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Be Stronger in 2021

With races being cancelled and seemingly nowhere to showcase your fitness, you might have made the decision to shut things down and wait until next year. However, that would be the loss of an opportunity to make yourself even stronger for the 2021 season. Thankfully, it’s still not too late though to reap the benefits. […]

Go Looooong!

Hi all you crazy endurance athletes. During our summer of the reinvention of endurance training, I have been able to try lots of different events. One of the events I was super excited to participate in was new The MSC Distance Challenge. Like many of us, I didn’t start out as a triathlete. I started […]

Step up your game in August

By: Carolynne Simons If you notice you are thwarting your movement by telling yourself that it’s too hard, you don’t have time, you don’t have any way to get exercise, pause. Take a deep breath and think about jumping into something unexpected. This month I combined MSC’s Duration Challenge and got recruited into Race Across Canada […]

Preparing for the Swim in the Pool

Race Simulation Pool Workouts to Prepare for the Swim Created by: Stevie Blankenship For many of us busy athletes it can be hard to get to the pool, but also, getting to swim open water safely can be a hassle as it is sometimes hard to sync up times to swim with other swimmers, throughout […]

Rock Your Best Swim at the Barrelman’s Swim Course

It is August, and many Barrelman racers are also deep into their training. With work, family, life, and triathlon training all require one’s time and attention, a fundamental aspect of training is keeping yourself motivated to make the time to work out while also balancing everyday responsibilities. To this end, this article serves two purposes: […]

Swim, Run…Here I come!

By Michael Telpner The first race I ever participated in was the MSC Toronto Island Triathlon. I think I gave high fives to every volunteer and race official I passed. Since that first race almost 10 years ago, I keep it on my calendar every year. It’s my favourite race because for a few reasons; […]

The Mid Season Training Blahs

By Michael Telpner Last week I woke up at 5:00 a.m., went down to the basement, got on my bike and said: “I DON’T WANT TO DO THIS TODAY”. There comes a point in everyone’s training when you go through the same pre-training rituals that you always follow, but your body just doesn’t want to […]

When Life and Training Doesn’t Go as Planned

By Angela Giddens Triathlon season is short in Ontario. We train all year for 3 months of racing. With this training comes lots of planning, sacrifices and goal setting but as we all know too well, life doesn’t always go as planned.   A nagging hamstring/ piriformis injury had me modifying my training early on this […]

2019 Welland Long Course Triathlon Race Day Summary

Some pre race, bike course footage and post race recap video.