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Having been in almost every aspect of multisport (including being a 9 hr. Ironman guy), Steve Fleck knowns a thing or two about triathlon. He’s been an advocate of endurance sports for years.
On Fitspeek 125 we talk with “Ontario Steve” about his experiences behind the announcer’s microphone and what makes him uniquely qualified to do what he does.
On Fitspeek 121 our guest is University of Victoria Master’s student Peter Filice. He is doing research for his thesis and his topic is “How Covid-19 is influencing the minds of triathletes.” With the death of the 2020 racing season, did it mean we were destined to become lovers of Netflix or guzzlers of endless IPA? Peter is going to touch on that in our interview.
Also, with only days until Christmas, we know that there are at least 4 or 5 of you out there who have yet to begin your shopping. For those well-meaning but tardy Santas out there, we have some excellent suggestions, courtesy of Roy McBeth.
Abbotsford Triathlon Coach, Mikey Ross rounds out the program. On this week’s Top Five List, Mikey gives some timely pointers on how to take care of your treadmill and your pave cave, so it can last longer and provide a great training environment. Here it all now. You know the drill. Press that button!
Yes! It’s that time of year again. We are only days away from the annual Abbotsford Santa Shuffle. For 13 years, the main organizer has been Marie Lashley. In the podcast, we chat about the event, as well as how she has been coping with Covid.
Like many running events this year, it has gone virtual. However to make things easier for you to decide where to run it, Kevin and Marie discuss some possible route options. You have a full week to complete your race which means you do have a bit of time to get one or two running buddies together, practice safe social distancing, and help out the Salvation Army.
Spend 15 minutes catching up with a Fraser Valley Christmas tradition by pressing play here.
Program 113 is fresh from the audio oven and a day early to spend with you as you toil on the trainer or travel to Thanksgiving dinner, wherever that may be. One of the folks who has a lot to be thankful for is our guest, Roy McBeth. After suffering kidney disease, he was given a healthy kidney and a new lease on his very successful athletic life.
In part two of our interview with Roy we examine how he has been dealing with Covid, we take a look at his strengths & weaknesses as an athlete, and we get in touch with his inner pachyderm. Also on the show, just in time for that big orgy of calories called Thanksgiving dinner, we serve up a heaping helping of our Fit Tip of the Week. Our topic? How NOT to blimp out this long weekend! Hear it now by pressing play below.
Sorry VR racing, it’s not you, it’s me. Well, it’s really the weather.
Here I am, it’s 7 in the morning, and the Okanagan sun has already been blazing for over an hour. It’s Sunday and I’m working on my second cup of dark roast, pondering the possibilities of the day.
No races on the schedule. No pressure. No expectations.
I’m really liking it!
Yesterday was a great day of riding with a friend and an impromptu 2 K swim in the lake, just because it felt so good. And boy, did it ever.
No pace clock. No lane ropes. No stroke correction.
Just the stern chiding of a female mallard, if I got too close.
In his last edition of Triathlon Magazine Canada, editor Kevin McKinnon queried, “can there be triathletes, without triathlons.” I don’t know. Over the past eight glorious weeks of this all too short Canadian summer, all I know is that if the sun is out, be damned if I am going to be in a basement or gymnasium doing some prescribed torture session, however well-intentioned it may be. (I have to say that because I am a coach and this is what I do).
All of that writing, just to get to the main point. During the sun-drenched days, weeks, and months that we have been enjoying up here in the Great White North, doing a virtual reality race has zero appeal. Doing a VR event when it’s sunny and 25 out would be the same as choosing Velveeta over a big slab of Gouda.
Having been in this sport for 30 summers, I find it liberating NOT to be tied to the orthodoxy of a training schedule that traditionally ends up in tears and shattered dreams that is the run segment of an Ironman.
And I STILL feel like a triathlete.
Once the leaves turn to red and the skies to grey, that whole VR world might seem like the greener side of the fence. But that’s not today.