RACE DAY IS NEAR!

Race day is just two days away- this Sunday- July 24th at 8am- the former non-athletes will cross a finish line and will be able to proclaim - I AM A TRIATHLETE!!!!  This amazing group of young women have been training their body, minds and spirits since March and are READY TO TRI!!!  Along the way they have discovered hidden talents, they have DREAMED BIG and used affirmations and visualization to get them through choppy water- up steep hills and across the finish line!  Last night they did a run through of the entire race and finished feeling "SO PUMPED!"  We celebrated with a bonfire on the beach!  And today after visiting Dr Aponte at the Wellness Center at Southampton Hospital for our follow up physicals- we went PADDLE BOARDING with Gina and Paddle Divas!!! 

Girls Say, ‘Yes I Can’ | The East Hampton Star

Girls Say, ‘Yes I Can’ The East Hampton Star

Vision Boards & Natural Running

The girls have been working to create their own VISION BOARDS and today a few of them shared their creations.  When describing their boards- the girls used affirmative- present tense language- I AM Lucky, I LOVE MY LIFE, I DREAM BIG, I HAVE a CUTE BOYFRIEND, etc...

Later today, the girls received an AMAZING gift from Newton Running who sent each of the i-tri girls a pair of brand new Newton Running Shoes!!!  We took the bus into town to Gubbins Running Ahead, a Newton distributor, where we were joined by Michael Blanchard from Newton who came out from Colorado to teach the girls about "Natural Running."

He actually had the girls take off their shoes and run barefoot to get the sensation of running naturally and the proper"foot strike" which is achieved when wearing Newton Running Shoes.

i-tri Receives a $10,000 Grant from Simple Works Foundation!



i-tri Girls depositing their “Big Check” at Bridgehampton National Bank,
also featured: Andrew Hellman, BNB Customer Service Associate (back row)
and Gisella Recalde, BNB Commercial Loan Officer
and I-TRI Board Member.(far right)


















i-tri recently received a $10,000 grant from Simple Works Foundation which is based in East Hampton. This generous grant helps provide the necessary equipment & training for twenty three young women (ages 11-15) from Springs School who are currently enrolled in the program and are in-training for the 2011 Maidstone Park Youth Triathlon on July 24th. This grant will also enable i-tri to pursue plans to bring the program to other school districts in 2012.

SHINE YOUR LIGHT- Real Beauty!

Over the course of the last two weeks we have been focusing on BEAUTY.  We've taken a closer look at the type of beauty portrayed in magazines and have discovered that most of those images have been re-touched to a point way beyond reality.  We've focused on how each of us are beautiful in our own ways and focused on the things we loved most about our appearance.  But most importantly we realize that REAL Beauty comes from within and when FEEL pretty and good about yourself on the INSIDE than THAT is what is reflected on the outside- YOUR LIGHT! 

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Life is GOOD!!!

i-tri is extremely grateful to the East Hampton Rotary for their very generous donation of two brand new hybrid bikes and helmets!  Chris Pfund, long-time triathlete and owner of Montauk Bike Shop and Tri-Guy.com has been a sponsor and supporter of i-tri since its inception and has provides all of the maintenance on the i-tri bikes free of charge.  I am still so wonderfully amazed by the overwhelming generosity of our community!

This week we had a special visit during our Thursday lunch/recess session from Erin Bernard, manager of the East Hampton Lululemon store.  She introduced the girls to the concept of Goal Setting- Dreaming Big and the steps to make that dream come true!

Later in the day we walked over to Ashawagh Hall in Springs and had the most wonderful outdoor yoga class with Steve Eaton.  Steve started and ended the class with chanting.  He explained to the girls how chanting is like meditation and in doing so you connect with the vibrations and energy of the earth. 

We finished this amazing week helping out at the EH Rotary's, Spring Into Action 5K and kids fun run at the East Hampton Daycare Center.  The i-tri girls did face-painting for the little ones, handed out medals for the 5K runners and then ran the mile fun-run!  Our own Coach Sharon McCobb came in 1st Overall Woman in the 5K!  Way to go Sharon!