GU Race Energy — My fuel of choice this season…
Gear Reviews September 10, 2012 1 Comment on GU Race Energy — My fuel of choice this season…I thought I’d wait until the end of the season to review GU energy gels and GU Brew- which I
Derek Virgo
Team Running Free Alumni
Age: 0
Member Since: 2009
Occupation: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team In Training Program Coordinator
Home: Markham, ON
About Me: <br><br> I’m 27 years old. <br><br> I have a beautiful girlfriend who doesn’t mind coming out to long races in the extreme heat or pouring rain, and splitting the grocery bill with me and my 4000 calorie per day diet. <br><br> I’m a triathlete from the ankles up. I started out as a very biomechanically inefficient runner… the worst you’ve ever seen, I guarantee. <br><br> However, I’ve somehow managed to drag my pancake-flat feet through marathons, triathlons, and even a 400 kilometre 10-day charity fundraiser run. <br><br> Shifting the focus away from running though, and training as a triathlete has helped to keep me injury free for the last 3 years. It’s even made me a little faster on my feet. <br><br> Aside from swimming, cycling and running, I like travel, yoga, and surfing. In 2006, my girlfriend and I lived in Japan and went surfing every week… unfortunately, there is no surfing in Markham.
Sports: <br>Triathlon. <br>Running. <br>Swimming. <br>Cycling.
Athletic Goals: <br>Finish the 2010 Seaton Trail Ultramarathon (52k)<br> Finish Ironman Lake Placid in July 2010 <br>
My most catastrophic racing experience was: <br><b>In May of 2008 at the ING Half Marathon in Ottawa...</b> <br>I took off at a 3:45/km pace and started to crash after about 4 km. I'm still not sure what I was thinking, but the rest of that story can write itself for you I am sure.
My most memorable racing experience was: <br><b>July 2009 at the Peterborough Half Iron.</b> <br> A great day for a swim, ride, and run... I finished in 4:39 and felt like there was still plenty to improve on. Time will tell.
Favourite Racing Gear: <br>I guess I should include my <b>Asics Foundations</b> since they keep me upright...<br> But I also love my:<br> CW-X 3/4 Pro Tights<br> Sable Water Optics<br> And my CycleOps Fluid Trainer
Favourite Race: Peterborough Half Iron & Guelph Lake
Favourite Race Food: <br>Bob's Red Mill Organic Oats with shredded coconut, pumpkin seeds, flax oil, and agave nectar. Dates with almond butter and a matcha smoothie from the Magic Bullet! Try it!! You'll love it!
Welland 1/2 Iron Race Report
Race reports Triathlon June 29, 2012 No Comments on Welland 1/2 Iron Race ReportThe Welland Half Iron Triathlon is everything it promises to be. It’s flat, and it’s fast. Sometimes a fast and
Trigger Point – The Grid
Equipment Gear Reviews January 9, 2012 1 Comment on Trigger Point – The GridToday’s recreational endurance athletes know no limits until their own bodies make them humbly aware. As a result, sports medicine
Lakeside Triathlon… The last of the season
Race reports Triathlon October 9, 2011 No Comments on Lakeside Triathlon… The last of the seasonEarly on Saturday September 18th about 400 multi-sport athletes stood around the shoreline of Sulvan Lake in Lakeside, Ontario. A venue
Expect Nothing. Give Everything. Guelph Lake II Triathlon
Race reports September 3, 2011 1 Comment on Expect Nothing. Give Everything. Guelph Lake II TriathlonTriathletes are planners… Managers of time. Experts in the field some would say. Some of us plan racing seasons
If you were a pro…
Conditioning General Interest Nutrition and Health Training Articles Triathlon August 29, 2011 4 Comments on If you were a pro…Perhaps, if you were a pro, you would train like one. You would wake up early from a 10-hour sleep
When rides end early…
General Interest Training Articles Triathlon July 5, 2011 No Comments on When rides end early…This morning’s ride ended pretty suddenly… About 20 km short of the intended finish, and as one could assume, equally
Guelph Lake Triathlon – June 19, 2011
Race reports Triathlon June 21, 2011 1 Comment on Guelph Lake Triathlon – June 19, 2011For two weekends each summer, the Guelph Lake Conservation area is buzzing with talk about faster transitions, negative run splits,
Training to Train… Time well spent
Adventure Racing Conditioning General Interest Nutrition and Health Running Training Articles Triathlon December 22, 2010 No Comments on Training to Train… Time well spentThe New Year will be here in 10 days. Most of you (whether or not you label them as
Don’t Fight the Burnout
Conditioning General Interest Running Training Articles Triathlon September 28, 2010 2 Comments on Don’t Fight the BurnoutDon’t Fight the Burnout. Just Burn Out. Some people know when to expect it. Others, it will catch by surprise.
Newton Sir Isaacs. Not in my wildest dream.
Gear Reviews Shoes September 13, 2010 No Comments on Newton Sir Isaacs. Not in my wildest dream.This is a big change in pace for me. No pun intended. Never really wanting to deviate too far from
Ironman Lake Placid : Do you really want it to end?
Race reports Triathlon August 5, 2010 11 Comments on Ironman Lake Placid : Do you really want it to end?Roughly seven years ago, I learned about what the Ironman triathlon was. The concept seemed virtually insane. And although
Mizuno Wave Nirvana 6 – Plenty of support without the bulk.
Equipment Gear Reviews June 24, 2010 3 Comments on Mizuno Wave Nirvana 6 – Plenty of support without the bulk.I have the flattest feet on the team. Don’t even challenge that… Just trust me. About a year ago though,
Dabbling in All Distances
Running Training Articles May 19, 2010 1 Comment on Dabbling in All DistancesToday is the 19th of May. With still more than one month before the official start of summer, I
An Ultra Eye Opener… Seaton Trail 52km
Race reports April 24, 2010 6 Comments on An Ultra Eye Opener… Seaton Trail 52kmI decided that it would be best to give myself a few days to write about this one. Signing up
Around the Bay : March 28, 2010 – “I get it now…”
Race reports March 29, 2010 5 Comments on Around the Bay : March 28, 2010 – “I get it now…”I went to Hamilton this weekend to finally learn for myself why so many people love this race. When I
Peterborough Half Marathon – February 28, 2010
Race reports Running March 1, 2010 2 Comments on Peterborough Half Marathon – February 28, 2010Summary: 1:28:05 on the chip | Even Splits | 2/20 in M25-29 I think they used to call this race
Heart Rate Monitors : Keepin’ it Simple with my RS200
Equipment Gear Reviews October 2, 2009 No Comments on Heart Rate Monitors : Keepin’ it Simple with my RS200For some of us, progress is the reason why we train. We want to know how fast and how far…
Wet Races Without Swims… Cobourg Olympic Tri Turned Du
Race reports Triathlon September 13, 2009 No Comments on Wet Races Without Swims… Cobourg Olympic Tri Turned DuDespite not getting the chance to swim, the Cobourg Olympic Tri at the end of August was my wettest racing
Peterborough Half Iron
Race reports July 9, 2009 No Comments on Peterborough Half IronGreat Race! What a blast at the Peterborough Half Iron. This was the first of two races this season that
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