Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 4418 FOCUS - FEBRUARY 2017 hoever said that women are master multi- taskers never met Syd Trefiak – Physical Education teacher at Port Perry High School, father of three girls under 6 years of age and co-owner of a stand-up paddleboard business with his wife Jennifer. Now add this to the list: a secret identity as a race guide to a world-class level blind triathlete, Ryan van Praet. “When do you have time to do it all?,” I ask, as we sit on his newly built deck. (Yes. He built it in late fall!) He looks at me with a slightly goofy smile and shrugs. “Are you one of those people who get inspired to do something and simply make it happen,” I ask? He thinks a minute while his daughters run around us with happy abandon before answering. “I think I might be a little insane.” Don’t you kind of have to be I wonder, to train for three sports – bike, run, swim – several hours each night when most of us can barely marshall the energy to pour a glass of Merlot and head off to Dreamland? “You have to get used to Syd’s sense of humour,” explains Ryan Van Praet, Syd’s triathlon partner. Ryan was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative disease when he was just four years old, that will eventu- SYD AND RYAN An Incredible Feat W BIG SMILES for the big winners. Syd and Ryan won their category, The Physically Challenged Division with a time of 11:08:30. That time was only four minutes off the World record for that division of the Ironman. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JENNIFER SUNNERTON