This coming week, we are challenging you to complete one of the Tremblant race distances:
Sprint - 750m Swim, 20km Bike, 5km Run
Olympic - 1500m Swim, 40km Bike, 10km Run, or
70.3 - 2km Swim, 90km Bike, 21km Run.
Please be sure that you are adequately trained for the distance that you choose and that you bring the proper fuel along for your event. Also, be sure to have a swim buddy and a float with you if you're heading into open water.
Some of our members are going to be in the Gats on Saturday to do their challenge. Hopefully, we will see you whizzing by! A great option is to swim from O'Brien and make the parking lot your transition zone. A short loop is 21k, 2 loops would give you 42k or you could do the 44km Gamelin loop twice and add a bit more. The run is an out and back x1, x2 or x3 depending on your chosen challenge from O'Brien with the parking lot being a great refueling station. If a half marathon is a bit too long after the swim and run, you can always do it the following day.
Don't forget to send us your pictures upon completion of your challenge!!
Have a glorious week!
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
