Saturday, September 18, 2010

Success at Nations Triathlon

Nations Tri

Washington, DC
September 12, 2010


David Bishop M50/54
2:20:25 (personal best at olympic distance)


Last weekend David raced to a personal best at olympic distance, beating his previous best time of 2:24 dating back to 2005. He has been training very hard with intesity sessions to prepare for this race, and USAT Age Group Nationals in 1 week. Go David!

Monday, September 13, 2010

Rev 3 Triathlon

Revolution 3 Triathlon
Sandusky, OH (Cedar Point Amusement Park)
Sept 12, 2010

I was compelled to come up to sherpa for my triathletes at this race, and some exceptional circumstances allowed me to join them on the trip.  I was glad that things worked out that I could join them, because it was a truly awesome trip.  Cedar Point has a really fun-looing cadre of roller coasters, and the whole place is on an amazing island in Lake Erie. 


The STtrainer contingency at Rev3 Cedar Point (from left): Corrie, Joleyn, Dean, Kevin, Beth, Barry, Sioban. Front row: Becky, coach Stephen.

Pre-race spin with Becky and Joleyn in the beautiful Ohio contryside.
STtrainer Athletes Finishing Times:
Kevin Clouse 5:51
Amanda Parsons 6:03
Barry Smith 6:05
Becky Sharpe 6:16
Joleyn Smithing 6:18 ("and she's really really happy!")
Corrie Logan 6:30
Dean Britt 6:46

Will post some fun pictures over in the coaching blog, but here are the race photos:


Corrie smiling away some pre-race jitters.


Amanda with her cheering patrol--Dad.

A women's wave ready to hit the water.


 
Dean after a great swim.

 
Kevin crushing the bike course.  Last year at Beach to Battleship he finished last among ~8 team mates.  This year he was first among the team with a HUGE personal best time.


 
Barry running strong with a 6 hour finish in the crosshairs.


Amanda feeling strong (and smiling) on the run course.


Corrie finished the run by repeating this mantra: I love ST. This is fun. I love ST. This is fun. 
Corrie was the instigator of this whole trip and inspired a lot of her team-mates to make the goal with her.


Dean Britt with a stong steady finish into the Cedar Point Park. 
He beat his estimated finish time by 45 minutes. 

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Carissa at Heuston Woods

Hueston Woods Sprint Triathlon

College Grove, Ohio
Sunday, Aug 29
750m swim / 20k bike / 5k run

Carissa Miller: 1:29:02
swim 12:10 T1 1:19 Bike 45:48 T2 0:38 Run 29:05
 



Carissa joined the STtrainer team this summer and she has had a super-positive role on the team. She has made the important equipment upgrades (road bike, trisuit) and has worked hard at training.  More importantly, she is always smiling which has an infectious effect on other team members. 
 
Carissa's hard work has paid off...she brought home some hardware.
 
Note: El Gato and El Hempel were both at the race, but I have not been able to find pictures or results for those guys.