By: Carolynne Simons We don’t always see the countless hours of training and exercising that shape people and communities. From July to the end of September, Team Milton, led by MP Adam van Koeverden, encouraged community participation in the Race Across Canada Challenge. I would normally be planning my race schedule but an emergency spinal […]
by: Carolynne Simons Team Canada was supposed to toe the line for the ITU World Duathlon Championships in Almere, Netherlands this past weekend. Yet a cocktail of swim, bike, run, coaching, mechanicals, performance software, solo practices, Zoom calls, physio, fireworks and bbq’s still seemed to trickle through various parts of the country. During qualifications in Victoriaville back in […]
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 […]
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 […]
I didn’t run track growing up so my introduction to running was 5k, but I have always wondered how quickly I can cover 1609m. Without any MSC races on the horizon I figured there is no time like the present to find out. On August 3 I am going to do a 1-mile time trial […]
We have gone through a tremendous amount of changes that have seemed to be ‘awful’ in the moment. Accepting in my thoughts that this period is really like ‘no other’ has helped me keep everything in check and what these disappointments really mean. I have learned and tried to build strength for the future race […]
by: Carolynne Simons The body keeps score. It’s constantly talking to you, and if you’ve ever been knocked off your feet? You know exactly what I’m talking about. Life-threatening injuries. May 15th marked a big OFF day in my training log. Following that, I put my business on hold, let people step in around the […]
By Daniel Clarke I should be preparing for my favourite race race on the MSC calendar, the Gravenhurst Olympic Triathlon, but instead we are stuck with the realities of a COVID-19 world. I’m fortunate that my closest friends and family are all healthy and well, so my concerns have been of the less serious nature […]
No racing? No problem. How to keep engaged and motivated during the Covid-19 lockdown. Well, the excitement for race season isn’t quite like it used to be this year. We don’t know when or if we’ll be able to race at all, but that doesn’t mean we should just let our fitness fall away and […]