Open water swimming has now finished for 2009 - See you all next season

The Saturday morning swim sessions have now started at Repton, 7:30am-8:30am.

 A member of the 'Meynell Valley Hunter Triathlon Club' committee will attend every 'Official' MVH training session so, please make yourself known to any member of the committee/staff on arrival at any of our training sessions.   We will answer any of your questions about the club, triathlon or the training sessions.  

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Summer training timetable (April - September): 

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Weekday	Time	Cost	Session	Location
Monday	6:30pm - 7:30pm   8:00pm - 9:00pm	£1.80   £3.50 (£5.00 for non-members)for adults - £1.00 (£2.00 for non-members) for juniors	Run   Swim	Shobnall Leisure Centre, Shobnall Road, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2BB   (A Burton Athletics Club session but MVH are welcome). Friary Grange Leisure Centre, Eastern Avenue, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7EW   (An official MVH/Joint swimming session with Burntwood Triathlon Club)
Tuesday	Repton Swimming 8:15-9:15pm   Repton TT 7:00-7:45pm   Outside Bannatyne's - 6-7pm Shobnall 6:45 or 7:00 - Yoxall 7:00 or 7:30pm (see yearly schedule 'here ' for exact times)	£2.50 Payable to Derby Tri Club - Member fee only.   Free Free    £2.00 for non members.  Fee payable to Mercia Cycling Club	Swim   TT cycle ride Run   TT cycle ride	Repton School Swimming Pool, Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 6FH  (A DTC session but MVH are welcome).   Repton School Swimming Pool, Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 6FH  (A DTC session but MVH are welcome). Bannatyne's - Burton-on-Trent (Session run by Warren Simms and MVH are welcome).  For Shobnall TT - Mercia CC Club House, Tennis Pavilion, Shobnall Rd Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2BB.  For Yoxall TT, see location link here .  Please get to the location and register at least 30 mins before the start.
Wednesday	6:30pm - 7:30pm   7:00pm - 8:00pm	£2.00 for MVH, BTC & DTC members £4.00 for non MVH, BTC & DTC members (swimming only) Reliability Ride Free   £1.80	Open Water Swim & Reliability Ride (Cycle)   Run	Barton Turns Marina, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8DZ (An official MVH open water swimming session.   Shobnall Leisure Centre, Shobnall Road, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2BB (A Burton Athletics Club & Hatton Darts session but MVH are welcome).
Thursday	7:00pm - 8:00pm	Fee Payable to Derby Tri Club - Member fee only.	Swim	Main Street, Etwall, Derbyshire, DE65 6LU (A DTC session but MVH are welcome).
Friday	6:45pm - 7:45pm (approx)   9:10pm - 10:10pm   9:00pm - 10:00pm	Adult Club member - £3 -Adult Non-member (18 or over) - £4 - Junior Member - £2 - Junior Non-member - £3 £2.50   £3.00	Strength and Conditioning   Swim   Swim	Friary Grange Leisure Centre, Eastern Avenue, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7EW (An official MVH/Joint session with Burntwood Triathlon Club) Meadowside Leisure Centre, High Street, Burton-upon-Trent, DE14 1TL (A Burton Swimming Club session but MVH are welcome). Main Street, Etwall, Derbyshire, DE65 6LU (An Etwall Eagles   session but MVH are welcome).
Saturday	7:30am - 8:30am   9am - 11am   10:00am   for approx 1-2 hours	£2.50 for adult members & £3.00 for adult non-members. £2.00 for junior members & £2.50 for junior non-members.   £2.00 for MVH, BTC and DTC members £4.00 for non MVH, BTC & DTC members.   Free	Swim     Swim     Bike/Run	Repton School Swimming Pool, Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, DE65 6FH  (An MVH session)   Barton Turns Marina, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8DZ (An official MVH open water swimming session).   Barton Turns Marina, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8DZ (An official MVH bike/running session).
Sunday	9:00am for approx 1-3 hours.	Free	Bike/Run	Barton Turns Marina, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8DZ (An official MVH running session). - OR - Meynell Ingram Arms Pub, Hoar Cross, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8RB   (An official MVH bike/running session). Location confirmed by e-mail every week.

Coaching

All sessions will be attended by a Meynell Valley Hunter Triathlon Club coach 'British Triathlon' qualified.   All training locations are constantly review to improve the   options of the club and are therefore subject to change.

Swimming (Pool & Open Water)  

All swimming sessions cater for all swimming abilities.

Monday - Winter & Summer Training   - Swimming will take place at Friary Grange Leisure Centre from 8:00pm to 9:00pm.   This training session will be shared will the 'Burntwood Triathlon Club'.   As this is a Burntwood Triathlon Club session, you will be required to abide by the Burntwood Triathlon Club rules and be coach be the Burntwood club coaches.   The cost for this session will be £3.00 per session per adult member and £1.00 per junior member (£4.00 for non-members), please pay your fee to a Burntwood representative before the session, but please remember to mention that you are a Meynell Valley Hunter Tri Club Member.    

Tuesday - Winter & Summer Training   - Swimming will take place at Repton School Leisure Centre from 8:15pm to 9:15pm.   This training session is a DTC training session.   As this is a DTC Club session, you will be required to abide by the DTC Club rules and be coach be the DTC club coaches.   The cost for this session will be £2.50 per session per adult member, please pay your fee to a DTC representative after the session, but please remember to mention that you are a Meynell Valley Hunter Tri Club Member.    

Wednesday - Summer Training Only   - Open water swimming will take place at Barton Turns Marina, Barton-under-Needwood from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.     You will be required to abide by the MVH Tri Club   'code of conduct' and read then sign a declaration form before   you will be allowed to enter the water.   You will be coached by MVH coaches and possibly other Tri club coaches.   The cost for this session will be £2.00 per session for MVH Tri club, Burntwood Tri Club and DTC members only and £4.00 for non MVH Tri Club, Burntwood and DTC members.   Please pay your fee to the MVH treasurer before the session, but please remember to mention that you are either a Meynell Valley Hunter Tri Club, Burntwood Tri Club or DTC member (you may be asked for your membership card) or not.    

Thursday - Winter & Summer Training   - Swimming will take place at John Port School, Etwall (the NEW pool) from 7:00pm to 8:00pm..   This training session is a DTC training session.   As this is a DTC Club session, you will be required to abide by the DTC Club rules and be coach be the DTC club coaches.   The cost for this session will be £2.50 per session per adult member, please pay your fee to a DTC representative after the session, but please remember to mention that you are a Meynell Valley Hunter Tri Club Member.  

Bike

Tuesday - Summer Training Only - TT - This is organised by the DTC and takes place from Repton School, Repton at 7:00pm.  This session is free.  Please ensure that you arrive ar least 15 minutes before the start in order to register.

Tuesday - Summer Training Only - TT - This is organised by the Mercia Cycling Club and takes place from either Shobnall Leisure Centre at or Yoxall (depending on the shedule).  The yearly shedule can be found 'here'.  This session should cost £2.00 for non-members of Mercia Cycling Club.  Please ensure that you arrive ar least 30 minutes before the start in order to register.

Saturday (Morning) - Summer Training Only - Reliability Ride (TT) - This takes place at approx 10:20am and all entrants congregate near the swimming at Barton Turns Marina.   Please inform the timekeeper that you are taking part. Winter Training Only - Reliability Ride (TT) - This takes place from Repton School, Repton at 9:00am (after swimming).  This session is free.  Please ensure that you arrive ar least 15 minutes before the start in order to register. 

Sunday - Winter & Summer Training - Uncoached but with a lead cyclist - 9:00am, session FREE - This session will start from  the car park at the Barton Turns Marina     Thre are normally two sessions, long and short, depending on your ability and training requirements.  These are uncoached sessions ranging from 1-5 hour sessions (depending on your ability and your own personal triathlon race goals)  and usually involves a 10-20min break.  

All abilities welcome.  

Running

Monday - Winter & Summer Training - Running will take place at Shobnall Leisure Centre from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.   This training session   is not an 'Official' MVH training session.   This is   a   Burton Athletics Club session only, however MVH members can attend therefore you will be required to abide by the Burton Athletics Club rules and be coach by the athletic club coaches.   Please pay a casual fee of £1.80 to the 'Burton Athletic Club' coaches or steward. 

Tuesday - Winter & Summer Training - Running will take place from Bannatyne's Fitness in Burton-on-Trent from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.   This training session is not an 'Official' MVH training session.   This is session is run by Warren Simms (a senior MVH member and coach), however MVH members can attend therefore you will be required to abide by the MVH Tri Club rules.   This session is free.

Wednesday - Winter & Summer Training - Shobnall Leisure Centre, Shobnall Road, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2BB (A Burton Athletics Club & Hatton Darts session but MVH are welcome).  This training session is not an 'Official' MVH training session.   This is a Burton Athletics Club and Hatton Darts Running Club session only, however MVH members can attend therefore you will be required to abide by the Burton Athletics and Hatton Darts Running Club rules and be coach by the club coaches.   Please pay a casual fee of £1:70 to the 'Burton Athletic Club' coaches or steward.

Saturday (After Swimming) - Winter Training Only - Running will take place from Repton School from approx 8:45am to 9:45am.   This training session is an 'Official' MVH training session and is dependent on visability and weather, please check the weekly club e-mails for confirmation of session.   This is a free session, all are welcome.  

Other

Friday - Winter & Summer Training - Strength & Conditioning will take place at 'Club Air' Friary Grange Leisure Centre from 6:45pm to approx 7:45pm.   This training session will be shared will the 'Burntwood Triathlon Club'.   As this is a Burntwood Triathlon Club session, you will be required to abide by the Burntwood Triathlon Club rules and be coach be the Burntwood club coaches.   The cost for this session will be - Adult member - £3.00, Adult Non-member (18 or over) - £4.00, Junior member - £2, Junior Non-member - £3.00 per session please pay your fee to a Burntwood representative before the session, but please remember to mention that you are a Meynell Valley Hunter Tri Club Member.  The session is open to members and non-members so take along your freinds and family.  The minimum age is 10 years old but we ask for anyone under 16 to initially be accompanied by a parent or older family member.  In the event of a session being over full, priority will be given to club members.

General

In general, our aim is to have a strong mix of set sessions/venues exclusive to the Meynell Valley Hunters Triathlon Club, plus a variety of optional extras.   The Club hopes to have new members joining all the time and each new member brings their own experience and ideas. If you have something to offer please share it with the committee or other members. For more details on any of the training sessions listed, please contact any member of the committee on the   Committee page.

Training Plans

Below is a link to some training plans on a website in the USA.   Although MVH Tri Club does not endorse these plans they have been useful to various members of the club.   Please note that MVH Tri Club cannot be held responsible for and injuries, accidents or any other incidents caused whilst using these training plans and we stress that you must get medical advice from the relevant medical authorities before using any training plan.   The club also advises that you get the correct insurance whilst training either from the   'British Triathlon' or any other insurance group.  

'Training Plans'