Two months to go! June is when we really start training like Ironmen and women. You now have an excellent base and we started triathlon-specific training last month so your transition runs should start feeling more natural (if that is ever possible). Now we start real training – it may be time to have “the talk” [...]
Just like the athletes, spectators can be picked up from 3 convenient locations within the city on race day and taken to race start. Pick-up locations are the Westin Hotel, T2 near North Glenmore Park and McMahon Stadium. Cost is $10. Following the swim, buses will transport spectators to the finish line and then [...]
Viterra Ironman 70.3 Calgary is excited to announce that Craig Alexander will challenge an international field at Western Canada’s only Ironman 70.3 event on August 2nd, 2009. Craig “Crowie” Alexander is a world class professional triathlete with nearly a decade of racing experience. Coming off a World Championship victory at last year’s Ironman Hawaii, seen [...]
Brian Cowie, races in tandem with 25-year-old pilot Devon Smibert. Brain is a two time world championship silver medallist in the triathlon for athletes with a disability. Named Triathlon Canada’s athlete of the year in the disabled category in 2008, he started to lose his sight at age 22 due to a degenerative problem He [...]
This month we will have a combination of tempo runs and interval runs. We haven’t done a lot o interval running in this program, so you will need to be sure that you warm up very well and take a balanced approach to these workouts. Interval running can be very injury causing (that’s why we [...]
For this month we recommend that swim workouts include aerobic sessions (on easy days) and anaerobic threshold sessions on tougher days. We are including two aerobic and two anaerobic workouts below. Both are important, so try to fit them in. We are also recommending some optional swims – these are identified as swim choice workouts. [...]
‘Enjoy the Ride’ Dr. Trev Williams of ‘The Doctrine Training Method and Coaching’ May/June 2009 Newsletter This sixth installment of ‘Enjoy the Ride’ will come to you when you are looking particularly silly naked. Your tan lines should be clean and crisp and ridiculous by now! Finally, the skies have cleared and Mother Nature has [...]
Subaru Shawnigan Lake International Triathlon–Race Report By Professional Triathlete & 2008 Olympian Lisa Mensink For the past few weeks I’ve been training in Victoria, BC, Canada. The riding around Victoria is excellent and it’s a great place to train with lots of world class athletes and gorgeous mountain and ocean scenery. I’ve had some epic [...]
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Kyle Marcotte – Pro Ironman There are plenty of people who are more qualified than I am to write about what you should eat before, during and after an event. I have found that works well for me is to keep things simple. I am a big fan of the Powergels during a race because [...]
