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Spartan Death Race v2011

Andy Weinberg, Double and Triple IRON Finisher and swim course record for both, is the RD for the Spartan Death Race, which finsihed the weekend of 24-26 June. The competitiors that finished (35 out of 158) did so after competing for 42 hours. The thing with the Death Race is you don't know what is next. Some tasks are known, some are not, plus you don't know when the finish is so you can't gague yourself, your time or your energy. You just have to keep going till Andy tell you that you have finished.

This past event, you were told you needed to have your task finsihed by 3:00 Sunday afternoon and congregate at the church for a meeting, then you would be allowed to go back and continue your tasks and the course. Some decided not to show up at the church and quit the event, they had enough. For the ones opting to attend church with the intent of continuing along, THEY were told that they had indeed finished. Order of placement was how far you had gotten along in the race.

Our family was fortunate to have one alumni of the Double and Triple IRON finish, Joshua Zitomer. We also had long term staff member John Wall finish. And two participants that will be doing their first Double (Rebecca Hansen) and Triple (Frank Fumich) completed the event as well. It takes tough people to finish the Double or Triple and those are the ones that can compete in the Spartan Death Race. Congrats to Andy, and his wife Sloan who puts up with so much leading up to and over the weekend, for putting on such a fantastic event - according to most of the competitors. Tho it kicked their butts, and then some, they all raved about it. Click here for the website!!

Other News

Maceration

June 23, 2011 by John Vonhoff
Filed under: Foot Care, Health, blister care

A BAD case of maceration
This weekend is the running of the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile race from Squaw Valley to Auburn, over the California Sierras. While around 375 will start the race, the finisher’s numbers will probably fall between 200 and 250. The main reasons for not finishing will include being under trained, stomach issues, simply missing cutoffs, and injuries. Injuries are big. There will be sprained ankles, cuts and scrapes from falls, possible wrist injuries from falls, tons of blisters, and this year - a lot of problems from maceration. With higher than normal snow levels, and this week’s hot temperatures, runners will be in the snow more than normal. Plus runoff from the snow will affect trails and stream crossings. These wet conditions will affect many of the runners - leading to maceration. To read the rest of the article, click here for John's Website!!

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Race Across America

Click here for the link to the RAAM Website
The 2011 biking of RAAM just finished and we had 3 alumni of our Double's and Triple's competing in it. Kathy Roche-Wallace, 7 time solo finisher of the Triple IRON competed in the 50-59 age category and finsihed 2nd out of 5 women altogether. The overall winner of the 2009 Triple IRON was Steve Teal, and he raced on the 4 pers team Strategic Global Advisors. And super suport crew for Dave Gaudette (Double and Triple IRON finisher) and his wife Linda (Double IRON finsiher) was Randy Mouri, who raced solo and finsihed 4th out of 11 in the 50-59 men category. Well done to these three.

Florida Athletes Racing in 2011

The athletes below will be competing (or expressed their intent to compete) in this years event. If they have an asterisk (**) before and after their name, that means they have registered and paid for the race.

Good luck to all!

**Leslie Holton**, 43 ~ Pine, CO

2010 Race Around Ireland (Bike) unable to finish the whole thing
2008 Levis, Canada Double IRON
2007 Virginia Double IRON
2007 Dirty Kanza 200 (1st ever female finisher)
2007 Fireweed 400 (1st place female, RAAM Qualified)
2007 Minnesota Border to Border (1st place mixed pair)
2004/5/6 Ultraman World Championships Participant

**Lisa "Trixie**" Taylor, 36 ~ Laingsburg, MI

Click here for what Trixie has done!!

**Cathy Tibbetts**, 56 ~ Farmington, NM

Click here for Cathy's accomplishments!!

**Jennifer Vogel**, 29 ~ Atlanta, GA

Ironman Cozumel/Florida/Great Floridian 11:16 PR
2010/09/08 Keys 100 Miler ~ 2010 2nd Overall
2010 Marathon de Sable
2009/08/07 Fat Ass 50K
2008 Umstead 50 Miler
2009 Grand Tetons 100 Miler 3rd Female
2009/08/07 Hot 2 Trot 8 Hour Run
2009 Iron Horse 50 Miler 3rd Overall
Great Floridian Iron Distance and Florida Ironman
10 Marathons 3:27 PR
Bike Ride Across Georgia
Several unsupported centuries
Jennifer's page

**Jaime Azuaje**, 23 ~ Lynchburg, VA

2010 Virginia Double IRON
2010/09 Promise Land 50K
2010/09 Terrapin Mtn 50K
2009 Big Bear Lake 12 Hour Run
2009 Grindstone 100 Miler
2009 Mount Masochist 50 Miler
2009 Hellgate 100K
2008/07 Richmond Marathon
2008 ChesapeakeMan Iron Distance Triathlon

**Jacob Evans**, 25 ~ Midlothian, TX

2009 Ironman Lake Placid
2009 Pikes Peak Marathon
2008 Ironman Hawaii
2008 Pikes Peak Ascent 3:18
2008 Ironman Arizona
2007 Ironman Lake Placed 11:07

**David Jepson**, 33 ~ Fort Collins, CO

2010 Ironman St George
2009 Horsetooth 10k Open Water Swim
2008/07 Ironman Arizona
2008/07/06/05/04 Ironman Canada
2007/06 Great Floridian
Many Marathons

**Stephen Johnson**, 49 ~ Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

2008 Ultraman Hawaii World Championship
2008 12th Place Monterrey Mexico Deca IRON
2008 Silver Medalist Canadian Masters Track & Field Championship 800m Men's 45-49
2006/05 3rd/4th Place Ultraman Canada
2001 3rd Place Lévis, Quebec Double IRON
2000 5th Place Colonial Beach, VA Double IRON
1997 Lensahn, Germany Triple IRON
1996 3rd Place Huntsville Double IRON
1996 Friedrich Nietzsche Ultra-Distance Duathlon World Championship, Cedar Rapids, IA
1995 Winner Huntsville Double IRON
Eight time Double Ironman finisher
Ten time Ironman distance finisher