Do you remember this race?
It was 2001, Simon Whitfield had just won the Olympics in Sydney and Canada was inspired to try a triathlon!! Two Mum's asked me if I could coach them personally while their kids were at school, knowing that I had organized a triathlon club in the 90's while working full time as the Fitness Director at the Ottawa Athletic Club.
Many people ask me why is it that most of your programs are during the "work day"?
Team Triumph's foundation was built 16 years ago for parents who wanted a structured, fun, social and science based triathlon program when their kids were at school. Quite frankly, I was in the same boat. After school, I put on my Taxi driver cape and it was into the mini van for hockey, rugby or basketball!
Since I was 9 years old, I always knew that I wanted to inspire people to get fit and stay fit. In University, I realized that I could change people's lives to help them find happiness and health through fitness. I believed that I could have a greater impact than helping just two people, so Team Triumph began!
Doctor's, nurses, small business owners and stay at home Mums and Dads started seeing and feeling the benefits of training for triathlon and our day time program started to grow. Some members started going back to a regular work day and it became apparent that there was a need for early morning and weekend activities, so we added them.
Now 16 years later with over 100 members, some of their kids are grown up and they are starting to retire and others are just starting to discover the joy of training in our club while the kids are at school.
The circle of life.
Programs Start: the week of Sept 25th
Check out our awesome Fall line-up here - www.teamtriumph.ca
I love the accountability and the structure of the Virtual 70.3 Half Ironman training program. I don't think I would have gotten this far without the program. The accountability is huge for me!
Deborah Jackman
My coach Kevin Willis is amazing. His swim practices have been a real game-changer for me. A great communicator regardless of your swim level. The whole club is supportive of everything you do. You don't need to be an Ironman to benefit from their programs. 5 stars all around!!! - Denise Pittuck
I just wanted to thank you and your team (Gabi! Brenda! Maggie! Dawn!) for making last weekend's event so amazing. I had tried to do a try-a-tri on my own last summer, and the experience was night and day.
Even though I didn't make every virtual session, I felt so prepared... I knew where to go for information, and I knew I had a team of people (coaches and our beginner tri group!) who were all there to support me.
It was interesting to watch Eric train on his own (without access to the TrainingPeaks workouts and without the weekly meetings to ask questions and learn more about proper form and race-day stuff). When we left on Sunday, he looked at me and was like "we're DEFINITELY doing the training with Julia if we decide to go for the olympic distance, right?".
So glad to have found this club and looking forward to many more triathlons in the near future!!! Tai Teleso