Heather's Florida Race Reports
5k Race
"Had a wonderful time at the 5k fundraiser run for Special Populations! Flirted with some cute Cape Coral Firefighters and danced with some great walkers and volunteers. Managed to come FIRST in my age category out of ONE! I am stiff competition for ...myself!! 28 minutes... Needed to reapply my lipstick at the finish line! 💄💄!!"
10 K in Naples
Fundraiser for youth music scholarships
Just under an hour ....59 min
Explanations (excuses!):
*It was HOT at 8:00 A.M. !
* my piercing toe cramp 7 K
* I was trying to keep up with a man 10 years older than I am who told me he would run with me for a while because he was recovering from an injury........he was at a 5.7 min/km pace for me but I was tired at 5K and told him to please go ahead.......couldn't even see him in a few minutes!!
*MOST problematic and distracting was the fact that my sunglasses kept sliding off in the heat AND my running pants kept falling down !!😂
I did manage to place 3rd out of 9 but there were SO many fast Club runners in their 60's and 70's ....AND the 70-75 female winner was ahead of everyone in our age group 65-70! SO inspiring!"
Heather....YOU are so inspiring!! Your wonderful attitude about racing and staying fit is so positive and refreshing!! Congratulations on your amazing accomplishments! - Coach Julia
OTHER RACE RESULTS JUST IN!
Margaret King has crossed the finish line at the Boston Marathon! Congratulations Margaret, we look forward to hearing your report. Scott Henry placed 9th overall at the MEC 10 miler race in a time of 1:04!! That's 4 mins per km.... Yeowzah that's fast!
SHIFTING TO THE OUTDOOR SEASON!
Starting in May we start shifting outdoors! On Friday, May 5th we will have our 1st group ride and potluck lunch meeting. We will look at the dates and start planning out the Friday rides for Summer!
This year we have come up with an amazing DEAL!!! An all inclusive Summer membership which runs from May to September. The membership will include Monday Meech Lake swims (July-Aug), Tuesday and Thursday morning clinics and workouts (May-June), Friday Long Rides (May-Sept) and Canterbury 6:30am Wed morning swims (Juyl-Aug)!!
IN THE POOL
We are back to the pool this week for our Spring Term! The Spring Term continues until the end of June. During this term we focus on speeding up your stroke and preparing you for race season! REGISTER NOW!!!
TEAM TRIUMPH EVENTS COMING UP:
Thursday, April 20th 11:00am - Nutrition and Fitness Testing...the Missing Links
Thursday, May 4th 10:30am - Chi Running Clinic
Friday, May 5th 10:00pm - 1st Group Ride and Meeting
May 11-12 - Tremblant Training Camp
Be sure to pre register for our upcoming events!!! http://www.pbest.ca/registration-and-store/
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
Julia is incredible, I once had a coach who told me to get good at biking and running as he couldn't do anything with my swim technique. Then I was introduced to Julia who is so patient and has an amazing ability to translate it all into a way I could understand. I knocked a minute per 100m off my open water swim times after only a handful of sessions with her. The team is also really welcoming, inclusive and most of all FUN!
Triumph is a warm and fun place for every level of triathlete. Whether you’re just getting started and learning all about triathlon or have been at it for decades, like some of us, you will find camaraderie and expertise in this group with Julia Aimers’ support and caring. She keeps up-to-date in so many areas of training, especially for women and including women’s issues whether it be nutrition or menopause. I highly recommend Team Triumph for swimming, biking, running or putting it all together in one package. There is no other place or group, I would rather be training with. So many of my close friends were met in this group.
A huge thank you to my Triathlon coach, Julia Cooper-Aimers. She took the time last week to drop off (from a distance because of COVID19 restrictions) some tri shorts I ordered along with a well-appreciated note to remind me that there will be ups and downs and that things will get better. She has gone above and beyond to support all of her athletes and our Team Triumph club, by providing almost daily strength, yoga, and spinning videos that have been uploaded to Youtube for anyone who needs a little motivation during these challenging times as well as many words of encouragement. I am grateful for her support and encouragement. ❤️
Anita Lacelle Taylor
Training with Team Triumph for 7 months (so far) made me faster and stronger while building nourishing connections with like-minded fitness nuts and shattering the expectations I had of myself. TT is a crew of inspiring people pursuing epic individual goals and encouraging each other along the way. Julia and her team have expert knowledge and provide a thoughtful evidence-based group program that works. I am privileged and thankful to have Team Triumph in my neighborhood and can't wait to get back to the pool!
Alex Bourne
I want to thank you for always putting our well-being at the forefront of your business model. You suspended face-to-face programs in a timely manner, leading the way in a fitness business world that took much too long to respond and put their members’ health and the community at risk. You « triumphed « in quickly acting to flatten the curve.
Your caring nature resulted in a series of innovative and fun virtual sessions and opened them to the community. I am missing the live interaction now that I am working for a few months but I appreciate that I can access the videos according to my schedule. Yin/yang session tonight, just what I needed.
Not to mention the check-ins, the home deliveries, the charitable events. Priceless.
Simone Rose-Oliver
