Blair Saunders - Canadian strong

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In this podcast, Geoff & Gerry speak with Blair Saunders.

Blair Saunders. Originally from Canada, he started with hockey before moving into cycling. Winner of Olympic trials in 1992, he represented Canada in 13 international events as a member of the Canadian National Road, Team Time Trial, and Track team. Lately, Blair performed at a high level competing in multistage mountain bike events like Cape Epic. He also enjoys multisport events like Ironman Triathlons, Xterra off-road triathlons, and represented the USA for the first time in 2017, winning an Aquabike AG World Championship.

We talk about his cycling career, events he participated in, and how combined a busy consultancy job with his training and racing schedule, ultimately leading to his nickname "the Flying Business Man"

Among many other topics, Blair shares his experience on race multistage mountain bike events and the importance of being dialed in with your team-mate.

See table for topics and timestamps:

| How did you get started? | 3:13.942
| Being from Canada...did you play ice hockey? | 8:16.854
| What was your first cycling team? | 8:46.678
| Racing in Europe? | 10:14.740
| The first taste of racing in 88 with the Canadian track team in the Netherlands | 10:45.300
| What are the most significant differences between racing in Canada, US and Europe? | 11:19.695
| Did you have to choose between racing or college? | 13:28.968
| Working at Arthur Anderson and racing | 15:32.957
| Combining a busy jib with training in Canada! | 18:39.807
| Flying businessman | 20:01.742
| Speedskating benefits Cycling | 20:45.189
| Back in the '90s what were the workouts like? | 21:34.112
| Riding for 10 speed drive | 25:45.783
| Team Time Trails - favorite events | 31:03.587
| What makes Canadian riders so strong?? | 34:56.421
| MultiStage MTB | 38:33.183
| X-terra offroad Triathlon | 41:02.247
| Tell us more about Cape Epic! | 44:15.493
| Anything left on the Bucket list? | 49:28.978
| Adapted to Covid? | 52:02.995
| Coaching?? | 57:13.334

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