Tag: athletes
Racing, winning, and finishing at XTERRA Victoria 2019
Huge shout out to the many athletes that swam, biked, and ran the XTERRA Victoria. It’s a tough race and very technical. We saw racers give their hearts to this race and it was inspiring to see the grit, skill, passion and friendship on the course. We were there as the presenting sponsor. And we …
Triathlon of Compassion 2019
Great day everyone! We’re very proud to sponsor this race – The Victoria Sexual Assault Centre does necessary work in our community, and it’s also so cool to see young and adult athletes racing together. Congratulations, Triathlon of Compassion!
Kiah Wheeler tells us about her love for triathlon
Kiah sat down with us to talk about her passion for triathlon (it’s contagious!), her kinesiology degree, life at the University of Victoria, and racing in Kona last year…
Cheers and support at Victoria Ironman
Great job running this race yesterday @sophiachadwick! There is always so much more going on for athletes in their lives and it fills us with joy to know we can cheer and yell and train with and support the athletes in Victoria and on the @humanpoweredracing team and in our lives. Great race everyone!
Our hearts are full seeing all the young athletes race
Our hearts are full seeing all the young athletes race this morning at the Human Powered Racing West Shore Youth Triathlon. Congratulations athletes! And great work supporters. Also very cool to see Karsten Madsen out supporting young athletes and handing out medals and sharing some words of inspiration with us at the end.
Summer races you won’t want to miss
The sun is shining, and we are getting ready to move into the summer! Are you still searching for ways to move and challenge yourself during these summer months? Our friends at Human Powered Racing have an awesome line-up of events…
Brooke Woodley tells us about her journey with CrossFit
Brooke Woodley is a CrossFit athlete who moved to Victoria last year. She trains at Taranis, and is taking Kinesiology at the University of Victoria. How long have you been doing CrossFit? It’s been a year and a half now. What about CrossFit made you decide it was a sport for you? I guess I …
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Dance it out at UVic Vikes rugby fundaiser
These guys are fundraising for UVic men’s rugby on campus today and there’s a party tonight at Upstairs Cabaret! Good luck and have fun! Tough loss to UBC on the weekend. Looking forward to your comeback. Thanks Noah!
We had an amazing day at SwimRun Victoria!
Thanks for the amazing day @swimrunvictoria! We were proud to be there today to support this unique race! We’re hoping to see more of this, Human Powered Racing! #swimrun #swimrunvictoria #humanpoweredracing #yyj #victoriabc #yyjsport #multisport #coltingwetsuits #swimcolting swimrunvictoriaThanks for taking the time to be here @arbutusphysio!!!
We’re over the moon to be helping Jay Krieger’s fundraising team for Tour de Rock 2018
We’re over the 🌝 to be part of @yaj.krieger’s fundraising team 👏 for Tour de Rock 2018! We’re matching the donations to our team’s fundraising. Cash, cheque and online contributions will be gladly accepted (and matched!!!) until October 4th, 2018! Link in bio! #explorecanada #explorebc #everydayathlete #tourderock #copsforcancer #tourderock2018 #cancerresearch #cycling #cyclist
Ashley and Scott ready to help XTERRA Victoria athletes
Ashley and Scott ready to help our XTERRA Victoria athletes recover from a challenging and exciting race last weekend! We want to know… what’s your favourite thing about race day?! #xterravictoria #yyj #yyjfitness #triathlon #raceday #race #xterra #explorecanada #explorebc
XTERRA Victoria: Get ready..set…GO!
Ready…set…GO!!! Good luck to all of the athletes at XTERRA Victoria today! #yyj #yyjfitness #training #triathlon #explorecanada #explorebc
Three ways signing up for a half marathon changed my life
Running was the perfect sport. Low maintenance, cost-effective, and could be done at literally any time of day. Many discussions with my running friends later, I was registered in my city’s “Hypothermic Half Marathon,” …
Nine golden rules for swimming injury prevention
Swimming is awesome. Compared to other sports, swimming has a relatively low risk of injury.
However, the most common body part injured while swimming
Eight reasons why I love massage therapy
Very occasionally I’ll meet someone who isn’t really into massage, and when this happens I resist the impulse to frown and explain why they’re deeply …
