So your 2020 race was cancelled, what about the guys who call you across the line? * Simon Ward and Steve Fleck

Some of you folks may know that one of my other hobbies during the summer months is to work as an announcer at Outlaw triathlon events. I’m lucky enough to have called some of you across the line, sometimes more than once. It’s a tough job working as an MC, and it’s more than just talking all day (something which I can do well!).

Sad as it is that your triathlon events have been offline for over 12 months, spare a thought for those for whom events like these are how they earn money.  My guest today is one such person, for whom 2020 should have been his best year ever of race announcing.  Steve Fleck is one of the leading Endurance Sports Race/Event Announcers & Commentators in North America for cycling, running, and triathlon races and events. It's a natural extension of a life spent running, cycling, and racing triathlons since his mid-teens and wearing multiple hats in and around the business of endurance sports in Sales, Business Development, Media, Marketing, and Communications. He lives in Aurora, Ontario with his wife, Paolina, and their dog, Gravy.

 

Steve and I started chatting about recording this podcast in Kona way back in 2019 bc (before Covid) and it’s taken us almost 18 months to get it done, so I hope you envy the chat as we catch up about:

How the pandemic has hit endurance sports, and what events might look like going forward
How the pandemic affected Steve’s race announcing business and scrambling for other work to fill the gap
Government financial support, and who has helped race organisers since March 2020
PTO: how they stepped up in 2020 and their role in helping triathletes in the last 12 months, including the Daytona race
That Lionel Sanders Canadian 1 hour track record

To find out more about Steve and to follow him on social media please visit these channels

 

Facebook - SteveFleck

Twitter @SteveFleck

LinkedIn flecksteve

 

PTO & paid maternity leave for female triathletes

Lionel sanders 1hr Canadian Track record with Steve Fleck as m/c

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