Two athletes. One hometown but at very different points in the triathlon journey.
In Episode 239, we welcome Airdrie, Alberta’s Jordan Bryden and Sophia Howell for a conversation about what it really takes to race at the highest level.
Jordan has done almost everything the sport has to offer—from chasing the Olympic dream to becoming an Ultraman World Champion, race director, photographer and endurance sports entrepreneur. Sophia is living that dream right now, travelling the world in Team Canada colours and taking on the best athletes on the WTCS circuit.
Together they pull back the curtain on elite triathlon. What does it actually cost to compete on the world stage? What financial, social, and physical sacrifices are required? How has the pathway to the top changed over the past two decades? And what can age-group athletes learn from two Canadians who have competed against the world’s best?
Jordan shares the lessons he wishes he’d known earlier in his career, while Sophia offers an honest look at life as one of Canada’s rising international stars.
It’s a candid conversation about ambition, sacrifice, and the realities of elite sport—told through the experiences of two athletes whose journeys began in the same Alberta community but have unfolded in very different ways. Listen to it by pressing play below.
