Endurance Junkie by Ryan Van Praet

Chatham-Kent conquered New York state this past weekend, with a couple friends taking on the Ironman in Lake Placid (congrats Jim, and bummer a $5 spring ended your day on the bike Tony); then myself and my guide Syd Trefiak taking on the US National Paratriathlon Champs, in New York city. Yes, I’m talking smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.

I will phrase the weekend like this:

• The race was awesome.

• The course was surprisingly more challenging then one would think it could be in the city.

• The organizers rival any Ironman event I’ve done, due to logistics.

• I was very pleased with my race.

• I payed Syd back a bit for making me hurt on the run in Peterborough.

• Syd and myself agreed to never do that race again

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