Katie @ Clermont Tri Race #3 as the top Girl and 2nd OA Finish!
Lauren and Joy racing in the Mud...Girls Just Wanna Have FUN! AWESOME!
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Welcome to new athlete and beginner Robert Jimenez. He just joined my coaching family last week. He is training for his first triathlon at FAU Wellness Sprint on April 15th. He also has a goal of completing the Miami 70.3 in October! I am really looking forward to working with him and helping him acheive his goals!
Congrats to Joy Braun on her 3:48 Miami Marathon finish which put her in the top 30 of the 35-39 age division. She did an amazing job recovering from Ironman Florida back in November, to training for the event and building back up some speed. She is ready to rock in 2012, signing up for the Clermont Challenge Half Ironman in April, then Ironman Louisville in August and Florida in November.
Joy Braun with a strong finish to the line.
Welcome to 5 new athletes that have joined my coaching family over the past 2 months!
Welcome to Sue Endicott who is from Toronto Canada and spends winters in South Florida. She is working on a improving her speed for a little competition with her friend in the River Bridge 10K in Charleston and also has registered for the Mont Tremblant 70.3 in Montreal in June. After she retired, she became is a personal trainer as well as sports nutritionist and has been a lot of fun to work with.
Welcome to Lisa Galloway from Boyton Beach. Lisa is in her first year of training for tri's after several years of running. Her goals this year are become faster at the Half Ironman Distance and complete her first Ironman at IM FL this year. She is off to a good start with a 22:48 1st place age group finish at the South Florida Fair 5K on December 31st!
Welcome to Harris Thompson from Coral Springs. His goal is to work on his speed and then focus on getting faster for the longer distance training in 2013 while juggling his time for her wife and 2 young boys. He will be competing in the SurfCity Half Marathon in February, then FAU Wellness Tri and a host of other Sprints ending the year with Miami 70.3.
Welcome to Rich Hoffmann from Boca Raton. His goal is to get faster at the sprints with some serious training and also complete an Olympic Distance race (or a few). He has competed the FAU race a few times without any serious training and would like to take it to the next level this year. I am looking forward to seeing what he can do!
Welcome to Meagan Bradley from Weston Area. I am super excited to have the chance to work with Meagan. She is training for Ironman New York City and also the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Vegas. I can't wait to share all my expertise with her on racing at a high level for these Ironman events!
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Congrats to Alfredo Forero on his second place Finish at the Key West Triathlon! Great way to end your season:). Good luck to you in 2012 and your upcoming marriage!
Team South Florida Lightning Took I Tri'ed Kids Triathlon at BCC by Storm!
Three of our team members competed today and took home 3 First Place Age Group Finishes in the 7-11 Wave! Congrats to Katie Pinnell, Hannah Fowler and Karly Ruskin for their outstanding performances! They all did awesome and had a ton of fun! Katie aged 11 had the fastest time for all the competitors (boys and girls) for the 7-11 division which included a 100 yard swim, 2 mile bike and .5 mile run with a 1.5 minute cushion with a time of13:27. Hannah aged 8 was 2nd overall in the same distance and wave (7-11) with a time of 15:01! 1,2 overall finish is amazing! Great way to end the season....looking forward to working more with the team in 2012.
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Welcome to new athlete and beginner Robert Jimenez. He just joined my coaching family last week. He is training for his first triathlon at FAU Wellness Sprint on April 15th. He also has a goal of completing the Miami 70.3 in October! I am really looking forward to working with him and helping him acheive his goals!
Congrats to Joy Braun on her 3:48 Miami Marathon finish which put her in the top 30 of the 35-39 age division. She did an amazing job recovering from Ironman Florida back in November, to training for the event and building back up some speed. She is ready to rock in 2012, signing up for the Clermont Challenge Half Ironman in April, then Ironman Louisville in August and Florida in November.
Joy Braun with a strong finish to the line.Welcome to 5 new athletes that have joined my coaching family over the past 2 months!
Welcome to Sue Endicott who is from Toronto Canada and spends winters in South Florida. She is working on a improving her speed for a little competition with her friend in the River Bridge 10K in Charleston and also has registered for the Mont Tremblant 70.3 in Montreal in June. After she retired, she became is a personal trainer as well as sports nutritionist and has been a lot of fun to work with.
Welcome to Lisa Galloway from Boyton Beach. Lisa is in her first year of training for tri's after several years of running. Her goals this year are become faster at the Half Ironman Distance and complete her first Ironman at IM FL this year. She is off to a good start with a 22:48 1st place age group finish at the South Florida Fair 5K on December 31st!
Welcome to Harris Thompson from Coral Springs. His goal is to work on his speed and then focus on getting faster for the longer distance training in 2013 while juggling his time for her wife and 2 young boys. He will be competing in the SurfCity Half Marathon in February, then FAU Wellness Tri and a host of other Sprints ending the year with Miami 70.3.
Welcome to Rich Hoffmann from Boca Raton. His goal is to get faster at the sprints with some serious training and also complete an Olympic Distance race (or a few). He has competed the FAU race a few times without any serious training and would like to take it to the next level this year. I am looking forward to seeing what he can do!
Welcome to Meagan Bradley from Weston Area. I am super excited to have the chance to work with Meagan. She is training for Ironman New York City and also the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Vegas. I can't wait to share all my expertise with her on racing at a high level for these Ironman events!
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Congrats to Alfredo Forero on his second place Finish at the Key West Triathlon! Great way to end your season:). Good luck to you in 2012 and your upcoming marriage!
Team South Florida Lightning Took I Tri'ed Kids Triathlon at BCC by Storm!
Three of our team members competed today and took home 3 First Place Age Group Finishes in the 7-11 Wave! Congrats to Katie Pinnell, Hannah Fowler and Karly Ruskin for their outstanding performances! They all did awesome and had a ton of fun! Katie aged 11 had the fastest time for all the competitors (boys and girls) for the 7-11 division which included a 100 yard swim, 2 mile bike and .5 mile run with a 1.5 minute cushion with a time of13:27. Hannah aged 8 was 2nd overall in the same distance and wave (7-11) with a time of 15:01! 1,2 overall finish is amazing! Great way to end the season....looking forward to working more with the team in 2012.
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Congrats to my athletes that completed Ironman Florida November 5th!
I had 4 athletes compete...all career women that juggled all the training with their full time jobs to become Ironman. Photos
Congrats to Joy Braun who less than two years ago did not even own a bike nor have much skill in riding one. She was also not very skilled with her swim. She trained with such dedication,listening and doing just what I told her to do. The result was a phenonmenal first Ironman Race in a time of 11:49, pacing it just right so she could finish strong with a 4:10 marathon. It was more than a joy to watch her running strong at the end negative splitting the run. Joy is a perfect example of what you can do with tons of determination. Amazing race.....she is also hooked, signed up for next year. Can't wait to see what she can do!
Joy on her way out for her second loop of the run! Looking STRONG!
Congrats to Lauren Braunswick who did an amazing job of balancing her job as a lawyer, tons of travel with more than a few of her friends having showers, spendng time with her fiance and the training. Her goal was to break 13 hours and she did it in 12:15! It was awesome to see how pumped up she was going down the finishers chute! Woo Hoo Lauren!
Congrats to Monica Smiciklas who decided to toe the line and complete the race even though she didn't have the time she had hoped to train for it. She starting a new position within her company with Microsoft back in April, traveling half the month and dealing with some stressful events as well. Given all that she still PR'ed from her first Ironman and pushed the run at the end to break the 15 hour mark with a 14:48 finish. Way to hang tough Monica...looking forward to next year, training hard!
Congrats to Tina Marie Pereira! Tina is the queen of balance in her life. She lives LIFE to the fullest and then some and still manages to train...but not making it so huge that she doesn't have time for other things. She has a demanding job that requires long hours as a Engineering Project Manager for Community Asphalt. To train for Ironman meant that she would have to step up the volume by quite a bit and give up some of her balanced life. As the months went by, I was amazed how well she did this. Her goal was to just finish...and she did it well. She ended the day in 15:01. Had a solid steady swim, bike and run....and would have been faster if she didn't spend 30 plus minutes in transition:). OK, having to change your contacts takes time:). Best of all, she is still the most balanced and awesome triathlete I know! Awesome job Tina, so PROUD of you.
I had a great day following them out on the course and watching them put together these beautiful races. So PROUD to be their coach!
I had 4 athletes compete...all career women that juggled all the training with their full time jobs to become Ironman. Photos
Congrats to Joy Braun who less than two years ago did not even own a bike nor have much skill in riding one. She was also not very skilled with her swim. She trained with such dedication,listening and doing just what I told her to do. The result was a phenonmenal first Ironman Race in a time of 11:49, pacing it just right so she could finish strong with a 4:10 marathon. It was more than a joy to watch her running strong at the end negative splitting the run. Joy is a perfect example of what you can do with tons of determination. Amazing race.....she is also hooked, signed up for next year. Can't wait to see what she can do!
Joy on her way out for her second loop of the run! Looking STRONG!
Congrats to Lauren Braunswick who did an amazing job of balancing her job as a lawyer, tons of travel with more than a few of her friends having showers, spendng time with her fiance and the training. Her goal was to break 13 hours and she did it in 12:15! It was awesome to see how pumped up she was going down the finishers chute! Woo Hoo Lauren!
Congrats to Monica Smiciklas who decided to toe the line and complete the race even though she didn't have the time she had hoped to train for it. She starting a new position within her company with Microsoft back in April, traveling half the month and dealing with some stressful events as well. Given all that she still PR'ed from her first Ironman and pushed the run at the end to break the 15 hour mark with a 14:48 finish. Way to hang tough Monica...looking forward to next year, training hard!
Congrats to Tina Marie Pereira! Tina is the queen of balance in her life. She lives LIFE to the fullest and then some and still manages to train...but not making it so huge that she doesn't have time for other things. She has a demanding job that requires long hours as a Engineering Project Manager for Community Asphalt. To train for Ironman meant that she would have to step up the volume by quite a bit and give up some of her balanced life. As the months went by, I was amazed how well she did this. Her goal was to just finish...and she did it well. She ended the day in 15:01. Had a solid steady swim, bike and run....and would have been faster if she didn't spend 30 plus minutes in transition:). OK, having to change your contacts takes time:). Best of all, she is still the most balanced and awesome triathlete I know! Awesome job Tina, so PROUD of you.
I had a great day following them out on the course and watching them put together these beautiful races. So PROUD to be their coach!
South Florida Lightning Developmental and Performance Youth and Juniors Triathlon Team based out of North Broward and South Palm Beach County
Thanks to all the parents that came out to the Informational Meeting. It was a wonderful meeting with awesome parents/kids attending. Flyer for Club
For more information about the team and membership, click on the Youth and Junior Team Links. As always, please feel free to contact me if you have questions about the program. I am really looking forward to sharing my expertise and helping the USAT's initiative in building pathways for our youth to start out on the right foot. They are the growth and success of the sport of triathlon!
On Line Registration is up for the 2012 team! Thanks to all the parents that came out to the Informational Meeting on Sunday. For more information about the team and membership, click on the Youth Links . As always, please feel free to contact me if you have questions about the program. I am really looking forward to sharing my expertise and helping the USAT's initiative in building pathways for our youth to start out on the right foot. They are the growth and success of the sport of triathlon!
Thanks to all the parents that came out to the Informational Meeting. It was a wonderful meeting with awesome parents/kids attending. Flyer for Club
For more information about the team and membership, click on the Youth and Junior Team Links. As always, please feel free to contact me if you have questions about the program. I am really looking forward to sharing my expertise and helping the USAT's initiative in building pathways for our youth to start out on the right foot. They are the growth and success of the sport of triathlon!
On Line Registration is up for the 2012 team! Thanks to all the parents that came out to the Informational Meeting on Sunday. For more information about the team and membership, click on the Youth Links . As always, please feel free to contact me if you have questions about the program. I am really looking forward to sharing my expertise and helping the USAT's initiative in building pathways for our youth to start out on the right foot. They are the growth and success of the sport of triathlon!
Congrats to my athletes that competed at Augusta 70.3 on September 25th! All of them posted Personal Bests for the half ironman distance. Leading the team was Joy Braun with an awesome 5:26:08 race finishing with a strong half marathon and 45 minute PR over last years Miami 70.3 race. Lauren Brunswick was close behind with a 5:38 finish, also a PR by about 40 minutes. Monica Smickilas and Kerry Whitacre improved their time by 30 minutes over their time from last year at Vineman. Looking forward to seeing how they all do at Ironman Florida in a few weeks! Way to go girls:)!
Joy with a solid bike, Lauren running strong, Monica and Kerry riding strong!
Joy with a solid bike, Lauren running strong, Monica and Kerry riding strong!