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Daniel Schultz, Luis and Michelle Gonzalez








Steve Homrich finishing strong at Ironman Florida 2008!




Nadja Pritchard with a big SMILE at the finish of Ironman Florida!

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

Steve and Nadja at Big Sur

Jason Skole, Howard Minksy, Farrell Simon, Maria Price and Ed Mark

 

 

2009
Michelle and Luis Gonzalez

Michelle and Luis Gonzalez spent the 2009 training together for various races all season.  They both work full time and have two children under the age of 5.  They both have to do quite a balancing act to fit in all the training and racing while still trying to spend quality time with their children.    They started off the year with a great race at FAU Wellness Triathlon, completed some of the Tradewinds races, improved their times by a significant amount on the Tropical Course in Lake Worth over the year before (which was huge since most athletes times were slower this year)....and ended the season finishing the Miami Man Half Ironman.  They also set PR's at the Palm Beach Half Marathon improving their time by more than 10 minutes from earlier in the year!   They are an amazing couple with great attitudes, true determination and have great resolve for balancing all the important areas of their lives!   Thanks for being so awesome and a pure joy to work with!

Donna O'Kroy

I had an amazing time working with Donna Logan O'Kroy this year.  She is another one of my athletes that works long hours and wedges her training in morning and night.  I always found it quite amazing how much she was able to squeeze into a day.   She often would ride her bike to work so she could get her bike time in, then hit the pool or run in the evening.   She trained so hard trying to transition over from being a duathlete to a triathlete....with swimming being very tough for her.    She raced in a few sprints both Duathlon and triathlon doing very well, placing in her age group every time.   She also completed the Disney Half Ironman in May with a PR by over 45 minutes from doing the same race several years before.   She was definitely on target heading into the final month before Ironman Florida, riding strong at the Assault on Sugarloaf 115 miler.  Just weeks before the race, she had an unfortunate accident where she slipped on some wet tile and fell hard at home. She was unable to compete due to the injuries she sustained.   We were both very disappointed, but knew there would always be another race....and her health was more important.   I really hope to see Donna compete in an Ironman in 2010!  Thanks Donna for not only being a great athlete to coach, but a wonderful friend! 


Donna coming out of the water at one of the local sprints!

Kerry Whitacre





Jennifer Lucy



Don Pingaro



Larry Kraska



Tina Marie Pereira


 

Monica Smiciklas



Matt Joffe





2008
2008 has been a GREAT YEAR for all my athletes!  So many of them accomplished their goals and beyond!  Below are just a few of the accomplishments from some of my athletes in 2008. 

Steve Homrich completed his first Ironman in an impressive time of 10:55.......over an hour faster than his goal. 
He worked super hard for a full year to obtain his goal of finishing the race feeling good!   I was also fortunate enough to help him qualify for Boston by setting a PR and much sought after qualifying time at Disney Marathon in 2009.   It has been such a pleasure to work with him all year..  Congrats Steve!  You did awesome!

Steve and Nadja at the finish of Ironman Florida!

Nadja Pritchard
completed her first triathlon at the Disney Half just 6 months after starting coaching with me.   She had a tough time of it on the run.....mainly due to the smoke and dust bothering her asthma, but still finished well.   Her swimming and biking were basically non existent when she started, but she plugged away....working very hard at conquering that swimming thing.  The biking came much easier to her and before you knew it, I was having trouble keeping up with her!   She trained super hard for Ironman Florida....keeping up with the schedule with no real problems.  She came out to our ocean swim group...at first afraid to swim too far out and just took some time to get use to the open water....then before you knew it she was cruising right along with the best of us on our weekly ocean swim repeats.    I knew she would be fine for Ironman Florida as long as she didn't freak out by the mass start.   When I saw her come out of the water in 1:17...well above her goal for the swim, I knew she was going to be fine and do great.      She easily accomplished her goal ...doing great on the bike and running in strong.   Congrats Nadja on a great performance and 11:34 finish!  

Ed Mark trained with me for several months for Ironman Florida!   Ed is a sprinter, so training for long distance and to have patience is challenging for him.
 He did a wonderful job showing patience on the bike and managed to PR by over an hour from his previous IM in Arizona.   Ed has always been a lot of fun to work with....has a heart of gold and sense of humor to match.   It was great to watch him race with a smile on his face the whole way!

Don Pingaro participated in the entire Lifetime Fitness Olympic Series
finishing the last 3 races really well and coming in 3rd for the series.   in his age group.   He obtained his goal this year by breaking the 2:30  hour mark for many of the races....and breaking 3 hours for the tough Escape to Alcatraz.   He ended the season with a 33rd place age group finish at Escape to Bermuda.  He is a regular at our ocean swim group and run group coming all the way from Davie to train with us!  Great racing season Don!   He also regularly puts up race reports on the forum.....which makes for very interesting reading:).
       

Liz Hoyer had an exciting 2008 season! 
She did extremely well at XTERRA Southeast Championships in Alabama with a third place age group finish!  From there, she qualified for XTERRA World Championships in Maui Hawaii!    She pushed her self hard on a very tough and hilly course and finished 11th place!   
 


Congrats to Tina Marie Pereira who had an amazing year finishing her first half ironman at Vineman, completing BRAG (Bike Ride Across Georgia) for the second year in a row, doing the Miami Urban Dare as well as several other local races.
 Tina has been such a pleasure to coach the past several years....also up for adventure and having fun! 





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My Adopted Kona Family from West Palm           Tina with Chris Carmichael

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