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Fall Racing at its Best

AT THE RACES!
LAUSANNE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

What an incredible week in Lausanne Switzerland at the ITU World Championships! Team Triumpher, Sue Bennett and I marched at the parade of nations with our fellow Team Canada mates. We checked out the course and there was one steep climb and one really steep descent just to add tothe excitement. The water looked like a calm ocean. It was a beautiful green, blue and wonderfully clear. When race day arrived the water was a bit rough but Sue took it all in stride and hit her target in all three events making it to the finish line and coming in 28th in the world!! Congratulations Sue!! We are all so incredibly proud of you! ....
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So.....You've Gone and Done it!!!!

It’s official you have signed up for a triathlon BUT now what? It’s months away, so you can wait until January to get started, right?
It all depends on the distance of the race and when it is. One essential element of any successful triathlete is to dedicate the time necessary to properly train for a race. Regardless of your experience or fitness level, it's important to start training long before your first race of the season. This can mean the difference between feeling good and finishing strong, struggling to get over that finish line or a DNF (did not finish). We share in our blog “ When Should I Start Training for a Triathlon ” when ....
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Look out World Championships in Edmonton!!

Steph O in PEI winning her overall and Qualifying for World Championships in Edmonton AT THE RACES! 2 MORE TRIUMPHERS QUALIFIED FOR EDMONTON WORLD'S 2020!! What an amazing weekend of racing. Our gang was also racing in Mont Tremblant, Valleyfield, Brockville and PEI today! Last weekend saw a few people out as well doing the Iron Girl race and Bracebridge Tri. Both Jeff Yateman and Stephanie Obaseki-Johnson were gunning for a spot at World's and BAM!...mission accomplished! I was in Valleyfield and crossed the finish line and looked up at Jeff who was waiting at the line. I put one finger up to show 1st place and he nodded his head YES!! Jeff turned 21 today and ....
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Inspiring Performances this Weekend by Team Triumph Athletes

Sophie Completes 12km Swim at
La Traversée du lac Tremblant 2019

Congratulations to Sophie for taking on this incredible challenge! We are all so very proud of your accomplishment and grateful that you had Annemarieke by your side all the way! Here is Sophie's Race Report:
"Aug 4th was the second edition of La Traversée du lac Tremblant. When I submitted my application for the 12k HUUB Ultra Swim, I thought I wouldn’t be selected and would enjoy instead doing the 3k swim taking place on Saturday. I have always been intrigued by long-distance swimmers and La Traversée seemed the perfect location to try it. I first registered as a swimmer to ....
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National Capital Triathlon/Duathlon and IMCanada Podium for Coach Maggie!!!

NATIONAL CAPITAL TRIATHLONS & DUATHLONS It was another stinking HOT day for a race but as I always say - everyone has the same heat and humidity so just do your best and keep moving forward! Don't worry about your competition, they are suffering just as much as you are. We had many first triathlon folks out on the course. It was awesome to see the next generations getting into this amazing world of multi-sports! The BIG wins of the day went to our newest member Jeff Yateman who came 2nd in the men's sprint tri and 1st in AG; and our Director of Logistics and Humour, Martin Couet came in 3rd overall in the men's sprint duathlon and 1st in his age category. Sylvie Lemay ....
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Toronto Triathlon Festival - Coach Julia vs Son

TORONTO TRIATHLON FESTIVAL
Son vs Mum And the Winner is..... What a blast we had today at the Toronto Triathlon Festival!! This race was a first for me and a great experience. Over the Christmas holidays, I challenged my son Ryan who is now 25 to a triathlon. He is working in the financial industry in Toronto so needed a little extra incentive from Mum to kick his butt out of the office and get to the gym! I had coached him and his brother when they raced in Kids of Steel but he hasn't done a triathlon since he was about 10 years old. Even though the temps were baking hot, I had been warned that the water temperature never really warms up so I was happy I decided to wear ....
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The Perfect Day to Bring on the Bay

The sun was shining, the winds were calm, the water was a bit choppy:all par for the course on the mighty Ottawa River! Team Triumph had a great turnout of swimmers and volunteers. Thank you to Martin and Nancy St Germain's husband Paul for supporting the swimmers in their kayaks. In its13th year, BOTB is a really well-organized event with sailboats lined up every 100 meters. Great volunteers, food, and fun all around. We had three podium finishes today! Congratulations to our newswim coach Mike Olsenwho won his age category and posted the fastest Team Triumph time of the day at 53:12!He was also our eldest competitor at 76 and posted a personal best time for this event! He is keen to ....
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Mont Tremblant 2019 Triathlon Weekend Congratulations

We are so darn proud and excited of the members of our club that participated in the Mont Tremblant Triathlon weekend on June 22/23 that we could not resist putting together a video montage of their day. Fall programs start in September with details coming out in August, but we still have room in our Summer Program. If you have a late-season triathlon on your agenda and are looking for like-minded individuals to train with you can find information on our summer program at www.teamtriumph.ca What it Takes to Participate in the Mont Tremblant Weekend ....
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50 Plus Triumphers' Participate in Meech Lake Triathlon 2019!

MIKE COLLINGWOOD MEECH LAKE TRIATHLON CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TRIATHLETES!
The water was a bit rough and the temperatures hot, but triathlon IS an outdoor sport, so we roll with the punches! It was an honor to watch you all test your limits, high five you at the finish line and place medals on our top triathletes. Will Manning-Dewar earned the fastest male Triumpher of the race in a time of 1:42:56 and Stephanie Obaseki-Johnson was our fastest female at 1:45:52. Fastest Swimmers Anna - 20:33 Don - 22:07 Fastest Cyclists Glen - 49:16 Stephanie - 51:49 Fastest Runners Will - 29:03 Stephanie - 32:29 Will Manning-Dewar Stephanie ....
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3x Podium Finishes at ITU World Triathlon Series - Montreal

What an exciting day of racing for Team Triumph! We started the race at 11:20 am in the stinking, hot and humid Montreal heat so the debate was on to wetsuit or not to wetsuit? Two of us decided to go without, which in a 750m swim you can save time by not taking the suit off but how much time do you lose without it on? My choice was to go without to bring down my core temperature which was already high. The swim was lovely; not too wavy and well spread out. The bike was super fun!! It was a 5 x 4 km loop and was very technical with tight turning descents and a descent into a sharp, short steep hill. Each time you could play with how to take the turns a bit faster and tighter. When we hit ....
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Heather Dunn

You can add me as a client for life. Still so much to learn about biking but am kicking butt on the hills out here - the “wall of pain” climb 2000+ft elevation has nothing on one of your classes!! Thank you!!
ps - LOVING the Team Triumph biking shorts!!!

Tara McGowan

Team Triumph is a great Club where people from all levels of fitness can train. I was first introduced to Coach Julia when I went to a Training Camp in Utah as a tag along. My husband was training for an Ironman race at the time. I was recovering from an injury, but that didn't stop me trying the different activities at a beginner level. I remember swimming in the pool for Julia's first assessment. I was exhausted after only a few lengths. She gave me a few swim tips and I was eager for more. That was the point where I decided to schedule a one-on-one meeting with Julia and develop my plan to become active for life. In September 2016 I started learning to spin and run for the first time and took swim lessons to improve my technique. With Coach Julia's support and friendship from team members I have not looked back!

Susie Walter

With encouragement from my great friend Heather I joined TT in the fall of 2014. I remember nervously arriving at Canterbury Pool for the initial hour of swimming. Well I gasped at the thought of a 300 M warm up! I asked Julia if we had the whole hour to complete the warm up! Well it wasn’t too long after training and relearning the proper stroke technique the the warm became pretty easy. Now the 500 M time trial was a challenge but I was able to do it! In the spring of 2015 I completed the Perth Triathlon...lots of fun with TT and Julia was an amazingly supportive. A Christmas gift from my husband in 2015 allowed me to go to the Utah Training Camp in April 2016. I was certainly nervous given the experience of the athletes attending. I met some new people and everyone was friendly and supportive. We had a great time participating in the Sand Hollow Sprint Triathlon. More recently I have cut back on the swimming, but I hope to continue next spring. After a hip replacement in 2017 I am back spinning. The group dynamics of the spin classes with Maggie and Julia is fantastic. The music is great, the work out is awesome (I am soaked by the end of the class!) anyone holding back from joining TT for fear of intimidation....no need! Well have all started from different levels of fitness and experience and Julia and her team are there to train, coach, support and “POOOSH” all the way!

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