Modern Pentathlon…

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Olympic Pentathlon

If you like Triathlon… then you’ll love Pentathlon… 5 events instead of just 3!

Miguel Vadillo, who swam Lake O this summer in 18:04 also happens to be one of the top Pentathlon coaches in Canada!  He coaches in the hotbed of Pentathlon, Guelph! (it really is the hotbed for Canada).  Anyway, Miguel and I got talking after the LOST Race about Pentathlon and he said he would invite me and any of you to come and try it out! 

I know you have probably never done it, but they can accomodate this… so have a look and drop Miguel an email if you are interested and he’ll be happy to answer your questions!  Looks like fun!

click here for Pentathlon registration 

Cheers,

Rob

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I founded LOST Swimming because I like open water swimming and would like to see it grow and thrive in Lake Ontario. I started as a competitive swimmer as a kid and ended up getting as far as a silver medal at Nationals and going to the Olympic Trials in 1988. But I retired after that, I was sick of swimming. So I got into running marathons and have run over 35 to date, as well as a few ultra marathons, including the Marathon des Sables (7 day, ultra across the Sahara Desert). I also kind of fell into triathlons and have done a handful of Ironman tri's too. This gradually got me back in the water and in 2006 I took the plunge and attempted swimming the English Channel. I didn't quite make it across, but the circle was now complete and after 17 years I was a swimmer again! Although I still do plenty of pool swimming, I now much prefer open water swimming and like to say that open water swimming is to pool swimming, what trail running is to treadmill running! As a result I hope to encourage more people to join me for a dip in Lake Ontario as often as we can!