Geo Wade and Diella Siemens are both amazing people. In addition to holding down regular jobs and being parents and spouses like “the rest of us” they are also ultra-endurance athletes, although they don’t really like to admit it. 
In Fitspeek 24 Diella tells us about her first experience of “going-long” when she decided to walk home from work one day (from Vancouver to Port Coquitlam). Since then she has tackled her first half Ironman distance triathlon, developed a healthy interest in long-distance cycling and is preparing to do another ultra marathon.
Geo Wade discovered in the Victoria Half Ironman that 2 K of swimming was just an appetizer and had an appetite for more. Last year he completed a non-stop bike ride from Port Hardy to Victoria. This year he attempted the swim from the Mainland to Nanaimo.
Geo and Diella are great examples of what Fitspeek is all about, ordinary people doing extraordinary things. In addition to our feature interview we also have our usual features including Kevin Watt’s Social Media Shout Outs, Zack Neufeld’s Between The Ears, and I have your Top 3 heath trends of 2017. Hear it all by pressing play below:
This time we hear from the rest of this podium dominating family from Abbotsford including: 17 year old Travis, 14 year old (Mr. Energy Saver ) Preston, and 7 year old Fraser. These are names sure to be part of the Fraser Valley’s running scene for years to come.
As a long-time runner, how do you deal with the challenges of being a father? How about turning your 4 children into Team Cook, one of the Fraser Valley’s fastest running families? In this Fitspeek Express Interview, Kevin Heinze speaks with Dan Cook, the very proud father of a very fit family!
Armed with a double-espresso from the Wadena Bakery, our Fitspeek experiment continues, ever-Eastward. Today’s ten minutes of fun features Intern Elise and Kevin Watt with the Instagram shout outs. We also hear about the Judy Factor and fun with monkeys on episode four of Planet Mikey.
Ten years ago Abbotsford’s Marie Lashley took on the challenge as race director of a brand new event called the Santa Shuffle. In today’s Fitspeek on The Fly we hear about Marie’s motivations for investing her time in the event, her recent affinity for trail running, and her changing tastes in post-run nutrition!
As we travel Eastward, the flow of information on Fitspeek on the Fly continues. Today it’s Zack Neufeld with his latest edition of Between The Ears. We hear about the importance of breathing properly for maximum athletic performance.
Happy Saturday from Fitspeek. We are trying a new approach for this week it’s Fitspeek on the Fly.
From growing up on a farm that raised bison, near Vermilion, Alberta, to riding with “the boys” in Phoenix Velo, to the Go Pink/Cogeas cycling team in Italy, Alison Jackson has shown what happens at the confluence of ambition, talent, and grit.
features results from the recent running races in Mission and Boundary Bay, Bryan Wilkinson from Tri*Joy stops by for a chat on off-season nutrition and training, and we have episode four of Planet Mikey. This week has 21 minutes of Fitspeek fun. Hear it by pressing play below