T-Gator Sprint Triathlon

Congrats to Finish Strong's Troy Cormier who won his 45-49 age group at the T-Gator Sprint Triathlon in Lake Charles held on Sunday, June 7.  The race distances were 500 meter swim, 15 mile Bike and 2.5 mile run. See below for Troy's splits.  Way to represent the team!  Any pics?

For more on race, go to: 

http://www.lakecharlestriathletes.net/

Houston Marathon Race Registration

Chevron Houston Marathon registration is open. .

Finish Strong Coaching offers a group marathon/half marathon program for Houston Marathon and Half Marathon that begins October 17 (one week after 10 for Texas).  Do you want to start training with a group earlier?  Sign up for our 10 for Texas program that begins July 18 thru race day on October 10th. 

Escape from Alcatraz

Some 2,000 athletes took to the chilly waters off Alcatraz Island early Sunday morning, June 7 and swam a mile and a half, biked another 18 miles and topped that off with a 7.5-mile run.
Two hours and two minutes later, the leaders of the annual Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon sprinted to the finish, with American Eric Lagerstrom edging out reigning champion Andy Potts by two seconds. Ashleigh Gentle of Australia won the women’s race in two hours, 13 minutes and 43 seconds.

In all, the event featured 21 professional athletes and thousands of triathlon enthusiasts from 40 countries. The oldest participant was 76 years old, the youngest 16. The average age was 41, and 76 percent were men.

Among those competing was Kent Morris finished finished in 2:44:47, a PR by almost 7 minutes. Kent placed on the podium by finishing 3rd in his 55-59 AG.  Way to go, Kent.  The race announcer said it best, "You’ve done it. You’ve escaped!”

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