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On Fitspeek 121 our guest is University of Victoria Master’s student Peter Filice. He is doing research for his thesis and his topic is “How Covid-19 is influencing the minds of triathletes.” With the death of the 2020 racing season, did it mean we were destined to become lovers of Netflix or guzzlers of endless IPA? Peter is going to touch on that in our interview.
Also, with only days until Christmas, we know that there are at least 4 or 5 of you out there who have yet to begin your shopping. For those well-meaning but tardy Santas out there, we have some excellent suggestions, courtesy of Roy McBeth.
Abbotsford Triathlon Coach, Mikey Ross rounds out the program. On this week’s Top Five List, Mikey gives some timely pointers on how to take care of your treadmill and your pave cave, so it can last longer and provide a great training environment. Here it all now. You know the drill. Press that button!
Yes! It’s that time of year again. We are only days away from the annual Abbotsford Santa Shuffle. For 13 years, the main organizer has been Marie Lashley. In the podcast, we chat about the event, as well as how she has been coping with Covid.
Like many running events this year, it has gone virtual. However to make things easier for you to decide where to run it, Kevin and Marie discuss some possible route options. You have a full week to complete your race which means you do have a bit of time to get one or two running buddies together, practice safe social distancing, and help out the Salvation Army.
Spend 15 minutes catching up with a Fraser Valley Christmas tradition by pressing play here.
After suffering a bike crash during a 70.3 triathlon in France last year, Vancouver’s Rach McBride needed to heal their body & fix their bike for a follow up race in Lanzarote. Some things don’t go according to plan. It was not a comedy of errors.
We’re not sure what’s in that cool, clear, British Columbia water but it seems to have mystical qualities, nourishing & hydrating some of the fastest cyclists in triathlon.
There’s Rach McBride from Vancouver who has been stomping cyclists of all genders, most recently at the Canadian Championships in Ontario. From Penticton, there is Jen Annet, the Ventum-riding phenom, who is the current female world record-holder for the Ironman distance. And then, from Prince George, there is the mighty Angela Naeth. At about 5′ 5″ and 115 pounds you’d expect her to be a great runner but it’s her speed on the bike that has made her a multiple Ironman and 70.3 winner.
On this week’s Fitspeek, we chat with Angela Naeth about the big race in Florida that she’ll be doing in December, her most embarrassing moments in the sport, and of course…. what’s in that water. We end off the program with some ninja mind tricks for racing & training courtesy of Dr. E. Reeh in Between the Ears. Get it going by pressing that play button below.
Ben Rudson’s an engineer, a pro-triathlete, and a pretty wise dude. He was a latecomer to triathlon but once he found the sport he excelled at it quickly. Although he’s originally from Nanaimo, he moved to Kingston for university, and then to Calgary for employment. And although Ben is a super-quick guy who specializes in the 70.3 distance, he knew the challenges of being a full-time pro would be daunting. Then along came Covid, and the chances of earning a living in the sport with a name that isn’t Gomez, Ryf, or Sanders, were pretty slim. No problem for Ben as that degree in engineering has him at a demanding job that both pays the bills and also allows him to train at the elite level. Hear part one of Ben’s story from his days as a hockey player in Nanaimo to his surprisingly fast Ironman debut that qualified him for Kona.
Speaking of debuts, be listening after Ben’s interview for Between the Ears with Dr. E. With the start of the “dark season” in the Fraser Valley a lot of folks can get seasonal affect disorder. In Dr. E’s debut, she speaks about the causes of SAD and ways you can go about overcoming it. Hear it all now by pressing play below.
With the fall running season here, make the most out of all your running opportunities with effective and challenging workouts. The coaches at Tri*Joy} The Spirit of Multisport can guide you to your first marathon, or your fastest. We are your Fraser Valley based multisport coaching connection. Click the link to get in touch with us for your free introductory assessment & goal-setting session.
Fitspeek celebrates the start of season four with a blockbuster of an interview with an athlete who defines multisport, Maple Ridge’s Roy McBeth.
Little did the young Roy know, while he was playing pond hockey in Prince George that he’d become one of the most competitive aquabikers and off-road triathletes in the provinces. Nor would he know about the challenging path he’d have to travel to get there.
Being diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease early in life meant it was only a matter of time before Roy would either need to have dialysis or a kidney transplant. Rather than live life on the sidelines Roy grabbed life by the horns and excelled both in his professional & his athletic life. In Fitspeek 112 you’ll hear the first part of Roy’s engaging story about his transformation from bodybuilder to cyclist to triathlete.
Also on program 112, our regular contributor, Coach Mikey Ross from the Abbotsford Triathlon club stops by for another Top Five List. You can hear it all now by pressing play below.
We are excited about introducing all our Canadian listeners to a world-class athlete and business person. Originally from Maine, Sarah Piampiano was an athletic phenom in her school years and bound for greatness.
As life would make it, her greatness came but in the world of corporate finance, travelling the world, making big bucks and burning all ends of the candle. And burning through a couple of packs a day as well.
As life would make it, she returned to high-performance athletics as a result of a bar bet and has clawed her way to the upper echelons of long-course triathlon. How does that story go? What do her folks think of her life of tri? What sucks about being a pro-triathlete? Find out by pressing play below!
Sorry VR racing, it’s not you, it’s me. Well, it’s really the weather.
Here I am, it’s 7 in the morning, and the Okanagan sun has already been blazing for over an hour. It’s Sunday and I’m working on my second cup of dark roast, pondering the possibilities of the day.
No races on the schedule. No pressure. No expectations.
I’m really liking it!
Yesterday was a great day of riding with a friend and an impromptu 2 K swim in the lake, just because it felt so good. And boy, did it ever.
No pace clock. No lane ropes. No stroke correction.
Just the stern chiding of a female mallard, if I got too close.
In his last edition of Triathlon Magazine Canada, editor Kevin McKinnon queried, “can there be triathletes, without triathlons.” I don’t know. Over the past eight glorious weeks of this all too short Canadian summer, all I know is that if the sun is out, be damned if I am going to be in a basement or gymnasium doing some prescribed torture session, however well-intentioned it may be. (I have to say that because I am a coach and this is what I do).
All of that writing, just to get to the main point. During the sun-drenched days, weeks, and months that we have been enjoying up here in the Great White North, doing a virtual reality race has zero appeal. Doing a VR event when it’s sunny and 25 out would be the same as choosing Velveeta over a big slab of Gouda.
Having been in this sport for 30 summers, I find it liberating NOT to be tied to the orthodoxy of a training schedule that traditionally ends up in tears and shattered dreams that is the run segment of an Ironman.
And I STILL feel like a triathlete.
Once the leaves turn to red and the skies to grey, that whole VR world might seem like the greener side of the fence. But that’s not today.