Steve Pandelidis wins Gold in Age Group

On Sunday August 9th 2015 Steve Pandelidis cranked out an amazing Race at the President Lakes Triathlon. Not only did he place 1st in the 50-54 Age group in the Olympic distance event, he also managed to come in 13th overall!  Being 9th overall out of the water, he knew he would have to work very hard to stay that close to the leaders.   He had a rock solid bike and felt pretty good on for the 10k.   He did, however, remark on how tough the run was when he commented that almost 4 miles of it were on a sandy trail (parts of it pretty loose), making it extra challenging. Steve finished the 1500m swim, 40k bike and 10k run in 2 hrs and 31 min.  Congratulations Steve on a fantastic race!

Timothy Whitney takes Silver!

Congratulations to Timothy Whitney who on August 2nd 2015 placed 2nd in the 60-65 Age group at the Marshfield Sprint Triathlon!  Way to go Tim!

Nicole Sheahan conquers the Ironman!

On July 27th, 2015 Nicole Sheahan crossed the finish line at Ironman Lake Placid, officially finishing the entire Ironman distance!   This year was a re-take from last year because, due to thunderstorms she was not allowed to finish the second loop of the swim course, she felt like she didn't quite get the honors of being called an "Ironman" even after finishing the entire bike and run course.

The 2015 training season leading up to this race was exceptionally challenging for Nicole.  She had to overcome a few extra health issues that certainly wreaked havoc on the original training program that her coach, Karen Mackin had developed.   But together they managed to come up with a few altered plans that ultimately lead to a great race.

Nicole made a few changes for this year.  The first was made through focused work throughout the season on improving her running cadence.   In addition, on race day she employed a new run/walk strategy focusing on a brisker walking pace.  Another change this year was on HOW she generated the Watts on the bike.   Again, this work was the culmination of hours and hours of practice riding steady (with a lower variability index) throughout her training.  Nicole and coach Karen believe these efforts contributed largely to her ability to complete the marathon 50min FASTER than last year!

Her effort on race day showed amazing spirit and determination and conquering the full distance put a big smile on her face (see photo)!  Congratulations Nicole!