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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 2012

The athletes below will be competing (or expressed their intent to compete) in next years event. If they have an asterisk (**) before and after their name, that means they have registered and paid for the race. If there is only one asterisk (*), means they are pretty serious, more than just a dream - a wish, but haven't registered yet.

Good luck to all!

**Karen Alexeev**, 59 ~ Gulfport, FL

9 times Great Floridian
2003 Hawaii Ironman
2002 Ironman Florida

**Deb Battaglia**, 44 ~ Salt Lake City, UT

2011 Virginia Double IRON
2011 Ultraman Canada
2011/09 24 Hours of Triathlon
20 Iron Distance Triathlons
Triple T Ohio & North Carolina

**Kacie Darden**, 27 ~ Atlanta, GA

2011 Ironman Cozumel
2011 Chattanooga River Rat 4.5 Mile Swim
2011 Rev3 Cedar Point Full IRON Race
2011 Ironman St George
2010 Ironman Louisville
2010 Tashka 50K Trail Run
2010/09 The Ridges Invitation 5k Swim
2009 Disney Marathon

**Danielle Grabol**, ~ Atlanta, GA

2011 Men's & Woman's Course Record for riding across FL - 422 Miles in 27H54M
2008 Ironman Louisville
Rev3 Cedar Point 140.6
New River 50K Trail Run
Bunch of little stuff that equated to big stuff

**Rebecca Hansen**, 51 ~ Naples, FL

2011 Spartan YouMayDie 42 Hour Death Race Official Finisher
2011 Umstead 100 Miler
2011 LOST 118 Endurance Run
2010 Great Floridian

**Gisela Lindoff**, 25 ~ Sweden

2011 Florida Double IRON Team
2010 Månkarbo Marathon (Sweden)
2009 Kalmar Triathlon (Sweden) - 14:07
2008 Mariestad Marathon (Sweden)
3 50K Ultra Runs
4 Six Hour Run
1 14 Hour Ultra Run

**Suraya Oliver**, 47, West Midlands ~ England

Deca Hawaii World Champion
Quintuple Mexico World Champion

Virginia Double IRON First Place Female

Levis, CanadaDouble IRON 3rd Place

Austria Double IRon Finsiher

Roth Ironman Finisher

Longest Day UK Finisher

Several Marathons

**Tammie Wonning**, 40 ~ Tampa, FL

2011 Ancient Oaks 100 Miler
2011 Ironman Louisville
2010/09 Ironman Cozumel
2008 Ironman Arizona

**Bob Abate**, 45 ~ West Palm Beach, FL

2007 Virginia Triple IRON
2006 Virginia Double IRON
2002 Odyssey Double IRON
1995/94 Huntsville Double IRON

**Lars Anderson**, 34 ~ Denmark

Challenge Copenhagen Iron Distance
2001 Ironman
Many Marathons

**Yves Beauchamp**, 47 ~ Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2009 Virginia Double IRON
2009/8 Hungary Double IRON
2008/2 Monterrey Mexico Deca IRON
2008 Lensahn, Germany Triple IRON
2007 Neulengback, Austria Double IRON
2006 Vidabahn, France Deca IRON
2006/5 Ultramarathon Canadian Champ 2nd/7th Pl
2005/2000 Levis, Canada Double IRON
2005 Moosburg, Austria Double IRON
2001 France Triple IRON
Guinness World Record for stationary bike (Spinning) 77 Hours 22 Minutes
Yves personal webpage

**Chet "the jet" Blanton**, 53 ~ Honolulu, HI

1999 Virginia Triple IRON
1998 Monterrey Mexico Double Deca

**Matt Brown**, 41 ~ Waukee, IA

2011 Ironman Lanzarote
2011 Double Triple Bypass Bike Ride
2010 Canadian Iron Horse 100
2001 Ironman Lake Geneva

**Steve Carroll**, 24 ~ Falls Church, VA

**Bogie Dumitrescu**, 33 ~ Romania living in Denver, CO

2011 100 Mile Trail Run to do
2011 Marathon des Sables
Unoffical solo 135 Mile Badwater Run
2004 Beast of the East 4 day Adv Race

**David Gunn**, 43 ~ Hamden, CT

2012 Montreal Esprit Tri To Do
2011 Chesapeakeman Iron Distance Tri
2011 Ironman Lake Placid
2 50K Ultra Runs
20 Unsupported Century Rides
8 Marathons

**Steve Hendricks**, 52 ~ Newnan, GA

3 Iron distance Tri's (Florida, Beach to Battleship, Louisville)
15 Marathons (Boston once)
40 Mile Uwharrie Mountain Trail Run
Ridges Resort 5k Swim

**Andy Karall**, ~ Austria living in Thailand

2009 Monterrey Deca IRON
2009 Hungary Double IRON

**Charles Kemeny**, 36 ~ Tallahassee, FL

2010 Virginia Double IRON
2009 Hawaii Ironman World Championship
2009 Ironman Louisville

**Wayne Kurtz**, 45 ~ Wexford, PA

2011 Florida Double IRON
2010 Monterrey Mexico Deca IRON
2010/9/8/7 Virginia Double IRON
2010 Slovenia Double IRON
2009 Monterrey Mexico Deca 10x10 IRON
2009 Bonyhad Hungary Double IRON
2008 Monterrey Mexico Quintuple IRON
2008 Levis, Canada Double IRON
Lots of other smaller events that equal long training runs now

**Bobby Leong**, 48 ~ New York City, NY

2011 IM Lake Placed to do
2011 Sebring, FL 12/14 Endurance Cycling Event
2009 Bike Ride San Diego, CA to St Augustine, FL to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project
2009/08 IM Lake Placid

**Gary Lewis**, ~ Jacksonville, FL