Well what a day!! Here we go (lots pictures and video at the end of the post):
3:30 am The alarm is set for 4:30am but I am awake…..4:45am Get out of bed, eat, drink, shoot the before video….5:15am Drive to the start, get marked, drop off special needs bags, pump bike tires, relax ….6:15am Put on HR monitor, wetsuit….6:30am Warm up swim, then stay warm….6:45am Watch the pro’s start, fight the nerves…..7:00am START the race with 3000 other swimmers
Penticton Ironman Swim Start
Date: Sunday August 29th 2010
Details: 3.8 km Swim to 180km Bike to 42.2km Run
Tale of the Tape
This race is the culmination of 10 months of serious training for both athletes including thousands of kilometres swimming, biking, and running, mixed with yoga, massage, chiro, physio, eating, sleeping…
Both are accomplished athletes having recently completed:
Congratulations to Shaone Morrisonn who signed a two year contract with the Buffalo Sabres last week. Mo is a seven year NHL vetran who spent the last five seasons with the Washington Capitals. We have been working with him for the past 2 off seasons in our Farm Hockey Training program. CBC story here
We are excited to announce a partnership with UBC Hockey School and The Farm Hockey Training. The Farm is in charge of all the strength & conditioning for participants at their annual hockey school. As a UBC hockey alum I am excited to get involved with the school and teach and educate the kids!
Jeff Tambellini who has been training here for two off seasons signed with the Canucks last week! He was working out at GWA when he got the offer and did not have to consider what it meant to be a Vancouver Canuck for long before deciding to accept. Congratulations Jeff! Here is a link to the Canucks video interview with Jeff, Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province articles.
On Sunday Jon and I competed in the Subaru Half Ironman in preparation for the Ironman. It was an overcast day and a 6:30am start into the ocean at Jehrico Sailing Club for two loops of 1000m…let me tell you it wasn’t warm. After that is was 90km on our bikes in the form of 4 loops with a climb up UBC hill in each one followed by a half marathon (21km) down Spanish Banks. Jon had an amazing race at 4:42, knocking almost 30 min off his time from 2 years ago. Troy did 5:01 and would have broken 5 hours if he didn’t have trouble putting on his shirt. Try it: purchase a skin tight Under Armour shirt, step in the shower, step out and try and pull it on hahaha.
Yesterday Alan Horkoff and GWA participated in Norquay Elementary’s Health and Wellness Day. Organized by Genvieve Adams the day exposed students to: fitness, yoga, nutrition, and games. We had the opportunity to lead 120 grade 6 and 7 students through some ladders and use medicine balls and educate them along the way.
Top Instructor: Alan Horkoff
Alan leads a Grade 7 class
Jon coming out of the swim in white
Jon and I did the Oliver Half Ironman this weekend as part of our preperation for the Penticton Ironman at the end of August. It was an overcast day in Oliver–great racing weather. The event was a 2 km swim, 93 km ride, and a 21 km run. Jon finished with splits of swim 37.47, bike 2:42:38 and run 1:33:43 for a total time of 4:59:50. I had splits of swim 39:09, bike 2:47:46 and run 1:28:43 for a total time of 5:05:58. (Including transition time) Highlights were Jon finishing 78th overall and me finishing 20th overall in run split in a field of 1000.
Cam & Curtis
Cam Sedgwick and Curtis Hodgson captured the first National Lacrosse League championship for the Washington Stealth last night.(click on their link for more details) In front of a loud crowd of 8600 the Stealth beat the Toronto Rock 15-11. Sedgwick got the game winning goal with just over six minutes left. Congratulations to both of them!
Cam raising the Cup!
Well….the night was a great success. Final numbers are still to be determined with some donations still coming in but we acheived our goal of $3000 for sure!!! Thanks to everyone who donated and participated. Lots of photo’s follow.
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