Vineman and ....

Yeah yeah ... been awhile but when it gets busy with TTE Nation the blog is ALWAYS the first thing to go! So, for now I'll provide a snapshot of what has been going on since the last post!

Vineman 70.3 ... congrats to everyone racing, GREAT races by the crew

- Mike Starkey -- huge PB

- Ron Shaw - PB

- Pat Krueger - PB

- Troy Tuscher through a battery of events still managed to keep going AND not sell his bike! We'll get it right Troy!

- John Lander - Terrific race for the ageless wonder @ 69 years old!

- Chris Coppinger - PB and continues to improve with not an ideal prep period!

TTE CAMPERS ... a big shout out to our TTE Summer Camp attendees Mari Coppinger, Jeff Ottoboni, Steve Behler, and Freddie Diaz for there awesome races as well ... great work gang!

Ranco Seco Sprint/Olympic ... congrats to Liana Meffert (age group win), John Lander (age group podium), Dan Taylor (first OD race)

San Francisco Marathon and Half Marathon ... kudos to Marie Muchow, Jen Ratcliffe and Odessa Schexnaydre for competing on a tough, tough course! Well done ladies ...

Full Vineman ... nice contingent of TTE Nation racing events at the Full Vineman

- Tracy Schneider - her first Iron Distance completion and she's is motivated to go again, NICE Tracy!

- Jamie Lau - he keeps learning and improving, WELL DONE JAMIE! He'll be going for Vineman part III next year!

- Brian Pitterle - like Tracy it was his first Iron Distance race and he did it balanced around a very busy schedule! Great stuff Brian.

* Special congratulations to 2 x TTE Camper and now 2 x Full Vineman finisher Clay Popko who battled through mechanicals and other bodily drama to get it done!

** Shout out to Leslie Shaw, Phil Johnson, Pat Krueger, Jen Latourette, Mike Starkey, Troy Tuscher, Scott Wing, and Dan Taylor who were all using the Full and Half Aquabike events as tune ups for late season events or some self exploration!

Route 66 Quarter Marathon ... well done Amanda Erwin winning the overall as part of her preps for the Toyota Cup series and USAT Nationals.

Rancho Seco August ...

- John Lander defends his Series Championship again and takes the 2010 Title!
- Ron Shaw takes an age group 2nd and 8th overall at the sprint race!

Next up is the Ironman Canada crew on August 29th!

See yaaaa