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Liz at the Award Ceremony at Oak State Park XTERRA SE Regional Championships

Steve and Nadja at Big Sur

Kristy, Ralph and Andrea at Gulf Coast Half IM

Sue Caplan at FAU

Maria Price waiting for the start at IMFL- 

 

 

Kristy and Ralph after the Tradewinds race!

 

 

 

 

Escape to Miami  Swim

Group shot after finishing the Escape to Miami

 

 

Escape to Miami Swim

Athlete News
2008
Liz Hoyer competed in her FIRST ever XTERRA race in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama.  She took 3rd place in her age division (35-39).    That might not sound  like much, but the race was a Regional Championship on a very tough and super hilly course with some of the best athletes from all over the country!    Even more impressive is that she just started to mountain biking back in February.  I wanted to stop at Fort Pierce on our way up to train in Clermont with the group for the weekend.  She agreed to check it out with me (I had never been there before and was afraid to do it alone) I was amazed with how well she just followed me through the trail.   Since then, she decided to train for some off road races.   At first she could not really keep up but each week got stronger and stronger and before I knew it she was flying by me on the bike.  Well, to top it all off..........she went flying by me in Alabama on the run descending down a very steep hill so fast, I thought she was a PRO.   I could not be more proud or excited for her!  Way to go LIZ!    We may be seeing her in Maui yet this year!

Don Pingaro
set a PR at Escape From Alcatraz!  His goal was to break 3 hours this year.  His finishing time was 2:52:07!  I have only been working with him for a couple months but he has improved quite a bit.   He swam 2 minutes faster than last year despite misjudging the current and ending up having to swim against it a ways.  He had his best bike on a hilly course yet and ran faster than last year despite a much deeper sand ladder and some bad bottlenecking on certain sections.   Even more incredible is that he did all that despite having a 2 day delay (and arriving basically 1 day before the event) on getting out to San Francisco due to a personal family situation.   Amazing Don!

Steve Homrich and Nadja Pritchard
competed in the Big Sur Marathon with their spouses as a relay!   They had a great time and enjoyed the race and scenery.   They also competed in their first half Ironman at Florida IM 70.3.  Both athletes did really well!   Steve finished in 5:36:22 and Nadja in 6:25:33!   

Kristy and Ralph Breslaw
had nice races in Panama City Gulf Coast Half Ironman!      They both had a 30 minute improvement over last years Disney Race.   Kristy finished with just over 6 hours with a 6:01:22 and Ralph a 6:11:29.  Way to go!

Don Pingaro
had a great race at Tri Miami.  He made the podium with a 3rd place finish in the 40-44 age division.  All the rougher open water swims we have been doing at group lately really helped with the choppier water which set up a nice race for him.  He also had a great run! Nice job Don!   

Tina Marie Pereira h
ad a good race at St. Anthony's with a PR despite starting in one of the last waves which lead to a very hot run!     Keep getting faster Tina!

Nadia Fogel did well in her first race of the season at Tradewinds Race with a 3rd place finish in the Women's 40-44 age division!   She had a PR with her run for a sprint race.  Way to go Nadia!  nadia also placed 4th at the Riviera Beach Trilogy race! 

Liz Hoyer
did her first every Ocean Swim Race at FAU (last year was all lakes) and did awesome!  She started with me earlier this year and ahs been improving tremendously.  She came in at 1:01:25 which placed her second in her division and 15th overall female in a tough field of women.  Way to go Liz!

Sue Caplan improved her time by 36 minutes over last year at FAU.  She had an awesome swim, following it up with a good bike and run!   Amazing improvement Sue!  All that ocean swimming has helped a lot!    Keep up the good work!

Kristy Breslaw took home hardware at the Nautica Race!  She had an awesome bike split with a nice swim and run.   She has been doing aqua going most of the year and just started back running again not too long ago!   Great race Kristy!   All the hard work in the pool both swimming and running has really paid off!

New athletes are:

Don Pingaro- Goals are to place well in the Lifetime Fitness Series for Olympic Distance races.  He will also be competing in Escape to Alcatraz and other local sprints.

Eric Levy- Goals are to improve his performances throughout the season and complete his first half Iron distance race in Miami.

Steve Homrich- Goals are to complete his first 1/2 and IM FL!   He recently ran Miami Marathon with a 4 minute PR! 

Nadja Pritchard-Goals are to complete her first 1/2 IM and IM FL.

Angella Price- Goal is to complete some sprints and finish up the season with an Olympic Distance Race at Miami Man

Liz Hoyer- To step it up to the next level competing in several Olympic Distance races and end the season with the Miami Man 1/2 Iron.  She is also going to do some XTERRA races this year!


Nadia Fogel-
Training for various Sprint and Olympic Distance races this year!  

I am also really thrilled to have some of my athletes continue on with me for another great season in 2008!  Thanks for the opportunity to continue coaching you in 2008!

Tina Marie Pereira- has a great mix of races and rides this year.  She really enjoys mixing it up with big races such as A1A 1/2 marathon, Florida Great Escape, St. Anthony's, Bike Ride Across Georgia, Vineman 70.3, Escape to Miami and Miami Man 1/2 IM to finish off the season! 

Sue Caplan is working on her biking and has her goal race as Miami Man International in November.

Larry Kraska has a goal of completing his first Ironman at IM FL.  As a CEO getting the training in has been tough, but this year he is going to really go for it!

Jeff Berard- is currently working on his strength and running with sites on some Olympic Distance races throughout the year.

Amy Ferguson- is back to training again and getting ready for an Olympic Distance race in Tennessee. 

Kristy and Ralph Breslaw -will return in January.....
their plans are to do the Nautica Race in Miami in April and Florida 70.3 in May.

 

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2007 Season

Congrats to Sue Caplan for her third place age group finish at Miami Man International Distance race.  Sue just started this year and could barely swim when we started.  When we first stated, she had just completed FAU and almost drown in the swim.  She did not own a bike (only took spinning classes).  She improved tremendously as the season progressed.  Her last two races have included podium finishes.   She has been an exceptional and very motivated athlete to train.

Kristy Breslaw has also had an amazing year.   She has done a tremendous job coming back after the birth of her son Jake.  She is more physically fit now than in the past and has had some outstanding results the last couple races.  She did really well at the Disney Triathlon back in September with a blazing bike split.  She has also improved a lot on her running over the past few months (thanks to the Newton's forcing her to run properly:)).   She had a few mishaps at the Miami Man which set her back a bit in the swim and forced her to backtrack and run an extra mile during the run (the course was not marked and there was not a volunteer directing her and about 20 others)....but still had a good race finishing 7th in her age group.   Her training buddy and husband Ralph had a really nice race as well with a solid swim and bike and good run.  Congrats to both of you for a nice end of the season race.

Amy Ferguson had a really great race to end her 2007 season.   Although her swim was not what we had hoped, she did great on the bike and had a very solid run.  Her time was 30 minutes faster than her first 1/2 in May which is GREAT!   She accomplished her goals for the race and year.  Hopefully we will get to see her soon or visit her up in Atlanta! 

Tina Marie Pereira has had a mellow kind of year with her triathlon training.  She went for more variety and mixed it up with out racing a ton this year.  She completed BRAG earlier in the season focusing a lot on her biking which come through strong for Miami Man.   She says she does not feel so burned out this year and is looking forward to planning out next season with some more fun and variety type goals.  I invite all of you to take her lead and doing something different at some point in the season.  It helps to keep the triathlon season (which is a long one) much more exciting and FUN!

Congrats to Sharon Opkins and Ed Slominski for successfully competing in Long Course World Championships in France in July.  Both athletes had to overcome some major setbacks and injuries, but both made it to toe the line and performed well.  It takes a lot of courage to train hard and race.   Amazing and awesome job Sharon and Ed!

Congrats to new triathlete Sue Caplan for doing really well at the Trilogy #1 race in Miami.  After having a tough race at FAU, she contacted me about coaching and has been super enthusiastic about her training and has learned a great deal about the sport in a short time period.  She improved her time and experience tremendously last weekend in Miami.  Look for continued improvement from her throughout the season!  Nice job Sue! 

Congrats to Tina Marie Pereira for completing the Bike Ride Across Georgia in June!  She rode almost 400 miles over the course of the week and camped out each night at various locations.  She said she had a blast and ended the tour really loving riding her Bike.  She is looking to complete her first century and plans on getting back to training for Tri's again and completing the Mount Dora Bike Festival Rides in October.  

Congrats to the following personally coached athletes that competed in the FL IM 70.3!  It was a tough day of racing on a tough course.   Special congrats to first timers Kristy, Ralph and Amy! 

 

SKOLE, JASON

486/310/561

34

00:38:08

02:32:48

02:12:35

05:30:06

 

BRESLAW, KRISTY

1294/1593/1484

36

00:46:06

03:12:06

02:29:33

06:35:11

 

BRESLAW, RALPH

999/1658/1519

39

00:43:13

03:16:31

02:27:58

06:38:18

 

FALLER, ANDREA

526/1176/1575

33

00:38:33

03:00:55

02:53:21

06:43:09

 

FERGUSON, AMY

1949/1876/1683

38

01:00:26

03:19:54

02:27:38

06:57:21

Tri Miami Sprint Distance

Anita Dudnick

0:10:38

3:58

0:43:04

1:04

0:32:50

40

8

Female 35-39

Jamie Gulden

0:09:29

4:14

0:48:43

1:09

0:31:44

51

10

Female 35-39

Tri-Miami Olympic Distance Race

Andrea Faller

0:28:59

4:52

1:23:13

1:43

1:04:31

3:03:18

5

Female 30-34

Congrats to Farrell Simon and Edward Mark for completing IM Arizona on April 15th.  Both athletes are first year triathletes that had a huge goal of completing an Ironman!  I tracked them all day on IM live and was able to watch them come over the line!  They both looked really great and finished with a respectable time in the 13 hour range.    They learned a lot about the distance along the way and are ready to take on another one!  Congratulations, Farrell and Ed.....you are IRONMAN!  

Congrats to Athletes that raced well at the FAU Triathlon on April 15th.  Ocean conditions were rough, but all athletes finished well.  My Beginner first timer group all finished the race and did awesome!  Below are the results from athletes that I have been working with this past winter (personal and groups).  * stands for 1st Timer!   Check out the forum for more comments on the race.

  FAU Results

Todd Zipper  30 Boca Raton    1:11:08    8   11:23    2:12   31   31:32    1:27   17   24:35

Michael Wolf  36 Boca Raton  1:14:35   49   14:15    2:49   48   30:25    2:02   39   25:06

Nadia Fogel   43 Boca Raton   1:16:44   15   16:05    2:20   12   30:23    1:24   15   26:33

*Martin Piffaretti  28 Coconut 1:16:49   13   12:21    2:11   18   30:46    1:53   22   29:40

Kristy Breslaw   36 Boca Raton  1:17:40   20   15:05    2:52    8   29:38    1:32   20   28:36

Mert Onur  43 Boca Raton        1:20:00   24   14:11    3:25   22   30:43    1:45   18   29:59

*Jamie Gulden   36 Boca Raton  1:21:56    7   12:55    2:42   24   34:08    1:11   24   31:02

Georgia Vince   35 West Palm   1:22:43   21   15:06    2:37   17   32:13    1:14   27   31:35

*Anita Dudnick  35 Lighthouse 1:26:25   34   18:42    2:44   15   31:30    1:37   29   31:53

*Rachel Morrow 30 Plantation  1:30:11   33   19:47    2:53   31   35:33    0:58   29   31:01

Susan Morris     62 Lighthouse    1:48:14    1   17:04    4:03    1   37:12    2:42    3   47:14

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2006 Season

Thanks to all the athletes that came out to the Holiday Party on Sunday December 17th.   Check out the Photo Gallery for pictures from the party.

Congrats to athletes doing the 1/2 IM and International Distance race on November 12th.  The majority of them are beginners this year and this was their first 1/2 IM or International distance race.  Sharon Opkins placed 1st in her age group and reached her goal of qualifying for Worlds next July in France.  Everyone finished which is awesome for their first experiences; some having an awesome experience while others learned some valuable lessons along the way.  Everyone did a great job!  Be very proud of your accomplishment.   Thanks for all your hard work and ending the year with a great turnout and accomplishing your goal of finishing!  Have a great holiday break and off season.

Check out the pictures in the Photo Gallery.

Athletes Race Reports

1/2 IM Results:
* stands for 1st time at the distance.   ** stands for 1st year triathlete

Sharon Opkins*

0:36:29

3:22

2:42:27

2:31

1:50:07

5:14:56

1

Female 40-44

Jason Skole**

0:30:50

3:53

2:28:10

3:48

2:22:18

5:32:59

18

Male 30-34

Farrell Simon**

0:33:34

 

2:52:52

 

2:19:10

5:45:36

14

Male 25-29

Edward Slominski**

0:32:39

5:28

2:49:34

2:44

2:25:29

5:55:54

7

Male 50-54

Andrea Faller**

0:31:01

5:43

2:46:43

4:36

2:30:09

5:58:12

8

Female 30-34

Edward Mark**

0:36:07

4:53

2:36:25

8:01

2:39:57

6:05:23

53

Male 40-44

Madonna Letourneau*

0:41:45

6:00

3:09:17

4:12

2:05:04

6:06:18

19

Female 35-39

Daniel Reich**

0:37:35

5:31

2:58:28

3:00

2:36:31

6:21:05

8

Male 50-54

Kerry Hutchings **

0:41:16

4:50

3:00:53

2:41

2:36:44

6:26:24

14

Female 30-34

International Distance Results
 

Dean Budney

0:16:17

5:10

1:02:59

2:52

0:57:26

2:24:44

13

Male 40-44

Amy Ferguson ** 1st Timer

0:19:05

4:35

1:11:26

2:16

1:06:27

2:43:49

10

Female 35-39

Tina Marie Pereira

0:20:22

4:43

1:12:24

3:14

1:04:42

2:45:25

11

Female 35-39

Steve Sherman **

0:19:29

5:44

1:10:52

3:42

1:13:54

2:53:41

6

Clydesdale 185 0-39

Amy is a true first timer.  It was her first race ever!

Congratulations to Maria Price for her outstanding performance at Ironman Florida on November 4th.  Maria has been such a joy to coach.  She managed to train super hard, communicate extremely well with her coach and follow just about everything on the training program.   All that is tough enough, but add on being a super mom to her 2 daughters, wife to husband Mike and also working full time; not to mention only starting racing triathlons 2 years ago....it is incredible what she accomplished.  Her determination and perfect race execution landed her a 11:48:10 first time IM finish along with 9th place in her age group of 82.  Her splits were a 1:18 swim, 6:14 bike and 4:02 marathon.   It was awesome to watch her come in after each segment looking strong.  She reeled in over 400 runners with her 4:02 marathon at the end!  Congrats Maria for such an awesome race!  And THANK YOU for having faith in your coach and the program enough to execute your race so well!   Hopefully we will see Maria in Kona one day in the future!

Congrats to Linda Lardino for her Masters Overall Female win at the Ultimate Athlete Competition in Quiet Waters Park on November 5th.  Linda placed first in 5 of the events which included several strength and explosive type challenges.  There was swimming, mountain biking, running, kayaking, tire flips, tire pull, truck pull and others.   Linda trained very hard for the competition and the hard worked paid off!  Congrats Linda!

Congrats to athletes that competed in the Tradewinds Last Chance Triathlon on October 22, 2006.  It was a beautiful day to race and everyone did well.  Many athletes used the race as a training race to get ready for the Miami races in November.   Great job by Kristy Breslaw for racing only 3 months after giving birth to her son Jake!  She did awesome!

Kristy Breslaw

0:09:07

2:22

0:30:40

1:28

0:25:01

1:08:38

Scott Moore

0:05:57

1:44

0:30:27

0:54

0:21:18

1:00:20

Ralph Breslaw

0:08:13

2:29

0:29:11

1:19

0:20:59

1:02:11

Edward Slominski

0:06:24

2:00

0:29:43

1:14

0:24:04

1:03:25

Steve Sherman

0:09:58

3:48

0:33:39

1:35

0:26:23

1:15:23

 

Congrats to all the athletes that completed the tough Escape to Miami Race.  With tough 20 mile an hour winds and looping back and forth over the Causeways,  athletes were challenged on the bike, run and choppy water swim.  Everyone did great and finished well.  Check out the race results below!

 

Swim

T1

Bike

T2

Run

 Total

Overall

Age Group

Age

Jason Skole

0:26:53

1:30

1:12:15

1:15

0:53:08

2:35:01

88

9

34

Farrell Simon

0:28:04

1:53

1:16:47

0:39

0:55:31

2:42:54

159

14

25

Sharon Opkins

0:29:31

1:14

1:20:22

1:34

0:52:56

2:45:37

183

8

44

Howard Minsky

0:29:07

2:00

1:19:30

1:09

0:55:15

2:47:01

199

45

38

Maria Price

0:31:16

1:49

1:25:47

0:55

0:52:06

2:51:53

242

5

45

Edward Mark

0:35:33

2:31

1:13:51

3:00

0:59:56

2:54:51

270

36

40

Andrea Faller

0:27:32

2:06

1:22:04

1:36

1:09:06

3:02:24

344

7

33

Kerry Hutchings

0:37:17

1:59

1:27:30

1:25

1:07:03

3:15:14

440

14

34

Tina Marie Pereira

0:35:32

2:29

1:37:35

1:31

1:07:54

3:25:01

494

17

39

Congrats to Linda Lardino and Denise McKelvey on their performance at The Health First Triathlon in Melbourne over the weekend.   Linda won the Female Masters title and Denise won her age group!  Way to go ladies! 

Congrats to Jason Skole, Tina Marie Pereira and Sharon Opkins on their performances at The Disney Triathlon and Aquathon. 

It was Jason's first Olympic Distance Race and 2nd Triathlon!  He finished in 2:14:42 turning in a 9th place finish in his age group and 83rd overall!  Tina also had a great race with a 2:50 finish, a new PR.  She had an awesome swim and improved tremendously both in her placing and also time wise! Sharon did the Aquathlon and finished well with a 6th place overall female finish!  Congrats to all of you!

Congrats to all the athletes that competed in the CB Smith Triathlon in Pembroke Pines.  Check out their results:

Sharon Opkins

0:08:08

1:59

0:33:10

0:32

0:25:26

1:09:15

1

Female Masters Overall

Howard Minsky

0:07:41

2:19

0:33:16

1:14

0:26:31

1:11:01

3

Male First Timer 0-39

Ralph Breslaw

0:08:07

2:36

0:34:22

1:06

0:28:23

1:14:34

13

Male 35-39

Andrea Faller

0:07:41

2:44

0:34:33

1:11

0:29:50

1:15:59

4

Female 30-34

Edward Slominski

0:09:48

2:18

0:36:06

1:17

0:28:40

1:18:09

3

Male 50-54

Congrats to Jane Kluczkowski for a wonderful race up at The Danskin Triathlon in New Jersey.  She improved her time over the FAU tri by over 2 minutes with a twice as long swim and longer 3 mile more bike.  Her run split was 8 minutes faster and she ran the entire way.   Way to go Jane.  Awesome improvements!   All those group ocean swims, bikes and brick transitions along with training really has paid off. 
 

Special Congratulations to Tim Devereux for completing his first IM!  He completed his IM Arizona in a stellar time of 11:40:36.  His splits were 1:07:41  swim, 5:37:43 bike and a 4:41:45 run!  Stay tune for a race report when he returns from Arizona!  Way to go Tim!  You are an Ironman:)!

 

 

FAU Wellness Triathlon   Athlete Results
Congrats to everyone that completed the FAU Triathlon!   There were some awesome first timer's that finished strong.  
Congrats on all your hard work!   *first time finisher!
Sharon     Opkins         44 Boca Raton FL       1:03:54    3    8:33    1:37    7   28:31    0:49    7   24:26
Ralph   Breslaw    38 Boca Raton FL       1:04:14   34    8:47    1:56   41   28:15    1:02   31   24:16 
*Edward     Slominski      53 Gulf stream FL       1:09:34    3    7:22    2:48   19   29:42    1:36   22   28:08 
*Kerry      Hutchings      34 West Palm Beach FL  1:10:47   19   10:20    2:26    5   28:47    0:57   14   28:19
*January    Scott          29 Lake Worth FL       1:11:23   20   10:19    2:21   15   32:03    0:40   11   26:01
Benjamin   Fretti         47 Coral Springs FL    1:11:58   36   10:14    3:27   30   29:13    2:06   36   26:59
*Daniel     Reich          50 Boca Raton FL       1:15:31   15    9:23    2:40   24   31:06    1:27   25   30:58
*Ed         Mark           39 Boca Raton FL       1:22:11   70   24:27    3:33   39   28:09    1:51   29   24:12 
*Jane       Kluczkowski    56 Boca Raton FL       1:39:33    8   10:45    4:17   13   37:45    1:37   13   45:11 
 


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