Set aside an hour and watch this. Fascinating stuff.
I still remember this race like it was yesterday.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Congrats Simon!
Great news today. Simon Whitfield was named as Canada's flag bearer for the London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
This is the first time that a triathlete has done that for their country. Simon did carry the flag at the 2000 Sydney closing ceremony.
Here is one of the many stories floating around on the net.
http://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/07/sections/news/simon-whitfield-is-the-flag-bearer-for-the-london-2012-opening-ceremony/
This is the first time that a triathlete has done that for their country. Simon did carry the flag at the 2000 Sydney closing ceremony.
Here is one of the many stories floating around on the net.
http://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/07/sections/news/simon-whitfield-is-the-flag-bearer-for-the-london-2012-opening-ceremony/
Friday, July 06, 2012
Sorry for the hiatus
Wow! I knew I hadn't posted here in a while but this is ridiculous.
Way too many things on the go plus a very active kid to keep up with.
On the racing front, I've been hampered by knee problems. So I have not trained as much as I've liked, especially on the run. So at this point of the season I am usually approaching good race fitness and dropped quite a few pounds of winter hibernation weight. Neither is the case right now.
I've been able to crank out some good bike splits at some races, which I am happy with given my lack of training, but the run is nothing to speak of. I really do not want to push my luck with the knee.
After riding 2:35 at Welland and following that up with a 3 hr walkfest (knee was shot), I have not run for 2 weeks. I may keep going like this in training (running only in race) for a while and see how it goes. Not great preparation for Ironman but I am not planning on breaking records this year anyway. I can only try to keep my fitness up in whatever way I can and deal with it on race day -- you never know.
Check out the recent edition of Triathlon Magazine Canada, I've got quite a few articles in there -- another reason for not training.
Train and Race safe, smart, and hard.
Catch you again soon
RH
Way too many things on the go plus a very active kid to keep up with.
On the racing front, I've been hampered by knee problems. So I have not trained as much as I've liked, especially on the run. So at this point of the season I am usually approaching good race fitness and dropped quite a few pounds of winter hibernation weight. Neither is the case right now.
I've been able to crank out some good bike splits at some races, which I am happy with given my lack of training, but the run is nothing to speak of. I really do not want to push my luck with the knee.
After riding 2:35 at Welland and following that up with a 3 hr walkfest (knee was shot), I have not run for 2 weeks. I may keep going like this in training (running only in race) for a while and see how it goes. Not great preparation for Ironman but I am not planning on breaking records this year anyway. I can only try to keep my fitness up in whatever way I can and deal with it on race day -- you never know.
Check out the recent edition of Triathlon Magazine Canada, I've got quite a few articles in there -- another reason for not training.
Train and Race safe, smart, and hard.
Catch you again soon
RH
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