What a glorious weekend to take part in the Early Bird Triathlon Challenge that we issued this past week to our members. As always our members rose to the challenge and we had a good number of them reporting in that they completed the challenge.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ......
DAN BEGIN
RENEE ROBERT
FRANCE GIRARD
RANYA EL SADAWY
DANA COOPER
FRANCOIS MENARD
GLEN PARADIS
JOSEE PERREAULT
ANITA TAYLOR
CECILE BEAUREPAIRE
GARY MAXWELL
STEPHANIE OBASEKI-JOHNSON
LUC LAPENSEE
STEVE SWANWICK
COACH JULIA
Dan Begin - Selfie after finishing the challenge
Dan's run time was faster than the last time he did this race. Could it be that he has been joining the Run Club on a regular basis?
France Girard after her challenge, recycling her t-shirt and medal
Dana Cooper taking his winter fitness and crushing the challenge.
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
