Athlete Profiles
Name: Johan Borg
Occupation: Student
Years in Triathlon: About 5
Best Result: 9th overall and first age grouper in Busso Half 2010 and 5th overall in Canberra Half Ironman 2010
Current or Future Goals: Win my age group in IMNZ and qualify for Hawaii and try get a pro license
Favorite Training Session: Long rides and runs
What made you get into triathlon? I like riding and running but there’s not enough duathlons around.
Interests outside triathlon: Eat and sleep
Favorite food: Pasta (and lots of it)
If I wasn’t training, I’d be ….. FAT!
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Name:Mark Luckin (markus)
Occupation: Law Clerk
Years in Triathlon: 3
Best Result:2nd Singapore 70.3 (20-24) 2010 (qualifying for Clearwater)
Current or Future Goals: Obtain my Pro license, start winning some races and give back to the sport
Favorite Training Session: Hills ride with the boys or a track run by my self.
What made you get into triathlon?Through adventure racing with my best mate Andrew Tyack
Interests outside triathlon:Women, poetry, rich mahogany bookshelves, pretty much any sport ever invented, finding the perfect pink donut and chicken parmy (not necessarily together), road trips and practicing magnum
Favorite food:pink donuts and chicken parmy
If I wasn’t training, I’d be ….. sleeping, oh how i miss sleep….
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Name:Jaz Hedgeland
Occupation: High School Student
Years in Triathlon:7 years (including Trystars)
Best Result: 3rd place at the School Sport Australia National Triathlon Championships 2010 in Adelaide, in my age group (intermediate 15-16 girls)
Current or Future Goals: to place at Nationals again in 2011 and for the future, just continue doing triathlons and see where it takes me.
Favorite Training Session: I like them all because you have a variety of disciplines.
What made you get into triathlon?I saw it on the olympics on TV and wanted to have a go.
Interests outside triathlon: well since triathlons got serious, I had to ditch everything else to fit in training. So not much besides spending time with my family, friends and dog, going on holidays, and photography.
Favorite food: everything from chocolate to tuna mornay. But I do really like potatoes.
If I wasn’t training, I’d be ….. having a very relaxed and social life and my friends wouldn’t call me crazy waking up at 5am in the morning, but I would also be extremely bored and have no excuse not to do homework.
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Name: Janine Willis
Age Group: 35-39
Background: Began triathlon 2 years ago at persuasion of a friend that was a hobby runner
Most Memorable Race:2nd place at the Long Course World Chaampionships in Perth 2009 representing Canada followed closely by qualifying for Hawaii at Ironman NZ
Goals:Hawaii Ironman October 2010
Bike:2009 Cannondale Slice; SRAM Force Groupset; Vision Carbon Bars; SRAM 60/80 Race Wheels
Favorite gadget:iPod touch and mobile phone
Hobbies: Reading, drinking coffee and scrabble
Occupation: Mom, taxi driver, cook, cleaner
Coach: Stuart Durham of Eclipse Fitness.
Other: Fremantle Triathlon Club committee member.
What is your favorite sporting moment of all time? Canada winning the Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Gold at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
What is the most difficult training session you remember?Interval running: warm-up; 6 x 1km; 6 x 400m; 4 x 1km; 4 x 400m; then running home before Ironman NZ.
