Stories

Team member Elke is training for her first sprint triathlon. How is she keeping up?

In the months when everything was still ‘normal’, I had a great training period which I look back on with great pleasure.

Team member Elke was training for her first sprint triathlon. So what now? Yes, it is a certainty: No organized sprint triathlon for me this year. Like many other sport enthusiasts, I had to start looking for new challenges to do by myself.

DC Rainmaker published the in-depth review of the TrueBike. It’s very comprehensive. Good to read during a long endurance ride! If you have less time, you can read the highlights in this blog.

Sara Van de Vel (25), a triathlete from Belgium, used to be a runner until she sustained a foot injury. She decided to start cycling and now she’s hard to beat on the bike. During the Ironman at Cozumel, she had the best cycling time. She finished third.

Do you remember your first triathlon? Can you still recall the heat and all the unexpected troubles along the way? Thomas Sijtsma does. He did his first Ironman last summer while it was 39 degrees.

Tristan Olij (21) gives everything to become a professional triathlete. He recently quit his studies to focus on his biggest dream: The World Cup in Hawaii.

It is very important for kids to learn how to challenge themselves. That’s why, in July, we enjoyed sponsoring a Kids Triathlon in Heemstede.