Camping Sites Available at Ghost Lake for Race Weekend We have limited spots available for campers at the campground at race start (southside of the highway) at Ghost Lake for race weekend. There are RV sites (with electricity) and tent sites (with no electricity). Bookings must be made for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights (all [...]
Email: Hi, I am a contributing editor to Triathlon Magazine Canada and I am doing a story on panic attacks and panic attack prevention. I was at your race last year watching my son and admired how well organized your event was. And Ghost Lake was so beautiful at 6 (yawn) a.m. Did you have [...]
Thank you for the tremendous support for our inaugrual event. Viterra Ironman 70.3 Calgary is now sold out for 2009 for Age-Group Athletes. We do have 10 charity spots left to support the Jason Lapierre Memorial Scholarship – at the same price! We also still have spots left for AWAD and Pro Athletes. Registration will [...]
ALREADY WARM ENOUGH TO SWIM IN My fellow race organizer (Dan Ouimet) and I went outon course to film some footage for the race briefing last Sunday. We met up with a couple from Edmonton who are doing the race and had come down for the weekend to swim, bike and run the Viterra Ironman [...]
The All Important Taper Leading up to a race, it is easy to start second guessing yourself and start doubting whether or not you’ve done enough training. If you are an ironman pro or new to the sport, we’ve all second guessed our training leading into a race. Truth be told, it is usually better [...]
Cold Water Swimming With colder water temperatures, many athletes have problems with facial immersion causing perceived shortness of breath, especially below 65°F. At first, it can be a shock to your system that can lead to hyperventilating or a panicked feeling. I remember the first time this happened to me, I found it very surprising [...]
