Why did I choose this triathlon? First and foremost, I chose this triathlon because I heard you jump off a boat and swim back to shore. This sounded super cool. I originally wanted to do the Alcatraz triathlon but I didn’t win the lottery to qualify. This was the closest in proximity and anyone could […]
Why I chose this race I signed up to this race and promised myself that I would do a triathlon every weekend (and possibly do 3 Ironman’s) for the whole summer and see how shredded I could become. I just graduated school, finished a cycling & hiking trip in Colombia, and I’m ready to take […]
PREPARATION BEFORE THE RACE I was incredibly scared of this race. It was a 1.5km swim and I was dreading it. After doing the Grimsby sprint triathlon and almost having a panic attack from the inexperience of open water swimming, I decided to see what I could do to counter the fear of open water […]
We have had heat warnings all week. It’s gets up to 40 Degrees Celsius in southern Ontario. My Ironman is getting closer so I decided to see if I could do 42km in this insanely hot weather. I lasted 34km before running out of liquid. I just needed 8 more km and it would have […]
Continued the training, attended class, worked hard. I need to sleep. Cycled 1 hour Swam 500 yards in open water Attended stats lecture