Good Article on Diet by Heart Surgeon

http://preventdisease.com/news/12/030112_World-Renown-Heart-Surgeon-Speaks-Out-On-What-Really-Causes-Heart-Disease.shtml

This  is great info from a heart surgeon who lays his ego aside (really!) and debunks the recommended diet for controlling “clogged “arteries.

Be sure and read the comments that follow the article too. Some good sources (books and websites) are mentioned there.

Run the Woodlands - 5K

Kevin Baker celebrated his 1st anniversary of running by participating in Luke's Locker's Run for the Troops 5K on May 25.  Kevin PRed yet again -- improving by 19 seconds in 2 weeks with a finishing time of 19:39.  Other Finish Strong racers participating were Lane Barron 19:45 and Chris Weir.

New Orleans 5150

Lots of hardware was earned by Finish Strong athletes at the New Orleans 5150 (Olypmic distance tri) held on Sunday, May 26.  The team earned two top AG finishes; one 2nd place AG finish and one 4th place AG finish.  All Finish Strong team members who raced finished in the top 15 of their AG earning each a spot at the World Championships to be held in Des Moines on Labor Day Weekend.

Zach Miller (2nd in AG), Dana Lyons (1st in AG), Ronnie Delzer (4th in AG) and Tim Vibrock (1st in AG pictured above.

 

 

Here are the results:





Zach Miller - 2:17:30 with 27:12 swim; 1:07:57 bike; 40:21 run splits.

Ronnie Delzer - 2:28:08 with 31:38 swim; 1:10:35 bike; 43:34 run splits.

Art Fresquez - 2:32:31 with 27:38 swim; 1:09:48 bike; 51:37 run splits.

Jack Chapman - 2:37:52 with 37:20 swim; 1:10:42 bike; 45:32 run splits.

Tim Vibrock - 2:20:58 with 24:56 swim; 1:05:34 bike; 47:49 run splits.

Dana Lyons - 2:16:03 with 31:38 swim; 1:01:52 bike; 40:03 run splits.

Congratulations!!



For more details on results,
http://edge.raceresults360.com/rr360/race/QXPb4x/#/results:&AthleteSearch=(Enter Name, Bib No., or City)&Division=All:1369768061230

Cap Tex

This Memorial Day weekend five Finish Strong athletes participated in the Cap Tex tri on May 27.  Jim Harrington, Chris Wendt, Manuel and Rodrigo Abascal raced in the Olympic distance race; Irasema de Aquino raced in the sprint distance race.  It was a good day for all our athletes!

Jim Harrington finished 6th in his AG in 2:26:58.  Jim's splits were 25:13 swim; 1:08:04 bike; and 48:51 run.

This was Chris Wendt's first Olympic distance tri.  He finished the race in 2:28:25 with splits of 26:16 swim, 1:11:23 bike; 44:57 run.

 Chris Wendt tearing up the run course!

 

 Rodrigo Abascal finished in 2:43:43 placing in 9th his AG.  Rodrigo's splits were 27:21 swim; 1:16:45 bike; and 55:11 run. 

 

 Rodrigo's dad, Manuel, finished in 3:05:08.  Manuel's splits were 30:07 swim; 1:20:42 bike; and 1:07:30 run.

Rodrigo's mom, Irasema raced in the sprint in 1:49:24 with an 18:40 swim; 52:13 bike; 30:49 final run.

For more details on results,

http://edge.raceresults360.com/custom/newcaptextri2013/#/results::13693234143640

 

 

Combat Tri

Congratulations to Finish Strong's Taylor Riall and husband-and-wife duo Kathy and Kent Morris who raced Combat Tri on Saturday, May 25.  This was a sprint distance triathlon featuring a 300m swim/15 mile bike/3.1 mile run.

This was Taylor's second triathlon and she placed 2nd in her AG and 8th woman overall.  Taylor reports that she was 12 min faster than CB&I even though it was only 200 m shorter!  Taylor's time was 1:15:54 with splits of 5:05.7 swim, 46:08.8 bike, and 22:35 run.

 

Taylor Riall in transition.

Kathy finished was 3rd out of 8 in the Athena group with a time of 1:35:28. She keeps getting faster!

Kent was 1st out of 17, 5th overall and just missed the Male Masters Overall by 18 seconds with a time of 1:04:24.  Kent's average bike speed was 23.8 mph and run pace was 6:28.

 

Kent and Kathy Morris -- more podium finishes!

Sign up for Ten for Texas Race and FSC Group Training! - Price goes up for race on May 31st!

10 FOR TEXAS Saturday, October 12, 2013

 

DON'T DELAY * REGISTER TODAY! * PRICES GO UP MAY 31!        10 For Texas  10-Mile, Chip-timed race 7:30 a.m. Starts and ends in Market Street Participants will receive a unisex tech-shirt, and a finisher medal upon crossing the finish line. Due to lane re-opening times, a course time limit will be in place, and strictly enforced. Visit our website for details. Race will be capped, and sells out quickly.   Texas-sized post-race party held in Market Street! Food, beverages, and live music! REGISTER HERE *Price goes up May 31st!!!                 One 4 Texas One-mile, non-competitive, Kids' Fun Run 7:00 a.m. Parents (including those running the 10 for Texas) are welcome to run with their kids Participants will receive a youth sized t-shirt and finisher medal upon crossing the finish line. Race will be capped, and does sell out. Texas-sized post-race party held in Market Street! Food, and live music!   REGISTER HERE

You'll want to sign up for Finish Strong Coaching's Ten for Texas Group program to get you ready for this race.  Go to payments page at www.coachlyons.com to sign up!

Run for the Troops 5K on May 25 at 8am

This weekend Luke's Locker will host the 3rd annual Run for the Troops 5K on Saturday, May 25 at 8am at Barbara Bush Elementary School.  The minimum donation to participate in the race is $1.   You may also choose to bring donations to the race or the store.  Single use items such as instant oatmeal, granola bars, peanuts, powdered drink mix, etc. are requested.  Luke's will then package up multiple gallon sized bags of goodies for the troops.  This year the items are going to an Army unit in Kandahar.

Ironman Texas 2013

Congratulations to the 22 Finish Strong athletes who competed in Ironman Texas 2013.  Each of you showed true grit in accomplishing what you did on a hot, humid day.



 

Swim start in Lake Woodlands!

 

Mike Menster and John Tortorici head out for the bike.

 

 

Jason looking great at the first water station of the run!

 

 

Alan in the finish chute!

 

 

After a long day, celebrating at the finish line with Coach Dana, Jeanette, Travys and James.

 

Even though they got pretty beat up in the swim, Sara (broken toe) and Sandra (bruised ear drum) managed to bike another 70 miles before they had to stop for medical attention. Kudos to both of you! (I suspect we will see both of them cross the finish line at a future IM!)

 

Here are the results:

 

Finish Strong Athlete	Swim	Bike	Run	Finish
ALLEN, Lee	1:25:29	6:10:36	5:24:42	13:20:11
CARROLL, Ileana	1:57:20	7:35:58	6:30:58	16:19:43
CERVANTES, Winston	1:25:14	5:25:17	5:00:53	12:02:38
FELDMAN, Chandler	1:33:21	7:35:26	5:45:04	15:25:26
GILLEY, Kari	1:44:29	5:43:56	5:37:33	13:22:20
GORDON, Kerry	1:40:55	6:34:02	7:05:04	15:42:59
HAGELSKAER, Jeanette	1:35:23	7:16:19	5:46:39	15:08:46
HORAK, Matt	1:36:22	6:16:48	5:34:09	13:45:12
HUSKEY, Sandra	1:33:40	0:00:00	0:00:00	0:00:00
JONES, Alan	1:19:14	5:44:37	4:52:09	12:05:43
LANGRIDGE, Jason	1:19:10	6:15:49	4:27:02	12:24:37
LEONE, Courtney	1:25:18	7:36:00	5:20:56	14:45:22
MACK, Bill	1:35:33	7:09:30	6:01:19	15:11:41
MCGOWAN, John	1:11:27	7:09:08	7:12:43	16:00:42
MENSTER, Michael	1:27:35	5:45:56	4:47:00	12:20:04
NEVEU, Kim	1:40:54	7:52:27	6:36:12	16:30:32
REYNOLDS, Rip	2:02:20	7:13:25	4:59:52	14:31:53
TORTORICI, John	1:28:22	6:30:49	5:56:13	14:23:26
TOWNSON, Travys	1:18:48	5:52:45	4:10:05	11:40:04
TRINKLE, Linda	1:33:10	5:38:32	5:22:17	12:46:24
VANDERFORD, Sara	2:06:52	0:00:00	0:00:00	0:00:00
VULTAGGIO, James	1:18:34	6:22:09	6:03:59	14:04:13

Spa Girl Triathlon

Finish Strong's Shannon Crowe came in 2nd overall in the Spa Girl Triathlon held on Saturday, May 11.  Shannon reports, "This was a fun all ladies tri at the JWMariott in San Antonio starting with a 400 yard swim in the lazy river AGAINST the current.(they turned it off after the first 100 swimmers) 10 mile bike, 2 mile run."  Shannon's overall time was 1:01:27.  Her splits were 10:29 swim; 32:40 bike (18.4 mph); 16:04 run (6:41/mi pace).



  Shannon Crowe (left) celebrates her 2nd place overall win at Spa Girl Tri!

 

For more details on race results, go to http://www.rrptiming.com/

Run the Woodlands

Finish Strong's Kevin Baker had a breakthrough race on Saturday, May 11 at Run The Woodlands.  Kevin broke 20 minutes on the course -- crossing the line in 19:58.  Way to go, Kevin!!

 

USAT Richmond Junior Elite Tri

Finish Strong's Lane Barron blazed his way to a top ten finish (9th overall and 2nd 14 year old) at the USAT Richmond Junior Elite Tri at the draft-legal race for junior elites ages 13-19 in Richmond, Virginia on May 5.   This qualified Lane for the August 3rd-4th Youth/Junior Elite National Championships in West Chester, Ohio.  The Richmond race featured a 375 m swim, 10k bike and 2.5k run.  Lane finished in 32:01.  His splits were 5:13 swim; 15:31 bike; 9:49 run. Way to go, Lane!

For more on race results, go to http://www.setupevents.com/files/youth_elite_male.html

Lone Star Stampede 10K

Finish Strong's Kevin Baker came in 12th overall at the Lone Star Stampede 10K held on Saturday, May 4th.  Kevin finished 4th among his 30-39 AG with a time of 41:20.  He commented that strollers on the 2nd loop slowed his pace, but it was still a fun race!

CB and I Tri

Cold temperatures did not deter Finish Strong triathletes from taking on the CB and I Sprint Triathlon on Saturday, May 4 in The Woodlands.  56 Finish Strong athletes competed with 9 enjoying podium finishes and 5 competing in their first triathlon.  In addition to our athletes, we had over 30 Finish Strong folks volunteering at the event.  So fun seeing everyone at North Shore Park!



FSR swept the men's 50-54 AG with Tim Vibrock (middle) 1st, Ed York  2nd (Left), CJ Stewart 3rd (right), Kent Morris 4th and Will Blackbird 5th.    

Women's Results:

Katherine Barron - 1:24:38.94 - 15-19 AG - 3rd place!
Alicia Trinkle - 1:32:08.18 - 20-24 AG - 1st place!
Jessica London - 1:45:47.31 - 1st tri!
Christi Hall - 2:11:26.06 - 35-39 AG - 1st tri!
Taylor Riall - 1:27:48.52 - 40-44 AG - 1st tri!
Carolyn Barron - 1:29:43.29 - 40-44 AG
Sarah P-M - 1:38:06.94 - 40-44 AG
Jennifer Ashmore - 1:39:11.94 - 40-44 AG
Tami Fincher - 1:40:28.95 - 45-49 AG
Pia Grossman -  1:43:19.37 - 45-49 AG - 1st tri!
Jackie Medina-Lewis - 2:00:08.86 - 45-49 AG (despite faulty brakes)
Sheri OKeefe - 1:26:04.09 - 50-54 AG - 2nd place!
Sara Vanderford - 1:38:28.80 - 50-54 AG - 6th place
Ileana Carroll - 1:40:29.19 - 50-54 AG
Ann Erickson - 1:31:40.20 - 70+ - 1st place!
Kathy Morris - 1:56:34.28 - Athena 40-49 AG - 2nd place!

Taylor Riall makes her first triathlon look easy!

 

Thumbs up from Sara Vanderford!

 

Jackie Medina-Lewis overcomes a troublesome bike day and finishes her run!

Men's Results:
Zachary Miller - 1:12:35.34 - 20-24 AG - 1st place!
Scott Peterson - 1:10:42.12 - 30-34 AG - 5th place!
Ronnie Delzer - 1:14:20.19 - 30-34 AG - 7th place
Tim Taylor - 1:18:57.99 - 30-34 AG
Tim Thurman - 1:20:46.42 - 30-34 AG
Daryl Parker - 1:21:20.03 - 30-34 AG
Matt Smith - 1:23:58.24 - 30-34 AG
James (Danny) Ratliff - 1:32:28.21 - 30-34 AG
Tommy Behe - 1:14:13.39 - 35-39 AG- 6th place!
Mario Menendez - 1:19:03.01 - 35-39 AG
Mike Flake - 1:26:35.86 - 35-39 AG
Jesus Carias - 1:24:34.97 - 35-39 AG
Mills Bell - 2:01:15.42 - 35-39 AG - 1st tri!
Patrick Sexton - 1:12:18.35 - 40-44 AG
Chris Wendt - 1:14:15.13 - 40-44 AG
Casey Clark - 1:15:33.84 - 40-44 AG - Won award for competing all 10 years here!
Dan Michalk - 1:19:34.10 - 40-44 AG
John McGowan - 1:23:23.73 - 40-44 AG - PR by 5 minutes!
Jesse Balboa - 1:24:50.89 - 40-44 AG
Chip Lawson - 1:46:33.48 - 40-44 AG - 1st tri!
Jim Harrington - 1:13:25.91 - 45-49 AG
Michael Everett - 1:22:17.32 - 45-49 AG
Steve Hardy - 1:23:05.82 - 45-49 AG
Manuel Abascal - 1:25:59.68 - 45-49 AG
Tim Vibrock - 1:09:16.30 - 50-54 AG - 1st place!
Ed York - 1:10:33.68 - 50-54 AG - 2nd place! Won award for competing all 10 years here at event.
CJ Stewart - 1:12:13.85 - 50-54 AG - 3rd place!
Kent Morris - 1:13:25.74 - 50-54 AG - 4th place!
Will Blackbird - 1:15:43.98 - 50-54 AG - 5th place!
Bret Strong - 1:19:54.29 - 50-54 AG
Jed Beck - 1:26:20.58 - 50-54 AG
Scott Farrand - 1:29:00.06 - 50-54 AG
Eric Yollick - 1:56:01.14 - 50-54 AG
Skip Moschell - 1:22:29.15 - 55-59 AG - 3rd place!
Charlie Schuber - 1:29:02.82 - 55-59 AG
Phillip DePrang - 1:28:17.34 - 60-64 AG - 4th and awarded for competing all 10 years!
Bill Blount - 1:52:30.11 - 60-64 AG
S. Craig Daniell - 1:56:08.82 - 60-64 AG
Roger Mercier - 1:57:13.97 - 65-69 AG - 5th and 1st tri!
Mario Vasquez - 1:29:15.99 - relay

 

Jim Harrington on the run course!

Tommy Behe running fast! 

 



Scott Farrand is all smiles!!

 

 

Dan Michalk and Ronnie Delzer on the run course!

 



For more details on results, go to:

http://www.cadencesports.com/eResults.php?raceid=734&event=Searchable

For more photos, go to:

https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A4GtnIORJEXCK7