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HSBC/MultiSport Canada Lakeside Triathlon

Written by Mike Cheliak on June 6, 2009 – 8:31 pm -

The HSBC MultiSport Canada Triathlon Series – Lakeside Triathlon
The first Triathlon of the season is now under the belt.  The Lakeside Triathlon is one of the jewels of the HSBC/MultiSport series and offers an amazing venue with clean water, safe course and wonderful hosts.

VISIT THE LAKESIDE GALLERY
THE 4626 PHOTOS FROM THE WEEKEND ARE NOW ALL ONLINE!

This weekend was fantastic with sold out races, happy athletes and a very well run event.  John Salt, Jason Vurma and the entire MultiSport Crew (including little old me) should be congratulated once again for presenting one of the best season openers available.  A special “shout out” to my friend Krista Henderson who was nice enough to cover the awards podium photos while I was at the finish line!  Of note this weekend were two guys I like to call friends.  Roger Hospedales and Gord Avann.

Roger blew out his Achilles tendon and missed all of last year.  You could see how much it really hammered him to miss that much racing.  Roger lives to compete and is a multi-time Iron Man racer.  That type of injury can shelve almost anyone for years.  Not Roger!  He not only made his return this weekend; he ran the sprint Duathlon on Saturday, the full Duathlon on Sunday and less than one hour after finishing his Duathlon, he ran the GT 12.9 Triathlon!!!  Talking about returning to form!  Roger looks better than he did before his injury. 

 

 

Gord Avann has suffered through years of serious shoulder damage and finally had his shoulder REPLACED in November.  In talking with him, he let me know that this was the first time in years that he was pain free.  His entire right shoulder was replaced with a steel and nylon socket!  Gord ran the Sprint Duathlon Saturday and the full Duathlon on Sunday.  This is something that most multisport athletes wouldn’t even consider let alone after going through the major surgery Gord has had.

Needless to say it was great to see both of these athletes back at it!  Understand that Gord and Roger don’t do this with major sponsors, endorsements or Olympic dreams.  They do this because they LOVE to race and love to be fit.  Put that into perspective!

THE LAKESIDE TRIATHLON WEEKEND SHOT OF THE RACE

Here are the four finalists for the Shot of the Race.  Please vote for your two favourite selections and have your friends and family help out by voting for their favourite as well.  The winner will get a FREE 8×10 photo of their “Shot of the Race”.  Since this is a two day event.  The top two vote getter’s will get the free 8×10 photo.

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In happiness and health as always…

Mike C.

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