Month: July 2022

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Fitspeek 150: Catching up with Cody Beals

Emerging out of the Covid quagmire from Guelph, Ontario is Cody Beals. He’s one of our top Ironman-distance triathletes & most honest YouTube content creators.

This week on the program we spend 20 minutes with the defending Ironman Mt. Tremblant champion. We chat about his relationship with Kona, his passion for racing, and his approach to dataless training.

Also on the show this week is Abbotsford Triathlon Club head coach Mikey Ross. And even though we are in the middle of the 12 week Canadian summer, he knows, and we all know that those September triathlons can be wet races. Mikey gives us some advice for when we race in the rain. 24 minutes of too hot for Slowtwitch podcast is yours with the press of this button.

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Fitspeek 149: From the ditch to the podium with Martin Caron

This past Victoria Day weekend while many Canadians were camping or travelling, one of Canada’s top age group triathletes, Martin Caron, was sitting… in a ditch collecting his thoughts and brushing off the trauma of a bike crash. After a trip to the hospital, he was told he had a broken collarbone.

Not one to take setbacks lying down, Caron embarked on an ambitious recovery plan that involved rest, nutrition, and patience. The plan worked exceedingly well and in late June he placed 2nd in his age group at the 70.3 race in Couer D’ Alene, Idaho.

He followed that up this past weekend with a trouncing of his competitors at the Salem 70.3 event. His winning margin of almost 20 minutes was a solid indication that his recovery was complete. This week on Fitspeek, we chat with the champ on the ups and downs of the past 18 months leading up to his win in Salem.

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Fitspeek 148: Victoria’s Uber-Biker – Paul Auton

Like most of us, Paul Auton liked to ride around on his bike as a kid. Like some of us, Paul also became fairly sedentary as he got older and took on the responsibilities of life and a career (in his case getting up to 300 pounds.)

Like a few of us, Paul got back on his bike as an adult and really enjoyed it. Like none of us, Paul found himself second only to Canadian tri-legend Jeff Symonds at the Oliver Half-Iron back in June.

How do you get from 300 pounds to being one of the fastest age-group triathletes in the province? The bike, of course! Paul uses his not-so-secret weapon to compensate for a rather average (or worse) swim. A bike is just a hunk of carbon fibre & metal, however, and it takes a human heart and lungs to turn those pedals, and to get Uber Biker status not only takes desire and talent, but it also takes miles and miles.

Thankfully for Paul, he enjoys his time on his bike, or should we say on one of his 5 or 6 or 7 bikes. This week on the podcast we introduce a triathlete who is doing things his way and is enjoying perhaps his best season ever.