Kyle Jones
Canadian TriathleteFAN 590 Interview
Yesterday morning I was on Sportsnet Radio chatting with David Grossman about life as a triathlete. You can listen to the interview here:
Canadian triathlete with David Grossman – Sunday, August 28th, 2011
Kelowna Nationals
Another National Championships has come and gone. The city of Kelowna once again put on an amazing event. The race organizers and volunteers do such an awesome job. I would be happy to go back there every year except next year I’d like to break my streak of 2nd place finishes and win one of these things!
Slowtwitch Interview
Thanks to Herbert Krabel at Slowtwitch for taking the time to chat with me about my season so far. Here’s a link to the interview: A Chat with Kyle Jones
London WCS
This past weekend’s London World Championship Series event was by far the most competitive race of the year thus far. Not only was it the Olympic Test event, but many countries also used it as a selection race for the Games. I ended up with a 19th place finish. I’m happy with the effort yesterday but need to find a few more seconds in time for the Grand Final in September. Looking forward to the next 5 weeks of training. With a bit of fine tuning I believe I can be right in the thick of things!
In the courtyard before the race with Coach Jon and the trainer:
Hamburg WCS
Today I raced my first World Championship Series event of 2011 in Hamburg, Germany. I crossed the finish line in 12th place. Overall I’m very happy with the result. It’s always tough racing back to back weekends and with a transatlantic flight thrown in there, it can be especially difficult. Fortunately, I recovered rather quickly from Edmonton and seemed to adapt to the European time zone pretty well in the days leading up. Nevertheless, it’s hard to compete against guys who either live here or base themselves here for the summer.
That being said, tomorrow I’m off to France with coach Jon to meet up with Simon and the crew for a short training camp before we head over to London for the WCS race in a few weeks. It will be nice to get in a bit more training and staying over in Europe will certainly help for London.
Photo courtesy of the ITU:
Edmonton World Cup
Yesterday in Edmonton I equaled my best ever World Cup result with a 4th place finish. I would have loved to of been on the podium, especially in front of the home crowd, but I’m very happy with the result. It gives me good confidence heading into the next block of races. I’m off to Europe this afternoon. I’ll be racing my first World Championship Series event of 2011 this weekend in Hamburg. Following the race I will be heading to France for a short training camp, and then onto London for the WCS event.
A few pictures courtesy of the ITU.
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