I see Ironman in the future........

for this young athlete.

some long ride fun.

proud KCVI band (high school in Kingston Ont.) Fella's this is great great stuff, good on ya.

Wilderling / Untitled / Here On Out Sessions #18 from Here On Out on Vimeo.

I learned so much from Peter. Asked 1000's of questions, took every opportunity I could to train with him and learn from him. Very Proud of Peter to be selected to the Canadian Sports HOF.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

April 15, 2011

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Names Class of 2011

—Ray Bourque, Lui Passaglia, Richard Pound, Lauren Woolstencroft, Peter Reid and Andrea Neil to enter Hall in November—

CALGARY—Hockey great Ray Bourque, CFL star Lui Passaglia, 10-time Paralympic medallist Lauren Woolstencroft, triathlon great Peter Reid, distinguished soccer player Andrea Neil, and International Olympic Committee member Richard Pound will be the five athletes and one builder inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on November 8, 2011, the Hall announced Friday.

“Our Selection Committee, which is comprised of media and sports experts, was tasked with reviewing a very competitive roster of nominations in the athlete and builder categories. This year, we received nominations for 54 athletes and 28 builders and had to make very difficult decisions based on so many remarkable individuals,” said Claire Buffone-Blair, president and CEO.  “The Class of 2011 who will be honoured by Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame will make for formidable additions to the Hall’s distinguished list of Honoured Members which now totals 520 athletes and builders representing 60 sports.”

“Being inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is a huge surprise.  I retired five years ago and I am now focused on my career as a pilot with Harbour Air Seaplanes so to get this nomination is a reminder that I had a very special career racing triathlon and Ironman.  I have always been very proud to represent Canada and have used so many members of the Hall as inspiration to get me out the door to train on the days where the weather and motivation were not at their best.  People like Steve Podborski, Steve Bauer, Gaetan Boucher, Victor Davis, Terry Fox and so manymore showed that we can win on the world stage if we believe it can be done.  This is also a very big day for my sport of triathlon.”

…Peter Reid

more from Courtney Atkinson - Sydney WCS from the handlebars

food for thought; racing in Japan.

lots of discussion regarding racing in Yokohama Japan on May 15th. 


Below is a an interesting perspective written by US Triathlete Steve Sexton (www.twitter.com/trisexton) I thought I'd share. (posted with Steves permission).




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(written as an email response to another ITU Athlete)


below are arguments I am making for why yoko should go forward as planned. Bottom line is that health experts in Japan, USA, UK and elsewhere have independently assessed the situation using independent assets in the region and have all determined Yokohama is safe as of now. So the only reason to cancel the race would be if you expect that Japan is at higher risk than other areas for some kind of catastrophe on race weekend or that the damage/losses from a catastrophe would be greater in Japan than elsewhere. I think the experts agree that they do not think another major quake is more likely in Japan than anywhere else, so there is no greater risk. wish i were there to speak up at the meeting on Sunday.

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1. When the State Dept says defer all "non-essential" travel, I take that to mean "vacations." I think business travel is "essential" travel. What we do is a business. Racing is a business. If it were vacation, I would have made sure I saw a live kangaroo in Australia, not just a dead one on the road.

2. The UK Foreign office advises only to remain outside the 80km exclusion zone around the reactors. Its chief science advisor and Scientific Advisory Group in Emergencies has examined worse case scenarios and found: "even in these worst cases, it considers that the risks to human health beyond the exclusion zone . . . could be managed by precautionary measures, in particular staying indoors to avoid exposure."

3. Yes, risks remain in Japan and we don't know what may happen in the next several weeks. But this is true of any race venue. The future is uncertain. I do not pretend to be an expert, but living on a major fault in Berkeley, my understanding is that one earthquake does not beget another earthquake. In fact, by relieving the built up pressure on the tectonic plates, one earthquake may reduce the likelihood of another quake. So why do we think Japan is going to be subject to some additional catastrophic event that couldn't strike elsewhere in the world?

4. ITU has held competitions in other countries during state department travel warnings due to violence and health concerns. Mexico is notable among these. In fact, a travel warning has been in place for Mexico since last September, meaning that the WC in Huatulco and our Pan Am Champs were held in spite of state department travel warnings. Monterrey is specifically named in the travel warning; a WC is scheduled there for just over one month from now. Monterrey was the subject of a travel alert in February. I and other Americans (and staff) travelled to races in Mexico during fears of swine flu and violence.

5. Those athletes leading the charge against racing Yokohama may be those who never intended to race. They may be being strategic: preclude competitors from earning points at a race they never intended to contest themselves. I want to race. Jarrod wants to race. I don't know about others.

6. Athletes take considerable risks for racing. We race ourselves into heat strokes and heat exhaustion (Did you see Ali Brownlee at London last year? Yikes!) We race in polluted waters. We race on uncontrolled courses. Risk is inherent in what we do.

So I think we should show our solidarity with our Japanese friends and be vocal about it. We won't let the scaremongering deter us from our objectives. And there is an element of scaremongering here. I admit to not having a precise comparison, but I think it is nearly true that people are exposed to more radiation flying across the Pacific to Yokohama than they are exposed in Yokohama.

From the Pros - Peter Reid and Rappstar

Commitment. Commitment. Commitment.

Peter (and Greg Bennett) taught me that very early on.

Jordan reenforces it now by living that commitment everyday.

Be relentless.