Triathlon Association of NYC Members

-Whet Wednesday, May 9th, Blondies (79th & Amsterdam)
-Sign Up Now for the Mentor/Mentee Program - Beginners AND Veteran
Triathletes (Free for TANYC Members)
-TANYC Membership Cards - Get Great Discounts All Around NYC!
-Fly in the Ointment, Monkey in the Wrench, Pain in Our...
-New Member Login Procedure
-You Asked for It, You Got It! - Website Upgrades; New Member Login
Procedure
-TANYC Race Results Tracker
-Uniforms & Training Registration

In every edition of TidBits:
-TidBits Triathlon Trivia - WIN FREE TANYC GEAR!
-Weekly Rides Continue Every Thursday
-Bike Box Rental
-Thought of the Week

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Whet Wednesday, Tomorrow, May 9th, 8:00 p.m., Blondies
It's just about that time of the month again...join your favorite
triathletes at Blondies, 212 W. 79th St., between Amsterdam and
Broadway, tomorrow, May 9th at 8pm. With the season just kicking into
gear, now's a great time to mix and mingle with your triathlon
comrades.

And if you know of a great bar that's friendly to hard-partying
triathletes, let us know and we'll look into using it as a future
Whet Wednesday location!

Send your Whet Wednesday location suggestion to tanycinfo@....


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Sign Up Now for the Mentor/Mentee Program - Beginners AND Veteran
Triathletes (Free for TANYC Members)
Designed to help beginner triathletes, the TANYC Mentor/Mentee
Program (MMP)connects beginners to experienced triathletes so that
they may benefit from an "old pro's" know-how. Veteran triathletes
give feedback as well as share their ideas and best practices.

The MMP is also a rewarding experience for triathlon veterans who
volunteer their time as mentors, by helping newer athletes entering
the sport (after all, don't you wish you had a mentor when you were
getting started?).

Click here for more information on TANYC's Mentor/Mentee Program.

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TANYC Membership Cards
Print off your TANYC membership card and use it at gyms and retailers
all over the city for great discounts, including City Sports, Jack
Rabbit, SBR and any of the 19 full-service branches of the YMCA of
Greater New York City.

Below are instructions on printing your membership card:
Go to tanyc.org
Click "Login" at the top right of the screen
Login in using your e-mail address and password
Click "Members" on the left panel
Click "Discounts"
Click "TANYC Membership Card"
Print screen and take printout to participating retailers and YMCAs.

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Fly in the Ointment, Monkey in the Wrench, Pain in Our...
We are aware that a few of our members have been getting notification
that their membership has or is about to expire and needs to be
renewed. These members' renewals or joining fell within the limited
dates while we were transitioning to the new system. Please be
assured that these bugs in the system are being addressed.

Thank you for your patience while we complete our upgrade!


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New Member Login Procedure
As we are actively in the process of upgrading, the member login
procedure has changed. In the member login section (including current
members), you will need to click on "forgot your password." A new
screen will appear that will prompt you to input your email address.
Do so and a new password will be sent to you. Once you have your new
password, you can re-login with your userid (which is ALWAYS your
email address) and TANYC-generated password. And you can then change
your password. You will only have to do this once.


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TANYC Responds with Dynamic Web Updates; New Email Address
In response to the many member requests to make tanyc.org more user-
friendly, we've made some dynamic changes. Now, both the world
triathlon newsfeed and discussion group postings can be found right
on our homepage. The days of multiple click-thrus and searching are
over. Discover the latest in the world of triathlon, as well as
what's on the minds of your fellow NYC triathletes right from TANYC's
home page.

If you need to email us for any reason now or in the future, please
send your message to tanycinfo@.... We have disabled
info@....


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TANYC Race Results Tracker
As part of our mission to be the primary triathlon organization
serving the entire NYC triathlon community and its clubs and to
provide free services to them, TANYC is hosting a free race results
tracker on www.tanyc.org.

TANYC Tracking is open and free to ALL athletes, regardless of club
affiliation. Races tracked are triathlons, duathlons, running races,
adventure races, etc.
TANYC Tracking will:
- Promote city-wide club and athlete competition;
- Show best male and female per race;
- Show best club per race;
- Be fully searchable by name; and
- Track automatically (non-members must manually add their results
ONCE to be included in this service).

Since the race results will be made available IMMEDIATELY and will be
published in TidBits for major races, please make sure you notify us
of errors (time, club affiliation, etc), by sending an email to
tanycinfo@... with 'RACE RESULTS' in the subject line. We are
going by our current mailing list of TANYC members and former
members. We apologize in advance if there are any inaccuracies and
will update the listings within a few days of notification.
Similarly, if you are a TANYC member or former member and do not wish
to be included in the race results tracking, please let us know!


TANYC Race Results Tracker


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Training Program Registration and Uniform Orders
Registration for all 2007 training programs (Bricks, NYC Triathlon,
Half Iron) and uniforms has opened! Please visit the link below.

Our brand new 2007 uniform (jerseys and singlets) designs are in!
Please allow approximately 6-8 weeks for delivery. We strongly
suggest purchasing these high quality uniforms now while they are
substantially discounted as part of our registration opening!

Training Program and Uniform Orders


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TANYC Trivia
TANYC will give FREE GEAR EVERY WEEK to the first person to correctly
answer our weekly trivia question. Only current TANYC members can win
and you can only win once in a four-week period. Good luck!

Here's this week's question: what is the name of this "Fox"-y real-
life short distance triathlete?



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Weekly Rides Continue Thursdays - You Must RSVP
TANYC is continuing to hold weekly group rides every Thursday
morning, leaving from Engineers' Gate at 5:45 a.m.

If you are interested in participating, you must email Coach Dave by
8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening. He will decide, based on the number of
responses received, whether the ride will go on by 9:00 p.m. and post
to the newsgroup.

You are encouraged to have a headlight and taillight on your bike as
it will still be dark at this time of the morning!

For details or if you're interested, contact Coach David at
CoachDave@....


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Bike Box Rental
Need to take your bike on a trip but unable to invest in a bike box?
TANYC has available bike boxes available to rent at the very
reasonable rate of $40 per week, with a $70 security deposit on
SEPARATE check or money order. Once the box is returned to us in good
condition, your security deposit will be returned to you.

Please contact Betsy Fader for more details at bfader@....

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Thought of the Week
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less
than you settled for.

-Maureen Dowd