First, I barely made it to the race. In spite of being off work, the past couple of weeks have been tough for a variety of reasons and, other than a couple of training camps, had put in more training hours than I ever had. So a Sunday morning on the couch with the Tour …
Category Archive: Race Report
Jul
02
Update and Mini Race Report
Spent a little time updating things yesterday and today. Photos from Worlds are up finally up along with some other photos. I’ve changed my race schedule (for various reasons) and updated past results. Finally, I’ve added on the Why I Do It to the about me page. A quick report on the Canada Day Challenge …
Jun
17
Race Report – Cranbrook (Provincials)
Let it first be said that Cranbrook is a long ways from Vancouver. It’s one thing to drive to Penticton or Kelowna in the middle of BC and quite another to go all the way across the province to Cranbrook. On the plus side though, it was nice to be reminded that the sun does …
Jun
08
World Championships – Race Report
That was what the water looked like yesterday morning for Worlds. And apparently the women were tough enough to brave it but officials felt us men didn’t have what it would take** so they cancelled the swim for the later heats. So the race became a duathlon (3 km run, 40 km bike, 10 km …
May
22
Race Report – North Shore Sprint
Let’s get it out of the way, I finished the race. Thank goodness for a warm indoor pool. I was excited going into the race because it was my first chance to race on a course I had done last year and see how far I’ve come in a year. Last year at this race …
May
11
Race Report – Cultus Lake
There are good days and there are bad days. There are great days and there are terrible days. Then there are days where you just want to crawl under a rock and hide. Days you had no idea you would have to face and wish would you wouldn’t have to. Guess which one today was?At …
Apr
21
Race Report – Sooke Sprint Triathlon
So this was the weather on the island when I got there on Saturday. Not exactly triathlon weather. Luckily is cleared up for Sunday but it was still a chilly 6 degrees. My focus for the swim was to stay as relaxed as possible as I have a habit of pushing too hard early, panicking, …
Mar
12
Race Report – UBC
OK, let’s get this out of the way now. The posted results say I finished second in my age group but I’m sure the guy they have in first skipped a lap on the bike (for various reasons that I’m not going bother talking about here). So in my mind I won and that’s that. …