Pinnacle Fitness Coaching and Events
5401 Hamsterly Road V8Y 1S4 Victoria, BC, Canada

Pinnacle Hats and Athletes Around the Planet! Where do you think this is? The Arctic? ... Alaska? ...... No, this is Elk Lake, Victoria after a rare snowfall yesterday

Virtual Victory in Seattle! Pinnacle Athlete, Lori Holroyd, caps off her 2020 Virtual Race Season with a WIN! Lori and her Pinnacle Coach, Bruce Regensburg, made the best of 2020 and set training and Virtual Race goals this season. ... Lori completed the #banffmarathon, #melissasroadrace and just recently the Seattle Half Marathon - winning her Age-Group! Congratulations Lori on making the best of a tough 2020!

HAVE YOUR BEST TRIATHLON Enjoy the Journey - Motivation for 2021 Special Coaching Offer and Gift!... Pinnacle Fitness is now accepting athletes for personal coaching leading up to the Victoria Half and Sprint Triathlon with a special Christmas Gift Promotion. Anyone who signs up for coaching by December 20th will receive A FREE ULTIMATE VIP PACKAGE at The Victoria Half and Sprint Triathlon This package is worth $185.00 and includes some amazing benefits like dedicated race parking, post-race massage, VIP tent, merchandise and much more! And, the ULTIMATE VIP packages are almost sold out for the race so this will be a very exclusive offer. The coaches at Pinnacle Fitness would love to help you realize your goal of an awesome race at the event. These are some of the benefits of what the coaching packages offer: Your own dedicated, experienced and certified coach Incredible motivation and goals to keep you on track A personalized custom training program that is built to your specific needs and your life schedule Final Surge Training Software and Calendar to keep you organized and motivated Personalized training heart rate zones (and power too if you use a power meter on the bike) Nutritional advice for training and racing Race Course Knowledge! Our office is 50 feet from the start line of the event! You can start now or the first week of January. The athletes currently being coached by Pinnacle Fitness are very appreciative of having structure and purpose during these tough COVID times when it is sometimes more difficult to train or stay motivated. If you would like to see more about the coaching packages and/or sign up, please visit: www.pinnaclefitness.ca/coaching Have your best training experience and race!

Heart Rate Zones Testing! Pinnacle Athlete Nichola Kennell completes her heart rate zone test. Heart rates on different individuals vary greatly and regardless of fitness levels, that is why it is important to test your personal training zones. These personal heart rate zones will be used to maximize the different energy systems that the body response to for performance improvement and guides the athlete through training and racing.... Nichola will utilize these personal heart rate zones as she prepares for her first Half Iron distance Triathlon! What better first Half than The Victoria Half this summer at Elk Lake Go Nichola!

Like most athletes this year, Pinnacle Fitness athlete Samantha Mazer had all of her races cancelled. She, along with Pinnacle Fitness coach Paul Regensburg decided to train with purpose and set a goal of an Ironman Bike Time Trial 180km! Sam trained through the heat, humidity and tropical storms of Florida this year and completed her IM TT goal last Sunday. Not only did Sam complete the 180km, she set her best time (5:33) in hot and windy conditions! It was also an opportunity to practice her race nutrition, clothing, equipment and mental strategies as well. Since most Ironman races take place in hot conditions (including Kona, which Sam has raced before) this was an excellent opportunity to improve her long distance cycling. You can see from the video, Sam left it all out there - Congrats Sam!

REGISTRATION OPENS TUESDAY, NOV 3RD! A Very Special Super Early Bird Offer... - $199. What? Yes, a Half for under $200!... - Event is capped at only 800 total spots - The Hoodie is Back! You receive a technical hoodie. - COVID-19 Guidelines and contingencies in place FOR ONE WEEK ONLY (Or When Spots Are Gone)! www.thevictoriahalf.com The Victoria Half takes place on May 30th, 2021 and is one of Canada’s most classic and beautiful triathlon events. For over 25 years, athletes have been making the trek to picturesque Vancouver Island for this incredible west coast race experience. The course features a calm one-loop lake swim at Elk Lake followed by a ride through the scenic Saanich Peninsula and a 2-loop run on the flat soft lake trails of Elk and Beaver Lakes. The event has a rich tradition attracting the world’s best triathletes along with many first-timers while also serving as National Championships, Qualifiers and Ironman 70.3. The event is also famous for its commemorative hoodie that the participants proudly sport from year to year.

Dr. Crosby is all smiles after his first Triathlon! Dentist Dr. Trevor Crosby completed his first Triathlon this past summer. Despite all of the races cancelled this summer, Trevor took part in an unofficial swim-bike-run training race. Before the big day, Trevor got in a few open-water swim lessons from Coach Paul and was ready to take on the challenge.... His first race experience was alongside some of Canada’s Junior and National Development team members and many local experienced age-group triathletes. Congrats Trevor! Trevor plans to race at the Victoria Half and Sprint Triathlon next May at Elk Lake.

Debbi Completes Ironman! Pinnacle Athlete, Debbi, brought some Aloha into her training plan and completed the KONA IRONMAN Virtual Race! Debbi had 7 days to complete the full Ironman distance. ... Debbi swam the 3.8K distance on a Monday morning, biked the 180K the following day and finished off her Ironman distance with a Marathon broken over a couple of days to complete the Virtual Hawaii Ironman distance. Debbi has never entered an Ironman before, so what a great way to experience the Ironman distance over a period of a week. Congratulations Debbi!

KONA WE MISS YOU. Pinnacle Fitness has a special relationship with Kona and the Ironman World Championships and will dearly miss being there this year. This weekend marks what would have been the annual pinnacle of all endurance triathlon events. The coaches of Pinnacle Fitness have had athletes qualify over 100 times for this event and have had a strong presence here each of the last 20 years. Pinnacle Coach Bruce has raced in this famous race twice! Masters Swim Coa...ch Dan Smith has raced in Kona three times. Pinnacle Coach Paul Regensburg has the rare distinction of coaching 3 AMAZING World Champions in Kona in their age groups. In 2007, Bree Wee won her age group in Kona (25-29) setting the record for the fastest time a female amateur athlete has ever completed on the course (and finished 13th overall including the professional athletes!) In 2010 and 2011, Tatiana Vertiz became World Champion in the 20-24 Age Group almost breaking the sacred 10 hour mark in 2011 with an incredible finish of 10:01. And in 2014 Bermuda athlete Karen Smith became the World Champion in the 45-49 Age Group in an exciting finish passing the leader in the final stretch of the run. We look forward to returning to Kona in 2021!