This week marked a milestone in the young life of Austin Triathlon Club. Our club has surpassed the 100 member threshold!

In the 5 months since our first happy hour, Austin Triathlon Club has grown to a thriving community of triathletes dedicated to a common purpose – working together to provide a fun, welcoming, and supportive home for triathletes of all abilities. Our passion is to support each other, whether you're training for your first triathlon or your fiftieth, whether you’re young or old, whether you’re big or small, whether you’re LGBT or straight, whether you train with this team or that team. We’re Austin, and we’re all in this together.
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We launched Austin Triathlon Club because we love triathlon. We believe that triathletes have so much to offer each other and our communities. Whether you’re a mentor, a volunteer, a coach, a rookie, a retiree, a runner, a swimmer, or a biker, we can all pay it forward to those who share our love for health and fitness.

If you’re already a member of Austin Triathlon Club, THANK YOU. Thank you for volunteering, mentoring, sharing advice, leading workouts, and being such a fun group of folks. Thank you for taking a chance on us and coming together to create something special!

If you’re a supporting partner of Austin Triathlon Club, THANK YOU. Thank you for your support, especially in these early days of the club. We know that when we started this club, a lot of people didn’t really know what to expect. Thank you for believing in this club.

Finally, Austin Triathlon Club is all-volunteer and member-run, meaning that everyone has the opportunity to leave their fingerprints on the club. If you’re a triathlete in Austin, we hope that you will consider getting involved.  We want Austin Triathlon Club not only to be a fun and welcoming place for all Austin area triathletes, but we want this club to serve as one of the very best community triathlon clubs in the country. With your help, we can make it happen!

Cheers to the next 5 months of Austin Triathlon Club. Now let's start race season!

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Austin Triathlon Club promotes triathlon across the Austin area while fostering a sense of unity, fun and a healthy lifestyle. Our members include triathletes of all abilities, from beginners to experienced Ironman athletes. We are a welcoming and inclusive club, meaning that you can be a member of Austin Tri Club, and still be a part of another team or train with a personal coach. The Club is an all-volunteer, member-run community.  For more information and to join, please check our our membership page.

Three months ago tonight, Austin Triathlon Club held its kickoff happy hour at the Ginger Man. Since that night, we have been working hard to build a community triathlon club that we hope will serve Austin for years to come. Thank you for getting involved in this all-volunteer effort, and thank you for supporting this club. Whether you're a member, a sponsor, or a facebook fan, we're excited to be working with you to serve the Austin community!

We have so much to be proud of and so much to be excited about. Here are few of the highlights from our first three months:

• Austin Triathlon Club is building a welcoming and inclusive community of triathletes. Since our launch, Austin Triathlon Club has welcomed 73 new members, with more joining every week. Our members range from beginners training for their first triathlon to experienced Ironman athletes to professional triathletes. Some have coaches. Some are part of teams. Some train solo. Some are retired from triathlon. Together, we're a community of triathletes across the Austin area who have come together to support each other and this amazing city.

 

• We are working out, having fun, and getting in shape. Club members have been organizing informal weekly workouts across the area, whether it's at Brushy Creek, Town Lake, or anywhere in between. Starting in January, the Club started hosting official rides and runs on a monthly basis. Starting next month, we will be hosting monthly swims, too!

 

• We are learning and supporting each other. In January, Austin Triathlon Club teamed up with the great folks at Austin Tri Cyclist for a beginner bike clinic. In February, we're teaming up with RunLab for a run biomechanics clinic. In March, we're teaming up with Bicycle Sports Shop for a transition clinic. We have also been supporting the super helpful and educational community clinics being done at Bicycle World.


• We are paying it forward. Austin Tri Club has 14 triathletes being mentored by experienced triathletes. We have a wonderful group of first-timers training for the Rookie Triathlon and other races coming up in 2018. We can't wait to cheer them on!

 

• We are crushing the off season. We have 25 triathletes competing for Austin Triathlon Club in the USAT National Challenge Competition. These Club members have logged thousands of swim, bike, and run miles this off season. These athletes are in great shape to tackle the 2018 race season! Can't wait to see what our 2018 NCC team will look like!

 

• We have incredible supporting partners. Austin Triathlon Club is extremely lucky to have so many wonderful supporting partners who wanted to get involved right from the beginning. Our club partners include local businesses: Austin Massage Company, Castle Hill Fitness, Chapter Fitness, City Limit Cycles, Dynamic Sports Medicine, Restore Cryotherapy, Revolution Mobile Bike Repair, RunLab, and Stewart Mickler Designs, plus national vendors Infinit Nutrition,  Orca, Power Meter City, Road ID, Rudy Project, Running Warehouse, TrainingPeaks, TriBike Transport, Xterra Wetsuits, and xx2i Optics.

     

• We are planning for the future.  Austin Triathlon Club recently welcomed three new board members, Leslie Andrews Booker, Jennifer Standley, and Dena Childs. Together, we are listening to club members and community stakeholders to plan for 2018 and beyond. On the horizon are club kits, triathlete panels, community bricknics, and a variety of initiatives to accomplish our mission of making triathlon accessible to everyone in Austin.

Thank you to everyone who has pitched in so far. The Club is not possible without your support, enthusiasm, and willingness to give back to the Austin tri community. We hope to see you at the next club happy hour on Saturday, February 24th, at Flour and Vine!

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Austin Triathlon Club is a 100% volunteer, member-run club launched in October 2017. Austin Tri Club aims to improve the physical fitness and mental well-being of all members of the Austin community through the promotion and encouragement of the sport of triathlon. Click here to read more about our mission and values. ​

We are excited to launch the Austin Triathlon Club website today – and so glad that you found us!
 
Austin Triathlon Club was founded by a group of people who care about making triathlon – and sports and healthy lifestyles in general – accessible to everyone. Our goal is to create a safe and welcoming  community for people who already participate in triathlon or who are wondering what it is all about.
 
Right now our website has lots of information about the club mission, the leadership team, and resources for swimming, biking and running in the Austin area. In addition there is information about some of the activities that we are planning for the club, such as mentoring new triathletes and hosting an informal training camp at Big Bend during MLK weekend.

Our goal is to launch memberships by early November. While we intend to keep the club as open and accessible as possible, having a formal membership program will enable us to participate in races and other activities as as a team, and to build partnerships that bring the immense triathlon resources that Austin offers to the club.

Meanwhile, you can stay up-to-date on what is happening with the club by following us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or contacting us for more details. You can also join us for our launch happy hour.
 
We are looking forward to tri-ing with you!

- The Austin Triathlon Club Leadership Team