The Privilege of Hardship
If you make it through enough setbacks you start to actually appreciate them. That sounds odd doesn’t it? I'm appreciative of things going wrong. At first it sounds crazy, but how boring would life be...
View ArticleAnother Year, Another Hurdle
It's been a while since I've written a blog post! With all these forms of social media at our disposal I feel like it's too easy to neglect the most time consuming one. But a big meaty blog post really...
View ArticleSpanish Summer Part Dos
So a little bit has happened since my last post! This season has flown by. Each one seems to go quicker and quicker! In July I had my first games experience in Glasgow! It was a bit of a whirlwind and...
View ArticleIt's Worth It
Almost a year I wrote a post called Making It Through The Break"I started imagining my career as waves crashing to shore. In order to get out into the open, or even better, surf your way in, first you...
View ArticleGrateful for a New Hand
I know how that sounds. My physical hands are just fine thank you. I'm talking poker here. "Don't show your cards"How many times have I heard this one throughout my career. I've never been the best at...
View ArticleIt's about time!
I may have written about this before but my dad always used to tell me "You get out of it what you put into it." But after 5 years straight of doing all the training and never making it to the races I...
View ArticleCalifornia Dreamin! #sterotypicaltitle #usedironically
It has come to this. Hashtags in my title. #yupAnyway! I meant to write a blog at New Years and then a month went by somehow?! So maybe by now everyone has gotten over their New Years blog overdose...
View ArticleProblem Solving
A bit of time has passed since my last post. Between hospitals, doctor offices, airports and vacations the time has FLOWN by. I start back training formally this monday. I thought an update was in...
View ArticleI Guess This is in Order...
Well, all I can say is it's September and I'm fit and uninjured...I have to be happy about that, but it's hard to appreciate when the Grand Final is this weekend and I'm sitting in Vancouver...
View ArticleMaking it Through the Break (Pardon the pun)
Whilst cruising the Basque country roads today I started thinking about my career as a whole. The struggles and personal triumphs. It's likely because I'm currently battling yet another force opposing...
View ArticleMission Race Block Completed! (for the first time....like ever)
I think I've done more races in the past 5 weeks than I have in 3 years! I'm happy to have had 4 consistent performances, well above what I expected. I had a ton of fun, no nerves, no disappointment,...
View ArticleMedia Release-Hamburg WTS 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 20, 2013Sarah-Anne Brault Sprints to Career Best Performance in Eleventh at World Triathlon Series—Kirsten Sweetland cracks top-15, Andrew Yorke leads Canadian men in...
View ArticleRacing!
Being a "pro triathlete" (not fond of that term but lacking another suitable one!) you'd think racing during race season would be a given. But for me it's a novelty! I'm in the thick of it now and...
View ArticleStrange Places and Familiar Races
I started writing this blog, explaining some background of my sob story of the past few years leading into my race in Yokohama to reiterate how happy I was to have made it back to a start line of a...
View ArticleYes, This Blog Still Exists!
There's a common theory among athlete bloggers and blog readers that when an athlete's blog is neglected, they are likely injured or not going well. I've been asked this a number of times over the past...
View ArticleA New Year, a New Quadrennial, a Fresh Start!
I always remember my parents saying how time flies as you age. I must be getting old because it's amazing how fast time is passing! I remember grade 5 feeling like an eternity and now it seems a year...
View ArticleAnd we're back!
Back to spandex, back to wet hair and goggle marks, back to track pants and Red Bull tees, back to early bedtimes and extra meals...back to TRAINING!! Before I get too excited, I have to add that it's...
View ArticleHead Scratcher
It's been over 3 months off training now. That's the longest I've ever taken off since probably the year 2000! Yes I was 12 and it was Kids of Steel but still, I didn't ever take 3 months off!These 3...
View Article1 Step Back 2 Steps Forward
Just about a week ago now I had a restless sleep and out of nowhere I took a look at my life and my career with more of an outside perspective. I took a step back and looked at the big picture, my...
View ArticleReady to Start
I stole the title from one of my favourite Canadian bands, Arcade Fire. We definitely aren't talking about starting the same thing but never-mind that, I'm ready to start too! I suppose I should rewind...
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