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Pink lady signature races 2012

PINKS - This is YOUR year to accomplish your goals! So do something that maybe scares you and empower other women while showing yourself, your friends and your family how strong you really are! If you've never done a triathlon and want to try one - lil washington on May 20 is the race for you to start! You can use our free 10 week training plan as a guide. Our monthly clinics will inspire and help you along the way! So whether you race or cheer us on put these dates on your calendar!
2012 promises to be an awesome race year for the pink ladies.

Please note our 5 signature Pink Lady races:
1. March 10: Azalea sprint Tri at UNCW (sold out)
2. March 18: Quintiles 1/2 and full marathon
3. May 19-20: FS series 50; sprint Tri (this is a fun girls weekend-don't wanna miss this one) - see link below
http://fsseries.com/index.php?action=event&event_id=38
4. September 22: Wilmington YMCA sprint Tri at Wrightsville beach (www.setupevents.com)
5. Oct 20: Beach to Battleship 1/2 and full Ironman (can do relays too) http://www.beach2battleship.com/

February Bike Clinic

HELLO Pink Ladies! We are diligently working on getting our email/newsletter set up but wanted to let you all know about our upcoming bike clinic.

Join us Wednesday, February 15 at 6-7:15pm for a bike clinic/trainer ride with a Q&A session from one of the highly qualified BikeCycles staff and other experienced pink ladies.
What do you need?
-Bring your bike (or a friends)
-Your trainer (this is that little dohickie that holds your back tire and creates resistance so you can bike inside) **Let us know you don't have one so we can have one reserved for you
-Water bottle and towel!
So get ready to learn how to change those gears effectively and ride more efficiently. But most importantly have fun, get sweaty and meet other pink ladies!
PLEASE RSVP to ehinshaw@ec.rr.com if you plan on attending. Thanks and can't wait to see you all!


*Also for those that ordered a tri top and haven't paid ($50) you can mail them to The Pink Ladies, 203 Summer Rest Rd, 28405.

GET TRI TOPS NOW!

Girls we are designing our tri tops as we speak. They are gonna be awesome!! You will love them I promise and just imagine how cool it will be to see all the hot pink ladies running through the shoot to the finish line! 
We are using Louis Garneau for our race apparel. This is the same racerback tops as our TriWilmington ones from last year. Please let me know asap if you are interested in getting one as we need to put the order in ASAP. Only $50! Also if you have a racerback tri top from triwilmington last year that you can let us borrow for fit kit purposes that would be great. All sizes needed. Let me know.
pinkladiestriteam@gmail.com or elizatblack@ec.rr.com

And Away we go!

Pink Ladies Board Members

President, Eliza Blackwell; Sami Winter, VP and Treasurer; Elizabeth Hinshaw, Secretary; Jane Ellison, Charitable Liaison

Welcome to The Pink Ladies website! Since July 2010 we have been an “informal” group of ladies dedicated to empowering each other through the sport of triathlon and other athletic endeavors.  We decided that it was time to become an “official” group which will allow for better organization and for us to further spread our goals to all the ladies of the Wilmington community, as well as being able to “give back” to the Wilmington, NC area through different charitable goals each year. This year our charity is Nourish NC! It's an amazing opportunity to help those children in need locally! 

Our December 2012 kickoff was an amazing success! We look forward to training, motivating and empowering you all! Our complementary Azalea Tri training plan is ready to go! Visit the training page link on the right for details. Coach Buxton is ready to help you with questions and concerns on her forum too! Take advantage of this awesome and free opportunity!

As Pink Ladies, we've trained and raced everything from our first 5k to our first Ironman!  We support all women and strive to empower each other through our training.   Whether you walk, run, tri, swim, or bike; we believe in motivating those who choose to race or just meet new athletic and healthy goals.  We are here to support you all the way as you chase your dream of a tri, a 5k, or even an Ironman.  We are old friends, new friends, mothers, daughters, sisters and wives—We are the Pink Ladies! Come join us!

                                          December 14, 2011 Kickoff Party Pics

Need volunteers for 1/10/2012

Looking for volunteers next Tuesday morning to NourishNC!  For more scoop, check out the charity page!

1/5/2012 Stuff the backbacks with Nourish NC

Pinks: Check out the latest news on our charity page:
Got lots going on indeed! Come join us and support!

SPANX & JEGGINGS BE GONE!

Ok Pink Ladies,

Time to take off your Spanx off and get this party started for 2012! No resolutions this time, those get broken. This is the time to decide what you want to accomplish for the New Year. Let’s set some realistic goals, plan what races you want to run, tri or swim and get ready to train with some of the coolest cats in Wilmington! You’ve joined the Pink Ladies now (and if you didn’t, you know you want to!).  Let’s empower, inspire, motivate, and support our local charity Nourish NC together. So share your plan and goals with an old or new friend and hold each other accountable.

"Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them.' -Jim Rohn

Don’t know where to start? Or what races to begin with?

Visit these websites below. You can search by race type or by date…but if you’re a newbie, probably best to stay local and start with the Azalea Tri on March 10. Coach Karen Buxton is providing an 8 week training plan for you to use to get prepared and started. The race itself is a 12 lap pool swim, 10 mile bike and 5 k finish all at UNCW. If you are not interested in racing, we still need Pink Lady volunteers. With enough volunteers we ensure our charity Nourish NC will get a wonderful financial contribution! Another notable race is our Lil Washington race within the FS Series on May 19-20! The format has changed but this will be our 3rd annual Pink Ladies tri is sure to be a fun and exciting weekend indeed! Don’t be intimidated…the sprint is super fun and fast!

http://www.setupevents.com/ 

http://www.active.com/ 

http://fsseries.com/index.php?action=page&page_id=1 

In January we are going to offering a Pink Ladies running/shoe fit clinic (dates tbd) that will be perfect for the seasoned marathon runner or perfect prep for the athlete wanting to do their first 5k!

Tri Tops are being designed and we will be have fit kits delivered in January so that we can have them ready for Azalea and cheer on the sea of pink! Details to come.

The holidays have been busy and we are working on placing all your membership info into our databases and will be mailing out laminated membership card soon so you can take advantage of all the local sponsor discounts in town. Be sure to show your card at TrySports and BikeCycles too as they both give a great percentage of sales back to the Pink Ladies 2012 charity! Thanks as always to ALL our amazing sponsors! 

So as we come to the end of another year, here’s to you, your health, your future and what we can accomplish together! 2012 is going to be fabulous indeed!

Love,

Eliza, Sami, Jane and Elizabeth

www.pinkladiestri.com

pinkladiestriteam@gmail.com

*Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns…we are here for you and your success! 

Pink ladies Rock

We can safely say that tonight’s kickoff of the pink ladies was more than an amazing success! With more than 80 women in attendance it was an awesome and a truly humbling experience! 

We thank our sponsors for supporting us and the women who believed in us! But we also thank the charity that will benefit from us! 

Here’s to Nourish NC and what we can give them in 2012! http://www.nourishnc.org/

Here's to the power of pink! Love you all!

~eliza, jane, sami and elizabeth!

Tick tock, tick tock!

Girls it is on!! Think you know us? Think again! This group of women just keeps amazing us and it's going to amaze you! 80+ women HA!  That's only the beginning! The community and sponsor support is just astounding and we look forward to telling you all about them! As they say: Membership has it's privileges! 


We have come so far so fast and we thank you all! We are also super excited to announce our annual charity that we as a group will support too! This is where we make some major magic happen girls!!! 


Here's to being women, being a woman that wants to be strong and a woman that wants to make more than a difference! Here's to 2012 and all that The Pink Ladies, Inc will bring...come join us and see what we are all about...we promise to deliver...do you?

Join Us at Eliza Blackwells house Wednesday Nite for our Pink Ladies Kickoff and Party!!!!!

203 Summer Rest Rd

December 14, 6:30 pm

bring a salad item and a $10 white elephant gift! 

Bring a friend! The more the merrier!

**We will have membership forms and be taking orders for Tri Tops too :) 

Party time!!

Kickoff and Holiday Party
Dec. 14

Hello Pink Ladies - Great things are underway for our 2012 season! We are so thrilled that so many of you have already committed to being a member and look forward to the many more that will join us. We are well underway with our corporate sponsorships and are just "tickled pink" that we have secured our main title sponsor!! Mums the word on the "who" for now....but know that we're thrilled! We have lots of additional sponsorship opportunities available so let us know if you're interested and we will make it happen!

KICKOFF AND HOLIDAY PARTY 12/14:

Please SAVE THE DATE for Wednesday, December 14 at 6:30 p.m. where we will have our PINK LADIES KICKOFF meeting and Holiday Party!! 

It will be at Eliza Blackwells house (203 Summer Rest Rd). There is NO pressure to be a member, so join us if you're not sure and just want to see what we are all about. We will be answering any and all questions about THE PINK LADIES, INC 2012 and are looking forward to seeing new and old faces!

MEMBERSHIP: We will have membership form and waivers, accepting membership dues, and (hopefully) have fit kits for tri tops. We will introduce our sponsors and charities for 2012 as well.

Dinner will be a pot luck salad bar. Lettuce and proteins will be provided, we just ask you bring one item to add to the salad bar: (ie. broccoli, cranraisins, pine nuts etc). Or you can bring a dessert or bottle of wine if you wish. 

GIFT EXCHANGE: Tis the season to be naughty or nice! We will be having our 2nd annual white elephant gift exchange this nite too! Bring a $10 or less gift wrapped for a fun and competitive gift exchange. 

If you can't make the kickoff/holiday party and want to be a member just let us know. Membership forms and sponsorship info is online and you can either email or snail mail it to us. Looking forward to seeing you all very soon! Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! 

THE PINK LADIES, INC

pinkladiestriteam@gmail.com

http://www.pinkladiestri.com ...it's a work in progress but we're getting there! 

203 Summer Rest Road, Wilmington NC 28405

910-262-5480

Thanks to you all for the support! Stay Pink!!

It's official!

Welcome to The Pink Ladies website! Since July 2010 we have been an “informal” group of ladies dedicated to empowering each other through the sport of triathlon and other athletic endeavors.  We decided that it was time to become an “official” group which will allow for better organization and for us to further spread our goals to all the ladies of the Wilmington community, as well as being able to “give back” to the Wilmington, NC area through different charitable goals each year. 

We've trained and raced everything from our first 5k to our first Ironman!  We support all women and strive to empower each other through our training.   Whether you walk, run, tri, swim, or bike; we believe in motivating those who choose to race or just meet new athletic and healthy goals.  We are here to support you all the way as you chase your dream of a tri, a 5k, or even an Ironman.  We are old friends, new friends, mothers, daughters, sisters and wives—We are the Pink Ladies! Come join us!

The original 12 Pink Ladies

July 31, 2010

Lil Washington, NC