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Bob Hardy Partners with Trionic: Custom
Racing Walker to Fuel His Racing Goals at 74
Submitted Article aspirations, ensuring he can continue
to excel in his racing pursuits.
ob Hardy, famously known as Bob’s racing goals for 2024
B“The Walker Runner,” is thrilled include setting new records with
to announce a groundbreaking his specially designed walker. He
partnership with Trionic, the aims to achieve a 70-minute 10-km
esteemed Swedish manufacturer of race, a 35-minute 5-km race, and a
Velopeds and walkers. In his 74th 20-second 100-meter sprint. His new
year, Bob’s new collaboration with racing walker features a low center of
Trionic marks a significant milestone gravity for enhanced stability, built-in
in his quest to overcome health aerobars for optimal aerodynamics,
challenges and achieve his ambitious and inflatable tires to smooth out the
racing goals. ride over bumps and potholes. These
After battling leukemia, blood innovations are designed to help
clots, cancerous tumors, and colon Bob navigate obstacles and maintain
cancer in 2023, Bob Hardy is stability at high speeds, addressing
embarking on a new chapter with a challenges he has faced in the past.
custom-designed racing walker. This Bob’s impressive racing history
state-of-the-art machine is crafted spans over a decade and 12,000
to meet Bob’s unique needs and kilometers, including a notable
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100-km ultra-marathon and several completed in 45.58 minutes at 6.6
marathons. In October 2019, he kph.
secured 2nd place overall at the The turning point came on July
Toronto Waterfront Marathon Race
17th when Bob received his new
Walk and claimed 1st place in his
Trionic Racing Rollator. Just two
age group. Despite his achievements, days later, he achieved a remarkable
Bob faced a setback at the 2024
5-km training session in 40.38
St. Lawrence Marathon, where he minutes at 7.4 kph, demonstrating a
crashed 200 meters from the finish
five-minute improvement in just two
line, resulting in injuries and a
days. His average heart rate was 131
disappointing end to the race.
bpm, with a maximum of 158 bpm.
Undeterred, Bob has been
This new partnership with Trionic
dedicated to his recovery and training is more than just a collaboration; it
regimen. After enduring severe shin
symbolizes a renewed vigor in Bob’s
splint pain, he has progressively racing career. With this custom
improved his performance. On May racing walker, Bob is not only
27th, Bob managed to complete 450
pursuing personal records but also
meters in 6.08 minutes at 4.9 kph. By inspiring others to overcome their
mid-July, his training had advanced
physical obstacles and lead active,
significantly, with a 5-km session
fulfilling lives.
