IM UK

The KTC has a member competing in this weekends IM UK. You my know him, he teaches at Forest Hill. No that's not a delinquent school, it is where the folks of Midhurst send their offspring to be educated. This former photographer was born & raised in Windsor, On. and didn't see a hill until he was nearly 14 yrs of age when on a family excursion they past through Chatham,ON. that has an overpass. His name Tim Hatch. In New Mexico they have name a city after him. Tim has never been on Oprah or Jimmy Fallon. His favourite coffee is Starbucks. He puts mayonnaise on his pancakes and likes bright coloured socks. Tim is well educated and is an avid reader. He can recite "Green Eggs & Ham" from memory. His favourite movie is "Spiderman". Tim spends most of his time staying in touch with his lovely Mother or straighten the spokes on his Specialized bike. Tim is a naturally gifted athlete. Many, might not know this, but Tim played WR in High School football & today still plays goalie. For years, I thought this was just a tale or he was simply delusional until recently I saw first hand an expensive pair of hand-stitched goalie pads in Tim's basement. I figure know one in their right mind would go the those extraordinary lengths just to say they play between the pipes. Tim also enjoys map-reading, puzzles, monopoly, trident gum, cooking, and sanding wood. Tim has competed in many Ironman events including Louisville, Arizona, Lake Placid & Elmvale. This coming sunday Tim will make us proud and compete against the Brits in IM Uk. Go get em Tim.

TT Results July 29th

At Tuesday Time trials Kirsten Lowery rocked. Kirsten is in line for most improved KTC member of the year! Kirsten knocked 2 minutes off her PB time. I'd also like to mention that John Welsh (not to be confused with Joe Walsh who sang 'rocky mountain high") knocked 20 seconds off his PB. Both these accomplishments are large in stature as the crosswinds were gusting at significant levels.

Before the Thunder in Bala

What a magnificent place. 432 finishes did the Bala Sprint as part of HSBC race. KTC was well represented. Matt "King Lear" Doucette punished the course with a time of 1 hr 55 mins. John Welsh showed he's got the magic with a time of 1 hr 51 mins. Kirsten Lowery placed a very respectable time of 2 hrs & 4mins. Paul Mallory finished with a time of 2 hrs & 24 mins.

Lloyd Smith had an amazing time of 1 hr 44 minutes. John Dow hammered the course with a time 1 hr 42 minutes. Asked after the race for any insider secrets, John replied, "always get yourself into the yellow swim caps as they have least resistance & drag of all the colour spectrum in fresh water lakes" Yours truly had a great race as well with the best swim of the year 15 m 10s perhaps indicating all that time in the water & with the Barrie Masters is starting to pay off.

Harrison & White @ IM LP

A huge congratulations to Kevin White & Mark Harrison who conquered IM Lake Placid yesterday. Mark's innovative tamper proved successful with a time of 11 hours & 53 minutes. Meanwhile the Fire Fighter Kevin White had a great race with an overall time of 12 hours & 54 minutes. KTC congratulates you both on your splendid races. Cheers!

IM Lake Placid 348

348. That's how many triathletes from Ontario are participating in Ironman Lake placid on Sunday. There are three from Barrie. Special correspondent Shawn Patton has gone down to cover the event. The KTC Hammer wishes both Mark Harrsion & Kevin White a fine race. More Pain...more Pain.....

TT Results from July 21st

Gravenhurst Olympic Distance July 18th

Congratulations to Barrie Triathletes who conquered this years Olympic Distance race (1500m swim, 500 m trot to transition, 40km bike, & 10 km hilly run). Carlos Vilchez had an amazing swim, Allan Johnston & Dean Beaudry perform very well. Others included, Marily Preece, Jack Strickland, Darrin Smith, Mark Potter, Marie White, Roseann Sexton and John Pawley. To see time results visit the web site Chip Time Results. For race review visit www.trikinggatorsofbarrie.blogger.com

the Ironman Crowd

We have several members heading off to do Ironmans. First there is Kevin White doing Lake Placid. Then we have Joanne Merkley doing Ironman Canada in B.C. , and we also have Tim Hatch who will compete with the Brits in Ironman UK. There are several others also doing IM's please let us know so we can share with the rest of the club. send to ijamie63@rogers.com

Barefoot

There has been some advantages put forth to walking & running barefoot. I read this article in this morning's Globe & Mail, & immediately thought of the time Shawn Patton ran a Sprint race barefoot or more recently when Mark Harrison at IM South Africa removed his shoes and ran barefoot for the last portion of the race.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/no-shoes-no-problem/article1219575/

TT Results from July 14th

20 km TT Tuesday Nights

Quick reminder every Tuesday is TT nite. 6:30pm sharp at Golf Course Rd. / Horseshoe Valley Rd. I predict tonight is the night that someone will shatter the course record of 31 mins 22 secs.

Tonight is group picture night as well, so where your Orange!

Deep River Triathlon

About 4.5 hrs from Barrie, looks like to be a great little race in Deep River. Takes place first weekend in August. for more info check out website

http://town.deepriver.on.ca/recreation/triathlon.htm

TT Results from June 30th

Congrats to Shawn for his 38 kph avg. WOW

Half Iron Peterborough

Congratulations to Genevieve Blais, Leslie McLeod, Calvin Chu, Shannon Bedard, Christian Caswell, Nathan Brooks, and Mark Harrison who all did well in this weekends Peterborough's Half Iron. Send in your stories about the event.

Club Championships Results

Boo Hoo! We didn't make it in the top 3 of the Club Championships, as we have the past 2 years. The club that won is very small so its easy to score higher. They won last year with only 12 members! So, be proud to have such a big club and we can always get 'em next year! Great Job to those that made it in the race and made us look good! GO KTC GO!