The Beginning of the month is always a good time for some athlete updates ....- Congratulations:
- John Lander (above) for defending his overall series title at Rancho Seco and winning it again in 2010 ... it's never easy to repeat so well done John!
- Dan Taylor for completing his first half marathon on Aug 29th!
- Marie Muchow taking a 5k PB on Aug 29th!
- Amanda Erwin 14th Amateur Overall at the Chicago Triathlon
Then there is the Ironman Canada crew (pictured above on race morning) that I had the pleasure of racing with on Aug 29th. I'm going to drop a long winded write up of my build up (a very challenging one) and race day (equally as difficlut) early next week ... but these four athletes deserve some credit for what they accomplished and how they accomplished it!
-Pat Krueger ... in his 2nd go at the distance, Pat's execution carried him to a 1hr+ PB (on a much more difficult course) and a negative split marathon. Masterful training an incredibly smart race day was well rewarded at the finish!
Jen Latourette ... the wifey endured the biggest blister I've ever seen and proved her true grit as she kept pressing all the way to the line and still even split the marathon .... not far from a PB!
Leslie Shaw ... in her first time at the distance, Leslie capped off an up & down season (on the up side) by taking 8th in her AG and winning an Ironman World Championship spot! (though she turned it down for all the right reasons) She keeps on improving!!!
Phil Johnson ... also racing for the first time at the distance Phil executed his race plan to perfection, and like Pat, negative split the marathon to cap off a great day. Crazy solid for a first time!!!
A VERY BIG THANKS goes out to Ron Shaw, Julie Krueger, and Amy Latourette for all their support of the TTE Nation across the border in Canada.
I'll be back in a couple days to drop my report from IMC on the blog. (it's already written) The build up and the race were very different than any other race I've ever done!
Good luck to everyone at the Ukiah Tri "World Championship" on Sunday ... I'll be on the microphone instead of racing!
More Later ... DL
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