Bighorn, Wyoming 100 miles

In August's edition of Ultra-Running, Charlie Crissman relays satirically why not to run this race. "Believe me, shuffling for miles through expansive fields of wildflowers is not the way you want to be spending the summer solstice weekend. Those flowers can really muck up the trim on your new trail shoes".

Utah to Idaho ; The Bear 100

You've just finished your morning fall jog of 8km. Someone presents the idea of running 100 miles ? Hey wait a minute that's longer than my commute to work! Imagine ? Doing 100 miles through the terrain where Napolean Dynamite was filmed. Where the minimum elevation is 4860 feet and the highest is 9043 feet. It's called the Bear 100. I believe the race is today or tomorrow. www.bear100.com
What size of t-shirt would you like ? Medium or Large?

Run for the Toad

www.runforthetoad.com
Oct.4th. It's almost here. Look at the strong contingent from Barrie WoooOOO!
A real Ultra near our home town. Run for the Todd is a 50km held in Cambridge, On. This year will be the 7th year. By the way, Kevin, you;re right, the new Motorhead cd "Motorizer" is top notch.

Organization PLUS +

OMG! Hats off to the Organizers & Volunteers of 70.3 Muskoka. By far, and i mean by far the most organized, thought out, and executed with precision timing. I have done many halfs and one full ironman and i can proudly say Muskoka has them all beat. I have heard via friends that Lake Placid is run well. Nevertheless, as a weekend athlete and business man during he week i was impressed. I always look at these events with two sets of eyes, as an athletes and as a spectator (usually through my wife's eyes). Muskoka thought of everything. They had a plan & stuck to it flawlessly. I would like to especially thank the volunteers in the shuttle bus operation. Ladies & Guys on a scale of 10 you get a 10. For reasons i will not get into i arrived later than i should have. The Pros race started at 8am, my waive was second last, going off at 8:33am. I have now just parked my truck at the very last spot at the end of the Huntsville airport runway at 7:45am. You with me here? The shuttle buses are running smoothly and now carrying spectators to the transition area. One of the parking lot attentants sees me, realizes i'm an athlete tells me to get aboard school bus "A" that has about 12 spectators on it(so it's about 80% empty) and instructs the driver as soon as this athlete gets in "TAKE off". I made it to the race. I'll be back to Muskoka next year, Great Job guys.

Patton & Harrison visit Wisconsin

Shawn Patton & Mark Harrison visited Ironman Wisconsin last weekend September 6th & 7th. Here is what they have to say:
Ironman in the cheese state...moooooooooooooooo...Madison, Wisconsin Ironman is certainly a race to add to your to-do list.

The only flat part of this race is the swim...the bike is a challenging course with alot of rolling hills with not much recovery and if your also lucky enough to get a head wind that day it will certainly make things more challenging..the bike starts on the convention center parkade with a brief down hill on the parkade helix consisting of three loops to street level...just hope there is not alot of people going down at the same time.(parking is free by the way)..haha

the bike route is looped as well however u need to travel 14 miles out of madison before u start the loop.the 14 miles u travel will have your heart rate up and your legs nice and warm before the fun starts....reminds of the long course route in muskoka.

Spectators are actually bused from Madison to the town of Verona which is where the bike begins.

The run is a looped course with some hills and a few out and backs.another added challenge after a hilly bike course.there alot people on course that would certainly help you pull you through it.

It's one of the hardest courses out there and one of the nicest as well....one for the should do list. 

Madison also has some great hydration & aid stations in the downtown area.      

No Swimming Triking Gators Secret Practice

Ok, so it's not Kempenfelt Bay. But I like the shot. However does remind me of the time saw a sign "No Swimming ; Beavers" St. Johns, NFLD.

Training ; taking a note from Simon

Over the next 6 months I will be sharing perhaps some novel & out of the ordinary training regimes for swim, bike & run. The importance of keeping training fresh is vital to succeeding & improving one's results. As Simon whitfield recently acknowledge in Triathlete Magazine, he is always searching for new & improved ways to enter into his daily training schedule. If you have come across something you would like to share please send me an email at ijamie63@rogers.com and i will gladly add to this blog for Barrie & surrounding Athletes.

Congrats to Ted Read & friends !

Congratulations are in order for some local Barrie Triathletes. First we have Ted Read who finally got to race his Ottawa Ironman. Ted finished with a great time of 13 hrs & 16 mins at the Canadian Iron 226 held in Ottawa. Some may remember a nasty bike spill prior to the event last year kept Ted from competing. Ted congrats!!
Also congrats to Mischelle Stevens 1 hr 55 min, Calvin Chu 1 hr 53 min and Mark Harrison 1 hr 32 min for their great race times at the Guelph Lake II this past weekend. Good job everyone cheers!

www.ironmanmuskoka.com

Hi folks, if you haven't already and you're racing Sep.14th in Huntsville, there is some excellent information on the web site for 70.3 Muskoka, In particular watch the video. The swim exit as my friend Shawn points out is most interesting.