Wow, it has been an eventful two weekends! Special congratulations to Melissa Samuelson who raced in Marbella, Spain at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship. The course was one of the most challenging in recent memory with nearly 6,000′ of climbing on the bike. Melissa finished strong in a time of 6:22.
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!
Josh Parks – AZ 70.3
Congratulations to everyone who raced last weekend! Those of you who raced AZ 70.3 did great jobs adapting to the Bike/Run format after the swim had been cancelled. You can only race the race that is presented!
AZ 70.3
Jake Metz – 5:05
Jon Byron – 4:45
Josh Parks (pictured) – 5:08
Lisa Volpentest – 6:14
Mike Volpentest – 5:11
Indian Creek 15-mile trail race (CO)
Ryan Searle – 3:45
Des Plaines River 50 miler
Terry Crowley – 11:18 (Terry’s second 50 miler this summer!)
Great job, everyone!
Paris Marathon
Wow! What a crazy two weeks it has been. Our e-mail is back up and running and things are settling down. If you’ve sent us an e-mail that we haven’t yet responded to, please let us know!
Hello all! Bill and I have been experiencing a major email disruption. I’m getting emails returned that I sent as far back as Friday, Oct 15th! Please bear with us as we get this sorted out. The responses to your emails were all sent, but they’re stuck out there in the ether somewhere. Ugh!!! You can contact Bill and I through text. Email now anticipated to be restored by October 22nd. Thanks for your patience!
