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Become a Member of Team VO2 Multisport
Are you interested in being part of one of the Northwest's premier triathlon teams? Team VO2 Multisport is looking for new members right now! Whether you are looking to complete your first triathlon or a multi-Ironman finisher with hopes of getting to the Big Island, Team VO2 Multisport can help you reach your goals. Not only will enjoy the cammaderie and motivation of training/racing with like-minded inviduals, Team VO2 Multisport offers it's members unique benefits that are second to none. This includes weekly swim, bike and run workouts led/coached by senior members and custom designed team kits. Some of our sponors, which give members generous discounts, include: TYR (swim, bike & run gear), Blue Seventy (wetsuits & swim gear), NUUN (hydration tablets), GU (athletic nutrition) and TriSports.com (online store for everything tri related). For 2010, Team VO2 Multisport is proud to welcome our newest sponsors: bike shop Veloce Velo (bikes, service & parts), Specialized Bikes (tri, road and mountain bikes), VO2 Perfomance Center (multirider power-based indoor cycling facility) and VO2 Multisport (coaching plans).
If you think being part of Team VO2 Multisport is for you or just want to "check us out" at a few team workouts, contact Ray Makela at: Ray@Vo2Performance.com
Latest news
February 25, 2010
VO2 Welcomes its newest sponsor: BuDu Racing
Team VO2 Multisport is proud to welcome aboard one of Washington's premier event managers, BuDu Racing! BuDu Racing has been promoting multi-sport, mountain bike and road cycling events in the greater Puget Sound Area since 2002. Their main goal is encourage people in the area to have fun, while competing in a safe environment. BuDu Racing has extened a gracious discount to all current team members for numerous events, such as the: Moses Lake Triathlon, Xterra Vashon, Whiskey Dick Triathlon and Lake Sammamish Triathlon, just to name a few. For more information and to register for BuDu events, visit: http://www.buduracing.com.
November 16, 2009
Team VO2 Multisport Wins Tri Nation Competition
Team V02 Multisport won the Tri Nation online competition for the small (less than 49 members) club division by over 2000 points over the second place club! The competition spanned from March 1st to November 15th, 2009 and was comprised of individual results from varying triathlon distances. Tri Nation assigned points to club members based on their overall, age and gender placing in races throughout the season. In addition to winning the small club division, Team VO2 earned additional honors as the most active club within their respective divsion. These two awards won the team a total of $1000, to be used at their discretion!
Additionally, Tri Nation also awarded indvidual members with the most points in their respective race distance. Team VO2's own Kara Nielsen won the female half-iron distance division. Kara will be awared a trophy and featured on the Tri Nation Online news section. Congratulations to your hard work and dedication, Kara!
August 1, 2008
Newcastle couple proves they’re iron tough
By Jim Feehan for the Newcastle News
Cindy and Ben Bigglestone, of Newcastle, have competed in many triathlons together around the world.
For Cindy and Ben Bigglestone, competing in Ironman triathlons is a family affair. The Newcastle couple has participated in triathlons from Malaysia to the Canary Islands.
Cindy met Ben five years ago at a pre-race barbecue at a Canadian Ironman competition in Penticton, British Columbia. They met again the following year at a Canadian Ironman event and that same year they both qualified for the World Ironman race in Hawaii, a race that serves as the Ironman world championship.
Triathlon is a passion for Cindy and Ben. Cindy, 34, works as a personal trainer and is an integral part of Vo2Multisport where she provides invaluable help and support with the organization and promotion of training camps and clinics.
Ben, 35, coaches triathletes full time. He also coaches Cindy, who has raced competitively for the past 10 years.
“It’s a tough relationship to coach your significant other,” Ben said. Under Ben’s tutelage, Cindy is quick to point out that her times have improved. “Performing well in a triathlon is a huge sense of fulfillment,” Cindy said. “It validates what you do and it has a positive effect on your health and fitness.”
Growing up in Hereford, England, in the West Midlands region of England (about 16 miles east of the border with Wales), Ben was something of a fitness buff. His father was a member of the Special Air Service, a Special Forces regiment within the British Army, which had its headquarters in Hereford.
The elite military unit is comparable to the U.S. Army Special Services or Delta Force. The SAS motto, “Who Dares Wins” is prophetic. Endurance and stamina are hallmarks of the SAS, unit, Ben said. “I think it rubbed off on me”. “It has guided me well and I aspired to have all around fitness that could get me through any situation I faced, as they do."
At 16, he competed in his first triathlon. He also played rugby, soccer and volleyball, and ran track and cross country. In 1990, he raced at the European Junior Triathlon Championships in Montlucon France. “Exercise was my passion, my outlet,” he said. In 1995, Ben graduated with honors from Leeds University in England with degrees in exercise physiology and exercise psychology. After college, he ran a corporate wellness program for a financial management consulting company in York, England. Ben also trained with Andy McNab, a former British soldier turned novelist. In 1993, McNab wrote “Bravo Two Zero,” about a failed SAS mission during the Gulf War.
In 2000, Ben competed in his first Ironman in Austria. “It was tremendous and I was hooked from there,” he said. Five years later, he moved to the U.S., married Cindy and the couple settled in Newcastle. Since moving to the U.S., Ben helped co-found the Sammamish Valley Triathlon Team with his wife (now known as Team Vo2Multisport).
A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of swimming, cycling and running various distances. A number of triathlon events of varying distances are held around the world. An iron distance triathlon consists of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, and a 26.2-mile run. It is considered by many to be the ultimate endurance test. The sport of triathlon was added as an
Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as a shorter distance race (about a mile swim, roughly a 25-mile cycle and 6.2-mile run.)
In 2007, Ben placed third at the Issaquah Sprint Triathlon (a sprint triathlon consisting of a half-mile swim, a 12.4-mile bike ride and a 3.1-mile run), fifth at the Canadian Long Course Championships in Osoyoos, British Columbia, and first at the Beaver Lake Triathlon in Sammamish.
Last month, Ben finished 10th in the 10.4-mile Cougar Mountain Trail Run, while Cindy finished seventh in the women’s division and 52nd overall. The couple enjoys training on Cougar Mountain and along the back roads of May Valley.
“There’s a sense of achievement, of pushing yourself past your limit in triathlons,” Cindy said. “You want to move outside your comfort zone and become better at each discipline.” And don’t expect to see the Bigglestones slow down anytime soon. “We’re both very active people,” Ben said. “I see us racing in our 60s and 70s.”
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