Brenda has been a resident of Ottawa for the past 20+ years but originally hails from Southern Ontario. She joined the Military at the ripe age of 19 fresh out of high school, which is where she got her super-duper admin WOW skills from. She has been married for 30+ years to a fellow triathlete. She has a background in fitness (Pilates, indoor group cycling instructor, Level 1 Triathlon Coach). She spent 8 years in the duathlon world and moved into the triathlon world over 7 years ago. She has completed 3 Ironmans, countless Half Ironmans, 5 marathons and many many road races. Her interests involve all things triathlon but she loves to trail run in the summer and snowshoe run in the winter as well.
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
