The last two weekends have seen some exciting racing down at the waterfront! On August 7th, the Barrie Sprint Triathlon took place, with many Baydogs participating. Although a small course that many first-time triathletes choose as their premiere Sprint, the competition is FIERCE!!! Some of the fastest triathletes come out to this event that is great for all levels. Kirsten Lowery was 2nd in her AG, Michelle Rumney was 2nd in her AG, Mike Colquhoun was 3rd in his AG (the fastest AG of the day, Kevin O'Neill was 2nd in his AG, and Jim Middaugh was 1st in his AG for the Duathlon!
On August 14th, Barrie's inaugural 1/2 marathon was run down on the waterfront with many Baydogs either using it as a training day, or racing it to set a PB/podium. Kevin O'Neill was 2nd in his AG, Craig Owens was 3rd in his AG, Ryan Blake WON the Relay Division, and congratulations to those that swam 1.9km, rode 90km on the Saturday, and then ran 21.1 on the Sunday!
Good job Baydogs!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
TT Results for Aug 17
It was a nice night for a PB...and a course record! Taylor Pieprzak set a new course record for the season with a blistering time of 31:32 shaving :90 off his PB simply by adding aerobars! Joanne Merkley was fastest female with a time of 36:09, also a PB!
Cobourg race report by Ken Scott
About the only thing that went the right way for me at this event was my decision to switch from Tri to Du the week before, a decision that was prompted by the admission that my swimming was not where it should be for a one-loop swim in Lake Ontario. Imagine how wise I felt when it was announced that the water temperature was a balmy 13C, followed by a ruling that wetsuits were mandatory. That was followed by recommendations to use multiple swim caps. In 10 years of Triathloning, I had never before heard of wetsuits being mandatory.
I had some trouble finding the race site on Friday, as my Garmin didn’t seem to know about Victoria Park, It wanted to send me to a trailer park some distance away. When I finally found the park, my first impression was that race day parking was going to be a challenge, as the surrounding streets all were equipped with parking meters, operating 7 days a week and limited to 2 hours. This was solved when one of the volunteers doing set-up advised that there was free street parking on near-by residential streets “if you get there early”. Which I did.
Saturday morning was bedevilled with a low fog, which made the water invisible from shore. It was obvious that the swim could not proceed in the conditions. The organizers decided to wait out the fog, and eventually succeeded after a number of postponements and reconfiguring the swim course to bring it close to shore. The race finally started around 9, almost an hour late. By 10, the fog was rolling back to shore, so there was only just enough time for the swim.
My race effectively ended before it started. During the long wait, I took a swig from one of my water bottles and got a nasty surprise. I had filled the bottle with my usual mix of Carbo Pro and a NUUNs tablet, a mixture I have used successfully for 5 years. That swig tasted like battery acid, my throat instantly becoming raw. Worse, my stomach immediately rebelled, but wouldn’t chuck the offending mixture. I once made the error of running shortly after eating a slice of pizza. This feeling was similar, but worse. I started, but by half way though the first of the 2 5k loops that started the Du, I knew that it would be useless to continue. Pity, as the run course gently rolls through residential neighborhoods.
I previously noted some organizational deficiencies. I did not mention that aid stations set up at 1k and 4k on the run loop were not manned for the 10k run at the start of the Du, nor that when I struggled off the course after 46 minutes (for 5k!), well after the Du leaders were on their bikes and swimmers were streaming out of the water, that there was nobody, repeat nobody, at the first aid tent. The organizers were fixated on counting bikes left in transition as a means of determining if they needed to drag the water for bodies. There was nobody checking on who took a bike out of transition.
I would think twice before attempting this event again.
I had some trouble finding the race site on Friday, as my Garmin didn’t seem to know about Victoria Park, It wanted to send me to a trailer park some distance away. When I finally found the park, my first impression was that race day parking was going to be a challenge, as the surrounding streets all were equipped with parking meters, operating 7 days a week and limited to 2 hours. This was solved when one of the volunteers doing set-up advised that there was free street parking on near-by residential streets “if you get there early”. Which I did.
Saturday morning was bedevilled with a low fog, which made the water invisible from shore. It was obvious that the swim could not proceed in the conditions. The organizers decided to wait out the fog, and eventually succeeded after a number of postponements and reconfiguring the swim course to bring it close to shore. The race finally started around 9, almost an hour late. By 10, the fog was rolling back to shore, so there was only just enough time for the swim.
My race effectively ended before it started. During the long wait, I took a swig from one of my water bottles and got a nasty surprise. I had filled the bottle with my usual mix of Carbo Pro and a NUUNs tablet, a mixture I have used successfully for 5 years. That swig tasted like battery acid, my throat instantly becoming raw. Worse, my stomach immediately rebelled, but wouldn’t chuck the offending mixture. I once made the error of running shortly after eating a slice of pizza. This feeling was similar, but worse. I started, but by half way though the first of the 2 5k loops that started the Du, I knew that it would be useless to continue. Pity, as the run course gently rolls through residential neighborhoods.
I previously noted some organizational deficiencies. I did not mention that aid stations set up at 1k and 4k on the run loop were not manned for the 10k run at the start of the Du, nor that when I struggled off the course after 46 minutes (for 5k!), well after the Du leaders were on their bikes and swimmers were streaming out of the water, that there was nobody, repeat nobody, at the first aid tent. The organizers were fixated on counting bikes left in transition as a means of determining if they needed to drag the water for bodies. There was nobody checking on who took a bike out of transition.
I would think twice before attempting this event again.
TT Results for Aug 10
It was a cold and windy night, but that didn't stop Mike Sprayson from posting the fastest time, followed by Kirsten Lowery as top female!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Greg Cormack competing in an X-Terra event in Vermont
Greg Cormack competed a great Xterra race on July 31st in Essex junction , VT. If you are unfamiliar with Xterra racing, it is a standard swim, mountain bike looped course, and a trail run (.75mswim, 10m bike, 3.1m run). Greg's times were swim: 0:26:38, bike: 1:30:58, run: 0:31:54 for a total of 2:29:30 to put him in 4th in his age group! Great job Greg!!
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