Greg Judin has a fantastic race at 70.3 Durban (well, actually 69.2!!)

On Sunday morning, June 19, 2016, Greg Judin arrived at the start of the Ironman 70.3 Durban, to hear the announcers calling off the swim due to extremely rough conditions.   Greg commented in a post race report to his coach, Karen Mackin, "You wouldn't believe this, but I actually felt disappointed. I like a challenge, and the swim (as you know) is my weakest leg. They only allowed the pros to swim!".   After the race, after hearing reports from the Pros who felt they were fighting for their lives in the swim, he realized it was definitely for the best!   Besides, this gave him a leg up, due to his strengths being cycling and running!  Greg started the bike with a goal to keep a steady effort (shooting for a Variability Index of ~1.05 - which suited the course).  He did incredibly well, and stuck to using intelligent race tactics even with 15km to go on the bike, while he wanted to drill it, he held back in order to reap the benefits on the run. This tactic resulted in an overall faster race than his mates!  While they had a slightly faster bike, many of them blew up on the run, and Greg just crushed the run and came out ahead.   What a great race!

Steve Pandelidis - Four minutes faster at Rock Hall International Triathon

On Saturday, June 4th, 2016, Steve Pandelidis raced the Rock Hall international distance (1500 Meter Swim; 24.5 Mile Bike  and 10K Run) shaving 4 minutes from his previous years race!   This landed him a top ten place in his age category (8th Place!).   Congratulations Steve on a fantastic finish!

Greg Judin has a great race at PwC Great Zuurberg Trek

The PwC Great Zuurberg Trek is a three-day mountain bike stage race in the heart of the world-renowned Addo region of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.  On Friday, June 3rd, 2016, Greg Judin and teammate Stephan Beyers raced 66km over very technical rocky and dry/dusty trails.  Day 2 was 78km and was the toughest day for Greg.  On the 3rd day the team really enjoyed the flowy 50km single track!  Their hard efforts paid off with a 6th place GC in their Category!  

Stacey McMickens wins Masters Title at Indian Creek Triathlon

Sunday, June 12, 2016 Stacey McMickens set out Woodworth, LA to see how she would fare at the Indian Creek Sprint Triathlon.   In a post race text to her Coach Karen Mackin, she was elated and stated that she "did exactly what I wanted today!"   She won Gold in the Masters Category and came in 4th overall.   Congratulations Stacey!

Lynette and Siong Hing Both Win Gold at Trifactor Race, Singapore

This past Sunday, June 5th 2016, the husband and wife team of Lynette and Siong Hing each rode to victory in their respective TriFactor Race in Singapore.   The course was very technical with 8 Turns per 7km Loop - thats 40 Turns! - many of which were U-turns (see image).  This meant it was very important to stay near the front, taking advantage of the accordion effect which dwindled the starting field of 50 riders down to peloton of 15.   In the end, Siong caught the remaining 15 off guard, by attacking early and getting a solid 20meter gap which he held for close to 300m to win the race.   Lynette's race came down to metering out enough energy to drop most of the field but not too much so that she could not put down a few last killer efforts to drop the remaining 2 before it came down to a sprint (as these girls definitely would have preferred that!)