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Bermuda Challenge Triathlon. In addition to the races we had going on this past weekend locally, I want to draw your attention to an event that Frank Smith, one of our athletes from Cincinnati, completed this weekend. The event is called the Bermuda Triangle Challenge. It consist of a 1 mile timed run on Friday, a 10K on Sat, and a full marathon on Sunday. The courses were run over hilly courses. You can enter each event individually or complete all three. Frank completed all three events. He ran the mile in 7:30 taking 33 of 43 in his AG. He then ran a 53:43 in the 10K the following day and finished 20/60 in the AG. Finally, Frank finished the marathon on Sunday with a time of 4:45 taking 10^th in his AG. His overall placing for the weekend was 47^th overall. As endurance athletes, all of us are drawn to the unusual and the challenging. The Bermuda Triangle Challenge certainly fits that description! Congratulations Frank!

PF CHANG’s. What a day yesterday for racing! Congratulations to everyone who raced at PF Chang’s. We’d especially like to recognize Kyle Yocom who PR’d the distance with a time of 1:28 for the 1/2 marathon and Todd Silva who clocked an impressive 3:32 in the marathon. In addition to the running races, Darren and Jean West raced the Tough Mudder and had a great, muddy time of 2:30 over 12 miles and 24 obstacles.

Marathon

Todd Silva – 3:32 PR

Kara Gibson – 3:58- great negative split!

Caroline Sekaquaptewa – 4:03 PR

Jamie Cook – 4:28

Joan McGue – 4:54 PR

Stephanie Deitrick – 4:56 PR

½ Marathon

Kyle Yocom – 1:28 PR

Andy Cashetta – 1:45 PR

Sam Unzek – 1:46 PR

Abby Luedecke – 1:48

Bella Panchmatia – 1:49

Doug Ervin – 2:02

Fiesta Bowl 5k, Fiesta Bowl Half Marathon, Anthem Sprint Tri. Despite the chilly and wet conditions this weekend there several strong race performances put in at the Fiesta Bowl 5K and ½ marathon and at the Anthem Sprint Triathlon. Special nod to Cortney Ellish, Preston Miller and Abby Luedecke for racing Anthem and getting on that bike after swimming (brrrr!). All three finished in the top three of their age groups!

Fiesta Bowl 5K

Jona Davis – 20:57 – 35^th overall and 1^st in her AG. Jona is racing the Sprint World Championships in New Zealand in 2012.

Matt Conrad – 21:20 – 43^rd overall and 4^th in his AG. Matt is a strong Duathlete and will be at this year’s Duathlon National Championship in April.

Fiesta Bowl ½ Marathon

Bella Panchmatia – 1:48:50. Bella has been working to get under 1:50 and went right by it. PR! 326^th overall and 12^th in AG.

Doug Ervin – 1:57. Doug is training for IMAZ 2012. 515^th overall and 50^th in AG.

CJ Ketterer – 1:38. CJ is trying to qualify for Boston this spring. 143^rd overall and 5^th in AG

Anthem Sprint

Abby Luedecke (Forsberg) – 1:17 – 1^st in AG

Preston Miller – 1:21 – 1^st in AG

Cortney Ellish – 1:20 – 3^rd in AG

Ironman Cozumel.  We want to recognize Paula Schmidt of Anchorage, Alaska. Paula became an Ironman yesterday at IM Cozumel. This was her first IM. On a day where it sunny/hot, rainy, and windy, she clocked a 15:29 finishing time. She ran a strong five hour marathon at the end of the day taking 54^th in her AG. Congratulations Paula!

Thanksgiving Day Sprint from Tri-Family Racing.  Chris Duval won his AG with a  time of 52:37 while Tim Vaudt continued his steady improvement with a time of 1:01 and placed 16^th in his AG. Time has signed up for IMAZ 2012. Our Duathlon Specialist, Matt Conrad, took 1^st in his AG with a time of 1:00. Dawn and Casey Cartier made it a family morning out. Dawn took 3^rd in her AG with a time of 1:01 while Casey made his return to racing with a 1:12 and 17^th in the Clydesdale division. Nice job everyone!

Ironman Arizona.  Wow, what a day! We had 21 racers cross the finish line and enjoyed some very strong performances. As always, Camelback Coaching athletes continue to impress.  Congratulations to all of you!

Kevin Taddonio – 22^nd Pro with a time of 8:45. Kevin ran a 2:56 marathon and PR’s this race by 19 min over the last time he raced it.

Andrew Schear – 1^st IM. Crushed the course with a time of 12:08!

Renee Coffman – 2^nd IM and a PR by 6 min. Finished in 12:35

Cindy Rodarte – 2^nd IM and a PR by 1hr 49min! Finished in 13:51

Dan Cox – 1^st IM. Finished with 15:15. Sprint to IM in 18 months!

Daniel Efune – 1^st IM. Finished in 13:43. Did first ½ IM last year!

Dorothy Waterhouse – 1^st IM. Finished in 12:55 and ran a 4:40 marathon.

Gene Hindman – IM vet! Finished in 15:03 and fought GI issues during the run. Way to keep moving Gene!

James Richardson – 1^st IM. Finished in 14:05. This was one of only a few races this year where the swim was not cancelled for James!

Jamie Cook – 1^st IM. Finished in 12:55. Perfectly paced race in his first attempt!

Jay Mellen – 6^th IM! Finished in 14:27 – 60-64 AG!

Kaylee Barton – 1^st IM. Finished in 12:24. Did not walk at ANY point of the marathon. Ran a 4:20!

Kirk McCarville – Multiple IM finisher. Finished in 14:24. Gutted out tough run while sick.

Laura Miles – 1^st IM – finished in 14:36. Her fastest 10K of the marathon was the last 10K!

Nir Joels – 3^rd IM. Finished in 11:06 despite running the marathon while completely sick

Patrick Lynch – 1^st IM. Most evenly paced race of the day – finished in 12:15. Ran 4:27!

Russell VanBeber – 1^st IM. Finished in 13:26. Started with Sprint just 18 months ago!

Sal DiGiussepi – 1^st IM – finished in 15:30. Longest race prior to this was Tour de Scottsdale!

Shaun McIntosh – 1^st IM. Finished in 12:30. Trained the past 10 months while deployed in Iraq as an Army Apache pilot!

Stephanie Deitrick – 3^rd IM! Finished in 15:27 and PR’d by 1 hr 25 min!

Toby Baum – 3^rd IM! Finished in 10:58. PR’d by 27 min and dug deep to run a 4:01 marathon!

ITU Long Course World Championships,-Henderson, NV, Amica Tri- Firebird Lake, Women’s Half Marathon, Phoenix 10K, Blue Water Tri, Desert Duathlon. What a weekend for racing! The cool weather lended itself to some fast times and chilly bodies. There were quite a few races this weekend but first I want to recognize Dwight Lundell. A month after racing IM Hawaii in 13:05, Dwight lined up for the ITU Long Course World Championship in Las Vegas on Sat. The swim ended up being cancelled due to 37 deg air temperature. Dwight adapted to this change quickly and took the time trial bike/run format head on. Dwight ended up riding the 120km bike leg in 4:10 and the ran the 30Km run in 3:10. His finishing time of 7:18 took first place in the M65-69 AG. This was 23 min ahead of second place! Congratulations Dwight on becoming a World Champion!

Another triathlon happening this weekend was the Amica Sprint at Firebird lake. Congratulations to Peter Ney who took first overall amateur in the International Distance race. Peter clocked a 1:53 finishing time and that included a 36 min 10K split. Adrienne Leblanc also had an outstanding race taking second overall female in the International Distance race. Adrienne finished in 2:11 and ran a sub 40 (39:39) run split! Adrienne is heading to Auckland, NZ in 2012 for the ITU World Olympic Distance Championship.

Amica Sprint

Cortney Ellish – 1:37 – 2^nd in AG and 6^th overall female. Cortney is racing IMTEX in the Spring.

Kyle Yocom – 1:22 – 15^th overall male - Ran a 19:17 run split.

Doug Ervin – 1:31 – 37^th overall male – racing IMAZ 2012.

CJ Ketterer – 1:32 – 38^th overall male – aiming to qualify for Boston Marathon in the Spring.

Tim Vaudt – 1:42 – 11^th in AG – racing IMAZ 2012.

At another triathlon, James Sun raced the Blue Water tri this weekend. James finished the 1K swim, 35mi bike and 8K run in 3:39. James is training for the 2012 IM Canada.

At the Desert Duathlon, our Duathlon specialist, Matt Conrad, took 5^th overall male and 3^rd in his AG over the 1.5mie run, 10mi bike and 3mi run course. He finished in 1:05.

Now, on to the running races! The Fall is a great time to hit the running races, especially with the nice cool weather.

Women’s 5K

Jona Davis – First place overall female with a  time of 21:40 (6:58/mile)! Jona is also headed to Auckland for the ITU World Olympic Distance Championship in 2012.

Women’s ½ Marathon

Laura Miles – 1:55 PR! Racing IMAZ next week.

Stephanie Deitrick – 2:10 – 19 min faster than 10 months ago! Racing IMAZ next week.

Wendy Orm – 2:40. Wendy ran this race after completing the 23 mile seven summit hiking challenge the day before!

Marie Russell – 1:52

Abby Forsberg – 1:44 – PR!

Daniel Efune – 1:47 – PR! Racing IMAZ next week.

Erin Kennedy – 1:36 Finished IM Wisconsin in Sep. First race back – not bad!

Andrew Schear – 1:44 Racing IMAZ next week.

Mary Provenzale – 3:05 – first ½ marathon!

Lisa Hawkins – 2:15

Phoenix 10K

Todd Silva – 39:47 (6:31/mile) – first sub 40 10K!

Bella Panchmatia – 49:58 – 90 sec faster than a year ago!

Nice racing everyone!!!

SOMA Half Iron Distance, PF Chang’s 30k-Honolulu, Stone Steps 50k-Ohio.  Congratulations to everyone who raced this past weekend. We want to recognize Paula Schmidt, from Alaska, who raced the PF Chang’s 30K in Honolulu this past weekend and finished in 2:59 and placed 10^th in her AG. Also, Frank Smith of Cincinnati finished the Stone Steps 50K run in Ohio. Frank had DNF’d the race a few years ago but vengeance was his this past weekend! Nice job Paula and Frank!

As we have been discussing in IM lectures this year, heat is the number one inhibitor of performance for an endurance athlete. Many of you experienced this yesterday at the Soma ½ IM! What a day. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky all day long and the heat was quite intense on the second lap of that run. Congratulations to everyone who finished as getting through that course yesterday took quite a bit of doing. Many of you were using that race as a dress rehearsal for IMAZ and there were some good lessons learned regarding heat, pacing and nutrition.

Congratulations to Kevin Taddonio, who took 2^nd place in the pro division. Kevin ran a perfectly paced raced saving his most effort for the run where he clocked a 1:17 for the fastest run split of the day. It is all about the run! Also, congratulations to our lone Age Group winner yesterday, Preston Miller. Preston took 1^st in the M65-69 AG. Congratulations also goes out to Tom Hennessy who podium’d in his AG with a 3^rd in the M55-59 AG.

Lastly, congratulations to our two age group sub-5 hour racers yesterday. Nir Joels and Toby Baum had great races and especially runs on a very hot day. Nir clocked a 4:50 with a run split of 1:33 and Toby Baum finished in 4:53 with a run split of 1:39.

Adrienne Leblanc – raced the bike leg of a relay in 2:47

Andrew Schear – 5:20, 12^th in AG

Caroline Sekaquaptewa – 6:52, 33^rd in AG

Cindy Rodarte – 6:35, 24^th in AG

Dan Cox – 7:36, 21^st in AG

Daniel Efune – 6:39, 7^th in AG

Darren West – 5:46, 59^th in AG

Dorothy Waterhouse – 6:11, 6^th in AG

Doug Ervin – 6:22, 61^st in AG First ½ IM!

Gene Hindman – 6:35, 30^th in AG

Ian Sohie – 7:59, 38^th in AG First ½ IM!

Ichha Sethi – 6:43, 29^th in AG

James Richardson – 5:56, 68^th in AG

Jamie Cook – 6:03, 49^th in AG

Jay Mellen – 7:32, 13^th in AG

Kaylee Barton – 5:38, 11^th in AG

Kevin Taddonio – 4:03, 2^nd Pro

Kirk McCarville – 5:51 – 7^th in AG

Kyle Yocom – 5:25, 41^st in AG

Laura Miles – 6:21, 32^nd in AG

Nir Joels – 4:50, 9^th in AG

Pat Devine – 5:25, 42^nd in AG

Preston Miller – 6:20, 1^st in AG

Russell VanBeber – 5:51, 31^st in Ag

Sal DiGiussepi – 6:51, 106^th in AG

Shaun McIntosh – 5:38, 25^th in AG – First ½ IM!

Stephanie Deitrick – 7:01, 35^th in AG

Toby Baum – 4:53, 13^th in AG

Tom Hennessy – 5:23, 3^rd in AG

Seville Sprint, Mesa Sprint, Solvang Double Century, CA.  At the Seville Sprint this past weekend Donna Lovetro finished her third mini tri. Donna started the sport about 12 weeks ago. Nice job Donna! At the same race, Matt Conrad raced the Duathlon and took first overall male with a time of 34:20. He ran the run legs at a pace of 6:24-6:56/mile and biked at a solid 22.6 mph.

At the Mesa Sprint Tri, Jona Davis took a stellar first place overall female and finished 13^th overall. Jona also raced the Joe Gibson 10K earlier in the month and finished 2^nd overall female. Jona is one of our strongest short course racers and has had an excellent year!