take advantage of this membership incentive and will enjoy what is in store with TAT for 2009.
Feel free to email me with questions. I may bring my laptop to the Light Run and have it ready for anyone to sign up online while there. See you DEC 17!

Carolyn
Membership and e-mailer person for TAT

If you are new to triathlons, we will be providing more helpful tips for you this spring.

We'll be hosting a Training Clinic for the Spring Fever Triathlon, coming up on April 21, 2009.

For now, check out the basics on our newbie page here.