East Coast Triathlon Club
East Coast Triathlon Club are quite a new club having been formed for only four years. Members are drawn from a large area covering all of east Durham and training takes place in several locations in that area.Swim training takes place each Sunday evening at Peterlee Leisure Centre from 6.15pm – 8.00pm with an ASA approved coach. East Coast Tri also run with Peterlee and Houghton Running Club on Tuesday and Thursday evenings each week, meeting at East Durham and Houghall Community College (Howletch Site) at 6.30 pm. Swim and run training takes place each Thursday evening from 7.00pm at South Hetton Leisure Centre. Members meet for Sunday morning rides on an informal basis.
The club is affiliated to the BTA and runs two duathlon series each year, both at Shotton Recreational Grounds. The winter series (Oct – March) takes place at 10.00am on the first Sunday in each month and the summer series takes place at 6.30pm on the first Friday of each month (April – September).
The club does not currently have a BTA qualified coach but several members of the club hold qualifications in resistance gym work, cardio-vascular work and YMCA Fitness Instruction and one is training as a swim coach.
East Coast Tri host the very popular Peterlee Triathlon which will take place for the fifth year running on April 29th 2007.
Club Secretary:- Karen Smith