ontri.com Newsletter - Volume 10 - November 20, 2006   Welcome to the November 2006 edition of the ontri.com newsletter. Aside from The New Zealand Tri Chicks (one of the most enthusiastic and active clubs on ontri) whose season is now ramping up, for most of us our season is winding down and it is turkey time. Many of you have completed impressive goals over the course of the season like Adam T. who lost 140.6 pounds in 2006 on route to finishing Ironman Florida earlier this month and Sarah B. who qualified for worlds in the half iron 70.3 category. Not to mention the thousands of ontri members who completed their first triathlon this year and are now hooked on the sport. Congratulations to all on a great season and for all your incredible accomplishments. For those still racing and to the Kiwis, we wish you the best in meeting your goals. Staying in shape this offseason... As the holidays approach, don't let all your hard work from 2006 go to waste and don't make my usual mistake and wait until new year's day to get started. Now is the to time to get going on an offseason training program to help keep those extra pounds off, to build a good base for 2007 and to help prevent injuries. Our coaching staff from BodyZen has created a great offseason program specifically for ontri members that is now available for $55. The program offers a mix of stretching and yoga, strength training and cardio workouts and includes online coaching so you can ask questions of the coaches along the way in our online coaches forum. The program is a great way to prepare for your 07 season. When you log in to ontri, click on the "change my training plan" link under the quick links on the home page and you can get started today with the offseason program or any of our other training plans. Member of the month... Please join me in congratulating Dan W. of Portland, Oregon as November's member of the month. Dan exemplifies the ontri spirit with his willingness to share stories, his support of other ontri members and his enthusiasm for triathlon in general. Dan is a first year triahlete and quickly got hooked on the sport completing several sprints in 2006 and in September he took it up a notch and finished his first Olympic Distance race with great race reports for us to enjoy along the way. Thanks Dan for helping make ontri such a great community and congratulations on a great first year as a triathlete. We wish you many more and please continue to keep us posted with your inspiring race reports. Improving ontri.com... We continue to improve our online community and as always we welcome any and all input so please keep it coming. Recent highlights include: Nutrition tracking At the end of August we launched the long awaited nutrition module. This allows all ontri members to log their food intake as well as share recipes with the community. Tracking your nutrition is a great way to keep yourself accountable for those extra calories (extra important during the holidays) and will help you keep off the extra pounds. As many of you recall from the February newsletter, I was able to take off nearly 10 pounds in 8 weeks just from logging everything I ate. It really made me think before I popped in any unnecessary calories. With the addition of the nutrition module the logging process is made easy and you can run reports to show your total calorie intake for a time period along with the percentage of fat, carbs and protein. If you haven't started already, check out the nutrition module. Try logging your nutrition for one week and I think you'll be amazed at what you learn. Track your body weight We also recently added the ability to log your body weight, height and heart rate information. There is a quick link to this from the home page under "trainer" and you can update your body weight daily to keep track of the trends over time. Keep in mind that body weight is only one variable and for those who are adding a strength program it is not uncommon to see your body weight increase even though you are losing body fat. The weight loss competition For those who are tracking their weight with ontri, you can also opt to enter the public weight loss competition. The weight loss competition is an ongoing event to help add some accountability and a little fun to those who are trying to shed pounds. You can view the entrants over any time period to see who has lost the most pounds in that period. If you opt to enter the competition, other members will be able to see your body weight so if you are shy about that you can still track your weight on ontri, just don't enter yourself into the competition. Good luck contestants! Holiday special on ontri uniforms... We still have some uniforms left from the 2006 season and I've marked them down for those interested in a great holiday gift for yourself or a fellow triathlete. Men's and Women's ontri tops are top of the line from De Soto Sport and are branded with the powered by ontri logo on the front and back. It's a great way to show your ontri spirit, connect with other ontri members on race day and to look sharp as you strive for your goals. Men's and Women's tops are on holiday special for $45 each which includes shipping (U.S. only) For details, visit http://www.ontri.com/triathlongear.html Check out trivillage for all your gear needs... ontri.com members continue to get 10% off all other gear purchased at trivillage. We work with trivillage because of their great selection of gear, unbeatable deals and superb service. Check out www.ontri.com/gear2.html for information on how to get your discount. Feedback and suggestions... Thanks again for your support of ontri.com and please do keep the suggestions and feedback coming. We are listening!   ontri.com - triathlon training for the rest of us Site Map
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