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Fall Colors Half Marathon Report - France Girard

 

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. 

Here is France Girard's Honest Race Report:

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!



Triathlon Training near Team Triumph

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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