Thanks to all members that have been part of the Gold Coast Triathletes Club.  Six years ago I co founded this club as my  way of giving back to the triathlon community that had been so good to me.  I have tried my best and given it my all over those years.   It has been an amazing journey to watch the club grow through the years and see so many relationships develop as well as people turn into awesome triathletes.   Knowing that the club has changed lives in so many ways has always been extremely rewarding.   

In 2009 I have found it is time to close this chapter in my life so I can move forward with other areas of my life that are also very important, but often neglected....namely my family, coaching and own fitness.   I would like to thank all of you that have been a member in 2008.  It was a great year for the club with many valuable experiences.  Thanks to all of you that helped out over the years. All your support helped in making this club so very special!     I  wish everyone the best with your 2009 triathlon journey!  I hope to see many of you out on the roads or at various events. 

Recent News and Events

Good luck to everyone in 2009! I hope all of you have an amazing 2009 Triathlon Season!  See you at the races, on the roads and at various events!

Holiday Bike Ride and Brunch was on December 20th.  Thanks to all members that came out to the event.  We had about 16 riders met at Anchor Park in Delray Beach for a  2 hour ride.  Many of us made it up to Palm Beach Inlet and back for a 45 mile ride.  We had a nice group gather after the ride for lunch at Boston's on the Beach.  It was a beautiful morning for both riding and having lunch outside.  Happy Holidays to everyone!



Brunch at Boston's on the Beach!

Fun Run and Dinner Tuesday Dec. 2nd at 6:10PM at Deerfield Beach Pier!  We will met for an out and back fun run to Boca's Red Reef Golf Course Pavilion and back.  After the run we will go out to dinner at Bru's Room.  Everyone is welcome to join for the run or dinner or both.  We will hit the restaurant about 7:30 for those just interested in dinner.  Hope to see you there!

Thanks to members that came out for a Post Thanksgiving Day Ride!  We had a great ride up to Lake Worth and nice socializing before, during (at the half way point) and upon our return! 

Post Thanksgiving Day Ride 2008!

Congrats to Don Pingaro for a First place age group finish at the Turkey Trot 10K!  He had a great run and PR of 41:06! 

Congrats to Maria Price for an outstanding finish in the Philadelphia Marathon with a PR of 3:41 which qualifies her for Boston! 

Congrats to all the Gold Coast Triathletes that competed in the Miami Man on Sunday!   We had a large group of 29 athletes that competed!  We also had several members come down to cheer on those racing!  All the athletes finished with many first time Half Ironman athletes!  We had many outstanding performances and PR's!  Check out the forum for race results and reports!  Photos!

Congrats to Wayne Morris and John Mayer who placed 1st in their age groups in the Half Ironman!  Nadia Fogel earned a spot on the podium with a 3rd place finish in the International Distance Race! 

Special thanks to Don Pingaro and Eric Levy's mom for helping so much with the set up and the food.  We also had many other members help me out....including the Falcone family and Caplan family!   We had 3 tents up and an amazing spread of food for family members and athletes!  Thanks to everyone that brought food to share!  What a great way to end a wonderful year racing!

AWESOME Bike WASH and Maintenance Clinic at Racer's Edge on Wednesday August 27th!  Vince, Jamie, Perry and John once again put on a spectacular clinic  on how to wash and lube our bikes to keep them running well.  Members watched them demonstrate how to do it and then went to town washing their own bikes and lubing them properly.  

After washing the bikes, John (the owner) treated the club to delicious variety of  Pizzas from Renzo's!   Members enjoyed socializing with food, beer and drinks!   Everyone had a great time! 

Special Thanks to Racer's Edge for supporting our club and taking such great care of us!   They are truly amazing and the BEST BIKE SHOP in town!   We are very fortunate to have them as part of our team!

Thanks to the members that made it out to the event!  We had quite a few new faces which was nice!

Mock Triathlon on August 30th at Spanish River Park, 7AM. Thanks to athletes and members that came out for the Mock Triathlon.  Athletes got a taste of some rough surf for the ocean swim,  a nice windy 5.5 to 12 mile bike course (athlete choice) and 1.5 to 3 mile run.  We had about 20 registered with many of the athletes working on items that were key for their upcoming races! 

Thanks to members that came out for the FUN Run on Monday August 4th at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach.    It had just rained a tiny bit and was nice, cool and overcast for the run.   We had  a small but very nice group of 7 runners that  ran the trail and  some of the asphalt trails through the park.  It was great to run with a group out there. Thanks Wayne, Joe, Don, Liz, Sue and Jim!   Look forward to doing it again sometime soon!

Congrats to Athletes that competed in July and late June.   I was on vacation so have not had much time to report results.  I posted what I could find up on the forum.  Check it out!   We also had some great performances from Jason, who completed his first triathlon and Don who had a PR at Lifetime Fitness in Minneapolis.   Check out there race comments on the forum! 

Summer News:  Welcome to New and renewing members We have had a busy summer with new members joining each month.   Welcome to Rocio Ore, Charlotte Gardner, Jason Luchtefeld, Michael Kravit, Katie Roberts, Beverley Clarke and Lisa Cox!    They all joined at the end of June!   Also welcome to Kathy Vazquez, Becky Smither, Raquel Moncrieffe, John Mayer and Mark Settle that joined in July!  Welcome to Tracey Levenson, Jay Lambert, Libby Vasiliou, Joe Paxton, Joe Cardenas, Edison Gonzalez, Karen McGrath, Frannie Vilmar that joined in August!   Also,  Jennifer Goris that just joined in September! THAT's 22 members in 3 months!  Thanks for joining!

Special Thanks to Personal Trainer Linda Lardino-Semko for presenting and demonstrating various Functional Strength Training exercises during our JUNE SOCIAL!  She went over many exercises we can perform to help make us stronger and fitter for racing.   We had a nice turnout of about 13 athletes for the demonstration, with about 9 of us doing the exercises.  

Congrats to several athletes that raced over the weekend of June 7th and 8th.  It was a busy weekend but members did really well at their races! 

Congrats to SOBE IDC race athletes Eric Staubs and Nancy Griff both did well at the modified Olympic distance race with even with challenging ocean conditions.   

Congrats to athlete Don Pingaro who finished the challenging Escape to Alcatraz in San Francisco with over a 2.5 minute PR.

Congrats to Liz Hoyer and Wayne Morris who both competed in their first XTERRA event at Oak Mountain Alabama Regional’s Championships.  Wayne took 2^nd overall in the duathlons and Liz finished 3^rd in the 35-39 age group in a tough field of athletes from all over the country.  The course of more than challenging for us vertically challenged South Floridians.

Congrats to Rivera Beach Trilogy finishers.  Nadia Fogel finished 4^th in her age division, Carolyn Gadigian who finished her first true race and felt confident in the swim (which had scared her before),  Joe Falcone who is back racing after doing IM Arizona and his lovely wife Devon who completed the duathlons and won her age group, Phyllis Frydman who won her age group, Connie Hudson and  2nd year triathlete Dave Yablunosky.

Congrats to all members that raced over the weekend!
Steve Homrich, Chris Martin, Nadja Pritchard and Nancy Griffe all completed the Disney IM FL 70.3 on a very hot day!  It was Steve, Nadja and Nancy's first IM and they all are first year triathletes! Chris Martin who has been injured with a foot problem also did very well!   Very nice job!  

We also had several athletes and members compete at the ESM Deerfield Race!  Linda Semko won the Masters Title at the Tradewinds reverse triathlon on Sunday! 
Check out their results!

 Congrats to Athletes that competed in the Gulf Coast Triathlon this weekend in Panama City!  We have a nice group going that did really well: Kristy and Ralph Breslaw, Anita Dudnick, Andrea Faller and Maria Price!   Maria Price had the time time finishing in 5:36:29.
Results

Congrats to athletes that completed the MS 150 Ride over the weekend!  Maria Price, Anita Dudnick, Wayne Morris and Jim VanPutten!

Congrats to Athletes that raced at the Tri Miami Sprint and Olympic Distance on May 4th!  Don Pingaro took a 3rd place finish and Eric Levy a 4th place finish in the Sprint race.

  Thanks to all Athletes that came out for the Social on April 30th!  Vince, Jamie and John from the Racer's Edge presented an excellent presentation on "How to Prepare your Bike for travel".  they also discussed some tips on how to deal with Emergency Bike Repair.    We had 23 athletes attend the event!    Afterwards, several of us headed to Las Fajitas for Mexican Food.    

Congrats to Athletes that participated in the St. Anthony's Triathlon on April 27th!  Scott Wu and Andrea Faller had the fastest club members times.    Check out the results here!

Congrats to Maria Price for an awesome performance at the Boston Marathon!  She shattered her previous marathon time and posted a PR for the day of 3:43:15 in the women's 45-49 age division!  We are very proud of you Maria!

Congrats to Nadia Fogel and Sarah Sacks for podium finishes at Tradewinds Park on 4/20! 

CONGRATS to Joe Falcone and Kerry Hutching (many of you know from groups a couple years back) for completing the Arizona IM in Tempe.  Both first time Ironman competitors! They both did GREAT!   Joe finished in 13 hours and 15 minutes and Kerry in just over 15 hours!  Way to go!

FAU Wellness Triathlon EVENT:  Congrats to everyone that raced.  We had 22  members compete!  Special THANKS to everyone that came by the Gold Coast Tent and hung out for our social.   It was nice to hear about your races and socialize a bit. We had a nice raffle for club members.    We had a few members that picked up some hardware with podium finishes:

Congrats to Liz Hoyer for a second place 35-39 age group finish, Sue Morris and Else Krauss for a 2nd and 3rd place finish in the 60-64 age division.

 Congrats to all that competed.
Members Results