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Friday, 28 June 2013

Princess Health and Food Reward Friday. Princessiccia

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This week's lucky "winner"... beer!!

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Princess Health andSome recent missed results (June, 2013).Princessiccia

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With so much racing going on by the team, we missed some important recent results!

Jordan had an awesome race at the Tim Horton's Peach Bud 5K: He ran a PB of 17:48, breaking 18:00 for the first time, and placed 4th overall, 1st in his AG.

Mike Piazza is officially back! He broke 40 minutes for the 10K for the first time since highschool, running 39:40, placing 9th overall and 2nd in his AG

Val had a good result at the Spartan Race, placing in the top 20 of all females

Great work team!

Princess Health andH+P TT: The All-Time Top 10.Princessiccia

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With the summer TT about one month away, it is a great time to look back and reflect on not only the overall records, but some of the other fast performances by our athletes.

To start, here is a summary of the top 10 fastest times ever recorded at the H+P TT. Later we will look at some of the fastest female performances, and some of the fastest masters athletes ever.

Coach Dyce holds the record for the most appearances in our top 10 - he's there 5 separate times!

1) Lucas Wojciechowski : 6:49 (July 30th, 2012)
2) Sean Delanghe: 6:59 (November 19th, 2012)
3) Erik Vicujnik: 7:00 (July 30th, 2012)
4) Sean Delanghe: 7:01 (May 28th, 2012)
5) Greg Dyce: 7:03 (July 30th, 2012)
6) Greg: 7:04 (November 19th, 2012)
7) Sean Delanghe: 7:05 (April 2nd, 2012)
8) Greg Dyce: 706 (Sept 10th, 2012)
9) Greg Dyce: 7:09 (April 2nd, 2012)
10) Greg Dyce 7:10 (Mary 28th, 20212)

Monday, 24 June 2013

Princess Health andH+P Racing: June 15th-23rd.Princessiccia

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We are now in the heart of the racing season, and H+P athletes are competing all over the place. Here are some of the team highlights over the past few weekends:

CLICK HERE to see our team results from the Waterloo Classic.

Guelph Lake Olympic Duathlon

Vance Lai came in 4th overall and won his AG despite racing the day before!

Guelph Lake Sprint Duathlon

Vance Lai just missed the top of the podium finishing 2nd overall!

Guelph Lake Olympic Triathlon

Ed Cyr had an awesome performance, coming in second overall, finishing in 2:01:58
Florian Ong come in 13th overall despite this being his first triathlong EVER
Adam Dixon: 2:25:44 - 51st overall, 2nd in AG
Keving came in about 5 minutes behind Adam- a new rivalry is born (*note- Keving races all 3 races in Guelph this weekend)

Tour de Waterloo 40km

Dawn Frier: 1:33:13 - 18th overall, 6th overall female, 4th in AG

Tour de Waterloo 70km

Bill Frier: 2:14:00 - 24th overall, 15th in AG

Muskoka 5150 Triathlon

Kevin Grotheer: 2:28:14 - 3rd in AG, 49th overall
Adam Dixon: 2:32:32 - 5th in AG, 58th overall
The season series is now 2-1 for Adam- we will monitor this battle all summer!

Muskoka 5150 Duathlon

Vance Lai had an amazing performance, once agian just missing the top of the podium, finishing in under 2 hours and placing 2nd overall

Welland Triathlon

Kristen Marchant: 1:30:20 - 1st in AG, 1st overall female, and an amazing 6th overall including the male athletes

Ironman Syracuse 70.3

Luke Eghoetz had an awesome showing, coming in 10 minutesunder 5 hours, placing 4th in his AG and 46th overall.

Ironman Mont-Tremblant 70.3

Ed Cyr destroyed this course, placing SECOND out of non-pro athletes!

Princess Health andHealth and Performance at the 2013 Waterloo Classic.Princessiccia

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It was yet another great team showing by H+P at the Waterloo Classic. Thanks to everybody from the team who showed up, competed and represented Health and Performance with pride!

We were lucky enough to win the 10K and 5K corporate categories once again (the 10K by an average of almost 20 minutes, the 5K by a mere 39 seconds!)

Here are the full team results and some of our favourite pictures from the event!

Waterloo Classic 5km

Aaron Mailman: 19:14 - 14th overall, 2nd in AG
Gillian Willard: 20:40 - 30th overall, 4th overall woman, 2nd in AG
Eric Lucko: 22:08 - 5th in AG
Warren Davey: 24:27 - 10th in AG
Nicole Shrigley: 25:09 - 4th in AG
Ed Shrigley: 25:09 - 7th in AG
Mike Hewitson: 25:12 - 2nd in category
Candice Shrigley: 25:40 - 5th in AG
Laura Richards: 27:10 - 2nd in category
Nolan Tracey: 30:56 - 12th in AG
H+P Team: 1st place, avg. time 20:00

Waterloo Classic 10km

Brenden Hancock: 35:03 - 4th overall, 3rd in AG
Luke Ehgoetz: 38:07 - 12th overall, 3rd in AG
Dave Rutherford: 38:31 - 13th overall and 1st in AG
Erik Vicujnik: 38:45 - 15th overall and 2nd in AG
Linda Farczadi: 47:02 - 10th overall women, 3rd in AG
Payton Thiel: 47:09 - 12th overall women, 1st in AG
Dragan Zubac: 47:46 - 85th overall, 11th in AG
Heidi Cica: 1:06:44
Jeremy Tracey: 47:12 - 76th overall, 1st in category
H+P Team: 1st place, avg. time 38:31

Princess Health and The Genetics of Obesity, Part I. Princessiccia

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Choosing the Right Parents: the Best Way to Stay Lean?

In 1990, Dr. Claude Bouchard and colleagues published a simple but fascinating study demonstrating the importance of genetics in body fatness (1). They took advantage of one of the most useful tools in human genetics: identical twins. This is what happens when a single fertilized egg generates two embryos in utero and two genetically identical humans are born from the same womb. By comparing identical twins to other people who are not genetically identical (e.g., non-identical twins), we can quantify the impact of genes vs. environment on individual characteristics (2).

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