Fundy Sports & Tourism

Consultants by the SEA – Supporting Endurance Athletes

Endurance Athletes in Eastern Canada have a new place to turn to get help with their pursuits.  Three local companies have joined forces in a collaboration they have named “Consultants by the SEA, Supporting Endurance Athletes”.

Fundy Sports and Tourism, Human Performance Centre and On the Run HELP Services have formed the collaboration with the mission “We provide experiences that enhance the quality of life for our clients through healthy endurance activity”.  The collaboration is targeted to runners, multisport athletes, hikers, cross country skiers and others who pursue personal goals.

Garth and Helena Millar, Earle and Gina Burrows and Daryl and Ellen Steeves are the principles of this collaboration and collectively have over 150 years of experience working with endurance athletes.  The key elements they bring to the table are sports travel, injury care and prevention as well as training and conditioning programs.

The collaboration has developed a calendar of activities that will be as simple as an evening orientation to a major race like the Boston Marathon or as exciting as a week-long training Camp at the National Training Centre in Clermont Florida.  Consultants by the SEA will support individuals or groups from the beginning of their dream to be more active, through the planning and training, and onto participating in the event they have chosen all in a safe and healthy manner.

“We have all worked together on individual projects and immediately clicked, there is a shared passion that we all have for endurance sport” says Garth Millar of Fundy Sports and Tourism.  “Garth is exactly right” agrees Gina Spear-Burrows “we all participate so we understand what the athletes are going through”.  Both Daryl and Ellen Steeves chime in “but all at different levels, we are back of the pack for sure, but Gina and Earle know the view from the front and Garth and Helena are solid in the middle or better so we have it all covered”.

“Consultants by the SEA” are already at work with some upcoming projects like a guided trip to the Mooathon Marathon in Letterkenney, Ireland, a training camp in St Andrews to prepare for this summer’s triathlon and run , athlete assessment programs for injury prevention and VO2 Max testing as well as on-line training programs.   Learn more about “Consultants by the Sea” at www.consultantsbythesea.com

Training Session for The Hampton Ladies Triathlon/Duathlon

When: Sunday May 19 2013
Where: Hampton Community Pool, Hampton
What time: 10am – start
Cost: $15
We are hosting an informal training morning in preparation for the Hampton Ladies Triathlon on June 09. The aim of the day is reassurance that YOU can complete our race and to talk through what happens in a Triathlon or a Duathlon and we are hoping to have Gina & Earle Burrows from the Human Performance Physio & Fitness Centre in Grand Bay and Tri Coach Daryl Steeves with us to help out with the group. We will walk you through a Triathlon including transition, clothing etc and then we will have an opporuntunity to ride the bike course and run the run course.

There will be an opportunity for you to ask any questions you have regarding a Triathlon.

Unfortunately the pool does not open until a week later so there will be no swimming, but we will discuss logistics and flow of transition. Your charge will include water, but please bring some food along.

I am delighted to be the new Race Director for the inaugural St Andrews By The Bay Triathlon on the weekend of 06/07 July 2013. Its going to be an action packed weekend and more details can be found on the St Andrews page on this website or by following the link to the race itself – http://www.tristandrews.com/

Our other 2013 Events
YSJ 10k & 5k will be held on Saturday 04 May 2013

Hampton Ladies Triathlon will be held on Sunday 09 June 2013 – Register now through Atlantic Chip
Registrations for both events will open in January.

Boston Marathon 2013
Check out our Boston Marathon page under the Marathons Menu for full details of our 6th Bus Tour to the great city of Boston for one of the worlds premier Marathons. For 2013 as well as the Marathon we will be promoting the BAA5k which is held on Sunday morning and we will be operating the bus into the city for those runners who haven’t quite made it to the full marathon but still want to experience a 5k and cross the marathon finish line with 6000 of their closest friends. Prices from $419.00 in a Quad room. Below you can read my experiences form the 2012 race.

Nothing is as frustrating as an injury, especially when it comes within 3 weeks of a Marathon, Boston in this case. What I find interesting is that I am never more motivated to run when I can’t! 25 days out from the marathon I hurt my calf again which meant that I had more or less completed all my training but somehow need to recover just to make it to the start line. This motivated me to start riding the bike again, swimming and doing lots of core stability exercises using our Insanity DVD’s, without actually being able to run. I quickly realized that I should have been doing this cross training anyway, rather than waiting until I was injured before doing it. As a result I feel fitter, lighter and a little stronger and I’m happy to be a little slower in the marathon this time around just to make it to the start line healthy. I truly believe that this injury was a wake up call for me, I will never just run a marathon program again without maintaining my Triathlon training along with core work and exercising my calves.

As I write this I have just completed a 21 minute run. 2 weeks ago I ran 22 miles in training and today less than 3 miles and I feel more elation having successfully completed  21 minutes pain free than I did after 3hrs 10min – go figure.