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Cherry Blossom Sprint Race Report

Alison June 8, 2016 No Comments

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

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Challenge Penticton

Alison March 7, 2016 No Comments

  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

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2015 Sprint Triathlons. Kalrats, Kelowna Apple, Cultus Lake.

Alison February 29, 2016 No Comments

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

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Ironman Canada Race Report Part 2

alisonlrose October 9, 2015 No Comments

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

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Building Milage: Okanagan Shuswap Century Ride and Oliver Half Iron

alisonlrose September 24, 2015 2 Comments

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)

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My First Olympic Distance – UBC

alisonlrose April 6, 2015 No Comments

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

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Building Up Racing Karma

alisonlrose November 3, 2014 2 Comments

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

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An Abbreviated Triathlon Season

alisonlrose October 3, 2014 No Comments

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

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What have I done?

alisonlrose September 22, 2014 No Comments

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

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