After a month long hiatus, where I was finally getting to put in some base cycling mileage, I decided to to break my promise of not racing in July… and race in July.  The past month was very tiring, still trying to maintain some quality with the swim and run training, all while cycling ~2000k.  […]

- Date - 7/27/08
- Description - 20k Road “Race”
- Location - Toronto, Ontario
- Race Name - Beaches Jazz Tune Up 20k, 10k & 5kPeterborough 1/2 IM Duathlon
- Sport - Road Race
- Race web site - www.canadianrunningseries.com
I had the pleasure today of leading some future  marathoners in a 20k tune up run in conjunction with the Canadian Running […]

Rattlesnake Point
Five Peaks Trail Running Series
4.5km trail race
Rattlesnakce Conservation Area, Milton
July 12, 2008
www.5peaks.com
 Coming Back
I hadn’t run the entire week before this race as I was away at camp. Normally I run five times a week, so I was a bit worried about how my legs would respond to the time off. Although I had run […]

This is an interview I did with Luke Dragstra for my website www.canadiantriathletes.com
CT: Luke, sounds like you have had a hard season of racing already in 2008, how do you feel your season is going so far?
LD: It hasn`t been so bad. The training camp was pretty brutal!! But I really had a bit of […]

Durham Forest Five Peaks
5 Peaks Trail Race Series
Uxbridge, Ontario
June 13, 2008
5.0km
www.5peaks.com
This is always an important race for me as it is on my “home turf”. Durham Forest is one of my favorite trail systems to train on as it is close to home and I love the variety of technical , hilly terrain it offers. This […]

- Date - 7/6/08
- Description - Duathlon (2k/90k/21.1k)
- Location - Peterborough, Ontario
- Race Name - Peterborough 1/2 IM Duathlon
- Sport - Duathlon
- Race web site - http://www.trisportcanada.com
An early wakeup call started this day off as I decided to stay at home for the weekend and travel to Peterborough the morning of the event. Having to leave […]

www.multisportcanada.com
Distance: Swim 750m Bike 30k Run 7.5k
I was asked to go to this race with a friend, because we heard that it was a time trial start for the swim, & not the usual wave start. We thought that it would be interesting to try it. Got to the race […]

www.multisportcanada.com
Distance: Swim: 1.5k Bike: 40k Run: 10k
My friend asked me to do this race with her, as a prep for the Bracebridge Half Ironman. We figured that it would be a hilly ride & a hilly run, which would be a good brick workout. Also was the attraction of the […]

Hello,
Yesterday I raced in the 30th annual Lindsey Milk Run. The weather was great it was overcast and on the verge of raining all day but we got lucky and it didn’t start until after awards. I raced in the 10km, the event was run really well, they had the course marked and there was […]

Ironman Switzerland - July 13, 2008
(sorry it is a bit long)
Just under 1 year ago I decided that I was going to do an Ironman in Europe. My wife Phaedra had never been so I thought if I was going to do one then we could make a vacation out of it. Turns out that […]

Race: IM Switzerland
Location:  Zurich, Switzerland
Distance:  3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run
Date:  Sunday July 13th, 2008
website: www.ironman.ch
My goal for this Ironman was to better by Lake Placid Ironman time of 13:15 by 1 hour.   I figured that would be manageable if everything went well.  If I had a REALLY good day, I might even come in around […]

So this past Saturday I was privileged enough to race in my favourite HSBC event, the Gravenhurst International Distance Duathlon. The Town of Gravenhurst is a community just south of Bracebridge and north of Orillia. The setting of this race is second to none; the race site is nestled into a small Cliffside across from […]

Race : Vancouver International Half Ironman - Subaru West Coast Triathlon Series
Location : Vancouver, BC - Spanish Banks, Locarno Beach and UBC
Distance : Sprint and Half Ironman
Date : July 13, 2008
Website : http://www.lifesport.ca/VancouverHalfIron2008.htm
Well going into this race I was REALLY nervous.  I think I was more nervous than for almost any other race I have done.  […]

Maybe it is all hype and propaganda, but I like to be safe rather than sorry. After reading a ton of articles (there is an excellent one written by Running Free’s own Nick Capra), I finally bought some BPA-Free water bottles.
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a stainless steel 40 oz Klean […]

Never assume an old injury is healed!
On the surface, this might not seem like a training article but I can assure you that it is. Why? If you don’t take heed of what I will state below, your training/race schedule will be adversely affected.
Having ruptured my Achilles tendon 7 weeks ago, I’ve had a lot […]

I’m 90% sure I’m going to run a fall marathon,so I thought I’d throw in a little double tempo workout in the form of back to back races in a weekend.
Sat.July12th Rattlesnake Point,Milton,10am
Enduro Distance 12k
www.5peaks.com
Saturday morning was warm and humid but thankfully overcast as we made our way out to the escarpment for race #3 […]

Event: RockstAR
Date: July 12, 2008.
Length: 8 hour adventure race
Location: Bark Lake Leadership Centre, near Irondale, Ontario
Verdict: add this one to your calendar for next year!
For a few years now, Mark and Heather Arnold have been putting on a top notch race each June with ESAR.  This year, after joining forces with Sean Roper of STORM events, HARK events have […]

Hello,
Today I raced in the 5 Peaks race at Rattlesnake Point, it was an awesome morning! The weather was perfect not to hot overcast with some sun and a few rain drops to cool you off. I have looked forward to this race since last year when I finished it for the first time. I […]

Vancouver Sprint Triathlon World Championships
June 6, 2008
It was a chilly morning June 6th, 2008 when I arrived in

Stanley
Park at 5am to prepare for the sprint triathlon world championships.  I got all my gear set up and headed over to the second beach to change into my wet suit.  I jumped into the chilly

English
Bay water at […]

Untamed New England
60 Hour Unsupported Adventure Race
Franconia New Hampshire  June 12-15
www.untamedne.com
Team Breathemag.ca  : Sally Heath, Joel Perella, Pete Dobos and Marcus Olson
This race review is brought to you by the collective madness that is Marcus and Sally!!
A couple of months back Joel Perella, editor of Breathe Magazine  (www.breathemag.ca) came to us with a proposal. Some […]