Month: December 2021

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1 man, 43 years, 1000 stories. Fitspeek 148 with Bruce Wenting

A lot has changed in bicycles and the cycling industry in the past 4 decades and Mission’s Bruce Wenting has been there every step of the way.

As the owner of Wentings Cycle & Mountain shop, for 43 years, Bruce has seen and heard and done it all when it comes to self-powered 2 wheeled vehicles. But there’s a lot more to this guy than Shimano and Orbea and in our end of the year chat with Bruce you will find out what.

Also on the program, the Head Coach for the Abbotsford Triathlon Club, Mikey Ross is back with another Top Five List.

Although Western Canada has been experiencing some dreadful weather recently, Coach Mikey gives us reasons why we should layer up and head out the door, for at least some of our runs. Hear this week’s program now by pressing the play button below.

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Hurricanes, Floods and Fitspeek 147

Another day at the office for the Fitspeek Staff (top of Yellow Lake)

It’s been far too long since we got the Fitspeek folks together for a good ole fashioned roundtable.

On the program today we talk to co-host Kevin Watt about his experiences being an outdoorsy construction guy and working in the unsavoury Fraser Valley weather that we have been having.

Also, along with KW, is our guy for all things cycling and pro triathlon, Roy McBeth. Roy is a rockin’ fast guy and raced at the recent World 70.3 (that’s Half-Ironman) Championships in St. George Utah. He’ll be telling us about his experiences on that day.

As if the high level of competition and difficult topography wasn’t enough, Mother Nature decided to throw Roy and the other racers a major curveball in the form of a short little hurricane. Thankfully Roy, unlike some of his competitors, didn’t get thrown into the ditch.

Roy, who is on the Spaero and F2C elite teams will also be talking about some of the cyclocross events that have been happening here in the Fraser Valley and around the world. Fitspeek 147, with all the news that is fit to podcast is yours with a button click below.

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Fitspeek 146: Back home with Alison Jackson.

Canadian women’s cycling in 2021 could almost be summed up in two words, Alison Jackson.

Originally from Vermillion, Alberta and now from Abbotsford, this former triathlete and Phoenix Velo rider has had a season that she will remember forever.

She ended off her season with a new contract with Liv Cycling and a memorable experience competing in the first ever Paris-Roubaix women’s event. The previous month, Alison scored an extraordinary double victory at the Canadian cycling championships – yep she won both the time trial and the road race! And of course, there was her very first appearance at the Olympics.

Only one of us went to the Olympics in 2021 but I’ve heard there’s going to be a mixed team trial for Paris….. just a rumour?

With such a busy racing and training schedule, its also impressive that Alison has mastered the art of social media. You can check that out @aliactionjackson . You can hear our interview here