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Triathlon BC 2018 WHAT YOU’LL FIND INSIDE Board of Directors RACE DIRECTOR ROUND UP: WHERE CHAIR BC SUPERSERIES 2018: WHY, WHAT, 2 ARE RACES IN BC AND ALBERTA 14 WHO Duncan Wood HEADED? SECRETARY MIXED TEAM RELAY: NEW OLYMPIC CANADA’S TOUGHEST OFF-ROAD Keith Iwasaki 5 TRIATHLON DISCIPLINE 2020 16 TRIATHLON? PERHAPS! TREASURER WELCOMING EVERYONE BACK TO Faith Wells THE KONA EXPERIENCE: THE VIEW 6 THE KELOWNA APPLE SANCTIONING 18 FROM UNCLE BILLY’S HOTEL Troyce Beglaw ESCAPE YOUR NORMAL: POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME: MEMBERS AT LARGE 8 SUPER LEAGUE PENTICTON 2018 DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO? Susie Ernsting 21 Kirk Lewis VAN ISLANDERS ON CANADA’S Larry Feagan 10 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES YOUR BEST TRAINING DAY: WHAT Clement Lim SQUAD 22 TO EAT, WHEN! Vicki Lundine NEW FOUNDATION, NEW VISION: PROVINCIAL COACH 12 TRIATHLON CANADA CEO KIM VAN Kelly Guest BRUGGEN TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Andrew Armstrong MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR 2018 SPONSORS A BIG THANK YOU TO: Emily Vickery EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Allan Prazsky Contact the Board of Directors at: [email protected] CREDITS ADVERTISING & SUBMISSIONS FRONT COVER: Lauren Babineau, BC triathlete, laurenbabineau.com. Through our magazine, Member Update, Twitter feed and Facebook, Triathlon BC now touches over 10,000 athletes. Email [email protected] for rate card. Photo credit: Ken Babineau Triathlon BC is the newsmagazine of Triathlon 2019 ADVERTISING RATES* GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION British Columbia. Triathlon BC is a not-for- All submissions should be sent to Triathlon profit, sport governing body devoted to the Inside front/Inside back cover $1300 BC at [email protected]. promotion of the sport of triathlon in the Outside back cover $1800 Articles should not exceed 750 words Province of BC. 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Space restrictions 2019 submission deadline: February 28, 2019 prevent the publishing of all articles. 24 :: TRIATHLON BC :: SPRING 2017 EDITOR’S MESSAGE baby foods squeeze packs, raisins, potatoes, then move onto bars. • If you’re going to eat aid station So many ways to race and Protein Power Ball Recipe food in races such as chips, Great for training and snacks too play! pretzels, breads, or bagels, practice eating these foods while It was fun putting this training as well so as not to upset 3 cups quick oats (not instant) issue together and learning your stomach. 1 cup peanut butter (any nut about the many activities • Practice with the drink calories butter or wow butter will work) that you will use during races. going on in triathlon across 1 cup whey, soy or pea protein Every race has a different drink powder the province and country. sponsor so if you planning on We cover adventures only using race day products it ½ cup craisins or raisins would be best to train on what with Desirae Ridenour ¼ cup chia they will be using. Otherwise, and Matt Sharpe who bring your own drinks and bladder 3 tbsp ground flax powder recently competed in the loaded with the fuel that works 3 tbsp honey best for your gut -- one that you Commonwealth Games in Joe Dixon (left) with athlete Martin Caron. We interviewed three race directors on changes, trends and have trained with. Some people Combine all ingredients in food processor or mixer. Add water until Australia, and look at new goals. New formats emerging, new ways to include fun, fitness *and* family were noted! are sensitive to fructose and mixture sticks together. Form into balls and place in Tupperwear in fridge styles of racing available get diarrhea or upset stomach or freezer. from it. If this is the case, try to those in BC via Super RACE DIRECTOR ROUND UP a drink made with glucose and League and Mixed Relay. (If maltodextrin. you don’t know what those • You will always run at an energy de cit state because you’re after the rst hour so eat every my practice, I see most people under are, read on!) We’ve also Where are Races in BC burning more calories than 15 minutes to avoid crashing or consume vegetables and proteins. Try included a roundup with a stomach can consume during long bonking. Both dehydration and low to eat a whole food diet with lean few race directors across BC, and Alberta Headed? training day. Runners can burn up energy consumption are the top plant or animal based proteins (1 to 600-1000cal/hr or more if on a reasons for performance declines gram /kg body weight),5-6 servings covering the things they’ve Lara Spence, [email protected] long bike ride. in training and on race day. daily of vegetables, 2 or 3 fruit noticed with racers needs • If you get stomach upset, nausea, servings per day, 2 dairy or non- Post-training meal: and wants, a piece on a e were thrilled to speak to What are the biggest changes vomiting, bloating or gas while dairy calcium choices, some high three race directors, gathering you’ve seen in the last 5 years, in running and have trouble eating, • Within 15 minutes post exercise fibre whole grains such as bran, chia, new CX race on Vancouver W geographically diverse perspectives triathlon races? there is a new carbohydrate you want to eat 200-300 calories hemp, flax, and healthy unsaturated Island, and an update from on changes in triathlon of late, and product on the market called mostly carbohydrate based with fats 2-3tbsp total/day from oils such JOE: We’ve seen a few changes to where things are headed in BC and Maurten. It is maltodextrin and a ratio of 3:1 or 4:1 carbs to as, olive oil, flax, or MCT oils. Healthy Triathlon Canada’s new CEO the schedules in BC and Alberta for Alberta! fructose combination that is protein ratio. E.g. 10g protein and fatty foods to include fatty fish like Kim Van Bruggen, who is both Standard and Half Iron races converted into a hydrogel in the 30-40g carbohydrates. wild salmon or halibut, sardines, Contributors were: and especially with the move to the working with her team to stomach and transports into the • Within 30 minutes post training avocados, walnuts, almonds. Limit end of July date for IMC. We have intestines where it is absorbed (especially 2hr or more or hard hard margarine, lard, butter and bring forth the vision of • Joe Dixon, owner of Dynamic seen a number of long standing road without stomach upset or nausea. days) you want to have 10-20g shortening. Limit sugar in all forms One Leaf, Three Sports, No Events, an independently owned triathlons such as Nelson, Squamish, A few of my clients have tried protein after the workout to help in foods to avoid health problems. I race production company that Peachland sprint, Prince George, Limits. this and found it helpful. Because with muscle recovery. believe very much in following an stages a five race triathlon Crescent Beach no longer being Maurten does not breakdown in • Examples of foods: turkey bagels, anti-inflammatory diet, to avoid and Read on, and enjoy your series with events in the South produced and others taking a year or the stomach, you can consume wraps, baked potato with cheese, reduce health problems. □ Okanagan, Fraser Valley & two hiatus like the Apple or the Delta training and racing! more calories per hour using it as bagel and peanut butter, 3 energy Vancouver Island triathlon, due to road construction. For more information on sport nutrition or your only carlorie source. balls, pancakes, French toast, if you have clinical/health related issues, With the proliferation of races offering contact Tracey at [email protected] or • James (Jamie) Maxwell, Race • Eat before you’re hungry and drink yoghurt with granola and banana, 604-785-3039 (call/text). Tracey Mager has prize money south of the border, I before you’re thirsty. If you’re milk. Lara Spence Director Dawson Creek Triathlon, been competing in triathlons since 1994 and think we are seeing less pros racing Editor manager Greasy Chains Cycling waiting to be thirsty or hungry It is also important to be mindful of raced at Ironman Kona in 1997, and World Du events in the middle part of their Club, BC Summer Games coach before you consume anything, how you eat the rest of the time as championships in Cozumel in 1999. careers at local events. It’s too bad you are waiting too long. You are well. You cannot expect your body to • Stephen Bourdeau, General because pros encourage and inspire already dehydrated when the perform the way you want if you only Manager of the World Triathlon and are ambassadors for the sport thirst mechanism kicks in. As well, eating processed or fast foods. In Series Edmonton. locally. Also, with so many people you are running in a calorie de cit 2 :: TRIATHLON BC :: SPRING 2018 TRIATHLON BC :: SPRING 2018 :: 23 now having raced at other events Has anything surprised you? What have you seen changing out there such as running or Tough within the participating Best Training Days: STEPHEN: I’ve been surprised that Mudders and so on, athletes want populations? the sport has not yet seen youth more value for their race dollar, participation grow much over the last JOE: A bit of a shift in distances raced.