The snow has melted, the days are getting longer and the sun has started peeking through the clouds. It must be spring. It must be triathlon season! The first race of the season was approaching at an alarming rate, and I was getting concerned. My winter training has been, to be frank, largely non-existent. My
The next week was Challenge Penticton a full iron and half iron distance tri on the old Ironman Canada course. I had been asked if I would complete the swim portion as part of a half relay team whose swimmer had had an unexpected wedding to attend. Kay had signed up for the full distance solo,
Apologies for my tardiness, this post really belongs about 5 months ago. I’ve had it knocking around in draft format for too long! Time for a recap. As I have become fitter and more experienced I can now stand at the start of a sprint, knowing that I can complete the distance…. Don’t get me
Here, it is, the second part. Read about the lead up to the race in Part 1 It felt as though I had barely crawled into bed as my alarm chirped its 4am wake up call. The morning was overcast and cold and the wet ground indicated it had already been raining. We had decided not
As June came around and my mileage was increasing in preparation for Ironman Canada, two events were scheduled a week apart. Okanagan Shuswap Century Ride Mt first century ride (100km) was the Guardian Century Ride last September. Back then, 100km was further than I had ever ridden and the ride was a bit of a
Wanting to get my season started earlier this year, I decided to sign up for the UBC race in Vancouver. My friend, Kay, agreed and we decided to make a weekend of it. After some discussion of the relative merits of sprint vs Olympic distance, as well as the relative competitiveness of each category, I
The other week, I spent the day volunteering at our local marathon. Five hours handing out water to athletes as they ran past. Each year I try to volunteer for at least one for every two events in which I participate; sometimes I am left with the dilemma of whether to volunteer or run in
Having missed the majority of the 2014 triathlon season due to injury, as soon as I was cleared to return to try running again I was thinking about how many tri’s were remaining. I managed to take part in three races during the final month of the season. I stuck with Sprint distance (750m swim,
I did it. I signed up for Ironman Canada 2015. Don’t laugh. Please. IRONMAN. 3.8km swim, 180km bike and a marathon run (42.2km) in under 17 hours. 11 months from now! Never mind that the reason I did my first triathlon was that running for longer than 30 minutes bored me to the point of