As some of us may have experienced, stomach issues during an endurance event are not fun! Finding the right fuel, electrolytes and water consumption before and during a race is key but sometimes it just doesn't work out.
The perfect Fall day to have a competition!
The best part of all those races is the little turkey trot at the beginning of the morning. All those little kids from 2 years old and up running around the track with their parents and their grandparents cheering them! Lovely!
About 200 adults participated in the half and the marathon, just the perfect number not to feel overwhelmed for the turtle that I am!!!
I had my best time going up the hill to the turnaround. Going down was not bad until the 16 km mark when I started to have stomach cramps. From then on, I looked at every bush, tree or driveway if someone could help. But no chance, I had to keep on moving. Finally, I got to the last leg, around the museum ground, sssoooo llllooonnnnggggg!
Please give me my medal as quickly as possible! All I was looking for was….the toilet! The porta-potty never looked so good!!! What a relief, I made it!!!
All around it was a perfect day, and the best part was on my way back home my Chummy had painted the kitchen! Now we are ready to stuff ourselves with turkey and goodies!
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
