Bob Ross chases 50 in 50 (+DC)

In his words...

The Head of Christiana Presbyterian Church Triple Crown Trail Dog Marathon was a great success. It was a very real trail with four river crossings (knee deep with current); uphill or downhill most of the way; forests; meadows and a thicket with thorns. The rain held off, which may or may not have been good. The temperature got well into the 70s. The trail was well marked and the volunteers were great. We even had new potatoes with salt at two of the aid stations (four times on the double loop course). It was also the church’s annual picnic. In addition to the marathon there was a 5k; 10k; half marathon or you could run all three. It was a great event! 5:18.2860th overall; Top 100 got a coffee mugAll four of our traveling group finished.Delaware is in the books

40th State + DC

10 States to go

The quads are screaming. Swimming is good

Vanderbilt Triathlon at Collegiate Nationals

Vanderbilt Collegiate Triathlon Club

Collegiate Nationals Tuscaloosa, AL April 19th, 2008

2 112 261 Sarah Nation 02:40:13

3 139 402 Laura Ballenger 02:43:55

4 (159) 674 Indriati Hood 02:47:12

5 (176) 496 Jill Wilmoth 02:49:57

6 (195) 928 Laura Neergaard 02:53:01

7 (198) 895 Ali Hanson 02:53:38

8 Mindy Craven 2:46:13
9 Susan Howell 2:58:13
10 Maria Mendiburo 3:08:49

1 6 336 Matt Long 01:58:07

2 29 149 Brent Lorenzen 02:02:46

3 239 766 Mark Harris 02:28:09

4 (263) 553 Alexander Hill 02:31:50

5 (293) 760 Craig Garmendia 02:36:11

6 (337) 832 Timothy Thurman 02:46:13

7 (340) 774 Walter Jermakowicz 02:47:56

STtrainer Coaches at Tuscaloosa Tri-Palooza

We don't just talk the talk, we walk the walk.

Bruce Gennari 2nd.
Stephen Taylor 5th.

Results here.

Technique + Work = Improvement

Mary Garges writes: I can attest to the good running form. Since working with Stephen and really concentrating on my form I have gone from a 10:00 min mile to my fastest ever this morning...8:12!! Two weeks in a row I have done all repeats at or around 8:40 with a couple of 8:17 repeats thrown in. I am working towards a PR at CMM with a sub 2 hour 1/2 marathon.

Keep on truckin' y'all!!
Mary is second from left, getting ready to start a time trial workout in Tri Level 1, July 2007.

What a difference a year makes!

Craig Garmendia is the President of the Vanderbilt Triathlon Club. We just did a race that we did one year ago. Here are his splits from last year and this year:

Hammer Duathlon 2007 – 3.1 run – 15 bike – 3.1 mile run

Run1 Pace Bike Run2 Pace Finish

25:27 8:13 48:59 27:16 8:48 1:43:37

Hammer Duathlon 2008 – 3.1 run – 15 bike – 3.1 mile run

Run1 Pace Bike Run2 Pace Finish

22:03 7:06 45:31 22:29 7:15 1:31:27