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Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Princess Health andThank you!.Princessiccia

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We would like to take the time to recognize all of those who donated and volunteered to help make the 2013 H+P Summer TT a complete success!  Without your contributions, this event (and this club as a whole) would not be possible.

**If I missed you, please send me an e-mail at seandelanghe@gmail.com**


Derek Hergott's shot of the elite/race wave start

Thank you all for your continued support!

2013 Donors
�         Greg Dyce, Heidi Cica, Warren Davey, Elisa Tran, Chris Willard, Erik Vicujnik, Holger Kleinke, Jeremy Tracey, Alex Ni, Sue Demmery, Liz Skelding, Florian Ong, Payton and Brendan, Rod McDonald, Chris Goldsworthy

2013 Volunteers
 Leah Pocrnich, Rhys Pocrnich, Maria Llano, Bill Frier,  Dawn Frier, Mark Potvin, Warren Davey, Taffy McLeod, Mike Bitton, Mikey Playford, Craig Kingston, Kevin Post

And of course, we must not forget our great sponsors!  CLICK HERE to learn more.

Princess Health andH+P Racing: July 27th-28th, 2013.Princessiccia

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Another good collection of results from this past weekend!

Pugwash 5K

Jeremy Tracey PB'd yet again, running 22:20, and placing 21st out of 215 runners- hard to believe he only started running last year!  Nolan Tracey who ran with us at the Classic took almost 4 minutes off his personal best!  Nolan's brothers also had great races- but more importantly they wrote H+P on their chests/arms for the race! haha


Jeremy and the boys post-race!

Niagara Sprint Triathlon (click for results)

Kevin Grotheer continues to impress despite his lack of training.  He finished 23rd overall and 3rd in his AG!


Vance on top of the AG podium

Niagara Sprint Duathlon (click for results)

Coach Gill had a great race!  She finished 3rd overall for females and won her age goup!
Vance continues to be consistently excellent with his performance, this time placing 6th overall and winning his AG.
Coach Sean also finished 1st overall in the du.  

Monday, 29 July 2013

Princess Health and2013 H+P Summer Time Trial Results.Princessiccia

Princess Health and2013 H+P Summer Time Trial Results.Princessiccia

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Course Records 
(updated as of July 29th, 2013)

Overall Men: 6:34 Brendan Hancock (July 29th, 2013)
Overall Women: 7:35 Kristen Marchant (July 30th, 2012)

Masters Men: 7:31 Dave Rutherford (July 30th, 2012)
Masters Women: 9:52 Monique Schenck (December 16th, 2011)

Junior Men: 8:29 Brandon Shrigley (July 30th, 2012)
Junior Women: 9:35 Nicole Shrigley (July 29th, 2013)

50+ Men: 8:27 Pat Campbell (July 30th, 2012)
50+ Women: 11:31 Gail Delanghe (July 30th, 2012)

60+ Men: 11:13 Kevin Cassidy (December 16th, 2011)
60+ Women: 11:31 Gail Delanghe (July 30th, 2012)

July 29th, 2013
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(E-mail corrections to seandelanghe@gmail.com)

1.     Brendan Hancock: 6:34
2.     Dave Sharratt: 6:44
3.     Greg Dyce: 6:48
4.     Jordan Schmidt: 6:49
5.     Sean Patterson: 6:49
6.     Florian Ong: 6:58
7.     Erik Vicujnik: 7:23
8.     Ian Childs: 7:25
9.     Chris Goldsworthy: 7:30
10.  Valentina Taiakina: 7:48
11.  Mike Piazza: 7:53
12.  Aaron Mailman: 8:01
13.  Holger Kleinke: 8:17
14.  Derek Hergott: 8:22
15.  Payton Thiel: 8:50
16.  Mike Hewitson: 8:56
17.  Alex Ni: 8:58
18.  Jeremy Tracey: 8:59
19.  Elisa Tran: 9:25
20.  Neil Malholtra: 9:34
21.  Nicole Shrigley: 9:35
22.  Helen Stubbs: 9:39
23.  Chris Willard: 9:53
24.  Ed Shrigley: 10:03
25.  Kevin Post: 10:18
26.  Mark Malholtra: 10:21
27.  Candice Shrigley: 10:35
28.  Dave Merriott: 10:37
29.  Nolan Tracey: 10:53
30.  Mark Potvin: 11:34
31.  Reid Tracey: 11:41
32.  Audrey Willard: 11:46
33.  Nathan Chalmers:11:52
34.  Leah Pocrnich: 11:52
35.  Shannon Powell: 12:08
36.  Jen Sharratt: 12:34
37.  Heidi Cica: 12:39
38.  Liz Skelding: 12:57
39.  Sue Demmery: 12:57

Sunday, 28 July 2013

Princess Health and Brown Fat: It's a Big Deal. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Brown Fat: It's a Big Deal. Princessiccia

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Non-shivering thermogenesis is the process by which the body generates extra heat without shivering. Shivering is a way for the body to use muscular contractions to generate heat, but non-shivering thermogenesis uses a completely different mechanism to accomplish the same goal: a specialized fat-burning tissue called brown fat. Brown fat is brown rather than white because it's packed with mitochondria, the power plants of the cell. Under cold conditions, these mitochondria are activated, using a specialized molecular mechanism called uncoupling* to generate heat.

The mechanism of brown fat activation has been worked out fairly well in rodents, which rely heavily on non-shivering thermogenesis due to their small body size. Specialized areas of the hypothalamus in the brain sense body temperature (through sensors in the brain and body), body energy status (by measuring leptin and satiety signals), stress level, and probably other factors, and integrate this information to set brown fat activity. The hypothalamus does this by acting through the sympathetic nervous system, which heavily innervates brown fat. As an aside, this process works basically the same in humans, as far as we currently know. Those who claim that rodent models are irrelevant to humans are completely full of hot air**, as the high degree of conservation of the hypothalamus over 75 million years of evolution demonstrates.

Two new studies concurrently published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation last week demonstrate what I've suspected for a long time: brown fat can be 'trained' by cold exposure to be more active, and its activation by cold can reduce body fatness.

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Saturday, 27 July 2013

Princess Health and Zucchini: The Home Gardener's Worst Friend? With bonus garden-related rambling.. Princessiccia

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One of my main gardening goals has been to harvest more of something than I can eat, despite my limited gardening space here in the Emerald City. I want the feeling of abundance that comes with having to preserve and give away food because I can't eat it all.

Enter zucchini. My grandfather used to say that in New Jersey in summertime, you'd have to keep your car doors locked, otherwise the car would be full of zucchini the next time you got in! In mid-May, I planted two starts from my local grocery store labeled "green zucchini", with no further information. I put them in a bed that used to be a pile of composted horse manure, and that I had also cover cropped, mulched, fertilized, and loosened deeply with my broadfork. They look pleased.


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Tuesday, 23 July 2013

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

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Last time we looked at the 10 fastest male times ever which featured a course record of 6:49, and an unmatched 5 appearances by coach Dyce.  Today we will look at the fastest females to ever compete at an H+P TT.


Advertisement for the 2012 Summer TT- Kristen now holds the top two females times ever recorded

1) Kristen Marchant: 7:35 (July 30th, 2012)
2) Kristen Marchant: 8:09 (May 28th, 2012)
3) Rachel Hartviksen: 8:20 (July 30th, 2012)
4) Gillian Willard: 8:23 (November 19th, 2012)
5) Momiko: 8:24 (May 28th, 2012)
6) Gillian Willard: 8:38 (September 10th, 2012)
7) Kathleen Gallagher: 8:50 (July 30th, 2012)
8) Gillian Willard: 9:01 (December 16th, 2011)
9) Anges Ferenczi: 9:24 (May 28th, 2012)
10) Nicole Shrigley: 9:42 (July 30th, 2012)

Click here for all the Summer TT details!

Monday, 22 July 2013

Princess Health andH+P Racing: July 20th-21st, 2013.Princessiccia

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It was a quiet weekend for running, but a huge weekend for triathlon for a number of H+P athletes.  Here are the results:

Toronto Triathlon Festival (National Championships)

Florian Ong hammering on the bike

Florian Ong did quite well despite only starting to swim last fall.  He came in 17th place in his age group, averaged well over 38km/h on the bike and ran a low-38 minute 10K.

Kristen Marchant (who trained with us last summer) also had an amazing, break-through performance.  She actually WON the event, posting an epic sub-38 minute 10K.  Kristen is now the female National Champion!

Full results.

Belwood Triathlon

Luke on the Belwood triathlon podium after his 3rd place overall finish

Luke showed once again that despite training for Ironman, there is still lots of speed hidden in those legs.  He ended up winning his AG, placing 3rd overall, and actually being the first age-grouper to cross the line!  Full results.

Blue Water Triathlon

Ed Cyr really impressed in one of his final tune-up races before Ironman MTB.  He reached a new personal best on the 40K bike (averaging just under 41km/h) and 10K run off the bike (just over 37 minutes).  He also placed 3rd overall, great work! Click for full results.

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