Sunday, November 21, 2010
Ironman Arizona is under way, both Sarah and John are out of the water.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
999 Race Entries in 2010.....
After a unprecedented campaign of heckling, the RTB team has reported a grand total of 999 race entries in 2010……. Who’s got #1000?!?!?!?! Bring it!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Raise the Hope Class of 2010! (with a couple absences)
A great year for Raise the Hope with some big goals made, new goals set and positive experiences! We are looking forward to seeing what is in store for these wonderful women in 2011. We guarantee that we will see some amazing things!
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Matt out on the bike in Florida
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Matt Hoover at Ironman Florida
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
If you have a off-season hankerin' to get faster next year,
Signups are happening for RTB’s last training session of the 2010. www.weraisethebar.com/training.html
Monday, November 01, 2010
Hope Heart Institute spotlights RTB's Teresa Moffatt
Teresa Moffatt was The Hope’s Pick for an athlete profile in their 2009 Annual Report.
Read it here! http://www.hopeheart.org/files/HHI_AR09_FINAL.pdf
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Costume ideas for the party from the Udelhovens...
Apparently these costumes were good enough to win trips to France and Spain….. Ridiculous!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE...
The First RTB member who can sign a political telephone solicitor to the team gets a free membership in 2011. Ready....Set....Go. (I’ve tried twice in the last 15 minutes. No luck)
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Friday, October 08, 2010
Monday, October 04, 2010
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Trev Dakan's Black Diamond Half ironman report
And it’s his FIRST half Ironman, by the way – and was sub-5. DANDY!!! Way to go Trev
Well, I have had a week to mull this one over and am finally able to sit upright in bed, so here is my report....
I don't think I have truly tapered for anything since I have started this triathlon thing last June('09). I was getting pretty antsy, and had plenty of energy all week. I caved once during the week and rode hard on my bike, but other than that, I rested and only did shorter, intense efforts. Luckily, my team mate and friend RTB Hat, kept things interesting with a little competition leading up to the race. I enjoyed this because, to be honest, with all the training involved, I sometimes fell a bit narcissistic and often thought it would be nice to somehow help others while being narcissistic, you know? Thanks RTB Hat!!
The morning of the race was great. Nice weather and I like to drive to Nolte Park along the Green River Gorge road. It is scenic and peaceful and these are the very roads I often get my back side handed to me on Sunday mornings with the Geyser Crew. I also get a lot of great advice dished out in nice heaping portions along the way. The Geyser Crew is a grizzled group made up of a lot of the veterans of RTB, who were doing triathlons before many of us were born!! Haha. But anyway, I digress. Got to see lots of people I knew before the race. What great RTB support both Sat. and Sun. at Black Diamond.
I followed one of my mentors (and fellow RTBer and Geyser Crew member) to the edge of the water to start the race, Ed Clarke. He went to the middle of the pack and worked his way to the front. He is a much stronger swimmer than I am, so I stayed back a few rows. With about 30 seconds left, Ed worked his way left in the front. Wiley veteran move. Everyone around me seemed hesitant to take the front, so I moved up and we were off. I kept waiting for the inevitable elbow or hand in the face, but it never came!! It is always a rush the first 100-150 yards, but I settled down and felt like I was swimming straighter than normal. I was a bit to the left of everyone, which is perfect for me, because I breathe to the right and I can keep an eye on people. About half way through the first of two laps I was feeling like I was cruising along. Not too hard of an effort, as I had a long half day ahead of me. On the second lap, some guy came up on me and hit my feet 4 straight times! Can't he see where he is going?. OK, then I will kick you!! I missed and around me he went and I get a calf cramp to deal with, for my effort. Lesson: worry about me, not the a$$hole next to me. Like I said, I felt like I was swimming very straight, but I was always outside the main line of swimmers. It looked to me as if they were curving inside the buoys and I was straight on line. I came out at 32:13, which was slower than I had expected. (maybe I was the one swimming in a curve?)
T1 was uneventful and I was out on the bike. Patty yelled that Ed was only 1 minute ahead (yeah right, like I believe that). A wave went out ahead of us and the Duathlon was out on the road, so there was the illusion of being really fast and passing a lot of people. Again a long race, so I tried not to go too hard on the bike. I ate as many gels as I could and drank 4 bottles of water/electrolyte/maltodextrin. I had to go to the bathroom at the start of loop 2, but decided I would not go off the bike. By the time I came into T2, I felt a little upset in the stomach, maybe should have thrown caution to the wind and gone on the bike. Bike time 2:33 and change, which I was happy with.
Came out of T2 and immediately used the bathroom. Much better!! I started the first mile at 8/mile pace. After getting my run legs, I picked it up to 7:30 pace. Now that's better. A few miles at this pace then I'll put the hammer down and catch Ed. I had just run a stand alone half marathon at a 6:40 pace 2 weeks earlier, I can run 7's no prob, right? After 4 miles of 7:30 I thought I better eat, but stomach said NO! I grabbed a cup of the electrolyte from the water station and drank it. A few minutes later, it came back up and I spit it out. Now I was doing 8/mile again and was feeling really fatigued. Oh yeah, I haven't eaten yet. So I had a gel, but...too little too late. I was getting slower with more (perceived) effort at each mile. I held 8 for 3 miles, then 8:30 pace and was walking each water station and hill. I am pretty competitive in my head and this was something I thought I would never do, but it felt right at the time and it was all could do. I was passed at mile 11 for the first time of the day, as I remember it. And from there, I dropped to 9:30/ mile and watched my second in age group fall to 5th and 18th overall. It was pretty tough watching all those 40-44 year olds I passed on the bike go by and I couldn't do anything about it. Coming out of the woods and to the finish, you bet I ran as best I could. Finished with a 4:58:55. A great first Half Ironman effort and some serious lessons learned.
Now a little rest and then to see if I can run a marathon this fall/winter. Good training for an Ironman, which is good, since I am signed up fro Ironman Coeur d'Alene in June 2011 along with a good 20 or so fellow RTB team mates. this was by far the hardest effort I have put into a triathlon to date. And I am looking forward to a long winter of training with RTB to get ready for my first Ironman!! Look out Coeur d'Alene, here comes Trev and RTB!!
Friday, October 01, 2010
Raise the Bar Patty Swedberg saves the day....
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Josh Adams' Black Diamond Sprint Report
6th overall and 2nd fastest bike split (behind Erin Eronemo – aka EE in the report)
The week leading up to this race was ruff because I was trying to get over a bad cold all week. I didn't really know how my body would react to 3 full days of no training before the race but I felt good by Saturday night and was ready to giver hell.
The swim start was greeted by a nice kick in the face by EE. That was enough to get the juices flowing and Finished with the 25th fastest swim split. I did the same thing as EE on T1 and went the wrong way.
Felt like poop most of the bike but still posted the #2 bike split so I will take it. I got through T2 in 1:32 and on to the run leg.
I passed someone early on the run...this is a first for me this year. I haven't passed anyone on the run on any of my sprint races this year, so I was pumped! It was a 3 step lung buster the whole way for me. I was about 1/4mile from the finish when a guy was moving up on my left. I asked him what loop? He hesitated and then answered "2nd"...I met that answered with a dead sprint for 200yrds, I looked over my shoulder and he was 50 ft back. I have the finish in sight and gave another look over my shoulder and he was right on my ass. I sprint through the line and got him by a body length. That was fun!!! Run was 20:10 and 25th fastest run split.
Overall time was 1:07:33 6th overall and 2nd in my age group.
25th-Swim
2nd-Bike
25th-Run
At least I am consistently average on the swim and the run...My off season will consist of a lot of tech work in the pool and speed work on the track/treadmill. Because I have to get a lot better with the other two disciplines but I cannot say enough about how much this groups mentorship has meant to me and my progress as a triathlete. I consider this my first real season and I got one more shot at a podium spot in Elma in two weeks...I am due.
Cheers
jQa
Ed Clarke's Black Diamond Half Ironman Race Report
Ed’s been racing for 23 years and can still mix it up. Congrats Ed!!
Unlike Sunday, Saturday’s long course weather was fabulous. In fact, too sunny for my taste. I had been salivating over the predicted 60s partly cloudy early in the week but as Saturday neared, looking like Sunny and close to 80. Got there 1.5 hours early and the lot already full so had to deal with shuttle bus. Set up in transition with 1 full hour to spare. Chatted strategy with Trev and others, studied course details. Trevor asked me if he should ride all out on the bike leg. Ha ha… never ask a Vet for advise on day of race. I suggested relaxing on the bike leg to save legs for the ½ marathon. As it would turn out, Trev out-biked me by 2 minutes… not sure if he relaxed – I rode hard.
40+ age group went off in wave #2 - 5 mins behind. After a lot of physical contact and head-slapping I faded to the right and caught the toes of a great lead-out man. By first buoy it was the two of us off the front. We were working through wave 1 traffic by the 3rd buoy and all through our 2nd lap. My boy was perfect with line and pace, even through the riff-raff. Never a need to bully the lesser swimmers, just slithered by with grace and courtesy. Off the beach in 27 low, I thanked my man and proceeded to the bike. Onto the bike feeling good and rolling on familiar roads. It was nice to have an ongoing line of wave 1 men to roll through, giving the illusion of out-riding the field. At the out-and-back of lap 1, I counted 6 minutes without spotting the Trevenator. By the end of the first lap I seemed to have found my position as there were no more riders coming back to me. Through lap two I exchanging places with two others and late came a 41 year old with authority – dang, there goes the masters aspirations. Now my race was with Trevor and the 5 hour clock.
Into T2 in 5th spot. Feeling pretty good onto the run and floating along in 7:30 pace. Was looking forward to the run format that featured three out-and-back sections so as to monitor my status vs Trev frequently. Time-check #1 and there’s the Trevstor looking strong, 8 minutes back. I felt comfortable with this but certainly not a guarantee. One side-ache and two miles of walking erases that gap. Had to keep composure, not push too hard… checked back to “prevent” pace. Time-check #2 and there’s my boy Trev still at 8 minutes. Feelin better now (with the gap) but the heat started to erode my fleet-footedness. No more high knees and hands, back to traditional survivor shuffle. Time check #3 and Trev has taken a minute, gap down to 7 mins. Finally back into the park and only the lumpy, rocky, loop around the lake to get ‘er done.
Finished in 4:51 to wrap my season with 2 out of 3 goals reached: sub-5 and put Trev off for one more season. Did not nab the masters as a very fit 41 year old demolished in 4:30. Great props to Trev who also went < 5 with 4:58 in first ½ ironman - that’s amazing work.
d.a.d.d.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Off-Season Triathletes - you might want to read this!
RTB is tapping the brains of our experts and posting articles on stuff you might want to learn about. This week’s article by Karen Nolting is about Strength Training in the off-season. Karen will also be teaching a free strength training class at the Kent Easthill Physical Therapy gym on October 7th at 7:00pm. (If you aren’t an RTB member, it’s $10 though….) Find the article and class here: http://weraisethebar.com/strength092710.html. THANKS KAREN!!!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Erin Eronemo overall sprint winner by 4+ minutes.
Does he look skinny to you? I think he looks a little skinny
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Phone recharged- sorry! Here's greg Kline.
Ed Clarke in the top 10 off the bike and went in the 2nd wave 5 min back. Trev about 5-10 min behind Ed. Got some KBA folks looking great out here too- perfect day
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Dex, really? Raise the Bar & Grill AGAIN?!?!?!?!?!
Phone books came today. It seems that dex doesn’t know everything – and it looks like I’ll be getting questions for Raise the Bar & Grill for the next year. So, in answer to those questions I’ll get on my personal cell phone (sigh) here is a quick reference:
No, we don’t have live music on weeknights.
No, we aren’t hiring bartenders right now but would you like to join a neat triathlon team?
Yes, we would like to buy a block of Thunderbirds tickets and want the ones that come with free beer
Yes, we do need pint glasses – check back with me in June
Yes, we can time your beer-guzzling contest. Would you like chip-timing and a finish line?
Last day of summer session- see you guy next week for fall session! Looking good!
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
New Swim and Run Session Registration Open
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Results coming in from Trek. Great showing in the women's 40-44.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Hey Trek Girls!!! Go get em! Your RTB family is behind u all the way!
Nicole Zerbato conquered the Grand Columbian. Sheesh... It's a toughie!!!
Congrats Scott Boyer on your Grand Columbian Finish!!! Whoooooooooo!!!!!
Erin Eronemo 3rd overall and Masters champ at Kirkland this morning. YEAH! What else going on out there you guys??
Friday, September 17, 2010
Swim Angels needed for the Trek Tri
From Ardis Bow – coordinator of the swim angel program:
There often comes a time in a veteran triathlete's or veteran swimmer’s career when they feel the need to give back to the sport, to their fellow sister triathletes. One of the most rewarding ways to give back is to volunteer to be a BIC® Soleil® Swim Sister. This you know because you have generously give of your time and enthusiastic spirit in the past! You all made up one FANTASTIC Angel TEAM!!!
You are receiving this call out because we are still seeking potential BIC Soleil Swim Sisters for the Trek Women Triathlon Series race this weekend in Seattle. If you haven't signed up already and would like to volunteer or you know of a qualified women who would be interested in volunteering please email me with the appropriate contact information.
Thank you for your ongoing support of the DTS BIC Soleil Swim Angel and TWTS BIC Soleil Swim Sisters Programs. I am honored to call you my "sistas" : )!
namaste
ardis
Ardis Bow
ardis@thexxtramilellc.com
National Coordinator
Danskin Triathlon Series BIC© Soleil© Swim Angel Program
Trek Women Triathlon Series BIC© Soleil© Swim Sister Program Trek Women Triathlon Series
www.trekwomenstriathlonseries.com The Danskin Triathlon Series
www.Danskintriathlon.net
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Matt Hoover finishes last...sort of....and tells about it
This is so inspirational – READ IT!
http://www.matt-hoover.com/finding-inspiration-in-finishing-last/
Friday, September 10, 2010
Nick Johnson's Ironman Canada Race Report
Nick has had a FULL year. While training for Ironman Canada, he completed his college education at Seattle U and became a honest to goodness engineer. In addition to graduation, he managed to squeeze in some awesome short-course performances earlier this spring and summer – notably the Seafair Tri where he placed 8th in a STACKED Pacific Northwest field. When he landed at Canada he was just 24 years old and a month and doing his first Ironman. As you’ll read, Nick plunked down a 10:05 – that’s the 2nd fastest Ironman time in Raise the Bar history my friends (Brian Guillen 9:57 IMCanada 2010) We’re super excited to have this humble, hard-working, smart young man who’s definitely raising the bar at Raise the Bar. Way to go Nick!!!
I got to the transition area with just enough time to get my bike ready, take a look at my age group competition which nearly all fit on one bike rack, and put my wetsuit.
Swim - This may be the most memorial part of this race. The first minute or so was absolute chaos. I wasn't able to get a front row spot and was churned up a bit in the beginning Things settled down and I just tried to find some waves to ride to the shore. I really had no idea what my time would be, but was hoping for something around an hour. when I saw 57 and change I was pretty happy, and I felt like that boosted my morale going onto the bike. The volunteers are so amazing! This was my first time experiencing this and I was so impressed, between the wetsuit stripping and the unpacking and packing of your plastic bags, they practically do the transition for you.
Bike - The start was a total rush, with all the people cheering and announcer calling out your name I was cruising on pure adrenalin. I remember looking down seeing 27 and having to tell myself "Easy now!"
The road to Osoyoos was fast but easy at the same time. I stopped to use the restroom, and without realizing it this it where the frigg bypassed me. The slow climb up to yellow lake really got me, I felt like I was in the tour de france during the final ascent as all the riders funneled through a crowd of cheering people all out there in the rain and hail. Coming down the other side I was terrified. The wet and slick looking roads had me all over the brakes. My arms were so cold and numb I could barely steer. At one point I had some pretty serious speed wobbles and I thought I was going to hit the pavement. Feeling lucky that I recovered from this, I played it pretty conservative on the decent to penticton. I was happy to be back in town where it felt 20 degrees warmer.
Run - Leaving transition I saw 6:40 on the clock and I knew breaking 10 would take a lot of work. I used my Garmin:
http://connect.garmin.com/splits/47215756 (minus the first mile) but mostly just ran by feel. Less than a mile before the turnaround I saw Brian, he was looking strong but still looked at my watch to count how many minutes I was behind. I figured had maybe 10 minutes on me. Josh looked to be feeling good as we slapped each other five running by. Attempting to pick up the pace only worked for a couple miles, and eventually struggled to hold onto 8:00 miles. about a mile from the finish someone with a 23 on their calf passed by I tried to follow but could not. The friggulator was cruising to the finish as I made my lap through town. As soon as I finished my legs stiffened up (and are still stiff!) and am glad to say I left it all out on the course.
Congrats to Josh and Brian on great races, its always fun racing with teammates.
and thanks for the geyser crew for getting me mentally and physically ready for the ironman, and for supplying me with extra clothes on those 30degree days when I would show up with only my jersey and bike shorts haha nj
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Josh Adams' Ironman Canada Race Report - CONGRATS JOSH!!!
Ironman Canada 2010 Race Report
Swim-My plan was to start in the middle, about 4 or 5 rows back, and find some good feet to follow and conserve as much energy as possible. To gain a few minutes here would be a bonus. I just wanted to conserve as much energy as possible.
Mission accomplished on finding the feet. This guy was taking really good lines on the inside of the course and I hardly had to spot at all. The swim went fast and easy but a little too easy. I can’t help but think if I started more towards the front and caught a faster guys feet I would have had to work a little but might have gain more time. All in all I did what I wanted and hardly worked at all in the swim. I think I have some 1hr IM swim splits in my future but I need to get in the pool with EE this off season. Plus I need to get it down to a 1hr so I don't have to pass 700 people on the bike course :) Bike-I knew that the course would start fast if the wind blew in its normal direction so I wanted to conserve for the first 40 and kick it up a notch when I got to Richter, punch it up and over all those rollers and have about 15-20 miles of flats to conserve energy until I got to the hill out and back section and Yellow Lake climb. Mission accomplished here. Everything was going as planned until I started up Yellow Lake. The strong head winds and horizontal rain/hail came and zapped a little extra energy. It was very cold and this was as GW would say a "Mental Giant" moment. I had about 10min of a pity party until I came to the realization that this is an IRONMAN and it should be tough. At this point I more or less embraced the cold and wet misery and started to crank those big gears up the false flat. The major time lost during the bike ride was the decent down Yellow Lake. I saw 5 medical personal vehicles and 4 bodies on the side of the road. So I decided to play it safe and ride the breaks down the 14 mile down-hill at 25 mph instead of 40+. The key was I made it back to T2 alive and borderline hypothermic. Run-My main goal for the run was to do exactly that: RUN the marathon. I planned on going out slow and trying to keep my HR at or under 150 bpm for the first 15 miles which would get me through the hardest and hilliest part of the run and then kick it up 5 bpm until I got to mile 23 where I was going to give it all I had left. My hope was I would be about 2hrs on the out and be able to do a 1:55ish effort on the way back into town. Well my #1 goal was accomplished. I NEVER stopped running...not 1 add station...not 1 bathroom break...I just kept running. For the first 10 miles I got passed by easily 30 or 40 people. Most of which I knew I could go with but I stuck to my plan and kept my HR right at 150 which turns out to have been about 9:30 miles. I saw Frigg and NJ coming back from the turn around and gave them a friendly teammate low 5...good lord those dudes are fast! So I get to the turn around at 2:03. At this point I knew I had a lot of work to do to break the 4hr marathon mark...turns out I got onto the run almost right at 2pm so a sub 4hr marathon is what it was going to take to break 11hrs. The DAD was right again!!! This is the point where the carnage begins. About 20 of those people that passed me at the start of the run were walking up the first hill after the turnaround. I ended up passing 90% of them by the time I reach mile 15. I got to mile 15. It’s time to kick it up a notch....ummmm....not so much. Ok, I will hang on to this pace and try it again at mile 18...ummmmmm...not so much...Ok mile 20?...nope...Ok the last 5k?...nope. The legs were stuck at a 9:30 turned into a 9:45 with a head wind.
Finished alive and well with an 11hr 9min effort with a lot of room to improve. Sub 11hrs is right around the corner.
Looking forward to an off season with a lot of short fast swim and run efforts and of course the weekly Geyser ride. IRONMAN-jQaLabor Day Swim - hosted by the lovely and talented Mike Murphy
End your fun holiday weekend with a swim workout Mike Murphy style. 7-8PM at the Covington Aquatic Center. $7. Sign up at www.weraisethebar.com/swimworkouts.html
Sunday, August 29, 2010
More RTBers coming in!!
Jim Tanasse is home in 12:47….Gary Conner at 12:50 (almost got you Jim!) Then Duane Reathaford 12:52. So close!
Thanks to Brad Williams - here's some splits for the rest!
Swim, then bike overall, then run splits for the first half of marathon…
Bryan Gormley 1:08 - 6:35 - 2:12
Duane Reathaford 1:17 - 6:12 - 2:28
Jim Tanasse 1:10 - 6:06 - 2:37
Gary Conner 1:18 - 6:26 - 2:22
Jay Udelhoven 1:11 - 6:22 - 3:01
Brian Keller 1:13 - 6:27 - 2:35
John Bahlenhorst 1:22 - 7:01 - 2:34
Lee Spencer 1:09 - 6:59 - no run split
Jason Coen 1:09 - 6:28 no run split
Denny Pierre 1:21 - 6:48 - 1:52
Kalany Benoit 1:12 - 7:42
NJ cross the line in 10:05:50!!! 5th in age group
What a Stud! Made up 12 minutes on the FRIGG but not enough to capture the elusive one. 5th in age group with a no-biggy 3:25:25 marathon – my oh my!!!. should be on the bubble for Kona. WHOLY SMOKES!!
Ed
GUILLAN BREAKS 10!!! 9:57:49!
He has done it! He has done it! FRIGGULATOR GOES SUB-10!! The Frigg pounds out an amazing 3:30 marathon and GET ‘ER DONE!!!! 16th in age group. It will be super close for the Kona slot.
Ed
NJ and Frigg - Kona hopes are alive
NJ in #6 position, Frigg in #18 position in respective age groups… both moving up through their fields on the way home. Kona is on the table folks!
Ed
clarification - Canada has only 1 run lap...
Sorry folks – so the run splits are taken at the turn-around, not lap 1 of 2. This means FRIGG is running scared with no clear idea where the hunter NJ is. However, jQa would have given NJ some info after passing on the way back as to how the gap is up the road. WHAT A BATTLE!
Ed Clarke
206-601-0904 cell
425-650-6869 fax
QUAD-Z had cleared run lap 1 !!
The large jQa and just logged 2:03 – 9:45mi pace – on lap 1 of the marathon. Go Quad!! Wish we could have intel on the Frigg/NJ battle but this will have to wait until the finish line
The Frigulator has posted 7:56mi pace for the first half of the marathon! Still no time posted for NJ…
Ed Clarke
206-601-0904 cell
425-650-6869 fax
The RACE IS ON!!
NJ splits just posted – the youngster has registered 7:48mi pace through 1st half of run – gaining 2mins on the FRIGG! Oh my goodness you know these two freaks are in the zone – imagine the focus in their eyes as they pass each other at the turn-arounds. 2nd half of the marathon, 15 minutes separating the two, SHOW TIME!!
Ed
Canada top 5
I’ve never seen so many Vs and Ks in a top five list…
Top 5 Men
* VIKTOR ZYEMTSEV (#33) at 8:32:28
* CHRISTIAN BRADER (#57) at 8:32:41
* STEPHAN VUCKOVIC (#29) at 8:38:31
* PETR VABROUSEK (#32) at 8:39:16
* KYLE MARCOTTE (#61) at 8:40:45
Ed Clarke
206-601-0904 cell
425-650-6869 fax
FRIGG is lighting up the marathon!
The Frigulator has posted 7:56mi pace for the first half of the marathon! Still no time posted for NJ…
Ed Clarke
206-601-0904 cell
425-650-6869 fax
jQa out on the marathon
The Large-legged one rode himself from 45th to 16th in his age group with 5:36 bike split!
Ed
Frigg and NJ in T2!
Update: Frigg and NJ have cleared the bike course! Brian rode 5:19 – WOW! NJ rode 5:38. Should be interesting to see how things develop on the marathon! jQa still out on the bike course
Ed
5:40+ on bike, still waiting...
Weather pounding the age-groupers from Yellow lake in. Still looking for NJ, Frigg, jQA….
Ed
weather getting worse in Canada
The age group athletes are experience brutal conditions out on the bike near Yellow Lake. Heavy winds, rain and cool temperatures are making an Ironman, that much more difficult. In town, it is getting darker and the winds have increased.
Ed
