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It’s time to dust off that skinsuit or wetsuit and come out for the first open water swim of the season.  The swim will take place this Saturday, 4/14, at 9am.  Please be there early and ready to swim at 9am.

And if you are in the market for a new wetsuit or skinsuit, our fantastic partners at TYR will be on-site with an inventory of their industry-leading Torque skinsuits andHurricane Cat 1-3-5 wetsuits for folks to demo.  This is a great and rare opportunity to actually “try-before-you-buy” best-in-class, critical equipment in your racing arsenal.  For more information on the location of the swim, please check HERE.  For folks looking to get a ride in post-swim, a group will be heading out from the lake on an out-and-back route that will allow you to go as much or as little as you want or need.  Please be prepared with fluids and calories as needed, as there are no store-stops on the route.

And to make a day of it, our good friends at All3Sports are having Dynamo Day at the store.  All Dynamo Multisport athletes will get a special one-day only pricing on all TYR products at the store (includes wetsuits and skinsuits).  If you enjoyed what you tried on at the swim, get it at a great price at the store later in the day.  All other store items will be discounted at our special team rate, so don’t forget to stock up on any items you may need for race season.

Have a wonderful weekend, and as always…

GO GREEN!

All sessions will leverage the primary benefits of our training system: a controlled, specific environment that is structured around achieving specific adaptations using your own bike, a certified instructor and a true team of your classmates.  The classes will be structured appropriately for the race season.  Mondays will be a Base Skill & Strength session.  The emphasis will be on skill and strength development, specifically emphasizing pedaling technique through various drills.  We will couple these drills with more sustained aerobic level strength work to maintain current strength during race season.  This class is designed to be very moderate in intensity assuming larger training loads coming out of the weekend.

Wednesdays & Thursdays will be our Base Intensity sessions.  The emphasis for Series 2 will primarily be threshold development and aerobic efficiency.  Classes will often run separate workouts within the class, allowing athletes to choose between more of a long course or short course focus depending on where the athlete’s emphasis lies.

DURATION: 8 calendar weeks from April 2 – May 24, 2012

PRICING: $120 for the 8-week series (1 day) / $240 for the 8-week series (2-days) / $20 drop-in

FORMAT:

Mondays – Base Skills / Strength  - 5′45am & 7′05am

Wednesdays – Intervals – 5′30am & 7′05am

Thursdays – Intervals – 5′45am

REGISTER: To register for any of the classes, please click HERE

You do not need to be a previous PowerCycle athlete to take advantage of our methodology that has helped new athletes successfully complete their first races as well as send athletes to the podium at 70.3 and Ironman races, including multiple podium finishes at the Ironman World Championships!  For more information about our Indoor Cycling classes, please visit us HERE or contact Matthew.

GO GREEN!

Our Dynamo Multisport athletes will be able to purchase Mizuno running shoes at wholesale prices plus tax in three group purchases throughout the year:

(1) March 15
(2) June 15
(3) September 15

To purchase shoes for the March 15th deadline, please follow the below steps:

(1) Request an order form from Coach Shanks or Coach Matthew

(2) Go to the Mizuno Running website to get more information on specific products

(3) Submit your order form to Coach Matthew or Coach Shanks by March 15th; this includes providing a current credit card for payment

(4) Orders will be shipped to Coach Matthew within 5 business days and be available only at the Chamblee pool for distribution

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a great local partner and we hope you can take advantage of it.  If you have specific questions about Mizuno products, please contact Matt Booth directly via email.  And when you see Matt at the pool next time, please thank him.

GO GREEN!

It is with great pleasure that Maria and I introduce the newest addition to the Dynamo Multisport family, coach Andrew Shanks.  Many of you have seen Andrew as one of our regular coaches in our PowerCycle indoor cycling classes this past year or shadowing Coach Maria on the pool deck.  We are thrilled to have his talent and his passion in a more formal role on the team as another one of our full-time coaches.

Growing the vision for Dynamo Multisport has always been something that Maria and I have been very careful about.  Our people – athletes and coaches – have developed a culture built on integrity, passion and respect for one another.  As it relates to growth, I have only wanted to expand with people who fit the way we do things.  Maria is such a special person and coach that the bar has been set really, really high.  Finding a coach like her doesn’t just happen, and harder yet, more than one coach of her caliber and character.  So for the last several years I have been patient with the process, keeping my eyes and ears open and allowing things like expansion to occur organically.  Be sure that the priority for Maria and me has been to preserve our culture above anything, including expanding the breadth of our reach of our vision.  We are thankful that Coach Shanks – a character person first and foremost and equally as talented coach – allows us to seamlessly preserve our culture and now expand the capabilities of reach.  In short, Coach Shanks “fits” with who we are and how we do things, and we, as a team, are all better for it.  Please join me in welcoming Andrew to our family.

Andrew can be reached directly via email.  In the meantime, nothing changes within our family.  We are a reflection of the great people you are and the great team that has grown the last 3 seasons.  We are passionate, caring athletes who respect one another while training and racing with integrity and enthusiasm.  WE ARE DYNAMO!

Yours in GREEN,

Matthew

We have had a fair amount of 2012 racing already with Ironman Florida, Ironman Arizona and Cozumel in the books this month.  Linda Anderson, Kathryn Honderd and John Marshall (Coached Athletes) as well as Kevin Millam and Mike Buteau hit the sands and flats of Panama City Beach, Florida.  Kevin, Mike and Kathryn all had impressive performances in their IM debuts.  Kathryn culminated a special season by placing 2nd in 25-29, securing the first Dynamo Kona slot for 2012.  Linda had a massive PR at Florida, shaving a full 2 hours off her IM-distance best while clocking in at a shade above 12 hours.  John, coming off a collapsed lung 2 weeks prior, had a fantastic race in context, showing grit and pride.  Carrying the momentum into Arizona, Coached Athletes Bill Otten and Greg Stivers continued the 2012 showcase.  Bill, like Linda, shaved 2 hours off of his personal best en route to a sub-12 finish.  Greg, in his IM debut, clocked under 11 hours even while flatting out on the bike.  Fantastic performances all around for all of our athletes.  Finally, Nate Pramik returned to the Gulf on behalf of THE GREEN, having another nice race in Mexico to cap off the 2011 racing season.  Well-done to these athletes and to our entire team.

DynaMafia at IMFL 2011

Welcome to the Family

We are thrilled to welcome Blue Competition Cycles on a formal basis to the Dynamo family.  Chance Regina and Blue have been in out GREEN family for quite some time now, but we have entered into a more formal partnership with our Atlanta-based brethren and manufacturer of some darn fast bicycles.  With the help of our friends at All3Sports, our Coached Athletes can now Ride Blue at a significant discount.  It’s with great pride that we enter into this relationship, as we support one of our own Atlanta companies who are doing great things on a global level in our sport.  Please contact Coach Maria and Coach Matthew for specifics.

Save the Date – 2011 Holiday Party!

Our annual Holiday Party (and Kona-viewing party) will be Saturday, December 10th from 4 to 7′00pm.  The party will be potluck with lighter food and beverages.  The location is at 711 Cosmopolitan Dr Atlanta, Ga 30324 which is off Sidney Marcus Blvd behind the old Home Depot at Brent Pease’s condo complex.  There should be ample street parking.  The concierge at the complex will know about the party, so please mention “Dynamo” or “Pease” to be assured admittance.  The Club Room is to right through the entrance where we will meet.  Please come celebrate a wonderful year passed and another forthcoming with all of us.

TO RSVP, PLEASE CLICK HERE!

* Coaching – If you are interested in coaching in 2012, please reach out to Coach Matthew as soon as possible, as 2012 roster spots for both Coach Maria and Coach Matthew are filling quickly.  We only have a limited number of slots, and we want to be able to find the right athlete-coach fit in a timely, sensitive manner.  If you are considering coaching in 2012 and would like more information, contact us!

* Swim Skills – The Transition Season is a great time to work on skills across all three disciplines.  If you are considering investing time and money in private skill work and swimming is on the docket, look no further than our own Maria Thrash.  Coach Maria’s coaching successes are well-documented, and she has the best set of “stroke eyes” in Atlanta, let alone the country.  To schedule a private skill session with Maria, please contact her directly at 404.374.3578.

* Lactate Testing – As we exit Transition Season into the base period for 2012, it’s an ideal time to establish accurate training zones during this critical platform period for the upcoming race season.  Consider scheduling a blood lactate test with us to establish bike (power & heart rate) and run (heart rate) parameters.  For more information, please contact Coach Matthew directly.  Also, be on the look out for a Case Study on blood lactate testing coming soon to Coach Matthew’s blog.  This piece will show specifically how test results are used in training and racing, illustrating the benefits of the blood lactate test process.

* PowerCycle Series 1 – Be on the lookout for registration announcements in the next 2 weeks regarding Series 1 of our indoor cycling classes.  We are now entering our 4th season of these classes, and Series 1 is always our most popular, filling quickly.  Come ride with us inside as our coaches take you through a season-specific and race-specific cycling program throughout the year.

Thank You to Our Partners

As always, we are incredibly thankful for our partners who support all of us in the pursuit of our passion.  Thank you All3Sports, TYR, GU, Blue Competition Cycles and Albopads.

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The DynaNation family continues to grow.  Coach Maria Thrash has built the best-in-class masters swimming program arguably in the entire world.  Two of our Masters Swimmers, Haley Chura and Rebecca Carpenter, exited the the waters off of Kailua-Kona last weekend in the Ironman World Championships, as the number one and number five female amateurs in the swim.  It’s safe to say no other program in the world can boast the same accomplishment.  The masters program has continued to nourish Dynamo Multisport and vice versa.  These two siblings grow our families and allow us to share the Dynamo Multisport culture with more athletes.

Umeke time in Kona

And speaking of that culture, the original mission of Dynamo Multisport, to build a community of passionate, considerate and respectful multisport athletes who thrive and care for one another and our sport, flourishes today.  Whether in the mountain passes of rural Norway, rolling hills of Knoxville, lava fields of the Big Island, on the streets of Augusta, Louisville or the state parks of Georgia, we travel and compete together, unconsciously spreading the original vision for Dynamo Multisport.  It is uncoscious because it is our culture, and above anything else, the PRs, the podiums the victories, it is our culture of which I am most proud.  We are a different group.  And Rather try to be everything to everyone, we are true to who we are, and as such, have a unique authenticity that distinguishes us.  I know that authenticity is based on a passion for sport and respect for each other.

Last Sunday night, as I sat with my wife at the Awards Ceremony for the Ironman World Championships, I was overcome by the sight of  our own Haley Chura, donned in her green Dynamo shirt, holding her 2nd place Umeke, the reward for a year of sacrifice and persevearance.  I couldn’t help but think that as she stood up on the stage at the peak of our sport, she did so for all of us, on the shoulders of all of us.  We, I said to myself, get here to this special moment in time together.  We get here because of one another, because of the support, care and respect we show each other in our GREEN family.

We are Dynamo

Happy Birthday, GREEN & Mahalo,

Matthew

Stacy Levy & Tyler Mast Toast a Fine Season in Augusta

Looking forward, we still have several big races on the board for 2011.  Rev3-Anderson awaits, as does Beach-to-Battleship.  On the WTC calendar, Ironman Florida, Arizona and Cozumel kick off 2012 in North America, and we have several athletes racing in these in November.  Haley Chura and I leave for Kona at the end of the week, marking the third consecutive year the GREEN will have a plurality of athletes at the Ironman World Championships.  There’s lots to be excited for, but of all the events that are upcoming, there’s one in particular that I’m asking all of you to rally around.

The Hilton Kort 5k – HK5K

On October 15th at 8am, the HK5K will take place at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.  The event is in honor of Hilton Kort, one of our Dynamo Multisport brothers who passed away form bladder cancer this past May.  Hilton was one of the pre-eminent IVF physicicans in the entire world.  He was also a world-class triathlete, participating on several Team USAs at various distance World Championships as well as qualifying for and participating in Ironman Hawaii.  But more importantly, Hilton was a world-class human being.  He literally helped facilitate the conception of more than 10,000 children (yes, that figure has 4 zeros!), bringing the most precious gift(s) to parents from all over the world.  We are running the event in his memory and in hopes of raising enough money for a named fund that will exist in his honor at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center designated for cancer research.  You can read more about Hilton and what he meant to me in this blog post.  I am asking that you, the DynaMafia, come out and support this event for our teammate, his family and for cancer reasearch.  Volunteer, race, walk, it doesn’t matter, just come out and support the event.  For details, see below:

WHEN: Saturday, October 15th, 2011

WHERE: Mt. Vernon Baptist Church – 850 Mt. Vernon Highway.  For map & directions, please click HERE

REGISTERATION: Please click HERE

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please visit the event website: www.hk5k.net

The Loft

In case you haven’t seen or heard, we have a new indoor cycling space at the Chamblee facility.  The space is located immediately above the front entrance and features 14 power-based indoor trainers.  A group of our athletes spent the first two days of 2011 helping Coaches Maria & Matthew ready the space.  Complete with a flat screen, DVD and stereo system, we are proud of “The Loft”.  The space will allow us to offer more services and free up the weight room to add a strength & conditioning class this fall.  In the interim we have a full slate of our intrepid PowerCycle classes available buoyed by a talented roster of excellent instructors.  Come check out these classes that have helped first time triathletes, a USAT national champion and an Ironman Hawaii podium finisher in pursuit of their goals.

BEFORE - Queen B Takes on The Loft

Coach Maria the Artist

PowerCycle Class in the Loft

Welcome to the Family

We are incredibly excited to announce the latest addition to the Dynam Multisport family – TYR Sports.  The group at TYR has been working with our own Haley Chura for 2010 and while we were in Kona this past fall, we began discussions with TYR about a partnership.  Ryan, Kevin, Matt and the rest of the good people at TYR will be providing generous, wonderful support to our Coached Athletes this year.  As swimmers by background, Coach Maria and Matthew have been fans of TYR well before Dynamo Multisport existed.  We are extremely grateful to be working with them in a formal capacity and look forward to a great 2011 and years to come ahead.  With GU Energy Labs, TYR and All3Sports as our official partners for 2011, our athletes will be well equipped to take on all distances knowing they will have the best products to assist them in their training and racing.

Walking with K Peasey

We want to close out this update with an inspirational story that is at the beginning stages of its narrative.  One of our athletes, Brent Pease, along with his two brothers, Kyle and Evan are undergoing a series of athletic events this spring that are truly exceptional, inspirational challenges.  Kyle, diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy as young child, watched brother Brent compete at Ironman Louisville this past summer.  After the event Kyle wondered aloud if he could do an Ironman someday.  This kicked off a chain of events that now sees the three brothers beginning a journey towards perhaps someday fulfilling that wondering statement.  This March, Evan will be joining Kyle in the Publix Georgia Half Marathon.  Later in the spring, Brent and Kyle will be taking on the St. Anthony’s Olympic distance triathlon.  This an incredible unfolding story that’s worthy of everybody’s attention.  With the lead of Tri-Kids,  the additional support of Freedom Concepts and the generosity of individuals inspired by their journey, the brothers Pease are heading into these events with a cadre of backers.  For more information about their journey, please visit these sites:

Twitter: @kpeasey1, @evpease, and @bpeas9

Blog: http://kpeasey.blogspot.com/

Holiday Party 2010

Anticipating the end of the season, we’ve got a party planned.  GREEN Coached Athlete Dave Brautigan has made arrangements to host us at his joint, Rocky Mountain Pizza, for some food, drink, banter & an NBC Kona-viewing partay.   Details?  See below:

WHEN: Saturday, December 18, 2010 – 3′30pm-6′30pm (or later)

WHERE: Rocky Mountain Pizza / 1005 Hemphill Ave, Atlanta, Georgia 30318 (404-876-8600)

COST: $5 per Person/Family (just a little donation towards the food & drink pot – if you’re bringing family, just $5 for all of you)

RSVP: Please CLICK HERE

Helping our Partners

We have a soon-to-be-announced partner coming on board for 2011.  While it’s a little double-secret right now, what we can tell you is that the sponsor is in the GREEN family currently.  We would like to help out our secret friend with some market research.  If you’d be so inclined, please fill out this quick 3-minute survey by clicking HERE.

Speaking of Partners

We are thrilled to formally announce that All3Sports.com will continue to be a sponsor for the 2011 team.  Morgan, Alex and the crew at All3 have been a critical component of the team’s success, providing the best in expertise, products and service this entire season.  Over the course of the duration of 2010, we are looking to finalize our sponsors for the 2011 season.  We have some exciting opportunities brewing, and we look forward to announcing them in the next couple of weeks.

Time for Thanks

During this time of thanks, I am particularly thankful for all of our athletes and what they bring to our Dynamo “table” as individuals and ultimately, to our team as a whole.  Maria and I can see the vision we have of a community of a caring, passionate, respectful community of multisport athletes each day we step on deck or walk into the classroom.  It’s in the words each of you exchanges with each other, it’s in your actions towards one another, it’s in your eyes while training and racing.  Thank you for being you.  Thank you for being GREEN.  Thank you for being Dynamo Multisport.

Happy Thanksgiving…and as always…

GO GREEN!