Tyler Mislawchuk aims to build on success at Edmonton triathlon event
EDMONTON — Canada’s Tyler Mislawchuk, fresh off a landmark World Triathlon Series podium finish in Montreal, believes he’s upped his game in this physically punishing sport by training his brain.
“Everyone has different tricks that they use in the race mentally. Mine is just pure focus (and) micro goals. I’ve always done it, but maybe I’ve refined how I’ve done it,” Mislawchuk said Friday.
Mislawchuk will join a field of 57 athletes in the WTS men’s elite race Saturday at Hawrelak Park in the Edmonton’s river valley.
Mislawchuk, ranked 17th on the elite WTS circuit, is expected to have the crowd behind him, as they were in Montreal on June 29th when they chanted his name as he pushed himself through the rain to capture bronze and become the first Canadian male to climb on to a WTS podium.