Guelph 'Race' Report

I decided to be a cheerleader instead of warrior this past Sunday at the Guelph Tri. I recovered terribly from a set of 400m repeats a couple days prior and the poor hamstrings were very sore. They have recovered 100% and it has been a couple good days of training this week. I felt guilty not racing since it was a local race that I was looking forward to participating in, but I had a lot of fun being out there on the sidelines. I know I made the right decision and there are many races still to come.

My little bro "Pre" was in a different time zone at the Guelph Olympic Triathlon. He absolutely smashed the bike course (it was 43k). The Guelph Mercury wrote a very nice story about his success. Read the front page story here. Also a big congrats to Brian for having a fantastic race and completing his first Oly Triathlon. Brian will be participating in his first 70.3 in September--so this was an important stepping stone. It was so much fun to cheer both of them on.

LPC's Helen Robertson also completed her first Oly Distance Tri as well. Helen will be competing in the Ironman Steelhead 70.3 on August 2nd. The Guelph Oly was therefore an important progression for Helen. She had a great race and will be ready to tackle her first half in 6 weeks time.

Margaret Wojtowicz also went quite well. Margaret raced 'fresh' from 11,000km of driving with her husband to and from the ITU World Tri Champs in Vancouver.

Margaret's son Rob had a smashing ride. On a road bike with no aerobars and riding in the hood postion the entire way, Rob's average wattage = 317. Due to the rolling course, his normalized power was 337 watts. Those are BIG numbers! His peak CP60 = 326 with a NP = 341.