Congratulations to Matt Johnson and Dayn Pefferle who raced Oceanside 70.3 last weekend. Matt finished in 5:45 and Dayn crossed the line in 7:35. Nice racing, guys!
Frank Smith ran the Country Mile 48-hour ultra run in Marietta, SC last weekend and completed an impressive 100K. This placed him 151st out of 305 overall! His wife, Phyllis, also raced and completed 55.8 miles and placed 172nd.
Have a great weekend!
Frank and Phyllis Smith
Mainly Marathons Gulf Coast Series
Happy Friday, everyone! Here are some great race results to start your weekend!
Memphis 10K Trail run
Kemp Conrad – 45:31 – 1st in Div!
Hot to Hustle 5K, AZ
Jon Byron – 20:45 – PR!
Behind the Rocks 50K, Moab UT
Craig Conley finished the notoriously difficult and beautiful course in 8:17.
Peter Ney ran the Race 4 the Blind 5K and finished in 17:30. He took third overall!
Frank Smith (pictured) had an impressive month of racing! After dealing with a leg injury for most of last year, Frank has been back at it accumulating more miles and races. He just finished the Mainly Marathons Gulf Coast series and the Mainly Marathons Appalachian series. These series essentially involve running a marathon a day for up to a week straight. For March, Frank has done a 10K race, a half marathon and 7 marathons!
Congratulations to all our athletes!
Jon Byron – Tri 4 the Cure – AZ
Great results last weekend from the Tri 4 the Cure here in AZ!
Matt Johnson – 1:12 – 3rd in AG!
Jon Byron (pictured) – 1:12 – 14th overall and 1st in AG!
Joan McGue – 1:47 – 2nd in AG!
Eric Cummins – 1:22 – 8th in AG!
Special shout out to Joan McGue! Joan is racing her first season in the F70-74AG and has been a Camelback Coaching athlete for 17 seasons! Joan has raced Ironman races and competed at multiple National and World Championships over various distances. Keep it going Joan!
Congratulations also go out to Frank Smith and Keith Munion. Frank finished the Myrtle Beach Marathon in 5:30. Keith raced the Belgian Wafer Ride bike race and finished the 68 mile route in 5:32.
And finally, results from two runs and a duathlon that happened just a few weeks ago that never made it into our results:
Mt Cheeha 50K trail run – AL
Craig Conley – 8:04
Frank Horton Memorial Trail Run Series 10K- TN
Kemp Conrad – 44:13 – 10th overall and 1st Grand Master
Iceman Sprint Duathlon – AZ
Joan McGue – 2:10
Congratulations to all our athletes!
Doing some catching up here on race results!
Joan McGue ran the Stoneman 14K Trail race here in AZ and finished in 1:46 over the rugged course. More recently, she raced the Runner’s Den Pancake 10K in 1:06, placing 4th in her age group!
Kemp Conrad is running a winter trail race series in TN. He has raced a 3K and a 5K. He took 2nd in his AG in the 3K and finished 1st Grand Master in the 5K! And just last week, he raced the 8K in 39:37, placing 1st in the Grand Master division!
Finally, Robin Blankenbaker finished 1st in her AG in the McDowell 15-mile Trail Race, crossing the line in 2:37!
Congratulations to all our racers! Have a great week!
Frank and Phyllis Smith – Daufuskie Island Marathon, SC
Love the running season! Congratulations to everyone who raced last weekend!
Carlsbad Marathon, CA
Robin Blankenbaker – 4:13 – qualified for Boston!
Rock and Roll 10k, AZ
Brent Nye – 55:08
Rock and Roll 5K and 1/2 Marathon, AZ
Jon Byron – 24:32 in the 5K and 1:34 in the 1/2!
Daufuskie Island Marathon, SC
Frank Smith (pictured) – 5:38
Excited to start out this new year with some great running race results!
Kemp Conrad ran a 1-mile race in TN. Running one mile as hard as you can is brutal. Kemp ran an impressive 5:46 and took 1st place in the Grand Masters Division!
Alex Elhilal ran the San Tan 50K trail race in AZ. While not as fast as running one mile, running 50K is brutal in its own way! Alex finished in 7:51 finishing his first ultra marathon!
Have a great weekend and good luck to everyone running the Rock and Roll races in PHX!
Life is so crazy lately, it took one of our first athletes (that’s you, Sue Berliner!) to remind us that we just passed the 20-year mark for opening our coaching business.
No way this would have been possible without the support of our athletes, your word-of-mouth recommendations, and your return trips for coaching, sometimes 5, 10, or 15 years after the first time you signed with us.
I especially love seeing all the friends we’ve made over these past 20 years pass by and wave or chat while I’m coaching on the pool deck. Bill and I have coached you, your children, and sometimes, even your grandchildren! It’s nuts.
But it has been and continues to be an honor and a privilege to serve our endurance sports community. We are so blessed.
Here’s to 2024, and hopefully, many more years of helping all of you achieve your goals, whatever they may be!
Hot Chocolate 15K
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday and a happy New Year! Nice to round out the season with a few of the classic AZ running races!
Hot Chocolate 15K
Jon Byron (pictured, 2nd from left) – 1:05 – 34th overall and 1st in AG!
Estrella Mtns 24K Trail race
Robin Blankenbaker – 3:08 – 5th overall female, 1st in AG!
Arizona Falls 5K
Joan McGue 31:44
Congratulations, guys, and happy holidays!
Anthem Holiday Classic
We hope you all had a nice weekend! Great race results from last week!
Anthem Sprint Tri, AZ
Matt Johnson – 1:19 – 3rd in AG!
Brett Yanofsky – 1:18 – 3rd in AG!
Jon Byron (pictured) ran the 5K run leg of his relay team in 22:15 and the team took 1st place!
Kiawah Island Marathon, SC
Frank Smith – 5:22
Great job, everyone!
Catching up on race results!
A special shout-out goes to our La Quinta 70.3 finishers from last weekend. Alex Elhilal and Matt Denzer raced in their first 70.3 triathlons at this race. Alex finished in 7:03 while Matt crossed the line in 8:17. Nice job guys!
And on the running front . . .
Kiwanis 5K
Peter Ney – 18:38 – 3rd overall!
Cincinnati Thanksgiving 10K (114th edition!)
Frank Smith – 1:38 – ran with 10,000 other racers!
Hungry Turkey 1/2 Marathon (a few days after the 10K!)
Frank Smith – 2:23
Congratulations to all our athletes!
