Oh Canada! UBC TSC Triathlon Celebrates… with a 4km Swim!
TSC Triathletes and alumni celebrate Canada Day with their annual 4km endurance swim.
TSC Triathletes Start their Summer Race Season
The Thunderbirds Triathlon Sport Club’s summer season started with a rainy race in North Vancouver, the North Shore Triathlon. Ashley Lloyd and Jonathan Chan competed in the slightly short ‘Sprint’ event consisting of a 444m swim, 17.6km bike and a hilly 4.8km run. They started swimming before the rain started but by the time they […]
WCUTC: UBC TriDu 2019 Roundup
On March 9th at the UBC TriDu collegiate heat, part of the Western Canadian University Triathlon Circuit, triathletes from three competing teams battled it out: UBC TSC Triathlon, AMS UBC Triathlon Club, and the UVic Triathlon Club. One could not have hoped for better weather, judging by the snowfall on campus just days before […]
TSC Triathlon Gear Up for the Beginning of Tri Season
UBC TSC Triathlon will be competing this weekend in what will be the 37th annual UBC TriDu. This year, the UBC TriDu will kick off the first Western Canadian University Triathlon Circuit, spelling the beginning of the season for UBC TSC Triathlon. Since the invention of triathlon in the 70s, the sport has gotten more […]
TSC Triathletes Dabble in Road Running at the Fall Classic
You know what they say: “Jack of all trades, master of none”. Jokes, we had some category placing performances! This past weekend our athletes went out to run the Fall Classic on UBC home turf. We had a couple in each the 5km, 10km, and Half Marathon distances. Quite the dynamic range, just as dynamic […]
Getting Firsts at Cultus
Last week two of our Triathletes went out to compete in the Cultus Lake Triathlon. We all drove out early at 5am from Vancouver in the morning to make it there on time for package pickup and bike drop off. It was pouring rain on the way to Cultus Lake. The lake area was dry […]
UBC TSC Triathlon go to Smokanagan
We geared up last weekend for the Apple Triathlon. It would be a 4 hour drive to Kelowna starting Friday afternoon, not including all the time we spent trying to get our bikes to fit in or on the car by removing seat posts and stuff. Right about at Merritt you the haze became very apparent. […]
Success at the Peach Classic Triathlon
Our largest team turnout this summer was at last weekend’s Peach Classic Triathlon. The team showing off their calves with F2C Congratulations on a very successful weekend for the whole team! We had athletes racing in the sprint, standard, and aquabike races. We are pleased to say that all five of our athletes […]