Dana's Featured Speaker at TWM Health and Fitness Expo

Coach Dana Lyons is a featured speaker at Friday's Health and Fitness Expo associated with The Woodlands Marathon.  The expo will be held in a tent at the Woodlands Mall (where the ice skating rink was located) at the corner of Six Pines and Timberloch.  Dana will be speaking at 11am on "Practical Hydration and Nutrition Tips for Training and Racing" and at 2pm on "Tips to Increase Strength and Speed."  When you are picking up your race bib, stop by!!

 

Nutrition and Hydration Seminar for Endurance Athlete

Many athletes benefitted from Coach Dana Lyons seminar on nutrition and hydration for endurance athletes offered on Sunday, February 24.   For those of you in attendance and all our Finish Strong Coached athletes, Klean Athlete is offering 15% discount off..  To take advantage of this offer, call Klean Athlete at 855-255-5326 and reference Finish Strong Coaching account #2291243.  You will be assigned your own unique account number to place your orders.  Credit card payments only.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IM TX Group Ride

Finish Strong Coaching had a group of 42 folks riding the upper portion of the Ironman Texas bike course on Saturday. After a chilly start, the group completed 55 miles with no incidents -- mechanical or otherwise -- much to the delight of the sag wagon drivers Deb Lyons, Preston & Kristie Chandler, and Matt Feldman.

Conoco Phillips Rodeo Run

 Chris Weir and Skip Moschell both finish in 39:57 at Conoco Phillips Rodeo Run 10K.

 Dustin Harris finishes the 10K in 47.32.

 Manuel Abascal (in green) crosses the finish line in 51:46.

 Max French (sporting his bright Finish Strong shirt) finished in 44:43.

Sarah P-M is all smiles after her run! Sarah completed her 10K in 55:30.

 

 

Many thanks to Ira De Aquino who captured pics of many Finish Strong athletes at the recent Conoco Phillips Rodeo Run held on Sunday, February 24.  See above. Will Blackbird (not pictured) finished in 46:10 with negative splits!  This year, nearly 15,000 runners and walkers participated in the 10K race, 5K fun run and walk in downtown Houston.







Austin Half Marathon

Congratulation to Paul Daly who achieved a PR at the Austin Half Marathon held Sunday, February 17.  Paul finished in 1:42:21 demolishing his old PR by almost 4 minutes.  Any pics?

Frost Yer Fanny SMW Regional Duathlon Championships

Frost yer Fanny SMW Regional Duathlon Championships was held at the Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday, February 17.  Finish Strong's Dana Lyons captured the grandmaster's title that qualified him for the national and world duathlon championships to be held in Ottawa, Canada.  Dana finished the 2 mile run, 16 mile bike, 2 mile run in 1:05:24. Dana's splits were 10:59 (5:29/mi) run, 41:32 (23.1/mi) bike,  11:20 (5:49/mi) run.  This was a fast and fun venue where the 2 mile run took place on one loop of the oval high speed race track!

Thanks to Kerry Gordon for capturing some great pics. His daughter, Haley, competed and placed 3rd in her 16-19 AG in 1:30:02.

More result info:

http://www.mychiptime.com/searchevent.php?id=7296

Jail Break Half Marathon

Beautiful, chilly weather made for delightful running conditions at the Jail Break Half Marathon on Saturday, February 16.  Deb Lyons represented Finish Strong placing 2nd in her 50-54 age group with an overall time of 1:51:48 - a PR by over 2 minutes.  The Jail Break Run 1/2 Marathon started and finished at the Baytown Police Dept. The middle of the course took runners up to the top of the Fred Hartman Bridge with a nice view the Houston Ship Channel and city of Baytown.