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 to the 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!
Unfortunately, I was too ill to compete due to a month-long struggle with giardiasis but I was happy to be there for Sue and watch the other racers. What a thrill it was to watch the elite Juniors racers and our future Olympians! The women's race was particularly exciting and actually brought tears to my eyes at the finish because it was so close. I have been following the top 3 women for several years now and they are amazing triathletes to watch.
I look forward to being in Edmonton for the world's next August with our Team Triumph crew who have qualified: Jeff Yateman, Debi Zaret, Stephanie Obaseki-Johnson and Sue Bennett.
Here are some awesome results from the past few weekends....
CORNWALL TRIATHLON Anna Aylett - 2nd in AG in Olympic Distance Cecile Beaurepaire - Olympic Distance Dan Begin - Olympic Distance Louise Lewis James - Sprint Glen Paradis - Olympic
MAINE 70.3 Stephan Sellier Elle Wubbs Sue Mackey
CANADIAN TRIATHLON Suzanne Rivest - 2nd in AG Supersprint Brad Vlaming - 1st triathlon - 3rd in AG Sprint Louise Lewis-James - 2nd in AG Sprint Anna Belanger - 3rd in AG Sprint France Girard - 1st 70.3 - 2nd in AG Half Ironman Steve Swanwick - 3rd in AG Half Ironman Darcy Yee - 1st Olympic Distance!
ESPRIT TRIATHLON Glen Paradis - 70.3 Byron Johnson - 2nd in AG Coach Maggie - 2nd in AG Erik Shantz - Sprint Triathlon
YUNG FRAU MARATHON - SWITZERLAND Congratulations to Lucie Villeneuve for completing the Yung Frau marathon. She worked diligently all Summer in the Gats doing her hill repeats during our trail runs and riding the hills. She reported that all of the great training helped her to complete this challenging marathon with an elevation gain of 1829 meters. Way to go Lucie! |