Apologies for the week's absence (and apologies to Lynn Truss of Eats, Shoots and Leaves fame if the apostrophe was used there incorrectly, if it should have been used at all). We'll let you know where we've been later, but for now we need to let you know what TNSers have been up to outside of the points series. Yes, there is life outside of triathlon (apparently)! Or so we've been told....
On June 5th Suzanne Ferrier and Erin Gillis took on the Mooseman 70.3 in New Hampshire and came out the other side with times of 5;32.05 and 6.01.49 respectively and placed well in their age-groups too, 6th and 10th.
On June 12th Stacy Juckett-Chestnutt did the New York Road Runners Mini 10K. True to Cookie Monster's prediction, she went under 40 minutes, 39:46 to be precise, for 6th Age-Group.
June 13th saw the Muffin Run 5k in Lunnenberg. This is always a popular event attracting several hundred runners and we often wonder where Lunnenberg puts them all. Certainly there can't be that much parking in Lunnenberg can there? Oh well, not our problem. Ex-Elite Colin Edwards was the first triathlete in 17:08 and kept pace with Rami "the Rocket" Bardessy for a kilometer or so before the Rocket lit the jets and took off to win. Rayleen Hill was 51" behind in 17:59 for second lady, only 16" behind the "Pocket Rocket" Denise Robson. So that put Rayleen as first regular person. She must have been giving Denise fits and starts as Denise usually wins by much, much more than that! Other names we saw from the Muffin Run were Jim Thain, Cookie Monster (yup, he's racing again), Mike Pettipas, Steve Saunders, Roxanne MacLaurin, Tina White, Tammy Slaunwhite, Francine Comeau, Jane Thain, Amy Gough and Bev Richardson.
The week after this was the Johnny Miles Running Event. At least two of the Juniors were in the 5K; Myriska Caulier and Kali Caulier. Kali got an age-group gong but wecan't remember which one, sorry. In the 10K we saw Jim Thain, Jane Thain, Dianne Chaisson, Emily MacDonald, Mike Pettipas and Tine White. In the half, Parker Vaughan ran an outstanding 1:20:02 in his first ever half marathon to place second overall, with only Soloman ahead of him. We saw Parker in the start corrall and asked him what his plan was; " a 37 (10k-Ed) and see what happens after that" was the reply. Clearly he was up to the task and ran a 37 10K, then another one (because one 37' 10K isn't hard enough) and then did an extra kilometre at the same pace! With some degree of modesty, the TA was three and a half minutes behind Parker but we still made the top 5! Stacy Juckett Chestnutt, "fresh" from NY was "out to see what I can do, no pressure"and ran a 1:29 for 2nd lady overall! She jumped for joy when she crosed the mat but jumped so high her chip didn't register amd Mike Richard had to hand-enter her time! Other names we saw were Marie-Claude Gregoire, Denise Mader, Pam Waterhouse, Nancy Petrie, Georgie Gillis (1st Age-Group), Bev Richardson, Steve Saunders and Ken Grandy.
Also held on that Sunday was the Bicycle Nova Scotia Provincial Road Race Championships, held over multiple loops of the Riverport circuit, the same one as the duathlon in October. And you thought one loop was bad. We wonder if they had the infamous headwind-all-the-way-around that we have? Brigham Poole won the U17 race, continuing the tradition of triathletes taking provincial RR C'Ships (Andrea Morritz and Julie Curwin being two to do so in recent years, and going the other way, Jeannie Ju who was part of a winning team at the old Investors Group Tri has recently started doing all three sports herself). Mac Grant was 5th in the B race (4th in the Provincial standings) following his showings at the Halifax Criterium where he rode the B race and the fixie race.
Last weekend Laura Keefe did the Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake event in Lubbock TX and was 9th in her age-group with a 5:11.
That pretty much gets us up to speed on the racing front. As usual, this review comes with the caveat that the TNS member-tracking software is, as always, on the fritz and as such, we can't (won't/shouldn't ever) guarentee that we got everyone. Our sincerest apologies if we missed you and leave a note in the comments below to let us know how you did. We know it goes against the ethos of telling us how you did, but you can also comment anonymously if you wish. We do read every comment.
On the TNS side in the same time as this runfest we've had Cyclesmith, Du It Like Bryan, Greenwood and Ingonish. We have a couple of weeks off now in Nova Scotia; not a planned break but be rest assured the officials will be all getting their cars serviced this week. We're back on the road with a car full of buoys, turnaround signs and traffic cones on July 18th for the Port Hood triathlon, which also sees the first ocean swim of the year (are you ready?) and then Provincials in Bridgetown on the Natal Day weekend. As always, you can register on Atlantic Chip.
This weekend sees another double-header; the Cross Border 10K Challenge (Amherst) on Saturday and the Duncan Hadley Tri in Fredericton on Sunday. Good luck to everyone doing one or both components of that. We will single out for a special shout-out Michelline McWhirter from RNS, who also runs (no pun intended) the YRS series, who will be doing her first tri in Freddy on Sunday. Give her a cheer if you see her.
As always, happy and safe training and we'll see you in a transition zone sometime soon
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