Month: February 2022

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Anatomy of an Ultra-Athlete: Fitspeek 152 with Lucy Ryan

When compared to the common Canadian Couch Potatoe, the average endurance athlete is far from “normal.” And at the faaaar end of the endurance spectrum, you have the ultra athletes. Vancouver’s Lucy Ryan is one of those!

In this week’s Fitspeek, we chat with the indefatigable Lucy. She is a veteran of The Badwater Ultramarathon, Ultraman Canada, and many other far past the edge of sanity endurance events. She is also a hero (my words not hers).

A few years back Lucy decided to become a kidney donor. She has since gone on to finish many more endurance events, just to show folks what is possible to do with just one kidney. Lucy’s latest adventure is another chapter in her book of philanthropic deeds as she is trekking up Mt. Kilimanjaro in order to raise awareness and funds for Kidney Donor Athletes.

From her Kilamanjaro prep to the depths of Death Valley, to a side order of perogies, we have 20 minutes of inspirational ultra-talk with Lucy. Click on the play button to hear her story. Click on the cute red kidney to help out Lucy with her cause.

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Just Tri it ~ Just Du it: UBC is back. Fitspeek 151 with Craig Premack & Winston Guo.

This March hundreds of provincial multisport athletes will finally get a chance race again for real, as the long-running UBC Triathlon/Duathlon returns. Not only is it a great motivator for some early season intensity, it is also a reason to get that bike checked out and make sure that it is road-ready.

On the show this week, we Fitspeek with some seasoned veterans from the event, Burnaby’s Craig Premack and Vancouver’s Winston Guo. Between the 2 of them, they have almost 40 years of UBC experience. They will be sharing some of their experiences from the race course as well as some tips for folks doing the event for the first time.

Also on the program, ATC Head coach, Mikey Ross returns with his Top Five List . If you have ever had to deal with race anxiety, Coach Mikey has a 5-4-3-2-1 strategy that will keep you focused on the world around you and not the butterflies in your stomach.

30 minutes of family friendly Fitspeek is ready for your consumption by pressing that play button below.

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Astle’s Encore: Fitspeek 150

As an average grouper, one of your dreams might be to qualify for the Ironman World Championships and see how well you stack up against the world’s best. But what happens when you win the darn thing?

This week on Fitspeek, we answer that very question as we chat with the 2019 overall age group champion, Ruth Astle, from Leeds, England. Of course, Ruth’s decision to turn pro happened right before the Covid 19 pandemic so races were far and few between.

Ruth however, made the most out of the races she did, winning as a pro at Ironman Malorca and Ironman South Africa. In addition to excelling on the race course, Ruth is also becoming very adept at marketing herself on social media. In our interview, we talk about just what goes into one of her YouTube training videos and about how Cam Wurf may be wrong.

And if you think that Ruth is just another uni-dimensional triathlete living a monastic existence, well then you’d be wrong as Ruth still holds down a very demanding part-time job in the world of finance. She also fancies a piece of chocolate (or two) and a glass of wine….or 2, especially in her lazy-season. You can follow Ruth on Facebook (1) Ruth Astle | Facebook and on Instagram Ruth Astle (@rastle50) • Instagram photos and videos and you can spend 40 minutes with one of the best cyclists in long-course triathlon now, by pressing play below.