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 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
