Last week we had more of the team out getting it done ... with style! Above is a picture of Dana Chance last year at Ironman Canada. (she race there again last weekend) Dana has become a fixture at the "pointy" end of the women's race there ... and it looks like it will continue that way!
Amanda Erwin ... Amanda has been slowly piecing together a great season of racing after battling through some early season illness and a bike crash. Last weekend Amanda won her age group at the Accenture Chicago Triathlon and was 3rd overall just a couple minutes back from the overall win. The rest of her season includes the Toyota US Open, Best of the US Championship Race, and Ironman 70.3 Worlds.
Dana Chance ... Ironman Canada was on the agenda for Dana this year. When I talk to Dana we always want the race to be hot and hard because of her training grounds in Tulsa. We haven't gotten those conditions the last two years but this year presented maybe a tougher challenge. After leading her age group on to the bike Dana rode incredibly smart and hit the run in 6th place. In 6th she was in definite striking distance of 2nd place and a guaranteed Kona qualifier. About 8 miles of running is when things got tough. For the first time Dana started having GI issues and began spending time (as she called it) in the "little blue penalty huts". With her traditional mental toughness Dana "gutted" :) it out, stayed in 6th and ended up just a couple minutes back of her qualifier. Going forward Dana has a presented us with a new challenge ... 2009 sees Ironman Austria and Ironman Canada 6 weeks apart, and she's motivated! Looks like I need to be up to the challenge as well ;)
Dana's Race Report Here: http://robchancesworld.blogspot.com/2008/08/perspective-and-race-report.html
Jen Latourette ... Jen took her Tri Diva group down to the competitive and ever popular Santa Barbara Triathlon last week. In a competitive field and on a tough course Jen put together a great race. For someone who has been committed to a new job and working with her women's triathlon team she stills manages to put out great performances ... congrats Jen!
I have a piece to drop on here about race execution that I'll hope to put up next week!
Until then ... DL
2 comments:
Your group is on fire!!! Congrats that's some great coaching ;-)
Cheers,
Tracy
Hey T-Racer ... thanks, i just pour gas on them and they collect sparks from your flame ;) ... good on ya for the race at IMC! Go get it at Kona ;)
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