Team Triumph Successes at the Early Bird Triathlon!!
We had 11 Team Triumphers at the Early Bird Triathlon this year at it was great to see them out doing their best! I had many proud coaching moments on the course! The weather was beautifully sunny but freezing!!! Most of us had to put on jackets, socks and pants!! I decided to make my transition to warm clothes coming right out of the pool so I didn't catch a chill. I even wore my swim cap all the way to the bike to stay warm.
Congrats to all who participated!
Sprint Triathlon
Lucie - 1/20 in age category and 7th overall
Katryna - 6/16 age category (2nd triathlon and gunning for the Syracuse Half Iron!)
Coach :) - 1/17 in age category and super happy to be able to do triathlons again!
Long Course Triathlon
Phil - 3/10 in age category and gunning for Mt Tremblant Half Iron!
Drew - 4/6 in age category and gunning for the Ottawa Marathon and Tremblant Ironman
Christine - 8/8 in age category and gunning for Mt Tremblant Half Ironman!
AquaCycle
Nancy - 2/10 in age category and 2nd overall
Sprint Duathlon
Sevak - 4/6 in age category and 9th overall
Martin - 5/6 in age category and happy to eat any and all burgers after the race :)
Super Sprint Triathlon
Debbie - 1/5 in age category
Chantale - 3/8 in age category (1st triathlon after taking just 3 private swimming lessons!)
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
