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Collegiate Recruitment Elite Development Program
Posted by: | CommentsThe coach has the fortune to be selected as part of USAT’s Olympic development program that involves working with some of the best collegiate and post graduate students that are being groomed to be potentially be part of our future Olympic teams. Read More→
Continued success from athletes
Posted by: | CommentsWe’ve had some great results in the past month… Read More→
More Results
Posted by: | CommentsAs the season is in full swing, we’ve continued to have some great results from our athletes: Read More→
Oh how the Masters keep going
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve been blessed as a coach to work with all great people and some strong masters athletes. Jane Sanders has had a great start to the summer season. She won her age group at the Dexter to Ann Arbor Half Marathon. She was first in the Womens 50-54 out of 58 athletes in a time of 1:41. Then she came back a week later with a 3rd OVERALL female(not just masters) at the Motor City Olympic triathlon. She went 2:27 and qualified for the “Best in the US” triathlon competition. Who says you can’t get stronger as you get older?
Also, a shout out to my running partner, national champion, Doug Goodhue with his Masters National Championship win at the D2A2 10k and several other Masters wins recently. In addition, my buddy from the Y, Jerry Beasley has recently scored 2 PR’s by :30 Minutes recently in 2 local tris. Way to go Jerry. My speech on bumping up his running must have helped! Jerry is a young 60-64. You’d never guess it looking at him. That’s what the sport will do for you!
More Results
Posted by: | CommentsCongratulations to more of our athletes:
1. Ger Lupini- Overall Female Winner at the 3Disciplines, Starkerman Duathlon. She was 16th OVERALL finisher, first OVERALL female and set a new course record by FIVE minutes! She’s off to a great start in prep for Du Worlds.
2. Brian MacIlvan-Our future professional competed at Memphis in May and was in the top 8% overall, including current professionals. It was a hot day coming from the Midwest spring. He finished the Olympic distance race in 2:03 on an extended run course.
3. Chad Whistler-Finished the HIM portion of the Triple T race in Ohio for his first HIM in preparation for IM Louisville coming up in August. Great job on his first open water swim race.
4. Chad Stearns and Eric Buckhave(first time HIM’er) both had great season starts at the Monroe Racing for Recovery HIM, in light of the horrible weather the night before and brutal winds on race day.
5. Joe Leto- At the end of a big training block in preparation for IMLO, ran the Bayshore Half Marathon in 1:29. Excellent!
White Lake Heat Fest-Race Recap
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Race Venue
The coach started off the season with of his major races being the White Lake II Half Ironman in White Lake, NC. This is an event run by Set Up events and is part of the qualifying program for USAT’s Half Iron Championship. The goal being to get a qualifying spot for the race in October. The good news is he got in; the less than good news is it wasn’t pretty. However, that’s racing! Read More→
Our Athletes keep Rockin’
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the joys of being a coach is getting the follow up emails or phone calls after a race weekend from our athletes. The past 2 weeks have been phenomenal for our group.
More Great Starts
Posted by: | CommentsCongratulations continue to go out to:
Ger Lupini- First overall Female at the Dooby Du(athlon) last weekend in a time of 1:23:48. This was almost a minute faster than last year’s time. She’s on great form for Du Nationals next weekend.
Chad Stearns: Another personal best at the Loons Lake 6k. 9th out of 37 in his AG with an average pace of 7:45/mile. This is quite an improvement considering as he points out “2 years ago I was a 10+minute/mile guy.”
Adrian Fear: Adrian was a client of ours last year in her first year of road cycling. She quickly advanced to the Wolverine Sports Club elite level team and just took two first place finishes at the AAVC Spring Fling (criterium) Series this month. Quite an advancement, considering she was brand new to the sport last year.
Athlete Performances
Posted by: | CommentsWhat a great way to start the season, recent GRC athletes put up some great performances, overall and personally… Read More→
General Thoughts
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Big Shoes to Fill
I love this picture as a reminder that kids respond to our actions more than our words. The great thing about having kids is they give us a direct reflection on who we are and the message we put out. My caption to this picture is “Them are big shoes to fill.”
Hopefully, by now everyone has had a chance to get their bikes out on the road. If not, why not? And shame on you. I’ve had the opportunity to get 2 back to back weeks of 100 miles in. While I’ve definitely enjoyed it, I’m feeling the fatigue. Thank goodness for recovery weeks. As the coach, I use this time of year to reevaluate everyone’s annual training plan(ATP) and make adjustments based upon planned vs actual hours. This is one of the great things about having a real coach to review your progress. As a general note, training is a relative thing. We all want more hours to train, but it isn’t always practical. So, the key is to make the most of what we have. Have a purpose for every workout. Read More→
