Happy Thanksgiving! For the fourth year in a row, I kicked it off with the Pittsburgh Turkey Trot and I was plenty thankful it was not freezing and raining like last year . My nephew (and twice-Ironman I might add) ran too, and my dad drove us downtown. If you've ever been to Pittsburgh, you know about the craziness of navigating mountains, three rivers, bridges, and one-way streets. It was the f... Read More

[caption id="attachment_1207" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Siphiwe and son TaNihisi"] [/caption] Greetings EFRT Teammates and fans! It's been awhile since I've written and that's mostly because my son TaNihisi Anu Siphiwe Baleka (pronounced Ta-knee-see) was born on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 at 8:09 am at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, IN. 8 lbs and 13 oz.! He and mom had a roug... Read More

A year in review… 2012 was definitely my breakout year in multiple ways for my multi sport lifestyle. I set Personal Records in all sports and in all distances. In Triathlon, I set PRs in the Sprint and Olympic distances (including all 3 legs). In running, I set PRs in all distances, from 5K to Marathon. After 5 years at UConn, I finally joined the Cycling Club. I had my first bike crash… I... Read More

After a winter of countless hours of training which lead to numerous training and racing personal bests ​I headed down to Tennessee with one thing on my mind, a win. Not an age group win but an outright win of the race. Since the pro athletes would be racing the olympic distance it left the half iron open to the age groupers for the taking. I headed down to TN I was in the best shape in my life... Read More

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2011 USMS Top Ten SCY for Men 40-44 http://www.usms.org/comp/tt/toptenlist.php 50 Freestyle SCY Men 40-44 (2011) # Name Age Club LMSC Time 1 Mark S Beatty 41 GAJA Georgia 21.90 2 Todd Torres 42 NCMS North Carolina 21.92 3 Siphiwe K Baleka 40 UNAT Indiana 22.03 4 Mark Nieuwenhuis 44 ... Read More