August 17, 2006

    Clinics

1. Weekend Trisport Activity
2. Buddy Green Requests Assistance
3. Upcoming Events - North Bay's "Blue Sky" 15k and 5k THIS SUNDAY

Weekend Trisport Activity

Local Trisport athletes were busy competing in numerous multisport races this weekend.

Mike Coughlin writes:

DZ Tri Team members and other Sudbury-connected athletes were busy once again this weekend at no fewer than FOUR different races around the province.

Near Sault Ste Marie, the St. Joseph's Island Triathlon celebrated its 3rd annual running with both Olympic and Sprint Distance Triathlons, Dualthlons and Relays. John and Celena Leonard were there to take part in the festivities, completing the Olympic and Sprint Triathlons in 2:40:59 an 1:35:02 respectively. This was John's first crack at the Olympic Distance, and he won his age group using the patented Mike Coughlin "just make sure you are the only one in your age group" method - well done John! Clinton Lahnilampi from Naughton and Dave Pope from Whitefish used this clever method to win their respective age groups as well, with Clinton taking 4th overall. Jason and Kim Hall from Sudbury joined Celena in finishing the Sprint race. Congratulations to all.

In Parry Sound, the Swyft Parry Sound Triathlon took place on the same great course David Bialkowski has been running triathlons on for years. Brent Poulsen continued his winning streak in Ontario Races with a stunning course-record setting victory with a 58:33. Brent was joined by Katherine Knight who was 5th overall in the women's race with a 1:23:44. Well done!

The Barrie Triathlon was another race in the win column for a Sudbury area athlete. Up and comer Buddy Green continued his fine form by taking top honours by more than 2 minutes with a fabulous sub-hour time of 59:34. Keep an eye on this guy in future years. Discomfort Zone athletes Chantal Demers and Alexandre Beland had solid races as well, finishing in 1:09:52 and 1:14:23, good for 2nd and 4th in their age groups. Chantal was also 4th woman overall after scoring a PB in the 5k run with a smokin' 18:52 - wow!

At the Cobourg Tri Weekend, Discomfort Zone athletes Steve Fessenden and Melanie Muise represented us well with solid showings in Sunday's extended Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon events respectively. Steve's time of 1:59:00 was good enough for 5th out of 20 in his age group, an indication of steady improvement. Melanie was up against some stiff competition in the duathlon, including several of her fellow Canadian Duathlon Team Members. Melanie's time of 1:47:59 placed her 12th overall and 3rd woman. Great job guys!

This coming Sunday marks the Northern Triathlon in Orillia, a race that doubles as the 2006 OAT Ontario Club Championships. A large contingent of Sudbury Area and Discomfort Zone Tri Team members will be heading down for the event, and it should be a blast. If you are interested in taking part, it is not too late to sign up. Visit www.trisportcanada.com for more details, and feel free to email me at mike@discomfortzone.com if you want to travel or stay with the team.

Mike

Aug.12- 13 .2006 HSBC Triathlon Series (Cobourg Weekend) Sprint Triathlon: Drew Anderson - 20th place 1:18:52 TM25-29 4/10 All Results Sprint Duathlon: Laura Haapamaki - 13th place 1:17:52 DF25-29 1/4 All Results Triathlon:             Steve Fessenden 45th place 1:59:00 TM40-44 5/20  All Results Duathlon:            Melanie Muise 12th place 1:47:59 DF25-29 2/4 All Results Kids of Steel:     Riley Thaxter 17th place 8:52 M3-5 10/18 All Results HSBC - Cobourg Tri/Du race report - by Laura Haapamaki Hello Vince and SudburyRocks!!! This is my race report from the very beautiful Cobourg, Ontario. We set off Friday afternoon and headed down to Toronto, where Drew finally purchase a new upgraded bike. (He was tired of me beating him). Of course getting into Toronto at 5:30pm on a Friday was an absolute headache, as we hit traffic jam after traffic jam. After an hour and a half of stop and go, we made it to Endurosport, where we spent another 2 hours trying to get Drew’s bike ready and out the door. Then we had another 2 hour drive back to Drew’s parents in Fenelon Falls. Now normally I wouldn’t mind all the driving, but we had to get up Saturday at 5am to drive out to Cobourg. Worst of all, was I had to get a 5 year old up at 5am to drive out to Cobourg.   This was a special race for many reasons. For one, Drew was racing on his new bike. Two, I was competing in my first ever duathlon. Three, Drew’s dad was competing in his first ever duathlon (after two DNF’s – bike problems), and Four; My little man, Riley, was competing in his first ever Kids Of Steel. Blah, Blah, Blah, we raced, it was good. I came in second place female overall, first in my age group. Drew and his parents did very well. Now on to Riley. WOW. All I can say is wow. His age category was 3-5. They had to swim 15m; bike 250m; and run 50m. I couldn’t believe the amount of little kids getting ready for this race. It was absolutely amazing. By the time their race came (around 2pm) the wind started to pick up considerably. The swim was in Lake Ontario, which got me a little worried because the water started to get white caps. Of course, these are 3-5 year olds, so they took us out 15 meters into the water (parents were allowed to race with their children), and then the kids had to simply run back into shore. From there, they ran up the beach into transition (they were even chip timed) where they had racked their bikes. Riley was one of the first out in the swim, but with the long transition up the beach, he started to get a little tired. He got to his bike, threw his shoes on, grabbed his helmet and then his bike and he was off. (It looked like he had done this before). He found the bike a little hard, as the first 125 meters was uphill. But after that it was a fast downhill race back into transition. He threw his helmet down, his bike onto the rack, turned on his heels and ran as fast as he could. I had to start sprinting to catch up with him. He passed another little boy just as he crossed the finish line with a time of 8 minutes and 52 seconds to put him in 17th place. I have never seen him so proud as he pushed out his chest and held up his medal for Drew and I to see. I was such a proud mommy I have to admit I actually had some tears. It was the best race I have ever been to. Watching the kids smiling and looking at their medals was just the most amazing thing to see. Riley is very excited to do his next race, as both Drew and I are excited to watch him.

August 13, 2006 Swyft Parry Sound Triathlon from http://www.swyft.ca/triathlonparrysoundreport.htm The horn sounded at 8AM and in the Men’s triathlon, as expected Brent Poulsen (Sudbury, ON) swam to the lead and never looked back. Poulsen finished the 750m swim with a 28 second lead on Ryan Smith (Ahmic Harbor, ON), a university swimmer, competing in his first ever triathlon. Poulsen, then jumped on his bike and took off for the 20km challenging bike course through hilly downtown Parry Sound. By the end of the bike, Poulsen extended his 28 second lead to just over 4 minutes.The run did not change any of the placing and in the end; it was Poulsen running to the finish in a time of 58:33, setting a new course record on the day which was previously held by Wolfgang Guembel in a time of 1:01:13. All Men's Results Sudbury's Katherine Knight was 5th overall and second in her age group. 5 1:23:44 KNIGHT Katherine Sudbury 2/4 F20-29. All Female Results   Sudbury's own Paul Graham provided the above photo of Brent Poulsen's win as he kicked off a new venture called "the Photo Guy". Check out his new website at http://www.thephotoguy.ca/

Buddy Green Requests Assistance

Buddy Green is a young Laurentian club swimmer-turned-triathlete who has come a long way in a very short time. He qualified for the World Championships by winning his age group at Nationals in Brampton earlier this summer, and is raising money to make the trip to Switzerland at the end of the month. He was featured on the MCTV news yesterday.

Buddy has done extremely well but to compete at the level he has attained is prohibitively expensive. Please take a read of Buddy's request. Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated by Buddy and family.

Buddy writes:  Hi Mr. Perdue,

How are you doing? I have been a competitive swimmer for 13 years now and have been competing nationally for 7 of them. I have just recently taken up the sport of triathlon and have come a long way very quickly and am now going to Switzerland in a week and a half for the World Championships and the costs are quickly pilling up! I was talking with Mike Coughlin earlier today and he said maybe you could put something about me on your web site to help me out. If you are able to do this, TD Bank has set up an account for me that anyone can go to any of the TD Banks in Sudbury to make a donation and the account number is 3716-6335890 and my phone number for anyone who wants to reach me is 705-665-8109. I have also attached a resume just to give you a little bit more background about myself. Thank you very much for your time and anything you can do to help me out.

Buddy Green

Buddy's Resume (Word Document Only)

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