It's been 3 years since we've been able to race at the Ottawa Race Weekend. The weather was beautiful for spectating but perhaps a tad warm for the athletes, but this does not surprise us, as this weekend is notoriously warm. The race was well attended with by our Team Triumph members. Here is how they did.
A HUGE congratulations to Darius Skusevičius (Lithuanian Ambassador) seen above running in support of the people of Ukraine. He completed the 2km/5km/10km and the marathon on the weekend! By the time he reached our place at the 33km mark, his spirits were high but he admitted he was feeling a bit sore. Congrats for being a real hero in this world Darius!
5km
Shirley Clements
10km
Luc Lapensée
Allyson Chisnall
Gary Maxwell
Stephanie Obaseki-Johnson
Half Marathon
Luc Lapensée (10k and half!!)
Karen St Arnaud
Dave Suttill
Hélène Fortier - Winner of the Canadian Armed Forces Gold medal in her category!!
Josée Perreault
Anna Belanger
Erik Shantz
Navin Wicks
Emily Graves
Anders Knudby
Shelley Kirkpatrick
Julie Dale
Marathon
François Menard
Dave Osmond
Steve Swanwick
Darius Skusevičius (2k/5k/10/marathon)
Glen Paradis
Next week we hope to hear more from Annick Desrosiers and Joanne Bezzubetz who were at the Victoria IM 70.3!!
It's exciting to have racing back.
Julia Aimers
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
