C3'S YORKE & REID RUN PB'S AT 3K

From C3 (congrats guys!):

photo: P. Self

While they may be in mid-winter base triathlon training, C3's Andrew Yorke and Taylor Reid took to the track in Montreal this past weekend to test their leg speed in a 3000m race. Both boys ran significant life-time PB's on a very low key early season race. Andrew Yorke ran 8:31 while his younger team-mate Taylor Reid ran 8:47. "I am so pleased that the boys showed such great run fitness, so early in the year, considering that they have really been focusing on their swim fitness over the last few months" said their coach Barrie Shepley. 

Shepley was happy to see that cross-training was clearly working for both the boys. "For Andrew and Taylor to run fast while they are in their triathlon base-training phase indicates the kind of triathlon season the guys can expect this summer" said Shepley. "Our C3 team is so proud of the way Andrew and Taylor are balancing school, volunteering and their international training" said Shepley. 

photo: P. Self

"I know its not easy to balance high level university training and university academics, but that's what makes our team so special" said C3 HP Captain Sean Bechtel. Caledon's superstar Sean Bechtel is himself a graduate from McMaster's swim-run varsity program and believes that much of his current success is owed to his four years of development at McMaster University. 

Yorke and Reid are scheduled to run 5000m races in Boston in two weeks, then they will be heading to a warm-weather training camp in Tucson Arizona in mid-February with coach Shepley and the rest of their High Performance Team-mates.

"High performance success is really just a thousand little baby-steps forwards with a few slips backward" said Shepley. "Andrew and Taylor's solid runs in Montreal are just indications that the boys are working hard and moving in the right direction" said Shepley. Below is actual race footage from the event.

"A" Section of the 3k