Thanks to Kris Plant and the team of organizers for bringing back the Perth Triathlon! It's the perfect season kick off or newbie event. For Team Triumph it's all about racing for the pie if you win your category. Something about winning a dessert just sweetens the deal :) The potluck at the end of this awesome community event is a pretty sweet feature as well.
Congratulations to everyone who participated! Everyone who started, finished. Tara completed her first triathlon and Team Triumph picked up a few pie and cookie awards! It was great to see Triumphers encouraging each other and we are always so grateful when Heather's pompoms come out at the finish line!
RESULTS
Team Rhinos and Gazelles with Susie Walter - 3rd overall
Double Distance Tri.
Katryna Camacho - 1st Overall
Andrea Levesque - 2nd Overall
Single Distance Tri. Women
Pam - 2nd age cat., 4th overall
Monique - 5th age cat., 8th overall
Pat - 1st in age cat, 10th overall
France - 5th in age cat, 18th overall
Julie J. - 8th in age cat., 19th overall
Heather - 4th in age cat., 25th overall
Tara - 6th in age cat., 27th overall
Single Distance Tri. Men
Adam - 1st in age cat., 2nd overall
John - 2nd in age cat., 7th overall
Laurent - 3rd in age cat., 9th overall
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