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Multisport Club Athlete Profile:
Susan Kersley Triathlete
By: Derrick LoRusso have done a lot of runs and triathlons
together. One of us is always up for
veryone has their own way of that day’s training and makes sure
Eapproaching the idea of exercise, the other also kicks into gear. I’ve
and beyond that, triathlons. Susan also had the good fortune to run
Kersley came to triathlons from a with Sheila and Wendell Lafave
very different direction. “Before I since the beginning. We started the
started running, I rode horses for Raisin River Ramblers together and
thirty year, showing English hunters I got plenty of encouragement and
and foxhunting,” she says. instruction from Wendell when I first
Having always been physically started running.”
active, and having had the benefits There are a couple of other
of horseback riding under her belt, organizations Kersley would like to
Kersley got her chance join the racing give big thanks to, for helping and
scene, in 2002. “A friend asked me to encouraging her. “The Cornwall Sea
run the Great Raisin River Footrace Lions Masters Swim Club is a very
5k with her, and I responded by supportive group of individuals led
saying that I didn’t run. But we went by an amazing coach, Bill Lister, to
anyway, and that was the beginning whom I give all the credit for my
of a lot of races and a lot of fun.” swimming skills and ability,” she
Kersley, at the age of 71, still gets said. “The Cornwall Multisport Club
motivation from a simple idea, “I like is also a remarkable group of truly
talented athletes who are always
to participate and I like to challenge
myself,” she says. “Two main things willing to share their time and effort
to help others seeking to improve
keep those thoughts front and centre;
If you sign up for a race, be it a run or their multisport skills. Both these
a triathlon, it becomes a commitment organizations are very welcoming to
newcomers.”
that you work towards. If you are
going to go to a race, you want to do For Kersley, there are many fond
your best and therefore you need to memories of her participation in
train.” races and triathlons. “The fondest
Kersley admits that it is much memory for me has to be crossing the
easier to train if you have company. 10k finish line hand in hand with my
“Donna Magher and I have trained daughter at the Toronto Sporting
together for several years and we Continued on page 22
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