Hello Everyone,                                                                                           July 28, 2005

In this Issue:

Mike Hay, Mike Coughlin,Steve Tremblay and Jack Kosmerly represented our community at this years' Ironman USA in Lake Placid, New York. Mike Hay placed a high third in his age group and 16th overall. Mike Coughlin learned the mountains are probably tougher than racing in Wisconsin(and maybe bike problems). Steve Tremblay did well despite a slow start and Jack Kosmerly found out that Ironman's are never over until the last metre of the marathon is complete. Congratulations guys on your excellent efforts.

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Two Rocks!!, Laura Thaxter and Drew Anderson, plus three other locals took on the Bala Falls Tri this weekend. Rumour has it that Drew was happy with his bike time but Laura was not. It was pointed out to Laura that lap repeats at Delki Dozzi and pace training with the Cycling Club would increase her level of contentment with the cycle time. Unfortunately the road to continuous improvement rarely has a tailwind and always has hills. But don't forget the old adage. Hills and the wind are our friends!

Good going everyone and especially you Laura.

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Jan Weeres, A Sudbury Rock!! Core Member, and martin Parnell , our Western Rocks!! Correspondent, competed on Saturday at the World Masters Games in Edmonton in the Olympic Distance Triathlon. Jan finished a very respectable 283rd place with an overall time of 2:52:09. and Martin was just ahead in 2:28:41. Congratulations Jan and Martin. Jan, your competition resume is becoming lengthly and varied. You are definitely a role model for the Rocks!! And it was good to see you're still in action Martin. Obviously the Tour d'Afrique did not totally turn you against biking.

Jan Weeres describes her experience:

Greetings from Edmonton!! Hi,Vince, thought I would send you a note on my
experience at the Summer Games. It was great!! Everything I thought it would
be and more. I met all kinds of people from all over the world. One of them
happened to be Martin Parnell! Brent and I ran into him at the expo. It was
great to see him and catch up on each others lives. Martin was also
competing in the Tri.
The day before the tri I went for a tour of the bike course. There were
hundreds of us being taken on the course with a police escort as only one
side of the road was closed that day. As I was waiting for the bike to begin
(I had just clipped into my pedals) this HUGE guy fell off his bike and on
to me. Down I went! I cut my right ankle on my cassette, had a huge hematoma
on my right quad and bent my rear derailer slightly. Owww! But up I got and
dusted my self off. I rode the course carefully as I wasn't sure how my bike
and body was. When I got back I took my bike to a bike tech on site and he
was able to get my bike back in good working order. My body was pretty sore,
but I wasn't going to let it get to me. I checked my bike in to transition
and then went to get body marked (they did it the day before, great idea!).
Took a look at the swim course... it was a duck pond. The only time swimming
is allowed is when there is a triathlon. they chlorinate the water heavily
(the first year they had a tri all the athletes ended up with swimmers
itch!! hence the chlorination). Anhooo.

Went to opening ceramonies that evening at Commenwealth Stadium. It was
amazing!!! Spectacular!! 20+thousand athletes from all over the world. I sat
next to a man ,Scott, 64 years young and had just started doing tri's the
year before. Told me he would see me in Sydney in 2009!!! That is
inspiring!! Went home and to bed, had a good sleep.
Woke up to heavy rain and high winds. I was a little concerned with the bike
course,as there was a very steep curving part of the course. As it turned
out the rain let up and the pavement was pretty dry.

I didn't really get nervous until the horn went off for the swim. Hit the
water fast and guess what...I could'nt breathe. It took about 75m to settle
in. The course was 2 laps,you had to get out of the water and then back in.
My second lap was better. Out of the swim and on to the bike. It was a long
distance from the swim to bike transition. On to the bike. It was 4- 10k
laps, over the Saskatchewan River. It had fairly steep climbs but awesome
descents!! The wind however was BRUTAL!!! The first time I rode across the
Sask. River bridge the cross winds almost knocked me over. I could see other
athletes struggling with the same issues. Came off my bike feeling strong
and on the run. The run was flat, thank God, as the winds were still a
factor. Finished the run tired but happy. My goal was to finish in the top
ten in my age group and under 3 hours. I finished 8/24 in a time of 2:52 and
finished 286 out of 900. Mission accomplished!!!!! It was a great time.
Brent was such a good pit crew, very supportive, kept me on task as I was
preparing. Now I am taking a break from training and spend the rest of the
week being tourists in Alberta!!! We'll be back in Sudbury on August 31st.

See you then!! Jan

 August 7 - Beaton Classic Quadrathlon

August 28 - Alicia "5" Kaye Trail Run at Fielding Park

September 11 - Sudbury Masters Ramsey Tour 5k and 21.1k

 

 

 

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