Taylor Reid wins ironman in Vegas

December 4, 2015 · 0 Comments

A great 2015 triathlon season just got even better for C3’s Taylor Reid.
Reid started the year with a top-six in the Oceanside California Triathlon, then backed it up with a fantastic second place at Ironman 70.3 Mt. Tremblant in June. A few weeks later, he won the St. Andrews Half Ironman in New Brunswick and last week, won the biggest race of his life in Las Vegas.
In a field that had Olympians and numerous World Cup and ironman champions in the field, Caledon’s Reid took top spot.
The 24-year-old is splitting his training between California and Caledon. Reid is a Mayfield Secondary School alumnus and recently graduated from McMaster University, where he was one of the top runners in Canada. The move from junior and under-23 national triathlon racing has been a very nice progress for him.
Reid was sixth out of the water in the 1.2-mile swim in Vegas, then biked himself into fourth place at the end of the hilly 90-kilometre bike ride. After the ride was over, he powered his way through the rest of the field, with the day’s fastest half marathon split and ended nearly one minute ahead of Canadian Cody Beals.
Reid’s season is not over. He will be racing in Miami Beach and Texas before the 2015 season ends in November and he will take his end of year break.
“I was so stoked to run through such an incredible field to get my first major USA Ironman 70.3 win,” Rid said after the event.
Reid’s parents Peggy and Jim are also ironman triathletes and can be seen training in Caledon with C3.