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So many smiling faces at USAT Nationals!😁

The Olympic Triathlon is in the bag and - WOW! - what a great morning of racing!

🏊🏼‍♀️Kate Meltzer finished 3rd in her AG punching her ticket to Worlds in Hamburg next year.
🚴🏻‍♀️Lisa Pace Vetter worked her way up through the field and PR’d her 10K!
🏃🏻‍♂️Ruslan Strogantsev had a challenging swim and flatted on the bike but came back for a terrific run in his first appearance at a National Championship.
💪🏼Robert Tait - also a first timer here - had a strong performance across the day.

🔥Kira Bierly, Kris Ullman and Coach Juliet Thompson Hochman all raced the Sprint Triathlon the following day, finishing 12th, 18th and 1st in their respective age groups.

Which athlete are you?

The athletes who make the biggest improvements are the ones who stick to a plan, seek accountability and trust the process.

That’s exactly why Olympic Coach, Lance Watson, built LifeSport TriClub:

✔ Daily virtual live-coached sessions
✔ Structured TrainingPeaks plans
✔ Expert coaches to support your journey
✔ A community that keeps you accountable

Because consistency always wins 🎯

Ready to train with purpose? Schedule a FREE coaching consult through the link in our bio.

Girls weekend in Ottawa?!

Congrats to Sneeta Takhar (12:25), Haritha Potluri (13:39) for persevering in some 🌧️🌧️🌧️ conditions and making it to the red carpet!

Sneeta finished 4th in her age group!! Woohoo!🍫🎖️

Shoutout to Shelley Parsons for supporting our heroes (+ snapping awesome pics!) at IRONMAN Canada 🇨🇦 🫶🏼

Taking a vacation this summer? 🏖️

GOOD! Rest, recovery & time with family is incredibly important for your health and wellbeing.

A vacation doesn’t mean you need to ditch the training plan, but that also doesn’t mean it turns into a triathlon camp. (Cue - an annoyed S.O.)

Aim for 3 intentional workouts a week to maintain the fitness you’ve already worked so hard to build.

At LifeSport, we take a balanced approaching to helping you smash your goals. Our goal: happy, healthy & fast athletes 💘

Are you racing 70.3 Northern California?☀️

Check out Coach Jeff’s Conquer the Course webinar from last week to help your preparation!

On YouTube, search: Conquer the course IRONMAN 70.3 Northern California 👉 it will be under our channel “Lance Watson TriClub”

70.3 Oregon was one for the books!

Huge congrats to every LifeSport athlete who raced (there were A LOT of you)!

🏆 Highlights:
• Addy Epp smashed the course in 3:59, winning his age group and finishing 4th overall.
• Juliet Thompson Hochman finished 4th woman overall and won her age group.
• Jack Gales finished 5th AG in 4:10—10 minutes faster than last year.
• Anastasia Jones went 4:53, placing 3rd AG and finishing 4 minutes faster than last year.
• Dan Lee took an incredible 53 minutes off last year’s time.

🌟Shoutout to Brian Huang, Claire McPhee, Holly Burt, Patrick Fleck, Caroline Kratz, Ruslan Strogantsev, Natasha Houldson, Paula Porzelt Renner, Brittany Winfrey, Michael Kuhn, Julia Swanson, Murray Sinclair, Olivia Buhren, Glenn Van As, David Soyster, Meredith Warner, Kiki Sangster, plus coach Jeff Sands.

And a special mention to Emily Sitler Berg, who had an outstanding bike before making the smart decision to DNF and protect a run injury.

So proud of this team👏💙

Running in the heat changes the cost of every kilometre.

It’s easy to be hard on ourselves when we’re running slower at the time of year we expect to be the most fit. Remember, your fitness isn’t disappearing - your body is just working harder to keep you cool. Trying to force the same pace often means turning an easy run into a threshold workout.

Instead:
✔️ Pace by effort
✔️ Let your heart rate guide you
✔️ Expect to run slower
✔️ Finish feeling strong

Save this for your next hot-weather run☀️

A family show down at The Victoria Half on Sunday!

Relay Team Watson-Overton-O’Keefe put on a good show (Leo gave Coach Mark and Coach Lance a 5 min lead out of the water) but Maia passed her uncle on the bike and left her Dad in the dust on the run to clinch the overall win for the Olympic distance race!

Not sure who takes the sibling crown on that one - Leo or Maia!🧐🙌🏼

going into the weekend like…. 🎉🎉