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Santa Hustle Half Marathon – AZ, Barbados Open Water Swim Festival

Happy New Year’s Eve! Our athletes have had quite the year in 2024 and we’re looking forward to helping you all reach your goals in 2025! But while we’re still in 2024 . . .

Adela Moore ran the Santa Hustle in Glendale lats weekend. She finished the 1/2 marathon in 2:34. Nice job Adela!

And Rob Somer swam in the Barbados Open Water Swim Festival, which consisted of three 1.5-mile swims and one 2.05-mile swim. He survived some rough conditions–including stinging sea lice!–but finished well. Rob is currently training for the 2.5-mile Nevis to St. Kitts Swim in March.

Congratulations Adela and Rob!

Florida 70.3, Tucson Marathon, Kiawah Marathon – SC, Hot Chocolate 5K and 15K

Kemp Conrad – Tucson Marathon

Happy Holidays! We had some great racing by our athletes last weekend. Special shout out to Kemp Conrad who ran a Boston Qualifying time of 3:19 at the Tucson Marathon!

Florida 70.3
Ed Wallis – 6:09
Craig Conley – 6:34

Hot Chocolate 15K
Jon Byron – 1:05 – 2nd in AG and 28th overall!

Hot Chocolate 5K
Joan McGue – 33:15 – 1st in AG!

Kiawah Marathon
Frank Smith – 5:23

Tucson Marathon
Kemp Conrad – 3:19 – PR and BQ time!

Congratulations to all our athletes!

La Quinta 70.3 – CA, St. Jude 10K – TN, Thailand 100K UTMB Trail Run

Jenifer Garner – La Quinta 70.3

We’ve had some strong end-of-season performances this year! Special shout out to Todd Silva who ran a 100K trail race in Thailand! Keep thinking of your 2025 goals – ’tis the season for dreaming about epic experiences!

St. Jude 10K – Memphis, TN
Ed Wallis – 50:26

La Quinta 70.3 – CA
Peter Haenel – 5:13
Jenifer Garner (pictured) – 6:54
Jon Byron – 5:40 – PR!!

Thailand 100K UTMB Trail run
Todd Silva – 9:23

Have a great week!

HYDROX – Dallas; 10K Turkey Trot – Phoenix

Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

We’d like to recognize longtime Camelback Coaching athletes, Russell Vanbeber and Joan McGue.

Russell has been with us for over 10 years! He has raced several Ironman triathlons but recently did a new Event called HYROX. This event is a fitness-based challenge that includes completing 8 strength exercises with a 1km run between each station. Russell successfully completed his first HYROX last weekend in Dallas. You can read more about HYROX events here – https://hyrox.com/the-fitness-race/

Joan has been with us for 17 years!! She just raced a Turkey Trot 10K here in Phoenix, finishing in 1:08, and took 2nd in her AG. She was awarded a nice bottle of wine for her place!

Congratulations Joan and Russell!

Ironman Arizona

Matt Johnson – IMAZ

We are so incredibly proud of our IMAZ finishers!

Brett Yanofsky – 13:07
Matt Johnson – 11:49
Eric Cummins – 15:16
Lexi Zidel – 15:56
Clint Chadwick – 15:06
Alex Elhilal – 16:15

Each athlete was racing their very first Ironman!

Congratulations, guys!!!

IM Florida, Sweden 50K

Ian Smith (L) and father, Frank Smith – IM Florida

Congratulations to Ian Smith and Todd Silva!

Ian finished his first Ironman at Ironman Florida. He finished in an impressive first time of 13:19!

Todd raced the Sweden 50K as part of the UTMB series of races. He finished the beautiful course in 6:12 and took 8th in his AG!

Congratulations, Ian and Todd!

IM California, Tucson 5K Series, Wicked 10K AZ, Utah float trip

Ed Wallis, Craig Conley – IM California

We had some great racing last weekend! We especially want to recognize Ed Wallis and Craig Conley who raced Ironman California. Ed and Craig are from Memphis, TN. Ed set his Ironman PR just 8 weeks after separating his shoulder in a bike accident!

Tucson 5K Series
Dave Sprage – 31:18

Wicked 10K AZ
Adela Moore – 1:06

Ironman California
Ed Wallis (pictured) – 12:59 – PR!
Craig Conley (pictured) – 13:54

Utah Float Trip
Joan McGue proved that staying in triathlon shape has its benefits as she completed a rugged 4-day river rafting trip through Southern Utah a month after having hiked the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim!

Well done, everyone!

Big Bear 50K Trail Run (CA), Chicago Marathon (IL), T-100 Triathlon (Las Vegas)

We’d like to extend our congratulations to Todd Silva, Kathryn Battock, and Matt Johnson!

Todd ran the Big Bear 50K Trail Run (HOKA KODIAK Ultramarathons by UTMB) and finished in 5:42. This was fast enough for 6th in his AG!

Kathryn ran the prestigious Chicago Marathon and finished in 5:09!

And Matt raced the T-100 Triathlon in Las Vegas. The T-100 is a new tri series that includes races with a 2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run. Matt raced the hilly Las Vegas course in 5:16. Matt will be racing IMAZ next month!

Great job, everyone!

Portland Half Marathon, Memphis 10-Miler

Congratulations to Adela Moore and Kemp Conrad this week!

Adela raced the Portland Half Marathon and finished in a strong time of 2:38. If you ever get a chance to do a running race in Portland, do it! Oregon might have the best running culture in the country and the weather is perfect for it!

Kemp added another Memphis, TN, event to a summer race series and finished the 10-miler in an impressive 1:10. This was fast enough for 1st Master and 6th overall!

Great job, guys!