Team Triumphers were out competing yesterday in the Winterlude Ice Dragonboat Festival!!
Julie McInnes, Joanne Beveridge and Cary Willis were on Team The Girls in the Hood. They had a fantastic day of competition, completing the event with a second place finish in the Women's Division! That strength training is paying off!!
For the full race, summary see - https://www.icedragonboat.ca/canada-wins-gold-2nd-iidbf-world-ice-dragon-boat-championships/
It was so much fun!! -Cary
CONGRATULATIONS GALS!!
But not all of our team were racing on ice, Kit E and Kelly Hudson were racing in Miami on the weekend. Kit E placed 2nd in her age category in the 5k and went on to the half marathon today. Kelly was out with her daughter doing the 5km Saturday and also did the half marathon today!
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
