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This past October we saw the 1st ever all-female Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. On the program this week we have 3 of the folks who were competing in this historical event, Jen Burns from Abbotsford, Susie Ernsting from North Vancouver, and Sharon Mackinnon from Hamilton.

In addition to finding out on how they qualified for Kona and how their respective races went, we also get their takes on what it was like to participate in a race without any men. The answers may be surprising! Hear it now by pressing play below.

Coming soon to Canada, the all-road bike by A2. It’s called the Rogue + it’s ready for all your autumn adventures. Click on the black beauty to get details.

Angela Froese from Chilliwack is a talented juggler. Not only does she juggle training for swimming, biking, and running, just like a lot of tri-moms out there, she juggles that with the demands of a career, and family life.

And as we all know, doing that juggling act involves compromises. Angela however, manages to make it all work through superhuman organizational skills and gritty determination. 5:15 AM alarms are just business as usual for this mother, physiotherapist, and podium-topping triathlete.

Off the race course, Angela is an amiable person to be around, with a great sense of humour but on the race course, this Chilliwack athlete is all business. Laser focused and steel-willed racing is Angela’s modus operandi and it has served her well. In the podcast this week, we chat about Angela’s roots in triathlon and some of her big performances in the sport. We also get Angela’s take on the women’s only race in Kona and of course…the animal question. Spend 30 minutes with the social and multi-faceted Angela by pressing play below.

This week’s feature bike is the RP, which is the A2 aero road bike. Click on the bike below to learn more about it.

For most people, success in triathlon, especially at longer distances, is the result of toiling + training for years, essentially, “paying your dues.”

That doesn’t seem to be the case for Kingston’s Mitchell Kirby. He’s been in the sport as an adult for less than a year and already he has had some eye-opening results, including a top 5 finish overall at the Victoria 70.3 race back in the spring. Then, after he borrowed some race wheels from a family friend, he did even better at the Muskoka 70.3. He won the race, even though he had made some big-time rookie mistakes in the swim.

So, how is a tri-newby with a lot to learn able to crush his competition? As it turns out Kirby is an experienced runner, competing for Queen’s University in cross-country for years. I think that his “engine” is just about as big as his current learning curve in triathlon.

In the podcast, we find out more about his athletic back, his takeaways from his recent races, and his future plans in endurance sports. Join us now for 40 minutes with a bright new star on the Canadian triathlon landscape.

Now available in new colours, the SP is the tri-bike by A Squared. It’s aero, it’s affordable, it’s available now. Crush your competition, not your bank account. Click on the bike for more details.

In a first for both of us, fellow podcaster Larry Ryan and I do a joint program. Fitspeek listeners will be introduced to one of the most important folks in the Canadian ultra-triathlon community.

Larry and I ask each other how we became interested in endurance sports, how we became podcasters, and how all roads seem to lead to this guy!

Near the end of the podcast, Larry announces some very exciting news for ultra-distance athletes from Canada and the rest of the world. A new ultra-distance race event!

Listeners will be given an opportunity to get to the front of the registration line for the new 515! That can be you! Hear the details and the stories behind the details by pressing play right here.

Tested in the tunnel and on the race course, the SP by A2 bikes delivers! It’s aero. It’s affordable. It’s available! Click on the bike to read more about your next tri or aero road bike.