USA TRIATHLON AND COMPUTRAINER PARTNER AGAIN

Source: USA Triathlon

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Triathlon is pleased to announce a renewed sponsorship partnership with CompuTrainer, the premier bicycle training and performance analysis system used by Olympic, Ironman, and age group champions.

Since its first indoor trainer launched a movement 30 years ago, CompuTrainer has been touted by coaches and athletes alike as their most valued training tool. Over the next three years, competitors will see CompuTrainer at all national USAT events, including the Triathlon and Duathlon Age Group National Championships.

The partnership re-activates a long-time relationship with USAT that began in 1992. Now, after a five-year hiatus, USAT is pleased to bring CompuTrainer back into the fold. “Over the years, the USA Triathlon coaching staff has realized the value of the CompuTrainer as a performance developing tool,” said USAT senior vice president of marketing and communications Tim Yount. “Almost all the top notch triathlon coaches in the country use CompuTrainer. It is our first choice among indoor cycle trainers that we would wish to be associated with.”

Chuck Wurster, vice president of RacerMate, Inc, which manufactures the CompuTrainer, is also pleased to support USAT and its programs again. “This sponsorship allows us to stay very close to the whole triathlon community,” said Wurster. “Triathletes remain our core customers. We can tell the performance-improvement story all we want, but nobody really knows much about it until they try the product. With its rapidly growing membership, it makes sense for us to be with USA Triathlon.”

In 2004 the USA Olympic Triathlon team used CompuTrainer extensively to simulate the bike course. “CompuTrainer helped me build a very specific muscle memory that helped tremendously out on the course in Athens for the Olympics,” said 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Susan Williams. “It is a great tool to ensure that you are getting the exact type of workout planned and to have a consistent environment for monitoring improvement.”

CompuTrainer will double its presence at triathlon events in the U.S. over the next three years.

About CompuTrainer
RacerMate, Inc., manufacturer of the world’s first wind trainer, has been the undisputed leader in bicycle training technology for close to 30 years. Over 22,000 CompuTrainer owners have improved their biking performance by 10 to 30 percent. The trainer is able to create an endless variety of courses, competitive races, recorded performances, pedal stroke analyses, and fitness tests. Athletes wanting to compete and train in a group environment can ride in CompuTrainer MultiRider centers around the world. To find the nearest MultiRider center, visit http://www.computrainer.com/multirider_fun.htm. For more information, please visit RacerMate, Inc., on the web at www.racermateinc.com.

USA Triathlon is the national governing body for triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and winter triathlon in the United States. USAT sanctions 1,800 races and connects with more than 60,000 members each year, making it the largest multi-sport organization in the world.

Please visit USA Triathlon’s web site at www.usatriathlon.org.

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