The Road Ahead (homework in Tucson)

Location: Tucson, Arizona
Time: 9:20 pm

Marc: Mes amis I have to write le poem and send it in for tomorrow morning!
AP: Alright team poem session!
Others: LETS DO IT!

The Road Ahead

The desert sun burning my skin.
Open roads with clean fresh air.
The grinding hill,
Eroding away at my will.

Enduring pain with my comrads, my kin.
We crest the peak with no time to spare.
The cactai strong and true, my faithful fans
They feel my pain, they know my plan

Frustration, suffering, reward,
VICTORY!

Finish 9:29 pm

Happy Valentines Day video from the NTC ft. Kiki & AP

Day 2 Tucson Training Camp.

Day Two in Tucson:  very good training day.

8 a.m. 2.5 hour hilly ride Gates Pass and through Tucson Mountain Park.

12:00 noon  5k swim at U of A. short course yards on a warm, sunny day. 22c in Tucson.

4:30 p.m. 50-75' run w/tempo along the river bank nearby.

Everyone is doing well.

A few pics of Day Two below:

Day 1 Tucson Training Camp.

Tucson Training Camp is underway.  Everyone has arrived except for Paula (arriving tomorrow due to delayed flights).

Athletes: Kirsten Sweetland, Paula Findlay, Alison Hooper, Kyla Coates, Alex Coates, Rachael Edwards,  Andre Paul Baillargeon Smith, Austin Horn, Jeff Phillips, Matt Sharpe, Aaron Thomas, Cole Stewart, Marc Antoine Christin.

Day 1:  eased into training today - 40-50' base run in the morning along the riverbank, 5.5k technical swim at the University of Arizona Pool and a 75-90' easy spin along the Catalina Mountains Foothills.

A few pics of day 1:

Tucson, Arizona here we come! :) A few pics from the 2009 camp.

We're off to sunny and warm Tucson for a two week training camp.  Weather is forecast to be 20-22c this weekend and next week with nothing but pure SUN!!

Some hard work ahead for the athletes and I know they are up for it and ready to get at it.

Posts from Tucson to follow.

Below are a few pics from the 2009 Tucson camp.

2010 Winter Olympics - Go CANADA!!!

Yoshida Brothers - A Mac... give that a go :)

wonder if we can do these tricks on our cross bikes?

a few assorted pics from the fall/winter.

a few pics of the past few weeks (Victoria and Maui).

TSN Top Performances of 2010 (NTC Dev Team).

Ok, where do I start. The NTC blog is in some serious need of updating. Maybe I can start the fist post with some of the TSN Top NTC Performances (dev squad) of 2010 (in chronological order):

1. January - Youth Olympic Festival. (Team relay, Bronze Medal - Matt Sharpe, Cole Stewart, Aaron Thomas). Three girls in top ten - individual race - Christine Ridenour 5th, Kyla Coates 8th, Alexandra Coates 9th. Great experience and results in the Land Down Under.

2. May - Hilary Wille takes the win at the North Shore Triathlon (BC junior champs) in her first ever triathlon and wins MONEY!!

3. May - PATO - Okalahoma. Kyla Coates - gold medal. Andrew McCartney bronze U23. Nice start to the 2009 season for the NTC development team.  Christine 7th (junior race).   Aaron 7th, Matt 8th (junior men).

4. June - Bird Hill, National Junior Series #1. Team BC (near sweep of podium), Kyla 1st, Alison 2nd, Christine 3rd. Jeff Phillips (race winner but racing to qualify for Canada Summer Games as over 19 year old), Matt Sharpe 1st, Cole Stewart 3rd (Mark Okany of Manitoba prevented the sweep with his second place finish.

5. July - National Junior Championships, Gatineau Quebec. Alison Hooper surprises many with a win and national junior title. This was race was Alison's 4th triathlon in her very young career.

6. August - Canada Summer Games, PEI. Triathlon's first ever appearance in the Games. Individual race Men : Jeff Phillips - Gold, Cole Stewart - Bronze. Individual race Women : Alison Hooper - Gold, Kyla Coates - Bronze. Team Relays - Women - Gold (Alison, Christine, Kyla), Men - Gold (Matt, Cole, Jeff). Great fun and Huge success for Team BC.

7. August - National U23 and Senior Championships, Kelowna. U23 Women - Alex Coates, Bronze. U23 Men -Silver, Austin Horn. (nice to see them on the podium). Senior Men: Simon 1st, Kyle 2nd, Paul T. 3rd, Brent 4th, Andrew M. 5th, Andrew R 6th, Austin 7th, Andrew Paul Baillargeon--Smith. Senior Women: Lauren 1st, Kathy 2nd, Paula 3rd, Alex 13th.

8. September - ITU World Triathlon Championships: U23 Women: Paula Findlay - bronze, U23 Men A-Mac 15th, Junior Women: Alison Hooper 6th, Kyla Coates 8th. Junior Men: Matt Sharpe 26th. Senior Men - Simon 8th.

Overall - a fantastic season, several podiums and miles of smiles!!! :)