After taking up running back in 2007 for fitness and weight loss, we found that we quite enjoyed it! Then came cycling as another pastime in 2012. In 2013, we came to the realization that if we could master swimming (or least fake it), we could compete in triathlons. So swimming lesson #1 was on March 27, 2013. We went on to have three more lessons, then began swimming on our own. We enrolled in a local 'Masters' class where we worked on our skills and endurance.
June 16, 2013
Today I competed in my first ever triathlon! It was a Sprint distance race at the 'Rockwood Triathlon By The Bay' event in Saint John, NB. I placed 93rd out of 111 people. I'm not a great swimmer, still learning in fact. But I do okay with cycling and running, so despite losing a lot of ground during the swim, I was able to make up some time during the bike and run legs :-)
June 30, 2013
Sheila completed her first triathlon today! She competed in the Super Sprint distance at the 'Duncan Hadley Triathlon' event in Fredericton, NB. She finished 2nd out of 13. She did awesome! She's so much better than me with the swim...I'm envious :-)
July 5, 2015
Our biggest triathlon achievement happened this weekend with us completing our first ever Half Iron Distance triathlon at Challenge St. Andrews this weekend. Half Iron distance being 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1 km run.
Sheila completed the event in 7 hours 39 minutes, landing her 236th overall out of 253 competitors and 10th out of 14 in her age group. I managed to finish in 7:23, 231st overall out of 253 and 29th in my age group.
Nov 8, 2015
Races are done for the season now, and it's time for us to enjoy a little downtime! It was a full season with a wide array of events - involving lots of running, lots of biking, lots of swimming!
10 running races...
- including two Full Marathons
- one Half Marathon
- assorted 5 and 10Ks
7 cycling races
- 120k Gran Fondo endurance race
- 4 Time Trial races
- 2 Cyclocross races
One swimming race
- 2km swimming competition at Epic Dartmouth
7 triathlons
- including a Half Iron Man
- assorted Sprint and Olympic distance
Now to take a two week break to give this old body some time to recover, then once plans are in place for 2016 it'll be time to start over!
- 120k Gran Fondo endurance race
- 4 Time Trial races
- 2 Cyclocross races
One swimming race
- 2km swimming competition at Epic Dartmouth
7 triathlons
- including a Half Iron Man
- assorted Sprint and Olympic distance
Now to take a two week break to give this old body some time to recover, then once plans are in place for 2016 it'll be time to start over!
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