Benefits of Membership
From newbie to veteran, the Houston Racing Triathlon Club (HRTC) offers everyone excellent opportunities to fully enjoy multi-sport training and participation in and around the Greater Houston Area. Many of our members have made lifelong friendships because of their involvement with the club. With over 800 members, HRTC is the largest triathlon club in Texas!
Benefits include:
- Weekly news blasts with updates on training events, social activities and sponsor bargains
- Monthly meetings with triathlon related speakers
- Monthly newsletter
- Online Forum offering information about racing, training, nutrition, injury prevention, race reviews, race calendar and much more
- Savings on merchandise at the following club sponsors :
- Bike Sport: 15% off merchandise (except bikes, sale merchandise and labor on repairs).
- Finish Line Sports: 20% off merchandise (except sale merchandise).
- Spine & Sports Therapy: 50% off initial exam and 15% off sports injury services.
- MAC (Memorial Athletic Club): 50% off Initiation Fee.
- Rudy Project: 35-40% discount on sunglasses and helmets purchased through their website. E-mail the Membership Chairman for instructions on how to access their web store. Each club member may purchase up to 3 helmets, 5 pairs of sunglasses and 5 pairs of lenses per year. They ask only that you not abuse local retailers by going to try on all 33 models before buying on the web.
- Tri On The Run: 15% discount on merchandise (excluding sale items).
- My Fit Foods: 15% discount on food purchases
- Luke’s Locker: 15% discount (on-sale items and Garmin products excluded from discount) to active HRTC members.
- Bicycle World and Fitness: 15% discount for Houston Racing members on merchandise (excluding labor on repairs and sale merchandise).
- Marshall Back and Body: Initial exam and x-ray with a value of up to $200, HRTC Member will only pay $30. Will honor most major medical plans, for members without insurance coverage, special considerations will be implemented on a case-by-case basis.
- Total Kinetics: Massage therapy that caters to athletes, 15% discount on services to our members.
- Bike travel boxes for loan.
- Enjoying free food and beverages at our social activities.
Volunteer Hours
Rewards!Level 1: 5-9 points earns the choice of a cotton t-shirt, visor, or cap
Level 2: 10-19 points earns the choice of a tech tee (long or short sleeved)
Level 3: 20-29 points earns a free HRTC membership
Level 4: 30+ points earn an HRTC race jersey
Level 5: 50+ points earns a free race entry to local race of choice (max $150 value)
HRTC Volunteer Points System
1 pt per race day and/or club event volunteer
2 pts per Captain of race day and/or club event
2 pts for Jeff & Brede race day volunteers
5 pts per Captain of large race day and/or club events (ex: Gateway Aid Station, Lonestar Aid Station, J&B, Back Asswards, Beer run, etc)
15 pts for club programming (ex: bike box coordinator, stats, web, newsletter, zone leaders, pool sharks coordinator, lake sharks coordinator, track workouts coordinator, brick workouts coordinator, trailer coordinator)
