Mike R (25-29 High Intensity)
1st: 100br (1:13.58 club record), 200IM
Mits (30-34 Whitecaps Coach)
3rd: 100fs; 5th: 50fs; 6th: 100br
Kevin N (30-34 Whitecaps) 5th: 100fs;
6th: 50fs
Francois (45-49 Earlybirds/High
Intensity) 1st: 400fs (5:16.15 club record), 200br
(2:54.85 club record), 200IM
Jose (45-49 Whitecaps)
1st: 100fs; 2nd: 200IM
George (75-79 Whitecaps)
1st: 200fs, 100bk, 100br
Sun Nov 23rd Philadelphia
Marathon
Congratulations to Anushka (Nightcaps)
who did a PB of 3:38:32 at the Philadelphia Marathon which qualifies her for the
prestigious Boston Marathon!
Triathlon World
Championships
Natasha (6am High Intensity) is currently
in New Zealand for the Triathlon World Championships. Results next
time!
Rudy Awards
The following article appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on
Mon Dec 1st. Rudy swims with the 7:30am
Earlybirds.
Triathlete Hollywood stars in own version of
Rudy Martin
Cleary
In 1999, triathlon guru Rudy Hollywood was discussing
the five major stepping stones of his Hawaii Ironman world
triathlon championship training program with Rick Hellard, a former
pro triathlete and an Ottawa endurance coach. Hollywood, a Richmond
resident, talked with enthusiasm about his five varied and adventurous
competitions: the Winterlude Triathlon, which was 18 kilometres of skating,
cross-country skiing and running; the 50-kilometre Keskinada cross-country
ski loppet; the Rideau Lakes cycling tour, which measured 360 kilometres
over two days; a 42.195-kilometre marathon; and an Ironman, which was
the ultimate test comprising a 3.86-kilometre swim, a
180.2-kilometre cycle and a marathon. "I said, 'Wouldn't it be neat to
put the challenge out there to see if anyone else was up to it?'" Hellard
said. The challenge went public in 2001 and the region's
multisport community has embraced the Rudy Award like NHL players to
the Stanley Cup. In it's inaugural year, nine well-trained athletes
completed the five tasks to earn their plaque of honour. Last year, the
honour roll swelled to 12. On Saturday, Hollywood will reward
22 athletes. A silent auction also will be held to help Hollywood pay for
the plaques. Ottawa athletes have a history of being challenged by the big
test. In the 1980s, athletes could pick up the Dr. Don Johnson Award
for doing long distance races in canoeing, running, cycling and
cross country skiing. In the late 1990s, it was revived as the Hat
Trick Award, involving the Canadian Ski Marathon, a marathon and
200 kilometres of cycling. "We thought it would be neat to
attempt to reinstate something similar involving triathlons and the
Ironman," said the 58-year-old Hollywood, who will receive his third Rudy
Award. "It's a great stepping stone to building an all-year
endurance program to get through an Ironman." Since there was an
Ironman meet nearby in Lake Placid, New York, it made the Rudy Award
realistic. Still, the award winners also race Ironmans and marathons
throughout North America. The Rudy Award isn't for every athlete because of
the amount of training required for the endurance events. In the
future, Hollywood said the Bridges Award could be introduced as a
transition honour. The award would be named after Catherine Bridges, a
triathlete who is recovering from an automobile accident. Cost prevented
the introduction of the Bridges Award this season, but Grant Thompson will
be verbally recognized at the Rudy Awards function for meeting all six Bridges'
criteria: A half Ironman, a half marathon, an Olympic distance triathlon, a
Keskinada 25-kilometre race, volunteering at an Ironman or Kids of
Steel triathlon and cycling 100 kilometres of the Rideau Lakes
tour. This year's list of Rudy Award winners features Ann-Lisa
Charron, Ann Coros, Brenda Oatway, Zoe Panchen, Ann Chapman, Mike
Wall, Marcel Brugger, Dale Costello, Scott Hall, Rene Dionne, Pierre
St. Amour, Chris Macknie, Cory Plant, John Hetherington, Eric
Haanpaa, Alex Balaban, Paul McAneney, Dave Maskel, Denis Morel, Mike
Giles, Henry Dressler and Hollywood. Coros, 35, called winning
the Rudy Award for the second consecutive year "a big accomplishment" not
only because she completed the events, but also because she stayed healthy
and uninjured in the process. Finishing the windy and rainy
Ironman triathlon in Lake Placid was her 2003 highlight. "It was
such a breakthrough race for me," said Coros, who beat her previous best
time on that course by almost two hours. "It made me realize I can face
adversity and do even better than I expected I would do in perfect
conditions. I was in such a positive frame of mind. That's the key.
Now I can carry that with me into future races.
