Health Wellness and Endurance: Recent Episodes
The Fitspeek Podcast
Geo Wade and Diella Siemens are both amazing people. In addition to holding down regular jobs and being parents and spouses like “the rest of us” they are also ultra-endurance athletes, although they don’t really like to admit it.
In Fitspeek 24 Diella tells us about her first experience of “going-long” when she decided to walk home from work one day (from Vancouver to Port Coquitlam). Since then she has tackled her first half Ironman distance triathlon, developed a healthy interest in long-distance cycling and is preparing to do another ultra marathon.
Geo Wade discovered in the Victoria Half Ironman that 2 K of swimming was just an appetizer and had an appetite for more. Last year he completed a non-stop bike ride from Port Hardy to Victoria. This year he attempted the swim from the Mainland to Nanaimo.
In this episode, we show that Fitspeek is indeed more than just race results and tri-talk.
Our newest podcast features our first installment of the Top 6 Health Trends of 2017.We’ll sort through the hype & the jargon & give you the straight goods on things like HIIT and “Wearable Technology.” And no, we have not forgotten our usual features like the upcoming events schedule and the race results.
Have you got 20 minutes? Because Fitspeek 23 has something for you! It’s all at your fingertips below.
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And if you are inspired to take [...]
In our last Fitspeek Express interview we heard from Dan Cook: realtor, part time runner and full time father of four.
This time we hear from the rest of this podium dominating family from Abbotsford including: 17 year old Travis, 14 year old (Mr. Energy Saver ) Preston, and 7 year old Fraser. These are names sure to be part of the Fraser Valley’s running scene for years to come.
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As a long-time runner, how do you deal with the challenges of being a father? How about turning your 4 children into Team Cook, one of the Fraser Valley’s fastest running families? In this Fitspeek Express Interview, Kevin Heinze speaks with Dan Cook, the very proud father of a very fit family!
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Armed with a double-espresso from the Wadena Bakery, our Fitspeek experiment continues, ever-Eastward. Today’s ten minutes of fun features Intern Elise and Kevin Watt with the Instagram shout outs. We also hear about the Judy Factor and fun with monkeys on episode four of Planet Mikey.
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Remember if 2018 is your year to “Tri” – do it with us at Tri*JOY} The Spirit of Multisport.
Our Tri-For-Fiftypromotion gives you a chance to taste test the Tri*Joy coaching experience. For $50.00 for your first month, you get
- A 30 minute one on one in-person fitness and goals consu [...]
Ten years ago Abbotsford’s Marie Lashley took on the challenge as race director of a brand new event called the Santa Shuffle. In today’s Fitspeek on The Fly we hear about Marie’s motivations for investing her time in the event, her recent affinity for trail running, and her changing tastes in post-run nutrition!
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As we travel Eastward, the flow of information on Fitspeek on the Fly continues. Today it’s Zack Neufeld with his latest edition of Between The Ears. We hear about the importance of breathing properly for maximum athletic performance.
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Happy Saturday from Fitspeek. We are trying a new approach for this week it’s Fitspeek on the Fly.
Today’s segment is the roundtable. We catch up with KWs Vegas adventure, hear from Intern Elise, and get the dirt on the Provincial Cyclocross Championships in Abbotsford
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Saturday, November 25 and Sunday, November 26 Matt Scott of the Famed Valley Cross races will be hosting the BC Cyclocross Championships in Abbotsford at the Mill Lake Facility. Equal Prize Money!! Kids bring your Parents! Parents bring your kids! Volunteers, Fans, Dogs, Cats, Everyone!! Come out for some Crazy Fun and cheer on your Provincial Racers! www.valleycross.ca
From growing up on a farm that raised bison, near Vermilion, Alberta, to riding with “the boys” in Phoenix Velo, to the Go Pink/Cogeas cycling team in Italy, Alison Jackson has shown what happens at the confluence of ambition, talent, and grit.
In this Fitspeek Express interview, we hear about Alison’s journey in becoming a professional athlete, challenges she faces as a professional cyclist living in Italy, her Olympic ambitions, and her passion for pastries from Duft & Co.
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Just a reminder of our Tri*Joy Try For Fi [...]
We’re just a few days away from uploading our latest Fitspeek Express interview. Our guest is Be Pink/Cogeas pro-cyclist Allison Jackson. You’ll hear how she made it from a farm near Vermilion, Alberta to The University of The Fraser Valley, to the front of the peloton.
In the meantime we have current UFV student Zack Neufeld (along with Fitspeek co-host Kevin Heinze) with your race results from the Mission Half-Marathon and the Try Events Races from Boundary Bay.
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Fitspeek 21 features results from the recent running races in Mission and Boundary Bay, Bryan Wilkinson from TriJoy stops by for a chat on off-season nutrition and training, and we have episode four of Planet Mikey.*This week has 21 minutes of Fitspeek fun. Hear it by pressing play below
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And remember to check out Bryan Wilkinson’s Facebook Page to support his Movember Challenge.https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=bryan%20wilkinson
Would you by a used car from this man? Probably not! But you would be well-advised to give a listen to this Fitspeek interview with him. We hear about his transition from a Rugby Player in Australia to a Triathlete in Agassiz. Bryan also has some great advice on off-season training and nutrition. He also answers the question, “What’s with the ‘stache?”
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Walking up another mountain – the gravel doesn’t flow.
Kicks me in the balls and head – and those who see they know.
The grade it grinds, my soul my mind – so mindlessly I toil.
Buoyed up by my selfless crew – their energy on boil.
Some pizza here, some Red Bull there – somehow the miles pass.
Gotta make the finish line – fo’ I run out of gas.
As usual, it has been awhile since my last Ultra piece. This one starts, just as the second day is wrapping up. Because the seat on my Scott Foil was set too low, I buggered up my right knee. Because I waited too long to sign up for my post-bike massage, I waited two hours to eat anything of [...]
The Abbotsford Trail Runners recently held their first ever trail race, the 25 KM, 1500 ft. of climbing Valley Vertikiller.
North Vancouver’s Jessica Thompson, thought itwould be the idea way to begin her career as a trail run racer. In this interview Fitspeek’s Kevin Heinze speaks with Jessica about the training, her race day experiences, and elephants.
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It’s our first birthday at Fitspeek, and to celebrate we have assembled a cast of dozens to inspire and entertain you. Mikey Ross will be telling us about the year that he did two Ironman races. Zack Neufeld will be telling us about how to embrace the pain in his Between The Ears segment, and Leigh Ann Parker Vanderlinde stops by for a feature interview and also helps Kevin Watt with his Instagram Shout Outs. Hear it all by pressing play below!
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From going down the slopes at age three in the Okanagan to leading her infamous (?) spin sessions at the Mission Leisure Centre to going down the finish chute at this year’s Ironman 70.3 Triathlon World Championships, Leigh-Ann Parker~Vanderlinde has made athletics a part of her life. In this Fitspeek Express Interview (as a prelude to our Fitspeek 20 extravaganza) we chat with Lazer about her progression as an athlete and how parents can be the best role model…..ever! for their children. Press play below to be Lazered
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Well, you’d know if you heard Zack’s race results on Fitspeek 19. But, if you forgot, or didn’t hear all of these folks did the Okanagan Marathon back on Thanksgiving Day. All finished! In this race report, we hear how Rio Glowasky did on her very first marathon.
Are We Having Fun Yet?
I’ve been asked by fellow athletes and friends over the past few months: why run, why race, and why invest time and money doing it. After contemplating these questions over several miles in the sunny days of summer and fall, I now have an answer. I run because it gives me joy and I have fun doing it, I race because it keeps me accountable, and I invest because there aren’t many other things I’d rather be doing. I accomplish [...]
Planet Mikey (L) with Fitspeek host Kevin Heinze (R).
In our 19th episode you’ll get a chance to meet the man who has done 100 triathlons. You’ll find out that he was not your typical high school jock. That is, unless you count curling!
Also, in this run-intensive Fitspeek, you’ll hear about the upcoming half-marathon at the Mission Raceway, results from the Pitt Meadows Athletes in Kind OctoberFast event, and how well our local athletes performed at the Okanagan Marathon.
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Coming up on Saturday October 21st at Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford is the 10th annual Cares Run.
Fitspeek host Kevin Heinze gets more details about the Cares organization and about the run in this Fitspeek Express Interview.
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