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50 Plus Triumphers' Participate in Meech Lake Triathlon 2019!

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 Obaseki-Johnson - 1st AG - 5th overall
Glen Paradis
Kevin Mercer - 3rd AG
Laurent Lenert
Anna Aylett - 2nd AG, 9th overall - HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY!!
Doreen Lipovski - 3rd AG
Stephane Seillier
Don Andersen
Harry Briggs
Dan Begin
Cecile Beaurepaire
Janet Whitley
Erik Shantz - 1st triathlon!
Byron Johnson - 1st AG
Pat Konantz - 2nd AG
Karen St-Arnaud
Sue Bennett - 3rd AG
Dawn Haworth
Christine Demers
Diane Bergeron - a blind triathlete was guided by Kory MacDonald
Team - Karen Brennan and Mellisa Cunningham


10km CANADA DAY RACE
Congratulations to Jennifer Rae Brown for placing 2nd in her age group.

 

 

THANK YOU MEECH LAKE VOLUNTEERS

The Mike Collingwood Meech Lake Triathlon is all about its volunteers. Mike Collingwood, Julia's swim coach, and former race director was a keen volunteer. Every weekend you would see him at 2 and sometimes 3 events lending a hand. For that reason and many more... we recognize our volunteers as much as our athletes as they are the pillar of what our community is built on. Great volunteers = Great races! 

I was so happy to see such a big turnout from Team Triumph this year. Whether you coordinated an area, baked treats, served food, parked cars, body marked, set-up, cleaned up, marshaled or did race kit pick-up you are all superstars for making this event the tremendous success it was. 

A HUGE thank you to Martin for coordinating all of the volunteers. This is a huge job that takes long hours of asking, begging and then plotting into different tasks, over a few weeks. He is always the first to arrive on site (5:10 AM this year) and the last to leave, and without him, we wouldn't be able to put on this event. Pauline also had a big job coordinating all of the baking and making sure that all of the supplies were ready to go. Thank YOU to both of you!!!

It is always nice to have Sue Martin-Bush at the race (pictured above) with her grand-daughter. Sue started this race 37 years ago when she was the Fitness Director at the OAC. There were 3 generations of Martin-Bush girls at the race and lots of her family: her daughter Kate, niece Melissa Cunningham and sister Karen Brennan. Thanks for being there!

Thank You to ALL of our Volunteers!


Martin - Volunteer Coordinator
Pauline - Food Coordinator
David Goldsmith and Kevin Willis - Bike Course Coordinators
Heather Eberts - Body Marking Coordinator and Race Kit Pick-Up - on her BIRTHDAY !!
Sue Martin-Bush - Race Kit pick up both days
Monique Beland - provided 80 pieces of banana bread and 100 mini cups of nuts!

On-Site Volunteer Team 
Cary Willis, Linda Lafrance, Annemarieke Goldsmith, Anne Edwards, Langley Muir, Anna and Mark Belanger and their kids Aviana and Seb, Patrick Wong and son Nathan, France Girard, Emily Graves, Carl Vaillancourt and daughter Annika, Harry Brigg's kids Sofie and Freya, Marina Couet, Pedro Ibarra and kids Aiden & Bianca.

Baking Team
Julia Vlaming, Louise Lewis James, Anne Edwards, Cary Willis, Debi Zaret, Christine Demers, Mary, Gillian Scobie, Lucie Villeneuve, Pauline Lynch Stewart, France Girard, Cecile Beaurepaire, Sue Martin-Bush, Linda Lafrance, Jennifer Rae-Brown, Renee Robert, Heather Dunn, Karen St Arnaud, Janet Whitley, Paige Anderson, Sofie and Freya Briggs.



Triathlon Training near Team Triumph Triathlon Club + Triathlon Store

Great Club Atmosphere

“Here’s to you Julia! Over the last 25 years or so you have gathered up this ragtag community of people and infused it not only with athletic skill but with much love, passion and a huge dose of gratitude — for our health and fitness, for the places we play in, and for each other. The pandemic may have changed the nature of Team Triumph in some ways, but your rich legacy of community continues to thrive. Thanks for this incredible gift Julia!” Pauline
Triathlon Training near Team Triumph Triathlon Club + Triathlon Store

Virtual Cycling Club - A. Laidlaw

This program provides the intensity of workout I was looking for as well as the structure, accountability, and a nice bit of social interaction. I have found myself setting some goals again for my fitness and having fun tracking them on Zwift, Training Peaks and Strava. Thank you, Julia and all of Team Triumph for once again pushing me to work harder and to have so much fun doing it." A. Laidlaw
Ottawa Ironman

Thank You Team Triumph!

Julia, I want to thank you for all you are doing for the Team Triumph community.  I am so very glad we found Team Triumph (maybe 5 years ago?) not only for myself but for Claude as well. You have changed so many things for us -how we work out, what activities we do (like swimming for me..which I am now in love with…who knew?) and helping Claude to focus his dream to do an Ironman. And very importantly you have introduced us to so many wonderful people many of whom we now count among our good friends! I am so happy that your small business has survived when so many others have had to close. The closing of the OAC would have been much tougher for me (and for many others in TT I imagine) if I did not have this community.  

Keep up the great work! 

Ann L.
Triathlon Training near Team Triumph

Grateful during COVID19

 

A huge thank you to my Triathlon coach, Julia Cooper-Aimers. She took the time last week to drop off (from a distance because of COVID19 restrictions) some tri shorts I ordered along with a well-appreciated note to remind me that there will be ups and downs and that things will get better. She has gone above and beyond to support all of her athletes and our Team Triumph club, by providing almost daily strength, yoga, and spinning videos that have been uploaded to Youtube for anyone who needs a little motivation during these challenging times as well as many words of encouragement. I am grateful for her support and encouragement. ❤️

Anita Lacelle Taylor

Triathlon Training near Team Triumph

Awesome Swim Program

Training with Team Triumph for 7 months (so far) made me faster and stronger while building nourishing connections with like-minded fitness nuts and shattering the expectations I had of myself. TT is a crew of inspiring people pursuing epic individual goals and encouraging each other along the way. Julia and her team have expert knowledge and provide a thoughtful evidence-based group program that works. I am privileged and thankful to have Team Triumph in my neighborhood and can't wait to get back to the pool!

Alex Bourne

Triathlon Training near Team Triumph

Putting Members First

I want to thank you for always putting our well-being at the forefront of your business model. You suspended face-to-face programs in a timely manner, leading the way in a fitness business world that took much too long to respond and put their members’ health and the community at risk. You « triumphed « in quickly acting to flatten the curve.⁣
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Your caring nature resulted in a series of innovative and fun virtual sessions and opened them to the community. I am missing the live interaction now that I am working for a few months but I appreciate that I can access the videos according to my schedule. Yin/yang session tonight, just what I needed.⁣
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Not to mention the check-ins, the home deliveries, the charitable events. Priceless.⁣

Simone Rose-Oliver⁣

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