Race Day

The Great Trek will always mean something to me. It was my first 5K, back in 2022, and it was cold and raining. This year I went back for my third half marathon, and the forecast said cold and rain again. I finished in 1:46:55, ten minutes faster than my BMO half last year, or

You pull your bike out of the travel case at the hotel and something’s off. Shifting hesitates, a hanger looks bent, or there’s a clunk that wasn’t there on your last ride at home. A mechanical during race week feels different from one during training. There’s no home shop with your maintenance history on file,

There’s no single “easiest Ironman 70.3.” Depending on which leg gives you the most trouble, swimming, biking, or running, a completely different race is the right call. A lot of “easiest 70.3” roundups also treat a current-assisted swim as one race’s unique selling point, when it’s actually a fairly common course feature. Augusta, Washington Tri-Cities,

Ironman gets the marketing budget. T100 gets the highlight reel and the pro prize money. But some of the most legendary races in the sport happen well outside either series, and if you’ve read our breakdown of T100 vs 70.3, you already know these branded tours don’t own triathlon, they just own the marketing. Once

Search T100 Vancouver and most of what comes up is written for the 100km distance: the pros, the broadcast schedule, the Age Group World Championship qualifiers. If you’re actually trying to figure out whether the Olympic distance is worth your race weekend, none of that helps much. I raced it myself in August 2026 with

Every triathlete with a power meter eventually asks the same question in transition: how hard can you actually go? Ride too easy and you leave time on the table. Ride too hard and the run turns into a survival shuffle by kilometre three. The gap between those two outcomes usually comes down to one number,

If you’ve done a 70.3 and you’re eyeing a T100 race, you’ve probably noticed the marketing. Pro athletes, big prize money, a course you supposedly get to share with the best in the world. It sounds like the next level up. I went straight to Lucas, a training partner of mine who’s raced two Ironman

Transition is sometimes called the fourth discipline of triathlon. But unlike swimming, cycling, or running, you don’t get faster at it by putting in more training hours. You get faster by being organised. Most people heading into their first or second race have put real effort into their swim splits and their run pace. Then

The pool is predictable. You can see the bottom, the lane ropes keep you straight, and nobody is splashing you in the face. Open water is a different sport. It looks the same from the shore, but once you’re in it, everything you thought you knew about swimming gets tested. Including your ability to stay