YOG Qualifying Race

So yesterday evening was the individual race to determine which countries would earn spots for the youth olympic games in Singapore. For Canada it was also the qualifying race, the first Canadian to cross the line would be the athlete selected to represent Canada.

The Canadian girls dominated the swim, they were all in the first group out of the water. Christine came off the bike in the lead by herself, followed by the lead pack of girls. This lead pack now contained 3 of the Canadian girls. The first Canadian girl to finish was Christine in 3rd followed by Alison in 4th, Dominika in 5th, Maghalie in 12th, Hillary in 13th, and Amelie in 22nd. Congrats to the girls!!


In the guys race, Brook was the first to exit the water, then Marc, Riley, Charles and then Unger. Brook made the lead pack, Marc was in the second pack, Riley was in the third pack, and Charles and Unger were in the 4th pack. The first pack gained a little bit of time during the race, and the second and third came pretty close together. At the end of the run it was Brook who was the first Canadian in 8th place, Marc was 18, Riley was 21, Charles was 35, and Unger in 36. 


The results for the two races can be found here. 


An article about the race along with some pictures can be found here. 


Here are some pictures of the Canadian girls running into T1, more pictures to come:

Monterrey - Pre-Race

So just a little over 24 hours till the races start here in Monterrey, Mexico. The weather has continuted to be un-cooperative, with rain on and off over the last couple days and very little sunshine. It has still been very humid and feels quite warm most of the time.

On Wednesday, we started off the day with a hour and a bit ride out on the race course. Then we biked over to the pool for a nice short swim with some activation. In the afternoon we went for a short run around the canal where the swim will take place for our race on Friday. We went out for a team dinner at Chili's and then walked down to the canal to try and figure out how the swim is going to work out.

Today started off with another swim in the pool with 5x100 @ race pace. Then once we got back we went for a quick run with strides and dynamics. In the afternoon, we went for a bike ride to check out the course again. The course is quite technical and with the likely wet conditions, we could be in for an interesting bike ride. At the end of the ride we practiced some fast transitions and headed home. The pre-race briefing takes place at 5pm tonight and then we are having a team dinner.

Race day tomorrow. The girls go at 5 pm and the guys at 6:30 pm.

Here are some pictures:

wet roads

dirty bike

transition area

swim course - canal

bike course

age group transition

Monterrey

Charles, Riley, Ungie and coach Gary are all down in Monterrey this week for the Youth Olympic Games Trials. They are joining the rest of Team Canada for this event. Firstly the individual race takes place on Friday, with the girls going around 5 in the afternoon, and the guys around 6:30. There is also a relay event which takes place on the Sunday early in the morning before the elite world cup race in the afternoon.

We arrived in Monterrey late on Monday night, and then got settled in to our hotel. On Tuesday morning we took a trip to Walmart for some groceries, followed by a 30ish minute run close by the race course. In the afternoon we went swimming at a pool just a few minutes away from our hotel. The pool was not quite what we are used to but the person running the pool was very nice and let us use the pool at no cost all week. The swim was just a quick 3km with some activation sets. A quick spin on our bikes will finish out the day.

the super tall-steep escalator in Dallas

 

Tucson: Top 15

15. Water Balloon fights are failures when no one comes outside to check out the "dead snake"

14. Charles stay away from Tyler on the bike, maybe keep the rubber on the road

13. Zoom Juice mmmmmm maximus cactus

12.  Bagel on a Stick (greatest invention ever! Sarah we love you)

11. Stevie beating Charles in the “triathlon”

10. Waterfall run at Bear Canyon and Marita knocking Shaynas camera into the waterfall... it was lost and never to be found

9. Mt. Lemmon is very challenging, especially when you are afraid of heights

8. Emma, Ben now has a girlfriend, he owes Charles, Josh and Tyler.

7. Darian was clean or dirty depending on when Charles told him to shower, he was clean when he wanted to pick up some cute little girls at the movies

6. Gary bought all his clothes for the next year at Nike Outlet, hopefully next year he brings a bigger suitcase

5 . Stevie won the big match in Super Smash Bros, Riley sucks at that game,  Charles is alright

4. Stevie found a new inner talent, she cut Charles, Riley, Ben and Gary’s hair. She even gave Ben a mohawk

3. “Where’s Ben?” Well look for Josh and you will find him.

2. The TV show 24 is way better then Yugioh, especially when you watch it in the closet

1. “We had a BIG CAMP!”

Didn't Quite Make The List
-"The Gang" - BJT
-Tyler-"Guys I don`t burn.....well just my calves"  

Day 8 - Gates Pass

The weather was much warmer today! We had our final swim today at the U of A pool, once again the main set was the 15X300 drafting set with Saskatchewan. Since it was the last swim workout we all went off the 10 meter diving board, went in the hot tub, and took some awesome pictures under the water. From the swim we headed out to do a long ride to do Gates Pass (a half mile climb at 14% grade). The ride was off to a good start until Mr. Brault decided his cursed bike would act up again, but no worries he finished the ride on Riley Ungers bike because Riley was having some allergy issues. The road was quite bumpy and rough which resulted with a few flat tires. Overall it was a great ride; there were bike handling learning experiences for some, and the most of the younger ones enjoyed the climb up Gates Pass. The ride was shortened by 30km because he team is feeling a little bit worn out. The ride was still 90 km and a little over 3 hours in length.

In the evening we finished the day off with a short 30 - 60 minute run. After that some of the people walked over to the mall to see a movie called Clash of The Titans. A few other people took a trip over to Target, the few left stayed home and watched a movie.

Here are some pictures from today:

shopping...

Sarah-anne ran a great 5km race last week with a time of 16:27 and moved in to the the MNTC guys top 5 ranking.  Way to go Sarah!!!!!! Here is a video from Flotrack of the race:

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

Here is a video from Flotrack after the race:

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

Last ride at Lemmon today!

Day 7- Aquathlon

Today, on the coldest day of the camp with a high of 13, cool winds and occasional rain, we had a aquathlon against team Saskatchewan. The swim was 800 meters long course in the U of A pool. Transition was on the pool deck and the 5km run was a 7 loop course on the U of A campus. Everyone showed great effort, considering it was day 7 of our camp.  In the afternoon we completed the triathlon by having a 20km bike time trial out on Old Spanish Trail. Once again everyone worked hard and showed great promise for the upcoming race season.

For any of the parents wondering, the team clothing came today!!!! It looks great and everyone is pleased with the outcome.

On a side note Trevor has now been officially defeated in the Mama's Pizza pizza eating contest. Ungie consumed 8 slices of Mama's Family size pizza. Hope you feel better in the morning Riley U ;)