Hamilton Aquatic Club (HAC) Athletic Banquet

Last night I had the honour of being guest speaker at the Hamilton Aquatic Club's athletic banquet.  I was a little nervous but I made it through! 
I am so proud of all of HAC swimmers including my daughter Cadence and all my novice swimmers, whether they received awards or not. 
I also presented a special award to a swimmer who had tried something new and persevered, to Adam Vowles who did his 1st open water 10k race this summer after being named to the junior world open water prepatory team!
 ~ congrats Adam and HAC on a great year!


This is my speech:

not the original plan for the weekend, but still a good one!

Last weekend I should have been racing at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) long distance world championships (2k swim, 120k bike, 30k run) in Nevada... it would have been so cool to be a part of Team Canada, do the parade etc and the course looks so scenic (& tough)!