The Woodlands Marathon Expo

Finish Strong Coaching is proud to be the official coach for The Woodlands Marathon, sponsor of the Finish Line Festival, Exhibitor at the Expo, and presenters at the Expo.  Coach Dana Lyons and Ronnie Delzer each spoke at the Expo.  Ronnie shared his experience running the 100 Mile Rocky Raccoon Race where he placed third for the national championships.  Coach Dana helped athletes with "Tips to Finish Strong."  Our team members enjoyed stopping by the booth to enjoy pre-race stretching with Dutch Thomson and use of Normatec boots.  Others entered our raffle for entry and coaching for next year marathon/half. 

Amber Swan and her daughters at the Expo!

Coach Dana speaks at the Expo!

Great pre-race stretching with Dutch Thomson.

Enjoying Normatec boots at FSC booth at the Expo.

Ronnie Delzer speaking at TW Marathon Expo!

Walt Disney World 5K, 10K and Half Marathon

Finish Strong's Lara Dunlap-Font completed the WDW 5k, 10k and half marathon on Feb.21-22 at Disney World.  Lara finished the 5K in 22:25, the 10K in 43:39 and the half marathon in 1:36:04. Lara took 2nd place in her age group in the 10K and 3rd place in her age group in the half marathon Although she didn't PR, she did achieve her goals for this multi-race weekend.  Congrats!

Rhythm and Blues Half Marathon

Congrats to Finish Strong's Sara Portilla who completed the Rhythm and Blues half marathon on February 15th in a fast finishing time of 1:41.  Well done!

Challenge Phillipines 70.3

Finish Strong Coaching's Jerry Palmer completed Challenge Philippines on Saturday, February 14. It's  a half iron distance race.  Jerry reports, "That thing was brutal. Probably 6000 ft of climbing over 56 miles. Most at 7%+ grade and a good portion between 11-15%. Then a trail run for. 21k. Good warm up for ironman. Finish time was right around 8 hours, cutoff was 9. 40 minute swim, 4:30 bike, 2:50 ish run on the hardest 70.3 course I've ever been on. Oh and it was definitely in the 90's all day."

"Soles for Hope" - Shoe Drive in Conjunction with The Woodlands Marathon!

Hi Gang,

Please consider donating gently used or new shoes.  Read on!


My name is Jamie Bryant, I am an active triathlete/runner (Ironman, Marathon Runner, etc..), a resident of the Woodlands, but more importantly I am working with the Woodlands Marathon, Woodlands Church, and Fleet Feet to help promote our annual shoe drive “Soles for Hope”.

I was hoping you would be so kind, and forward this message along to your team and athletes, as we are trying to get the message out strong this year to help collect 10,000 pairs of gently used and new shoes in conjunction with the Woodlands Marathon.  We will have donation bins located throughout the race weekend (at the Expo and Race Day), and are asking all that can, to bring anything they can and drop them in the bins (all sizes, all types, not just athletic shoes, male/female/children).

We have partnered with many wonderful local organizations such as Star of Hope, Freedom Place, Casa de Esperanza, and others to come along side them and help them fill their ongoing needs for shoes to serve those men/women and children that they serve on a daily basis.  We will also be sending a large shipment to a partner in mountains of Haiti, where we have been working the last few years to help them establish a growing community.  

In addition, on race day, after the finish line, if an athlete feels called, they can remove their shoes and donate them on the spot, but not to worry, we’ll have pairs of flip flops to trade them so they don’t have to walk to their cars barefooted.  It is a great way for the running/triathlete community to give back, and I hope you will share this with your group.

All the best, and continued success.
-Jamie

Stephen J. "Jamie" Bryant
Executive Vice President

FSC Supported Bike Ride

Sunday FSC Bike Ride! Many of our triathletes rode half the Ironman course during our supported bike ride.

More pics here (from Manuel's camera): https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A2Grq0zwuosjP

Big thanks to Barry Carroll for sag support!

Frost Yer Fanny Duathlon

Congratulations to Finish Strong Coach Jack Alexander who won his age group at Frost Yer Fanny Duathlon held on February 1, 2015 .

Jack was 1st in his AG and 14th overall. He ranked 1st in his swim, bike, and run for his AG.  Jack completed the first 2 mile run in 13:03.6 (6:32/mi pace); biked the 16.8m course in 46:39.2 (21.6/mi pace), and finished the final 2 mile run in 13:55.8 finishing in 1:17:37.

For more results, go to:
http://www.sportspectrumusa.com/files/FYFResults2015.pdf