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Greenwich Duathlon Race Report- 5 Years Later
May 15
Last week I posted my race report from 5 years ago when I did my first Duathlon. I raced the exact same race this year and while I finished faster my placing in the overall standings actually only increased by 5 places. The difference is this year the talent at the start line was much greater! We had the 2011 Duathlon age group world champion and the 2011 Team Timex athlete of the year show up so I knew it was going to be a hard, fast race. My plan was simply to go out as hard as I could, and hold on as long as possible and hopefully...
read moreA Pro-like Experience at ITU San Diego: A Race Report and More
May 14
Greetings EFRT teammates and blog readers, I am writing this race report while on the Prime Inc truck returning from the ITU San Diego Triathlon. We just made it to Denver and will be unloading bikes at the TriBella Multisport shop. PRE -PRE-RACE This was no ordinary race experience for me. I only had five days since returning from Ironman South Africa and the US Masters Swimming 2012 Spring Nationals (a week later) before my co-driver Mike picked me up near my home in Muncie, IN and we headed for Revolution Cycles in Crystal City, VA to...
read moreOn Being an Endurance Films Racing Team Member
May 11
I’ve been asked a few times what it means to be part of the Endurance Films Racing Team. I detect skepticism about the “team” part. I can attest the sense of “team” is real and it has become increasingly important and valuable to me. We are a pretty diverse group but representative of Age Groupers. We are spread out across the country from coast to coast; we range in age from early 20′s to late 50′s; we are single, married, with with/without kid; we are entrepreneurs, elite triathletes, fitness...
read moreEF Heads To ITU World Triathlon San Diego 2012
May 09
On May 10-12, 2012, the birthplace of triathlon — San Diego, CA — will host the inaugural ITU World Triathlon San Diego. Endurance Films will roll cameras on Age group athletes as they have the chance to compete in Olympic and sprint distance races as well as in an Olympic distance relay in the same venue as the world’s best athletes. All age group races take place on Saturday, May 12.
read moreRace Report: A WIN at the Smith Mountain Lake Sprint Triathlon
May 07
This was a breakthrough race for me, a home run. I hit significant PRs on the bike and run resulting in 1:13:03 race — a 5:33 improvement over last year’s time (2:21 off last year’s run and 4:18 off the bike). That was more than enough for the overall female WIN! My first ever! Simply said, things came together in a way that exceeded my expectations. I am still shocked by how this race unfolded. I had the fastest bike split, fastest T1, and second fastest run among the women. Here are my times and rankings compared to the women...
read moreNearing Kickoff of Season Three
May 04
I’m about to kick off my third (THIRD!) full season of triathlon in two days when I race at the Appalachian Power Smith Mountain Lake sprint triathlon. It’s been 6-1/2 months since my last triathlon and I feel a bit like the crazed race horse, ready to get into the starting gate and just GO already!! After almost three years in the sport, my excitement and gratitude for it continues to grow. Part of that has to do with fighting through another pre-season injury and just being glad to be able to enjoy all three sports again....
read moreThrowback Race Report
May 03
As I embark on my First Duathlon of the Season this year, I found an old race report from my first Duathlon EVER! I’m hoping for another strong race this weekend! So here I was at the starting line of a biathlon, my first one ever, as a way to kick off my triathlon season. For the last 3 years the bane of my triathlon existence has been the run, it was the one piece of racing that I could not figure out. I was always told I rode too hard and that if I slowed down on my bike I would be able to run faster. The problem was that I...
read moreSiphiwe’s 2012 Ironman South Africa Race Report
May 02
PRE-RACE Word was circulating that a storm was coming in to Port Elizabeth and that there would be some heavy wind. I heard the howls as I fell asleep. Somehow I managed to sleep about 8 hours before the race and woke up at 4:00 am. My long training days taught me that I don’t like to start on an empty stomach. I need real food. So my wife made me a spinach omlette with a 3 oz piece of grilled salmon, some oatmeal and some mixed fresh fruit. It was raining when We left the chalet at 4:45 am. Transition opened at 5:00 am and they closed...
read moreSiphiwe’s Intangibles of an Ironman
May 01
Just back from Ironman South Africa, Endurance Films Racing Team’s Siphiwe Baleka discusses a visit to an African grade school at which the 900 children lack running water, but have an abundance of hope…and Sip managed to give them a bit more. (Excerpt from web cam interview) For more about Siphiwe and the entire Endurance Films Racing Team, visit...
read moreIronman South Africa: A Family Experience
May 01
Greetings to my EFRT Teammates and blog readers. Well, I’m back home from South Africa. Actually, I’m in a rental car heading from Muncie to O’Hare airport in Chicago to drop off the car and then drive back home. Then I will be officially finished with the Ironman South Africa and US Masters Swimming Spring Nationals three week mega trip. I really wanted to do more blogging throughout the entire experience, but I was so overwhelmed and lacked internet access, so I just wasn’t able to do it. The logistics of traveling with seven...
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