tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39484170734144557142024-02-19T08:49:19.413-08:00NTC SquadPKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-3238259055998482602011-03-21T16:55:00.000-07:002011-03-21T16:55:09.445-07:00Recent Road Race Updates (Bazan Bay 5k, Comox Valley 1/2 marathon)Recent run race results: <a href="http://pih.bc.ca/results/IslandSeries.php">http://pih.bc.ca/results/IslandSeries.php</a><br />
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Bazan Bay 5km, March 6: Good early season form: Jon Bird 15:20, Andrew Russell 15:38, Andrew McCartney 15:56, Paula Findlay 16:33 (new course record), Alison Hooper 17:57, Alex Coates 18:08, Kyla Coates 18:30<br />
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Comox Valley Half Marathon, March 20: First 1/2 for Simon and Kyle.. nice running guys! Good pacing by coach Jon. Simon Whitfield 1:06:23, Kyla Jones 1:07:35 Coach Jon Brown 1:07:37PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-29524683583398518872011-03-21T16:38:00.000-07:002011-03-21T16:38:56.699-07:00Caloundra, Australia week 1All is well in Australia. Good training, a few soggy days but mostly sun and heat. a few kangaroo sightings (one face to face) and some fast 100's in the pool.<br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">good advice from Marnie McBean - Canadian three time Olympic Gold Medallist (rowing). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA"><img height="150" id="il_fi" src="http://impossible2possible.com/images/aboutMarnie.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="150" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">Is March the doldrums? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">In 2007, a friend of mine, Ray Zahab, ran with two others, 7,500km across the entire Sahara Desert. They ran an average of 70 km per day for 111 days in extreme desert conditions through six countries to raise awareness for clean-water initiatives in Africa. I’ve heard him speak about it.<span> </span>Many days were incredible and the people he met, and the things he saw were inspiring. There were also some days when, with each step, he said his mantra was, “this sucks, this sucks, this sucks, this sucks”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">I still remember training in February and March when my personal mantra was often “it’s a summer sport, it’s a summer sport, it’s a summer sport”.<span> </span>The dark, rainy and cold days that we were training in did not match the weather of our summer rowing regattas. Not all of your sports are outdoor sports so the weather doesn’t affect you in the same way, but March and April I often found as the most depressing months. For all I did, I felt I wasn’t getting anywhere.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">Coaches and trainers design winter training programs to fix and improve areas of weakness from the previous competition season. You are receiving constant critical feedback while, at the same time, the high training volume is physically exhausting. It’s so much harder to stay positive when you’re tired.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">On top of this we try to multitask more at this time of year than any other, trying to squeeze in a little bit of school, a job, and maybe even a social life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">My point? Regardless if your training takes place indoors or out, with a team or by yourself, it may be hard to stay excited about your training right now.<span> </span>The joy that you get when your body is competition ready, the sun is warm on your face and you’re fired up about what you could seem a distant memory. Right now, it’s neither summer nor do you feel ready to race. But that’s okay. <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">Think of the training you are doing right now as earning you bonus points! If competitors of yours get to train in warm, sunny conditions and you don’t, then you are simply getting tougher than they are getting.<span> </span>If your competitors get more early-season competitions than you, then they are breaking up blocks of training time that you are using effectively.<span> </span>What ever it is, whether everything is going smoothly, or if everything is an uphill battle, figure out a reason that this is to your advantage.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">Take even the darkest, most boring training day and make it significant. You can take any day and make it boring, or, you can add a little salsa too it! It’s not about just making it through these doldrum days; it’s about making it through them better than anyone else. <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">This note is going out to over 700 athletes; you’re in this together.<span> </span>Go Canada.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA">For more info on Ray check out <a href="http://www.rayzahab.com/about"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">www.rayzahab.com/about</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p> Marnie </o:p></span></div><div><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p><br />
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A few bits of news:<br />
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<ul><li> The Mod Squad headed up to Comox/Courtenay on November 10-13 for the annual fall training camp. Lot's of good cyclo cross rides on the single tracks and fire roads of Cumberland (highly recommended for fun and adrenalin) along with our usual swim / run sessions. Some good dinners out, plenty of laughs and some good mud and spills into the creek and bushes. We were pleased to be joined by Ellen Pennock from Calgary. </li>
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<ul><li>NTC men's squad (Simon, Kyle, A-Russ, A-Mac) just returned from their very successful camp in Arizona. Welcome home boys. </li>
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<ul><li>A few days of rare snow in Vic has made for fun but chilly cross rides. </li>
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<ul><li>Kyle, we all wish you well. We look forward to seeing you back in the pool soon. </li>
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Well.. were to start? Maybe at the end and I'll do a better job in the coming year. :)<br />
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It's the end of the season for the majority of the team and some well deserved off season (rest, fun, fun, rest and maybe some school and easing back into training). Fall start up - Oct 1, 7:30 a.m. SCP.<br />
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Recent NTC dev squad highlights: <br />
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1. Budapest ITU World Champs: U23 women - Kirsten silver, Kyle 37th - Elite Men, U23 men - JP 38th.. ripping bike split, Junior Men - Matt 9th, Cole 21st (way to crush boys.. oops .. men!), Junior Women - Christine -12th, and last but not least, Elite Women - Paula - 5th.. and so close to the steps (WCS series top runner)!! :). <br />
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(great racing in Budapest by Joanna Brown - junior women's bronze, Alexander Hinton - 16th junior men, Andrew York 24th U23 Men). <br />
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2. National Champs, Kelowna: Matt - national junior champ, Paula national elite champ, Simon - defending his national title in a thrilling sprint finish Kyle who made Simon work for the win and A-Russ who climbed onto the podium with an impressive third place finish.<br />
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You guys impressed this summer. Be proud of your squad, all the work you've done and the fantastic results! Get some rest.. have some fun.. lot's of work ahead for the 2011 season. It will be good! <br />
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<dl class="articleImage" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; z-index: 0;"><dt style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Edmonton Paula Findlay wrapped up a sensational rookie season Sunday in Budapest.(Delly Carr/ITU)" src="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/?src=http://www.edmontonsun.com/sports/columnists/terry_jones/2010/09/12/OnlineFINDLAY&size=248x186" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: 186px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; width: 248px;" /></dt>
<dd class="bold" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 1px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 0px;">Edmonton Paula Findlay wrapped up a sensational rookie season Sunday in Budapest.(Delly Carr/ITU)</dd></dl></div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When Paula Findlay won in Hyde Park at the London Olympic Games venue she was shocked. She was just hoping to be in the top 15.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When the little redhead made it two-for-two in the World Championship Series on the challenging cobblestone of Kitzbuhel, Austria, she said she surprised herself again.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">She was just hoping to be in the top 10.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Disappointed</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sunday in Budapest, in the Grand Final of the series, the 21-year-old, who along with the curlers and moguls skier Jennifer Heil are keeping the City of Champions signs up in Edmonton, finished fifth. And was disappointed.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“She had some emotion today,” said coach Pat Kelly via cell phone as Findlay headed to doping control after finishing only two seconds off the podium and what would have been a third consecutive medal in her third race with the big girls.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“She was a bit emotional with her family at the end. She really wanted to be on that podium,” he said.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“In my mind it was quite important she did what she did today. She showed she wants to win every time. The bottom line is that it was an outstanding season. Once she’s able to put it in perspective I’m sure she’ll see that.”</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Chris Dornan of Triathlon Canada was with her outside doping control for what turned out to be a long wait.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“We have a fighter here,” he said via BlackBerry email while he waited.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“We have a rookie that nobody knew two months ago, a girl who shocked the world twice. She entered this race as a favorite and finished the race fifth. But she was dejected. She wanted the podium.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“She was way back and fought all day. She had a bad swim, fought back to lead on the bike, fell back on the run and then turned on the jets to fight for the podium. She leaned over, exhausted after giving everything, water and sweat pouring off her. She was emotional but more angry like a veteran who wanted more and felt like she could have delivered more yet was absolutely fantastic.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“It was a hell of a gutsy performance. She said she had to fight harder for this fifth than her two victories.”</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Finally out of doping control and holding an award from the International Triathalon Union identifying her as World Championship Series Runner of the Year, a fifth-place cheque for $9,300 and fifth-place series cheque of $16,000 — making it a bigger payday than her cheques of $18,000 from both London and Kitzbuhel — she called your correspondent on Dornan’s cell.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“That took forever,” she said of her trip to drug testing.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But she said it had allowed her time to think.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“My expectations totally changed after the two wins. It changed the expectations of others, too.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“People were expecting me to podium. But after having a little time to think about it in there, now everything is in perspective. I’m thrilled with my results.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Initially I was pretty disappointed. Today was really hard for me. Thirty seconds before the swim my strap broke on my goggles. I wear contacts. I couldn’t go without them. I had a referee tie a knot on the strap and my heart rate had to be 200 I was so stressed out when I hit the water. There was so much drama there that my swim was really bad. I rode the bike really hard to get in contention but I was seven seconds back most of the run.”</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">There has to be some second-guessing at Triathlon Canada for waiting so late to get her into the seven-race series. With two more results she could have won it all.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“If I’d have been in the top five in two other races, I’d have been right up there,” she said of being the world champion today. “But it’s OK. It’ll give me more motivation for next year.”</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A case of timing</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Kelly said it was a case of timing.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Paula came out of school in February,” he said. “Almost all the competitors in the series are full-time. She started a little late into full-time training.”</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Her coach sees a young girl who is ready to go back to her old life in Edmonton for a while before she returns as one of those full-time pros earlier next year.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I think she’s looking forward to going home, sleeping in her own bed, going back to school and resuming her old life for a few months,” said Kelly.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Yeah, that’s for sure,” said Findlay. “It’s hard living on my own. I like living at home. I like being with my friends at home. Victoria is an awesome training environment, but it will be a nice mental change to come home until going back full time in January,” said the U of A student who will return to class for four months early this week after 18 hours study on the way home.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">While she’s been home for four days here and three days there, she’s now going to be home as Paula Findlay, international sports star instead of the girl next door.</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“It’s a little different, but pretty cool. I like it.”</div><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">terry.jones@sunmedia.ca</div></span></span>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-43178814171598809552010-07-30T18:43:00.000-07:002010-07-30T18:43:34.091-07:00a few pics from stage 14 TdF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsDdZMO207iNEX-6Cg2aYRfwNFPa-rtHpTYd91zJonFWLzI9mMdEsMoUt0FY2bz3CrgQTKrAVUUkeUO-2nDYpGlTMzEK0CE6WXX_t35b5jmxJPXpHXY8p-hsPZHLKgmnxOpeE5grwgnfQ/s1600/IMG_2364.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsDdZMO207iNEX-6Cg2aYRfwNFPa-rtHpTYd91zJonFWLzI9mMdEsMoUt0FY2bz3CrgQTKrAVUUkeUO-2nDYpGlTMzEK0CE6WXX_t35b5jmxJPXpHXY8p-hsPZHLKgmnxOpeE5grwgnfQ/s320/IMG_2364.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE69KzUbheyNMKAgmIjsJWlicLFwU6xHTwzKiTzZV9oJBEIf8BoENxiv7jC8J3-16U0bhRXp8vM1M9i7pKvBCwZ87X5RuDyAP8Dlw3lQFtavNweUUsiqCwfR_CZrJXgaJr3Dwb3Atcs6Zj/s1600/IMG_2355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE69KzUbheyNMKAgmIjsJWlicLFwU6xHTwzKiTzZV9oJBEIf8BoENxiv7jC8J3-16U0bhRXp8vM1M9i7pKvBCwZ87X5RuDyAP8Dlw3lQFtavNweUUsiqCwfR_CZrJXgaJr3Dwb3Atcs6Zj/s320/IMG_2355.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrqW_VR3QzBjjft04c2lht6baKvVgtPlQGAJPVDDovKSdoy8fPq9ykow03IfpG_qk853FY0Z3m2U4NEN_8N2rNWuhjwO92oA1-FtL1r_vxaQw9wnlgszOwcTGtim-H8tCL8IpVjAMqpg3/s1600/IMG_2366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrqW_VR3QzBjjft04c2lht6baKvVgtPlQGAJPVDDovKSdoy8fPq9ykow03IfpG_qk853FY0Z3m2U4NEN_8N2rNWuhjwO92oA1-FtL1r_vxaQw9wnlgszOwcTGtim-H8tCL8IpVjAMqpg3/s320/IMG_2366.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BnQA98Jx2LkpEA1tEQfzDHI-zRA3RqlyrfkGXTVh0Q-ewuFtSy4y5Z3zYQVDTkRFTkuUUfZtORKymwNQHHBwGlR4XrzrA3cE1hm0Dk7n8EZV_byyx71rg-E3-oEfkSpT3uJ8SiJjAJX3/s1600/IMG_2347.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BnQA98Jx2LkpEA1tEQfzDHI-zRA3RqlyrfkGXTVh0Q-ewuFtSy4y5Z3zYQVDTkRFTkuUUfZtORKymwNQHHBwGlR4XrzrA3cE1hm0Dk7n8EZV_byyx71rg-E3-oEfkSpT3uJ8SiJjAJX3/s320/IMG_2347.JPG" /></a></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-89478814546818357042010-07-26T15:20:00.000-07:002010-07-26T15:21:54.215-07:00Focused and Ready to Race!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PrZEl55pzusFKrvVHzxoiKge1CTxqzUxW7mtOPK7kilLLnc4W810RHq_hHK3ba0B3CThIk2R4iOBx8ddFg-fHlsNNIGslYGoDNesJHPYVLrHzJpVFNkRwubDJ_GQBd6w7i8_4l5-Qq0p/s1600/35260_10150215717760427_538770426_13747566_2863346_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PrZEl55pzusFKrvVHzxoiKge1CTxqzUxW7mtOPK7kilLLnc4W810RHq_hHK3ba0B3CThIk2R4iOBx8ddFg-fHlsNNIGslYGoDNesJHPYVLrHzJpVFNkRwubDJ_GQBd6w7i8_4l5-Qq0p/s320/35260_10150215717760427_538770426_13747566_2863346_n.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Moments before the start of the London WCS race. </div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-15045440869367220352010-07-24T14:58:00.000-07:002010-07-24T15:39:32.473-07:00Paula! Juniors and U23's!!!London WCS - No other words necessary other than Superb!! Congratulations Paula Findlay!!<br />
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<b>Recent results </b>- <i>congratulations to our fast racing Juniors and U23's. </i> Coteau du Lac ITU Junior Elite race and ITU Pan Am Cup - (junior women - Christine 1st, Alison 2nd, Matt 1st, Cole 3rd, Senior Elite - Paula 1st, Kyla 3rd, JP 3d).. Sask Junior Elite race: ( Matt 1st, Marc 3rd, Christine 1st, Alison 3rd). Great job NTC athletes.. you've worked very, very hard for these fantastic results.. keep up the strong work!!! Coach PK<br />
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</div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-22614483103962135742010-06-14T22:18:00.000-07:002010-06-15T19:26:41.333-07:00Summary May - June racingA bit of catching up on some strong results over the past few weeks. <br />
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1. May 22, PATCO and Continental Cup, Ixtapa Mexico<br />
Due to large surf on the morning of the race the swim was cancelled for both the junior and senior elite races. The race officials added a short run in lieu of the swim on a very hot day in the 40's.<br />
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Notable results by NTC athletes: <br />
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Elite Men: Jeff Phillips - 4th, AP Baillargeon-Smith - 8th, Austin Horn 21st.<br />
Elite Women: Kyla Coates - 11th<br />
Junior Men: Cole Stewart - 17th (Matt Sharpe, Marc-Antoine Christin, Tim McLean - DNF)<br />
(Ian Donald, Guelph - 2nd, Joel Howlett, Sask - 4th)<br />
Junior Women: Christine Ridenour - 3rd, Alison Hooper 7th <br />
(Joanna Brown, Ottawa - 1st overall)<br />
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2. June 13th Hy Vee Elite Cup, Des Moines, Iowa<br />
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Elite Women: Paula Findlay - 4th (racing a world class field), Kyla Coates 26th (1st Olympic Distance race). (Kathy Tremblay, Montreal - 26th)<br />
Elite Men: Kyle Jones - 13th<br />
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3. June 13th WASA Lake Triathlon, Cranbrook<br />
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Elite Men: Cole Stewart - 1st, Aaron Thomas - 2nd.<br />
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Congratulations to everyone!! Nice start to the season. <br />
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Next up is the Coteau du Lac Junior Elite / Premium Continental Cup on June 26th.<br />
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PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-50952952824479388552010-06-06T21:13:00.001-07:002010-06-06T21:13:45.622-07:00Keep working until you shine!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qro2R-hwNNo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qro2R-hwNNo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></span>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-87244097315870780672010-05-24T20:16:00.000-07:002010-05-24T20:16:51.319-07:00Giro d'Italia - Ivan Basso Stage Win - 222km Monte ZoncolanFor you cycling fans - we're into some good stage racing - Giro d'Italia news at:<br />
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Basso - a determined man focused on winning!<br />
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Surf looks like fun. Watch out for the jelly fish and croc's! :( <br />
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<b><i>Best of luck to all Canadian athletes:</i></b> NTC junior athletes - Marc Antoine Christin, Tim McLean, Alison Hooper, Cole Stewart, Matt Sharpe, Christine Ridenour (Kelly's Kids). NTC senior athletes - Kyla Coates, Jeff Phillips, Aaron Thomas, Andrew McCartney, Austin Horn, Andre Paul Baillargeon-Smith.<br />
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We'll be cheering!!!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The day You decide to do it is your lucky day. - Japanese Proverb</span>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-48618327072195835762010-05-11T21:07:00.000-07:002010-05-11T21:07:48.670-07:00Weekend of Local Racing!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nice racing by everyone this past weekend. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. PB's by the boys (JP, AP, A-Russ) and Paula (and 2nd overall elite woman) at the Vancouver 10k Sun Run. Strong racing by the juniors at the Sooke Sprint. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Research shows that a beverage containing both carbohydrate and protein, such as chocolate milk, can be more effective at increasing next-workout performance than a conventional carbohydrate- only sport beverage.<sup style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: 3px; font-size: 7.5pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">1,2,3</sup> Chocolate milk is an excellent source of protein, which is especially important for recovery if you plan to work out again within the next 24 hours. Protein helps enhance recovery by repairing damaged muscle tissue and promoting muscle growth.</span><br />
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<h1 style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">On the ride today JP and I were just chatting about the good fun Team BC had at last summer's Canada Summer Games - a visit into the past. </h1><div><br />
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padding-top: 0px;">Team BC won four out of the four first gold medals ever handed out in the sport of triathlon at the Canada Summer Games.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Both Team BC men’s and women’s team landed on the top of the podium Friday.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Team BC triathlon head coach Patrick Kelly (Victoria) was confident his team</div><div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_1618" style="-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); 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font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Alison Hooper of Victoria made history claiming six medals in her first appearance in the Canada Summer Games</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">would have a good showing, but even he could not predict that the team would sweep all four gold medals.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I knew they had it in them but I didn’t want to put pressure on them before the Games,” said a beaming Kelly. “This is a quiet but confident team.”<br />
Team Triathlon consists of a 300m swim, seven km bike race and two kilometre run.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Alison Hooper (Victoria) started with the first “mini triathlon” and handed off to Christine Ridenour (Cowichan Bay) who built up a small lead. Kyla Coates (Victoria) finished the third and final triathlon.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“This is so much better than winning my individual gold medal (won earlier in the week),” said Hooper. “We all have something to share. These are my training buddies. It feels great to do something as a team.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Everybody did their part today,” said Coates who was third to compete in the relay. “We definitely needed each other.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The men’s team included Matthew Sharpe (Victoria), Cole Stewart (Langley) and Jeffrey Phillips (Victoria) who also won a gold medal earlier in individual triathlon.</div><div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_1620" style="-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 3px 3px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 3px 3px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 3px 3px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 3px 3px; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 260px;"><img alt="Team BC Triathlon" class="size-medium wp-image-1620" height="177" src="http://islandsportsnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/tri-gold-winners-5301-250x177.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="tri gold winners 530" width="250" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Team BC Triathlon</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“It feels pretty sweet,” said Sharpe. “We all put in a good effort.”<br />
Both Hooper and Phillips won individual gold medals in triathlon earlier in the week and BC made history claiming six medals in their first appearance in the Canada Summer Games.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“This whole format is outstanding,” added Kelly whose brothers Wayne (1984 Olympics) and Jon (1988 Olympics) competed internationally in swimming. “The comraderie and support of the athletes and coaches in this environment is exceptional.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hooper, Coates and Sharpe now head to Australia to compete in the 2009 World Championships.</div><br />
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</span></span></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-53924566630621078902010-04-21T13:52:00.000-07:002010-04-21T23:00:42.812-07:00Paula's World Cup Win in Monterrey, MexicoA big Congratulations to Paula on her first World Cup win (and only second ever WC race) in Monterrey this past weekend.<br />
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</div><div>Very exciting race to watch!! Great job Paula. We're very happy for you. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Maybe she will allow us to post some or all of her race report on the blog :) <br />
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High five to Andrew Russell for his outstanding performance in the men's elite race. Andrew posted an 11th place finish (best WC result to date). You're commitment, hard work and attention to detail is paying off Andrew (well done Coach Philippe). Kudos to AP for gutting out a finish in a race that had some hard luck swimming, A-Mac for his gutsy effort, dominating swim, Austin for toeing the line in his first ever World Cup. Something to be learned in every race. Hang in there boys.. better is on it's way. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Also congratulations to all the fast racing juniors in the Youth Olympic Qualifier relay event, in particular the speedy silver medal team of Christine Ridenour, Brook Powell, Hilary Wille and Marc Antoine Christin. Fantastique!! </div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGc_QGKu6MnGLM4NlsRvsPnndtzC4UPH77yR5ZbEPbBoGHnwMENDcF-me-6S4Tr5cVewGW-mLpiBX_AB_zN-ghfU4Z30tY2hBH6KitWC7TFBgMhALGj4XmBA-tfDc070c7K1fS285uRE_/s1600/IMG_4935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGc_QGKu6MnGLM4NlsRvsPnndtzC4UPH77yR5ZbEPbBoGHnwMENDcF-me-6S4Tr5cVewGW-mLpiBX_AB_zN-ghfU4Z30tY2hBH6KitWC7TFBgMhALGj4XmBA-tfDc070c7K1fS285uRE_/s320/IMG_4935.JPG" /></a></div><div><br />
</div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-63760797829547443012010-04-17T20:23:00.000-07:002010-04-17T20:50:53.041-07:00Congratulations: Chirstine and Brook qualify for YOG.With Christine's 3rd place finish and Brook's 8th place finish at the Youth Olympic Games Qualifer in Monterrey, Mexico they qualify themselves for the Games in Singapore in August. Congratulations!! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dr. Young has been doing a fantastic job preventing illness and dealing with minor issues. Great to have her help at this race. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px;">Women<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />1. Adriana Barraza (MEX) 59:46<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />2. Kelly Whitley (USA) 59:59<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />3. Christine Ridenour(CAN) 1:00:05<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />4. Allison Hooper (CAN) 1:01:25<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />5. Domi Jamnicky (CAN) 1:01:31<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />12. Maghalie Rochette (CAN) 1:03:41<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />13. Hillary Willie (CAN) 1:03:50<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />22. Amelie Kretz (CAN) 1:07:20<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Canadian Men<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />1. Kevin McDowell (USA) 53:46<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />2. Octavio Oliveros (MEX) 54:33<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />3. Vinicio Ibarra (MEX) 54:54<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />6. Brook Powell(CAN) 55:38<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />18. Marc-Antoine Christin (CAN) 56:44<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />21. Riley MacCharles (CAN) 57:06<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />35. Charles Brault (CAN) 58:48<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />36. Riley Unger (CAN) 58:56</span></div>PKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062569998785995671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948417073414455714.post-36330768489856367602010-04-17T19:58:00.000-07:002010-04-17T20:05:15.877-07:00Youth Olympic Games Trials and World Cup (Monterrey, MexicoHi All.<br />
It's been a very first few days with the Youth Olympic Games Trials for the Pan American countries.<br />
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A top eight finish by a country's athlete was required for gaining entry into the Youth Olympic Games this summer in Singapore. It's the first every games for youth put on by the IOC so it should be pretty spectacular and exciting. <br />
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On to the junior race for women: Hilary had a blistering swim and excited with a 40s lead riding one lap and a bit before Christine bridged up to her.. As some point soloed away and Hillary went back to the first pack including Dominaka and Magalelli Rochette from Quebec. BC girls were well represented in the front chase pack with Christine away at the front. She rolled into T2 with a 13s lead, unfortuntely not enough of a lead to hold off a fast charging Mexican girl.. Chrsitine ran with her for some time then the stronger Mexican opened a gap for final lap of the run for the win... Meanwhile was doing her best to holding back a strong USA runner who edged her out at the finish. Alison crossed in 4th and Dominicky Jamnicky (ontario) cut the tape at 5th. Very impressive year opener for the girls with three spots in the top 5. Most central/south american countries were targeting this race and Mexico had a high alititude camp to prep for this race. Magali and Emlie from Quebec had very strong races but has ome bad luck - flat tire for Emily out of T1 and a bike crassh for Magali. Otherwise they raced really well.<br />
Bient fait equipe Quebec. <br />
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OK, boys race. Brook front pack swimmer.. lead out with a group of 2.. Brook smoked the first and rode with Kevin McDowell for 1/2 a lap .. (super strong dude on the bike). Brook fell back to the 1st chase pace and rode well pulling the group for much of the ride. Marc unfortunately just missed the front group and rode the race with the fist chase pack. Onto the run the American McDowell continued to master the race with a blisterig 16:16 5k run split. The field didn't gain on him at all. Brook ran well finishing in 8th place overall (6th country - 8 qualify for the Yought Olympic Games). Marc Antoine finshied strongly after not finding his form on the first lap. <br />
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Pics below. <br />
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results at http://www.triathlon.org/results/program_results/2010_monterrey_itu_triathlon_american_yog_qualifier/1485/<br />
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