I’m learning a bunch of new lingo working with these triathletes. Fifty-one-fifty is the combined Olympic Triathlon distance that was contested in Des Moines this past weekend, 51.50 meters. 1500 meter swim, 40K bike ride, 10K run, and oh by the way the National Championships for that distance.
Enita Larsen from our Wednesday Night Track Group won her division (she is a national class swimmer, very good biker, and has honed her running speed at Millard West), National Champion, nice ring to it Enita!
Bill Weeks had a great effort to finish 9th in his age group, bested his 5150 pr by 8 minutes (2:44:42), and qualified for next year’s National Championships.
And there were a whole bunch of others as well, I’d start naming them but as soon as I do I’ll forget someone. Big kudos to all of ours that were competing or completing, you continue to inspire us with your hard work and dedication!
My old buddy and Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray ran 58 miles in his home town of North Andover, MA, to complete his 46th consecutive annual birthday run, leaving his house at 2:50 a.m. and running 16 loops of a 3.6 mile course and completing it 16 hours later. 46 years of running his age in miles. That is pretty darned incredible.
Matt Tegenkamp made his 20K road race debut a success on Monday, winning the Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race- the USA National Championships for 20K- in a course record 58:30. 22 year old Luke Puskedra took the race out fast (23:10 @ 8K, 28:34 @ 10K) and managed 2nd overall in 58:48, also his debut at the distance. Their futures are so bright on the roads!
And some other remarkable stuff:
Our USA Women won the Gold Medal at the World Mountain Running Championships in Ponte di Legno Italy on Sept. 2nd. Pictured left to right-Morgan Arritola, Stevie Kremer, Brandy Erholtz, and Melody Fairchild. Fairchild was a high school phenom back in the nineties and its great to see her back to doing what she was born to do.
This image from the Red Fox Elbrus Race, up Mt. Elbrus, Russia’s highest peak at 5642 meters. Bucket list?
Now doesn’t the Swamp Stomp 8K Trail Run seem tame in comparison? Come on out to Chalco Hills tonight at 5:30 pm for a course preview run. This in place of our regularly scheduled track work, time to start getting ready for the fall season. Linda will put the kiddos through their paces on the Little Gator Gallop courses as well.
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