Team LPC 2009 Event Calendar

Team LPC athletes will be racing all over the globe in 2009. The current tally totals almost 100 various multi-sport events. Several athletes will be participating in their first triathlon, marathon, and ironman. It will be an exciting year that will surely collect a plethora of wonderful memories. Click the image below to see what events are on the horizon for Team LPC.

LPC at Muskoka 70.3

Bre and I drove up to Muskoka last weekend to watch the Muskoka HIM. At the beginning of this year, I tickled with the idea of jumping into this event, but CoachCT and I decided before Kelowna, that Guelph Lake II on Aug 30th, would be my final tri of the season. But there was no way that the coach in me was going to miss cheering on Team LPC. It was a fun weekend of learning, cheering, and observing. Major congrats to the athletes who battled on the awesomely hard course.

Brian and Keith seconds after Brian completed his first HIM.

Dennis Masse looking strong and relaxed 3k into the half-marathon.

Keith happy to be finishing the challenging 94k bike in the rain.

Keith out of the 2k swim in 37'. When Keith joined LPC 15 months ago, he was just learning how to swim and swam 500 meters in 20'. In 15 months of consistent hard/smart work, he can now swim 4 times that distance in less than double the time.

Brian running up to T1.

The calm before the storm. Dennis and Keith ready for battle.

Bre and Maverick being professional cheerleaders in the rain.

Beautiful Bre is 8 months pregnant and was a machine cheering on Brian and the rest of the crew. I think she covered a half-marathon of power walking to the various vantage points.

Maverick was the perfect example of the kind of mind-set that you wanted to be in prior to, and during this race. He had a blast being outside all day long playing in the rain.

Part of my purpose for being at Muskoka 70.3, was that I wanted to observe the emotions of all of the participants over the course of the weekend. I can usually put an athlete into two broad categories. Those that let the uncontrollable negatively affect their performance. And those that brush off external factors such as rain as part of the game. I noticed some athletes 'throwing in the towel' because their A-race of the year brought tough challenging conditions. "Why does it have to rain today!" Those that did well had a positive attitude and embraced the event for what it was, and dealt with harsh elements the best they could, in a positive manner.

We can learn a lot from a puppy and young child. They are always happy to be playing out in the rain. Why should that be any different for an adult 'playing' in a triathlon. Control the controllable and choose to deal with the uncontrollable in a positive way.

Keith, Doug, and Dennis. Mission accomplished.

Margaret with a big birthday smile as she makes the trek up to T1. Margaret completed her first HIM, which served as her 60th birthday celebration. What an inspiring accomplishment and incredible year for the Wojtowicz family.

One Super Summer

GREG LAYSON, GUELPH MERCURY

James Loaring enjoying life both on and off the course
September 02, 2008
Greg Layson, Mercury Staff

Summer's been very good to James Loaring.

The 30-year-old long-distance runner was married May 31. He and his wife are now expecting their first child. His business, Loaring Personal Coaching, is booming. And Saturday, Loaring won his third triathlon of the season.

Loaring was the first to break the tape at the Guelph Lake II Triathlon of the Subaru Triathlon Series. He finished the 750-metre swim, 30-kilometre bike race and 7km run in one hour, 23 minutes, 23 seconds. He finished the race three minutes faster than he did last season, when he came in second.

Daren Walton of Alton was second in 1:24:12 and North York's Paul Bregin was third at 1:25:27. Sheri Fraser of London was the top female finisher in a time of 1:31:51.

"This year's just been amazing," said Loaring, who also won the Bluewater Chase Olympic Triathlon and Belle River Triathlon.

Loaring now has eight top-10 finishes in nine triathlons this season. He recently began training at the provincial training centre at the University of Guelph under head coach Craig Taylor.

"I've been really busy and it's affected my training," Loaring said. "But I think I've been training a lot smarter. Now I go into races with no pressure and wanting to have fun. And this year's been a blast."

Making it a little more fun is the fact he now races against triathletes he coaches. Travis Goron, Shauna Carter and Tim Zippel, all trained by Loaring, were three of 579 triathletes in the sprint triathlon Saturday.

"They're new to the sport and really have the triathlon bug," Loaring said.

Goron is an up-and-comer. He crashed his bike at the Canadian Junior Triathlon Champs in Kelowna two weeks ago when a spectator ran across the road and accidently knocked him off his bike. He placed 56th yesterday.

Zippel came in 309th and Carter placed 422nd.

"The athletes that I coach say they enjoy me being out there racing, but I think one of the main reasons I'm racing well is because I draw a lot of inspiration from them being out there, too," Loaring said.

Loaring, now finished racing for the season, was going to spend Sunday afternoon on a couch at home watching Ironman Louisville that was to have three more of his pupils, Shelley McKee, Ralph Iannitelli and Rob Wojtowicz, race.

"I cheer them on. They cheer me on. And we have a great time," Loaring said.

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LPC at the Windsor Triathlon Weekend

I am a little slack posting some pics from a great day at the Windsor Triathlon on August 10th. It was a perfect weekend for a triathlon. The always successful Kids of Steel race took place on the Saturday. It is always great fun to cheer on Canada's future stars. LPC's Dawn Van Vlack and John Savoni both had their children participate. Dawn and John were running around like headless chicken (which served as excellent pre-race prep for their triathlon the next day) cheering on their children.

Team LPC had a great showing and all raced really well in the adult triathlon the next day. A great time was had by all. Major props go out to John McKibbon and his awesome army of passionate volunteers who once again put on another amazing event, and helped raise thousands more for Hospice.


Ralph Iannitelli was a busy man the day before preparing a 12 course gourmet meal. The meal was delicious and he backed it up with a win in age-group.
Pictured here is none other than Bill "the Beast" Davies and Keith "Parker" Henry.

Team Loaring Physio with the win in the mixed relay division. Charlotte Loaring swam, Kelly Krahn biked, and Mary Brannagan anchored the team on the run.

Dawn Van Vlack was the winner in the 40-44 age-group!

Helen "Rocket Robbo" Robertson showing off some well deserved hardware.

Jim "Warrior King" Cooke. He won his age-group (again) and I know what his secret is. He is the owner of the Lighthouse Inn Restaurant and he eats the best ribs in town.

Here is a slide show and video that I liberated from Kona Shelley's blog:

Tour Di Via Italia

Today marks the 50th running of the Tour Di Via Italia. I absolutely love the atmosphere of this race. Loaring Physio and LPC are honoured to help support this historic event.



Team LPC will be represented tomorrow at the John Smith 30th Annual 5k and 10k Run.

A couple of great milestones for two great events.

Canadian Track & Field Olympic Trials

The Canadian running community will be very focused on the events that take place in my hometown of Windsor these next few days. The Canadian Track & Field Olympic Trials are underway!

Here is the race website:
www.canadiantrials.ca/

Here is the event schedule:
http://www.canadiantrials.ca/PDF/2008Schedule.pdf

Today's Windsor Star feature article here.

Loaring Physiotherapy will be providing volunteer medical support.

Best of luck to the all athletes, including Speed River and Windsor Legion!

Loaring Triathlon Sponsorship Brochure

I would like to express a huge monster thanks to the many supporters and sponsors who have provided incredible support in sponsoring the Loaring Triathlon. We have currently raised almost One Hundred Thousand Dollars for the Elena Loaring Memorial Fund for breast cancer research! The Provincial Government will match dollar for dollar all monies received!

2008 Loaring Triathlon Poster

Amherstburg Kids Cancer Ride

Loaring Physio will be on hand to support the Amherstburg Kids Cancer Ride. For those roadies and tri-geeks in Essex County--consider incoporating your long ride in with this event.

Spinergize

This is a collage of pics from Spinergize 2008. It was a fantastic event that I was proud to be a part of.

In this collage, am I:

A) teaching kung-fu while Jane is intensely watching a kung-fu DVD

B) explaining proper pedaling efficiency while Jane is focused monitoring her Spin Scan on the Ironman 70.3 Clearwater CompuTrainer course.

I am really looking forward to Spinergize 2009!