Tejas Tri

Congrats to 7 Finish Strong athletes who raced the Tejas Tri on Sunday, May 31 in Sugarland, TX.  This tri was a sprint with 600 meter swim, 12 mile bike and 3 mile run. Topping the podium in their AGs were Richard Mac Namee (who competed with a mountain bike and still won his division coming in 11th overall) and Shannon Crowe who won her division and came in 51st overall. Sara Binau also found a spot on the podium in her AG.  Well done, team!

Charles Lussier

Danny Hannon.

Ira and Manuel Abascal (Thanks for the pics!)

Ira ready for the bike!

Richard Mac Namee (right) wins AG despite riding on mountain bike!

Sara Binau looking fierce!

Steve Hardy.

Here are the results:

Danny Hannon took 9th in his 30-34 AG. His splits were 12:41.0 swim, 30:08.3 bike (23.9mph) and 22:43.3 run (7:34/M) for overall time of 1:08:08.9

Irasema De Aquino was 18th in her 40-44 AG. Her splits were 16:32.1 swim, 39:56.3 bike (18.0mph) and 30:04.1 run (10:01/M) with an overall time of 1:31:20.3.

Charles Lussier was 9th in his 40-44 AG and 56th overall. Charles had a 11:45.0 swim, 32:33.5 bike (22.1mph),  and 21:31.4 run (7:10/M) for overall time of 1:08:08.5

Shannon Crowe was 1st in her 45-49 AG and 51st overall. Her splits were  12:22.9 swim,  31:46.1 bike (22.7mph) and 21:35.5 run (7:12/M) for an overall time of   1:07:40.2

Richard Mac Namee Qcvs was 1st in his 45-49 AG and 11th overall.  His splits were 9:07.6 swim, 32:167 bike (22.3mph), and 19:25.5 run (6:28/M) for an overall time of 1:02:43.5.

Steve Hardy came in 7th in his 45-49 AG and 52nd overall.  His splits were 11:31.2 swim,  30:51.9 bike (23.3mph) and 22:42.0 run (7:34/M) for an overall time of 1:07:45.6.

Sara Binau came in 3rd in her 55-59 AG. Her splits were 15:52.4 swim, 35:09.0  bike (20.5mph), and  27:01.4 (9:00/M) run for an overall time of 1:20:28.4  

For more pics, go to Finish Strong Coaching Facebook page.  Photos courtesy of Manuel Abascal. Thanks, Manuel!!

For more results, go to:

http://www.eztoregister.com/assets/TejasAG15.HTM

Captex

Captex race was held in Austin on Memorial Day - Monday, May 25th.  Despite the cancelled swim, FSC's Rodrigo Abascal, Amanda Keeter, Adnan Afzal, Coach Richard MacNamee, and Mike Flake all competed.

In the sprint distance, Coach Richard finished 4th in his 45-49 AG in an overall time of 56:49. Amanda Keeter (Rodrigo's girlfriend) finished in 1:14;41 finishing 7th in her 20-24 AG.

Rodrigo Abascal competed in the International (Olympic distance) race and finished in 2:00:24 - 8th in his 20-24 AG.  Adnan Afzal finished in 2:10:30 in the 45-49 AG.  Mike Flake finished in 2:11:19 in the 40-44 AG. Congrats to all!

Adnan Afzal on the run!

Mike Flake on the bike.

Mike Flake - on the run!

Coach Richard MacNamee!

Rodrigo on the bike.

 Many thanks to Ira and Manuel Abascal for capturing photos of FSC triathletes on race day!

For more results, go to:
http://www.captextri.com/captex/results/

Galveston Tri and Lonestar Sprint Tri - Sign up for race and group training!

Sign up before June 1st for a discount for Galveston Triathlon and Lonestar Sprint race.  Go to galvestontriathlon.com.  Finish Strong Coaching is offering a group program for both the olympic and sprint distance races.  Don't go it alone. Sign up today for training that leads up to this race at www.coachlyons.com.

Ironman Texas

Wow!  What a day!  Forty-one Finish Strong Coaching athletes toed the starting line at Lake Woodlands early Saturday morning, May 16 and forty made it to the finish line before midnight to hear Mike Reilly say his famous line, "YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!"  Despite windy, hot and humid conditions, our athletes did their best and once again made us proud.  Rosario suffered a setback with cramping legs on the bike, but will be back next year to try again.

We had a whalloping 27 completing their first Ironman on Saturday. One of our newbies, Maclane Fulvio, won $100 for having the fastest swim time in her age group with a speedy time of 1:02. Zach Miller broke 10 hours and finished his race in 9:58.  One of our returning Ironman athletes, Ileana Carroll set a PR of over an hour and a half faster than her last year's Ironman Texas race!  Everyone was on their feet and cheering when Sarah Hartley finished her first Ironman race with just 10 minutes to spare before midnight.  Each athlete has a special story to tell about their journey to accomplish the incredibly challenging 140.6 mile race of swimming (2.4), biking (112) and running (26.2).

We hope to hear first-hand from each at our next open water swim at Lake Conroe on Wednesday, May 27th.  Details to follow.  Check our Facebook page for posts with more photos - Finish Strong Coaching.

Here's the results:

Swim Bike Run Overall time Zach Miller 1:06 5:05 3:39 9:58:02 Geoff Zubay 1:05 5:29 4:27 11:16:09 Hans Boas 1:29 6:10 4:44 12:45:27 Steve Sears 1:08 5:38 5:48 12:48:21 Mo Abdalla 1:12 6:24 5:00 13:01:10 Dale Claudel 1:24 5:20 6:06 13:09:38 Jones "Rusty" Ramsey 1:37 6:24 4:51 13:20:24 Alberto Agostini 1:36 6:31 5:09 13:35:21 Gabriela Coates 1:26 6:38 5:08 13:39:42 Sheng Chou 1:19 6:53 5:09 13:41:58 Brent Scott 1:36 6:54 4:59 13:54:12 Michelle Bowman-Howard 1:26 6:53 5:27 14:01:18 Jeanette Hagelskaer 1:27 6:38 5:34 14:07:40 Nicole Schoppe 1:23 6:47 5:27 14:10:41 Ryan Myers 1:21 5:54 6:36 14:11:39 Razvan Dumitru 1:50 6:32 5:41 14:28:57 Ryan Myers 1:15 6:36 6:25 14:37:35 Eugene Nikulin 1:26 6:46 5:55 14:40:33 Maclane Fulvio 1:02 7:29 5:57 14:46:31 Kyle Hanna 1:55 6:54 5:46 14:59:26 Mike Loudis 1:16 6:50 6:37 15:06:48 Ileana Carroll 1:38 7:18 5:44 15:08:46 BJ Bergeron 1:39 7:25 5:39 15:12:29 Bob Bailey 1:28 6:28 6:38 15:13:47 Amber Swan 1:42 7:44 5:13 15:14:23 Nancy Decker Lent 1:28 7:24 5:37 15:14:26 Debbie Martin 1:29 7:22 6:13 15:37:50 Christy Gonzales 1:33 7:31 6:05 15:37:57 Khurram Khan 2:02 6:22 6:56 15:39:41 Meagen Kelleher 1:11 7:17 6:52 15:40:58 Ligia Felsen 1:33 7:52 5:57 15:49:06 Liah Olson 1:42 8:03 5:49 15:55:34 Pamela Paling 1:29 7:10 6:31 15:56:26 Kimberly Pilcher 2:19 7:26 5:50  16:03:33 Rex Campbell 1:28 7:05 7:18 16:17:48 Casey Clark 1:18 6:49 7:49 16:20:34 Kathleen Crea 1:33 7:50 6:26 16:22:35 Kaylee Susong 1:34 8:07 6:37 16:44:57 Sara Hartley 1:36 7:42 6:55 16:49:35 Rosario Leyva Alexandre 1:58     dnf Go Christy! Muddy transition! Coach John ready with the camera! Zach Miller at banquet after the race! Lots more pics taken by Coach John at this drop box.  Use attached link. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yupvh102b0rkl75/AADympzuRRLNEIAws_9szDCUa?dl=0

Tri Girl Sprint Tri

Congrats to Finish Strong's Taylor Riall who won master's and second overall at the Tri Girl sprint triathlon (200 meter swim, 8 mile bike, 2 mile run) held on Sunday, May 10.  Taylor finished in 44:39.  Her splits were swim: 3:34 Bike and T2: 23:38 (they missed her bike split so this is listed in T2) Run: 15:22.  Way to go, Taylor!

Taylor runs it in for 2nd overall and master's win!

Taylor is ready to go (wearing green goggles).

Taylor and her mom.  Nice way to celebrate Mother's Day!

Ladies Night at Luke's Locker - 20% off shopping on Wednesday, May 13

Memorial Sprint Tri

Congrats to Finish Strong's Sara Binau who won her age group at the Memorial Sprint Tri on Sunday, May 3 in Houston.  Sara's went from 8th in her AG to 1st over the course of the event.  Here is her race report, "8 in my age group...SWIM - 4th in age 8:16:0;  2:45 T1 - 1st in age group; BIKE - 1st in age 29:38:2 20.2 mph; T2 - 3rd in age 1:03:9; RUN - 2nd in age 26:08:2 8:43 pace total: 1:05:50.4. I was shooting for 1:03 so disappointed w/ time as last swim time was 7 min!! And got stuck behind a big guy and tried 2 times to pass him...couldn't...so finally breast stroked past him...then freestyled...Guess I should have breast stroked the entire swim! \Great race! Loved getting 1st in age group!!"

Santo de Mayo 5k

Finish Strong's Steve and Ana Hardy ran the fun Santo de Mayo 5k on Sunday, May 3rd. This was Steve's 2nd race this weekend following CB&I Tri on Saturday. Steve reports, "Ana and I along with many friends ran the Santo de Mayo 5k this morning at the St Arnold's Brewery downtown. Ana posted a 28:32 time for a 9:12 pace and good for 22nd out of 110 in Age Group. I ran a 22:51 time for a 7:22 pace and 5th in my Age Group, Such a fun race and an amazing after party."  Looks like fun.  Love the mustaches!

Houston 5K

FSC's Kevin Baker won the Houston 5K on Sunday, May 3!  Way to go, Kevin!

Texas Exe's Lone Star Stampede 5K

Congrats to FSC's Amanda Allen Cruise who was first female overall and second finisher overall at the Texas Exe's Lone Star Stampede 5K on Sunday, May 3. Amanda finished in 19:45 (6:22/M pace).

CBI Tri

What a beautiful day for our local CBI Tri sprint race held at North Shore Park in The Woodlands on May 2!  Finish Strong Team was looking good with 65 participating.  24 finishing in top 10 of their AGs!  We had 5 first timers, 12  podium finishes and many PRs. And lots of volunteers helping with race set up, transition and run course.

Some of our group post-race.

Fernando and Sharon

Scott Peterson and Casey Clark.  Scott finished 3rd in AG. Casey 7th in his AG.

Cindy Weller and John Tortorici.

Michelle and Gordon Irving.

On a sad note, our swim coach Jack Alexander was hit by a car during the bike portion of his race and suffered cracked ribs.  We are thankful that he is okay and was released from ER later this morning.

Gloria introduces her brothers to triathlon in their first relay

Marcus Ratcliff completes his first tri (on right) with friends and former FSC athletes Danny and Brandy Watterson

Jed Beck, Ken Page, Andy Brock, & Manuel Abascal

Eduardo (L) and Gabe Belforti (R) with PRs.

Chantal and Maclane - both take home hardware.

Ken Page, Ellen Kurtz-Hammon, Illeana Carroll

FSC Females finishing in TOP TEN of AG!

Becca Novelli 1:11:08.91 7:50.89 39:37.15 22.7mph 21:49.65 7:00/M - 3rd elite female

Maclane Fulvio 1:16:29.20 7:30.4 42:49.74 21.0mph 22:35.43 1st 20-24 female

Sara Portilla 1:23:51.52 14:20.18 42:14.90 21.3mph 23:52.67 7:39/M - 6th in 35-39 AG

Cindy Weller 1:28:39.52 11:48.64 48:38.33 18.5mph 25:30.22 8:10/M - 10th in 40-44 AG

Marilee Poon 1:27:07.92 11:03.29 50:54.62 17.7mph 22:10.88 7:06/M - 6th in 45-49 AG

Michelle Irving 1:28:57.87 10:26.67 46:42.47 19.3mph 27:56.84 8:57/M - 9th in 45-49 AG

Ileana Carroll 1:33:08.79 INC     48:15.74 18.7mph 28:06.18 9:00/M - 9th in 50-54 AG

Ellen Kurtz-Hammond1:31:38.38 INC   49:52.62 18.0mph 26:57.98 8:38/M - 2nd in 55-59 AG

Carmen Kelleher 1:34:32.01 11:04.72  50:23.45 17.9mph 29:03.70 9:19/M - 3rd in 55-59 AG

Sheri Okeefe 1:43:37.17 11:14.42 53:19.30 16.9mph 35:04.87 11:14/M - 9th in 55-59 AG

Ann Erickson 1:31:05.83 12:16.64 47:02.25 19.1mph 26:06.34 8:22/M - 1st 70+

Kathy Morris 1:39:22.58   13:27.90 49:08.87 18.3mph 33:33.66 10:45/M - 1st Athena 50+

FSC Males finishing in TOP TEN of AG!

Scott Peterson 1:12:20.37         9:11.30 41:22.05 21.8mph 19:46.51 6:20/M - 3rd in 30-34 AG

Alan Jones 1:10:48.30  8:59.84 38:27.01 23.4mph 21:08.89 6:46/M - 1st in 40-44 AG

Casey Clark 1:12:54.24 8:40.20 40:59.79 22.0mph 21:19.24 6:50/M - 7th in 40-44 AG

Michael Menster 1:11:47.46 10:02.56 38:15.03 23.5mph 20:04.10 6:26/M - 3rd in 45-49 AG

Jim Harrington 1:10:22.89 8:25.08 37:59.62 23.7mph 21:18.71 6:50/M - 1st in 50-54 AG

Cj Stewart        1:11:29.98 9:22.69 40:24.33 22.3mph 19:54.25 6:23/M - 2nd in 50-54 AG

Bret Strong 1:17:36.87 11:15.02 41:15.70 21.8mph 23:01.44 7:23/M - 7th in 50-54 AG

Kent Morris 1:09:08.98 9:35.52 36:59.44 24.3mph 20:23.47 6:32/M - 1st in 55-59 AG

Phillip Deprang 1:23:54.31 10:59.96 44:54.75 20.0mph 24:40.45 7:54/M - 2nd in 60-64 AG

S. Craig Daniell  1:46:31.43 14:58.92 50:52.39 17.7mph 32:51.24 10:32/M - 6th in 65-69 AG

Roger Mercier  1:59:30.60 18:38.73 57:20.76 15.7mph 31:28.58 10:05/M- 8th in 65-69 AG 

FSC by AG

Jessica Felsen 1:56:41.94       10:57.42 1:03:17.92 14.2mph 38:14.78 12:15/M - 1st time! 11th in AG

Derya Tolukan 2:10:06.35 28:14.69 1:04:38.01 13.9mph 27:32.58 8:49/M - 30-34 AG

Tiffany Hirsekorn 1:32:44.79 13:11.98 50:05.33 18.0mph 25:48.65 8:16/M - 35-39 AG

Miranda Grant  1:33:59.86 11:50.89 53:49.77 16.7mph 24:10.27 7:45/M - 1st time!

Xochitl Rodriguez-Carias 1:56:44.48 13:55.47 59:22.33 15.2mph 37:07.62 11:54/M - 40-44 AG

Elena Agostini     1:39:51.63 13:06.43 49:56.13 18.0mph 33:33.61 10:45/M - 1st time

Irasema De Aquino  1:41:33.91 13:09.25 52:56.19 17.0mph 30:48.08 9:52/M - 40-44 AG

Janet Luna   1:56:48.69 17:07.03 1:01:33.49 14.6mph 31:42.79 10:10/M - 45-49 AG

Kimberly Pilcher 1:39:03.52 16:54.39 49:17.52 18.3mph 27:57.24 8:58/M - 50-54 AG

Chris Hirsekorn 1:18:35.26 10:03.66 43:55.79 20.5mph 22:09.58 7:06/M - 35-39 AG

Jason Langridge 1:19:39.30 11:16.81 42:48.28 21.0mph 22:36.95 7:15/M - 35-39 AG

Brad Wainwright 1:42:43.57 10:53.16 52:19.95 17.2mph 33:36.49 10:46/M - 35-39 AG

Jesus Carias 1:16:23.58 10:23.02 40:47.90 22.1mph 21:46.24 6:59/M - 40-44 AG

Charles Lussier 1:16:26.27 10:06.87 42:20.33 21.3mph 21:40.56 6:57/M - 40-44 AG

John Tortorici         1:18:38.81  9:42.26 43:23.33 20.7mph 23:41.91 7:35/M - 40-44 AG

Gabriel Belforti 1:19:36.73 13:53.99 42:03.17 21.4mph 20:38.30 6:37/M - 40-44 AG

John McGowan 1:22:34.97 9:28.41 46:03.84 19.5mph 24:32.68 7:52/M - 40-44 AG

Eduardo Garzon 1:23:56.68 12:05.23 45:08.50 19.9mph 22:51.11 7:19/M - 40-44 AG

Victor Martinez 1:30:33.35 14:20.77 46:30.86 19.4mph 25:07.11 8:03/M - 40-44 AG

Marcus Ratcliff 1:31:35.40 14:02.18 46:40.40 19.3mph 27:16.10 8:44/M - 40-44 AG

Carl Holt                 1:20:45.10 10:50.82 43:54.18 20.5mph 21:38.21 6:56/M - 45-49 AG

Steve Hardy 1:21:21.90 10:30.38 43:45.01 20.6mph 24:16.87 7:47/M - 45-49 AG

Bj Bergeron 1:25:54.19 11:34.04 46:01.23 19.6mph 24:24.06 7:49/M - 45-49 AG

Gordon Irving 1:28:46.05 12:33.69 47:26.01 19.0mph 23:46.05 7:37/M - 45-49 AG

Andy Brock 1:28:48.67 12:21.29 50:30.22 17.8mph 21:51.20 7:00/M - 45-49 AG

Adnan Afzal 1:31:04.65 17:31.57 44:43.46 20.1mph 25:24.35 8:08/M - 45-49 AG

Aldo Alberto Conde 1:31:11.47 13:34.22 42:57.25 21.0mph 27:52.98 8:56/M - 45-49 AG

Fernando Ariza 1:32:11.21 12:06.07 49:59.96 18.0mph 25:35.03 8:12/M - 45-49 AG

Frede Hagelskaer 1:36:17.94 16:37.72 43:56.53 20.5mph 28:59.93 9:17/M - 45-49 AG

Manuel Abascal 1:40:31.89 INC 45:22.37 19.8mph 37:27.55 12:00/M - 45-49 AG

Darrell Arrant         2:18:29.55 28:59.24 57:19.02 15.7mph 43:10.43 13:50/M - 45-49 AG 1st Tri

Edwin Beck 1:30:16.98 10:16.01 45:10.60 19.9mph 29:44.98 9:32/M - 50-54 AG

Kerry Gordon         1:31:42.89 13:01.85 46:48.23 19.2mph 27:40.65 8:52/M - 50-54 AG

Keith Sacchieri 1:43:50.67 18:08.60 49:40.26 18.1mph 32:25.06 10:23/M - 50-54 AG

Eddie Daniels 2:05:45.64 30:10.01 55:14.82 16.3mph 33:33.46 10:45/M - 50-54 AG

Scott Farrand 1:26:19.12 12:46.33 46:06.83 19.5mph 23:31.03 7:32/M - 55-59 AG

Kenneth Page         1:27:24.95 13:46.63 44:28.02 20.2mph 25:24.07 8:08/M - 55-59 AG

Tim Cagle 1:37:04.61 15:49.97 47:35.46 18.9mph 28:00.86 8:58/M - 55-59 AG - 1st tri

Alberto Agostini 1:54:51.54 12:20.21 49:55.18 18.0mph 33:17.16 10:40/M - 55-59 AG

Randal Bolt 1:47:18.49 15:56.06 51:32.42 17.5mph 34:24.14 11:02/M - 60-64 AG

Also, participating in the relay were Gloria Shrewsbury and her brothers.  Chantal Requier and her relay team who won 1st in their division.  (I can't find results for the relay teams, so if you have your results please let me know.  Thanks!)

Gloria Shrewsbury teamed up with her brothers for their first tri relay.

John McGowan

Bret Strong with overall elite winner Lars Finanger (and his daughter Elin)

Brook, Becca and Mike Novelli.  Becca came in 3rd overall among elite females!

Tiffany and Chris HIrsekorn

Ana and Steve Hardy, Kent and Kathy Morris, 

Tim Cagle and wife Debra. Tim completed his first tri.

Frank Halter

Xochitl and Jesus Carias - another couple racing.

More couples and more first timers. IM Jeanette Hagelskaar with husband, Frede, who did his first tri. Howard and Marilee Poon.  She did her first tri and finsihed 7th in her AG!

Darrell Arrant and his wife after he finished his first triathon.

Jess Felsen (first tri) with Ellen Kurtz-Hammond who took home 2nd in her AG!

Ann Erickson (center) wins female 70+ with an amazing time!

Jim Harrington, CJ Stewart, Kent Morris, and Philip DePrang all collect their awards for placing in top 3 in their AGs.

Mike Loudis and Sheri Okeefe

For more results, go to:

http://www.cadencesports.com/eResults.php?raceid=942&event=Searchable%20Results