TTS coach Ian Murray answers a question during the LA Tri Club Coaches Panel – LtoR – moderator Jeff Matlow from IMathlete, Ian, Gareth Thomas. Not pictured; Lori Christensen, Gerardo Barrios and Rom Levitsky
The Los Angeles triathlon club (aka: LA Tri Club or LATC) hosted a coaches panel that featured the likes of Ian Murray, Gareth Thomas and others. Between fielding questions on fueling, injuries and gear, this panel was moving in full force and packed with more data than you can shake a stick at.
One of the best things about the LA Tri Club is that it fosters positivity and education. The good news is that age group and elite racers from Santa Monica, Venice, Mar Vista, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, El Segundo, Culver City, West LA, The South Bay, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and Torrance can all come together via the LA triathlon club and learn more from panels like this than they can from an aggregated blog somewhere in the ether.
We find it great that newbies and gear geeks can go to a panel like this and not feel intimidated. Check your snobbery at the door. Triathlon Training Series (TTS) and the LA Triathlon Club support all walks of triathlete life (as strange as we may be at times). Espousing that same “everybody is welcome” mentality is longtime Triathlon Training Series Coach and race director of the Strawberry Fields Triathlon in Oxnard, Jamie Silber. Or as we like to call him sometimes: Big Jim Silber. That’s him below standing behind Tom Regal (TTS client on left) and Ian Murray.
If you happened to miss this panel, don’t fret. There will most likely be more next year. In the meantime, if you are looking for a serious, easily approachable way to learn about or refine what you know about triathlon, then you should probably take a look at the best triathlon training DVD available. It’s addicting. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
TTS athlete Tom Regal and TTS coach Ian Murray in the booth at the expo before the LA Tri Club Coaches Panel