The 2005 Ontario Association of Triathletes Annual Awards were presented over the weekend. NRG PT athlete Sylvie Dansereau completed a fantastic season by receiving the ‘Age Group Long Course Athlete of the Year’ award. Head Coach Nigel Gray was presented with the ‘Long Course Athlete of the Year’ as well as ‘Coach of the Year’ […]
The Hawaii Ironman took place on Oct 15 with Faris Al-Sultan and Natasha Badman taking home the victories under great conditions. Swim times where a bit slow due a cross swell but the bike ride was one of the best ever in Hawaii, light winds for pretty much the whole ride except for a short
Ciao, Back to Italy in 2006!!! With the huge success of our training camp in Italy this past spring, NRG PT is heading back to Riccione in April of 2006 for another 9 day training camp in the hills off the coast of the Adriatic Sea. These are the same climbs that Marco Pantani used
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My Ironman Story Subaru Ironman Canada 2005 By John Crawford, age 53 The Ironman Triathlon is compromised of a 3.86km (2.4 mile) Swim, a 180.2km (112 mile) bike ride, and finally the full Marathon of 42.4 km (26.2 miles). People are fascinated as to why anyone would want to do the Ironman. As you learn
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Race morning for my first Ironman was just as I had hoped. It was a warm morning with clear skies, perfect! Although there seemed to be still many last minute details to take care of before the race, my time in transition went smoothly (thanks to Fiona for the last minute help!). I was feeling
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Well, I had been wondering if this race was ever going to happen. My Ironman career started on a high note back in 97 in IMC with a 7th place finish and a 9hour clocking. At that time I figured within a year or two, I would have gone sub 9 and finished on the
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Ironman Lake Placid took place last Sunday, July 24th under much better conditions than we faced at our NRG PT training camp in LP in June! With a high of 27C and not a lot of cloud cover it was hot but not compared to the summer we have been having and everyone was happy
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This past weekend was the Peterborough Half Ironman and sprint Triathlon and true to form it was a hot windy day. The Peterborough course is very tough as it has rolling hills for pretty much all of the bike and run. This combined with a solid headwind in the second half of the ride, no
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This past weekend was another hot one and the heat even made it down to Lake Placid! On a race course more known for cool wet weather (they had had frost on Tuesday morning last week) it was a bit of a change to have temperatures in excess of 35C but a good test for
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This past weekend was a very busy one with over 20 NRG PT athletes racing around the province!! In Leamington, Scott Patterson was having an incredible day in the duathlon, getting a motorcycle escort on the bike on his way to the overall win!!! Great race Scott! Catherine Adams raced well in her triathlon in
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