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Triathlon 2024. A British Columbia Perspective. (Fitspeek 192)

As we get ready to kick off another season of multisport here in BC, I thought it would be a good idea to chat with the person whose job it is to manage and promote our sport in BC. Allan Prazsky is the Executive Director for Tri-BC.

In our conversation, we Fitspeek about the state of triathlon in the province, some of our up-and-comers, and how the Olympics influences participation.

We end the conversation with my diabolical plan to steal a PTO event away from the (former) City of Champions. If you TRI in BC, this podcast is 22 minutes well-spent! Hear it now by pressing play below.

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Fitspeek 188 – 2023 endurance sports highlights. Part A: Bruce Wenting

As we bring 2023 to an end, it’s time to reflect on outstanding athletic performances in endurance sports.

The 1st contributor is a pillar of our community and a frequent Fitspeek guest. He is also largely responsible for helping one of this year’s storymakers get her start in professional cycling. Hear Bruce Wenting’s articulate and insightful contributions by pressing play below.

If you are getting into endurance sports, specifically triathlon, one of the decisions you’ll be making is what kind of bike should you be riding. Here’s some helpful information to guide your purchase – yep, just click on those bikes above.

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Fitspeek 155b: A tale of 2 tri-towns (part 2)

This week the gloves come off as Tri-Warrior Head Coach Kevin Cutjar, representing Penticton and Pinnacle Fitness Head Coach, Paul Regensburg, representing Victoria square off to determine which is BC’s top triathlon town.

Also on the show is Mikey’s Top 5 List. The ATC coach offers advice on improving your swim stroke and efficiency for your next trip to the lake or the pool. Hear it now by pressing play below

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As local as the Mission Bridge: Fitspeek 153 with Roy, Mikey, and Kevin

This week on the show we keep it very local. One of the folks who has seen the Mission Bridge in various altered stages resulting from long runs is ATC Coach, Mikey Ross. He’s on the program this week with his Top Five List. As we all know Covid took a big bite out of our personal connections over the past 23 months, Mikey gives us 5 strategies on ways to emerge out of our caves and reconnect with our tribes.

In addition to the list, local F2C Ambassador Roy McBeth joins Kevin with a 15 minute chat on the local as well as international cycling and triathlon scene. We have some results and analysis from the Pacific First Half Marathon and we look forward to the return of the Fraser Valley Granfondo. And this week’s trivia gossip Fitspeeking, Roy seems to have kept the Christmas kilos off but not so much for Kevin. Hear it all right now by pressing play below.

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Just Tri it ~ Just Du it: UBC is back. Fitspeek 151 with Craig Premack & Winston Guo.

This March hundreds of provincial multisport athletes will finally get a chance race again for real, as the long-running UBC Triathlon/Duathlon returns. Not only is it a great motivator for some early season intensity, it is also a reason to get that bike checked out and make sure that it is road-ready.

On the show this week, we Fitspeek with some seasoned veterans from the event, Burnaby’s Craig Premack and Vancouver’s Winston Guo. Between the 2 of them, they have almost 40 years of UBC experience. They will be sharing some of their experiences from the race course as well as some tips for folks doing the event for the first time.

Also on the program, ATC Head coach, Mikey Ross returns with his Top Five List . If you have ever had to deal with race anxiety, Coach Mikey has a 5-4-3-2-1 strategy that will keep you focused on the world around you and not the butterflies in your stomach.

30 minutes of family friendly Fitspeek is ready for your consumption by pressing that play button below.

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1 man, 43 years, 1000 stories. Fitspeek 148 with Bruce Wenting

A lot has changed in bicycles and the cycling industry in the past 4 decades and Mission’s Bruce Wenting has been there every step of the way.

As the owner of Wentings Cycle & Mountain shop, for 43 years, Bruce has seen and heard and done it all when it comes to self-powered 2 wheeled vehicles. But there’s a lot more to this guy than Shimano and Orbea and in our end of the year chat with Bruce you will find out what.

Also on the program, the Head Coach for the Abbotsford Triathlon Club, Mikey Ross is back with another Top Five List.

Although Western Canada has been experiencing some dreadful weather recently, Coach Mikey gives us reasons why we should layer up and head out the door, for at least some of our runs. Hear this week’s program now by pressing the play button below.

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Fitspeek 146: Back home with Alison Jackson.

Canadian women’s cycling in 2021 could almost be summed up in two words, Alison Jackson.

Originally from Vermillion, Alberta and now from Abbotsford, this former triathlete and Phoenix Velo rider has had a season that she will remember forever.

She ended off her season with a new contract with Liv Cycling and a memorable experience competing in the first ever Paris-Roubaix women’s event. The previous month, Alison scored an extraordinary double victory at the Canadian cycling championships – yep she won both the time trial and the road race! And of course, there was her very first appearance at the Olympics.

Only one of us went to the Olympics in 2021 but I’ve heard there’s going to be a mixed team trial for Paris….. just a rumour?

With such a busy racing and training schedule, its also impressive that Alison has mastered the art of social media. You can check that out @aliactionjackson . You can hear our interview here

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Fitspeek 142: A magic act – 30 minutes with race director Trevor Sol

Your Fitspeek Friday drops in on this wet weekend with a great conversation with a guy whose middle name should be “git er dun.”

As you may know, the Vancouver Triathlon was held, as a TRIathlon and not an aquathon last month. No small feat with all the challenges of Covid-19 protocols.

Add to the mix, the morons who thought it would be fun to start feeding coyotes to set up their perfect social media shots, turning these usually elusive critters into a dangerous nuisance in Stanley Park. Heaven help us when these bozos start chumming the orcas! In our conversation, we talk to Trevor about those last stressful days leading up to the race. Talk about pulling a rabbit out of a hat. And although you can’t satisfy everybody, the fact that the race went ahead was a welcome breath of fresh air in a very stagnant smelling 2021 race season.

Also in the interview, we ask an obvious question “why the hell would you want to be a race director?” as well as the obvious follow up question, “what does a race director do to feed his family (pictured above) when they ain’t no racing?” All this and more including references to Fitspeek’s big BOY brother, and Mikey’s Top Five List, comes your way with the push of that button you see below.

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Fitspeek 139: Roy McBeth speeks cycling & triathlon

As we kick season six of the show we do a quick recap of some of the big endurance sports highlights with our go to guy – F2C & Wattie Ink ambassador, Roy McBeth.

One of the things we’ve noticed lately, is that triathlon, like cycling has really begun to implement a team format. Not only has triathlon seen the Olympics in 2021 the team aspect of the sport has popped up in events like the Collins Cup & in Superleague triathlon. Roy explains how that works.

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Last Man Standing. Fitspeek 138 with Ed Wong.

If you did your first Ironman Canada this year, you would have to be doing one every year until 2053, if you wanted to match the current record of Seattle’s Ed Wong.

As one of the pioneers in long-distance triathlon, Wong used his background as a hospital pharmacist to devise a sound nutritional strategy that served him well in his 31 consecutive iron-distance events that included both Penticton and Whistler.

Wong, along with Ed Russell from Kamloops and Dick Ensslen from Edmonton, collectively known as the “Dick Eds” have done almost 100 Ironman Canada races between the three of them, becoming an inspiration for athletes of all ages. You can find out why the DickEds got their name, and how this episode got its name by pressing play below.