2010 Newsletters
December 2010
Wow! What an incredible season. But where did the time go? Our season ended in spectacular fashion a few weeks ago in what was our most memorable season ending Awards Day ever. Thanks to Gears, triathlon superstar Simon Whitfield juggled a busy weekend of activities and attended our event just before flying back home to celebrate his wife’s birthday. Simon charmed all in attendance, shared some cool stories – the Yao Ming chugging story comes to mind, answered a ton of questions, and graciously handed out awards and posed for photos. Our award winners were definitely spoiled. Where else will you have an Olympic Gold medalist present you with your award? We always try to improve and give you our best but this may be hard to top. Thanks again to Simon and Kevin Wallace at Gears. The upcoming holiday season will likely be a challenge to most. Trying to slip in training, limit weight gain along with doing the obligatory family meals, parties, and if you are lucky, going on vacation to someplace warm. This final newsletter of 2010 will try to help you navigate through this time with tips from Richard Pady and the rest of our contributors, provide excellent holiday deals from out sponsors, give you training opportunities for the new year, and tell you a few exciting changes to some of our races. Enjoy the December Newsletter and thanks for making this the best season ever, more to come in 2011. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and Happy Training!
Bike 4 Betty Draw
Donating some of the draw prizes left over from 2010 for a good cause
November 2010
Suffering any triathlon or duathlon race withdrawals yet? No worries, before you know it, a little over 7 months will fly by and our first race of the 2011 season at Woodstock will be upon us. Until then, you've got lots of training time to be even better than you were last year. We at MultiSport Canada will be doing the same. 2010 was our best year ever, and we look forward to bringing out bigger and better things in 2011. Even though the racing is over, we still have one more time to hang out together at our Series Awards day on November 28 at the Mississauga Golf & Country Club. It is a beautiful venue and tickets will be in higher demand this year because of our special guest - the great Simon Whitfield. We must thank Gears Bike Shop for making this possible, and at this special event, they will also unleash the new 2011 Specialized product line. After attending this Awards Day you are sure to get charged up for the upcoming season. To help with your preparation, this newsletter is packed with articles from many of our coaching partners in this series. Read, learn a few things, and most of all, enjoy.
October 2010
We would like to thank everyone who raced and volunteered with us to make this our best season ever! We look forward to bringing you more of the same in 2011. This all starts with our 2011 Race Schedule and this edition of the newsletter gives you a glimpse of what we have planned. Our coaches and guest writers provide a few articles to give you ideas of what to do during the offseason - from general thoughts, to specifics such as strength training, cycling, and injury prevention. We also have our Book of the Month (Endurance Sports Nutrition), information from Challenge Roth, and announcements from Indoor Rider, the Toronto Triathlon Club, the Audi Best Buddies Challenge, and information on Aubrey Bryce's Bike Transportation Service that we've used and highly recommend.
September 2010
It's back to school time for the kids, and while that signals an end to the summer racing season, we at MultiSport Canada still have a few awesome weekends of racing for you at Wasaga (September 11) and Lakeside (September 18 and 19). Many events are already sold out, so register now to ensure you do not miss out on the final triathlon of the 2010 season. Our Triple Race Challenge winners will be crowned at the Wasaga Beach so look for some fast racing to occur as this will be the final race of the Challenge. A handful of spots remain for our inaugural trip to Challenge Roth next year. Check out the details and respond to John Salt as soon as possible. Enjoy this edition of the newsletter, we have some important series news, our monthly exclusive book offer, a profile on Brian Wilson (a key KOS advocate from the past), lots of handy tips for you to make use of for the final few races of the season - including an article by Olympian Lauren Campbell, our Ask the Coach feature, and much more.
August 2010
By the time the next newsletter comes out, the kids will be back at school, the leaves on the trees will be changing colour, and the 2010 triathlon/duathlon race season will soon be over. Sorry to remind you but it is a reality. Until then though, MultiSport Canada has a race for you to do every weekend in August. Bracebridge (August 7 & 8), Toronto Island (August 14 - a few spots left & 15 - sold out), Simcoe Shores Relay (August 21 & 22), and Cobourg (August 28 & 29). And don't forget about our last two events in September - Wasaga and Lakeside. Registrations are picking up and the Lakeside GT 12.9 is close to being sold out already. Act now to ensure you get the races you want to close off the 2010 season. Triple Race Challenge hopefuls are reminded to register for Cobourg and Wasaga to make sure that you are still in the running for prizes. We are excited to announce an exciting trip to the legendary Challenge Roth next year. There are only 20 racing spots available so check out the details and respond with your interest. Enjoy this edition of the newsletter, we have some important series news, our monthly exclusive book offer, Ask the Coach with Coach Pickering's Report from Lake Placid, a video from Richard Pady, articles about Running with Infinit, improving overall cycling performance, passing drills, swim clinic announcements, and much more.
Triple Race Challenge - Results
July 2010
Can you believe it's July already? We are closely approaching the halfway point of our season and the first half has certainly been a booming success with our debut at Woodstock, a soggy but great day in Binbrook, and our inaugural Welland Half Iron which was a huge hit. The wonderful news is that we still have lots of awesome races to choose from (except Gravenhurst of course since the Triathlons are sold out). So make sure that you make the best of the summer racing season and join us for a few more. And for those of you who completed the Welland Half Iron Triathlon, especially the women, please consider racing the Cobourg and Wasaga Beach Olympic Triathlons, this way you can qualify for the Triple Race Challenge and the chance to win cash and prizes. Enjoy this edition of the newsletter, we have some important series news, our monthly exclusive book offer, Ask the Coach, articles about fueling during the bike, riding aero, swimming for newbies, a first timers view of the Welland Half Iron, and much more.
Welland Half Iron & Triple Race Challenge
Roger Hospedales previews the Welland Half Iron Weekend and the kickoff to the Triple Race Challenge.
Larry Bradley's One + Du = Tri
Larry Bradley's journey from a successful duathlete to a successful triathlete.
June 2010
With the start of a new season this coming Saturday at Woodstock, we have also introduced a new way that you will be receiving our monthly newsletter. We think the new look is real slick but most importantly you can now quickly see what areas of the newsletter interests you, and with the click of a mouse you will be taken directly to that section. It is as simple as that! Enjoy this edition of the newsletter and we hope to see you this weekend at Woodstock.
May 2010
The weather is getting warmer, and the race season will soon be upon us with our inaugural race at Woodstock on June 5th. So maybe it is appropriate that with less than a month to go before our season starts that this May newsletter is our most jam-packed yet. There are lots of Series updates, news from the MultiSport Canada Running Series, Hanging Out with Infinit, our latest Book of the Month offer, a 7 Systems offer and contest, a training camp with Nate Bower, MultiSport Zone’s Woodstock Training day and other clinics, our Ask the Coach feature, articles by Richard Pady, Tyler Lord, Radical Cycling, Absolute Endurance, and a look at two very interesting athletes. Enjoy!
April 2010
By the time this edition of the newsletter meets your eyes, it will be approximately 60 days until the start of the season at Woodstock - June 5. It is definitely time to get on your bikes, and last weekend was just about perfect for it, heck if we could have anticipated this rare bout of warm weather we could have had a race for you. This edition of the newsletter has training tips, our book of the month selection - a must for improving your swim, some important updates from Mike Cheliak, a look at Challenge Roth, our most recent MultiSport Canada Radio interview with Nick Capra, and more. Don't forget the HST kicks in on your race registrations on May 1st, so pick your races and register soon. Enjoy and happy training!
March 2010
There is just a little over 3 months left to go until the start of the MultiSport Canada race season and we have a ton of stuff for you to check out to get you primed and ready. We've got a new series race drink - Infinit Nutrition, a new Kids Aquathlon, swim tips, Ask the Coach, athlete articles and lots more. Enjoy!
February 2010
With February there may not be a ton of races but it sure is a busy month. We have Chinese New Year, Family Day, Valentines Day, Black History Month, and for our University students there is Reading Week. Regardless, it is time get out of winter hibernation and start training. Especially if the Welland Half Irondistance is on your schedule. Our upcoming race schedule is chock full of events for everyone, and with lots of cool and exciting features. In this issue we will look at some of those features that make the MultiSport Canada Series unique, and of course interesting articles from our coaches and sponsors. Enjoy!
January 2010
Welcome to MultiSport Canada's first newsletter for 2010. This issue is loaded with news, and training articles. Enjoy!
