Double Your Pleasure!
Triple Your Fun!

Main Menu

Whats New

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!!

More News

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.

Virginia 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!

Lake Anna Triple IRON

**Kathy Roche-Wallace**, 50 ~ Marshall, MI

2011 RAAM Bike Race Across America solo finisher
2010/08/07/06/05 Virginia Triple IRON
2009 Virginia Triple IRON Team with husband
2009/8 Primal Quest Adventure Race
2006 American 10x10 IRON triathlon ~ finished 5 IRONs in 5 days before stopping due to injuries
2006 Old Dominion 100 Miler
2004/03 Odyssey Triple IRON

**Jaime Azuaje**, 24 ~ Lynchburg, VA

2011 Florida Double IRON
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

**Frank Fumich**, 43 ~ Arlington, VA

2011 Spartan YouMayDie 42 Hour Death Race Official Finisher
2006 Marathon des Sables

**Jake Holscher**, 34 ~ Lakewood, CO

2 time finisher Leadville 100 Mile Trail Run
Pikes Peak Marathon
Redman Iron Distance Triathlon
Leadville 100 Mile Mtn Bike
2008 Leadman Finisher
Bighorn 100 Mile Trail Run

**Beat Knechtle**, 44 ~ St Gallen, Switzerland

Many ultra distance tris, bike and runs to include Double/Triple/Quintuple/Deca IRON Tri's

**William Lane**, 50 ~ Philadelphia, PA

2010/09 Virginia Triple IRON
2010 ChesapeakeMan IRON Distance
2008/7 Virginia Double IRON
2006/7 Ironman Lake Placid

**Ghislain Marechal**, 39 ~ Brussels, Belgium

2011 Ultraman UK To Do
2010 Virginai Double IRON 2nd Place Overall
2010 Challenge Copenhagen Iron Distance Tri
2010 Ironman Nice, France
2009 Triathlon de Cambrai, France Iron Distance
2009/08 Belgium Championship Winter Duathlon Long distance "De hel van Kasterlee"

**Kale Poland**, 28 ~ Turner, ME

2010 Monterrey Mexico Quintuple IRON
2010 Virginia Double IRON
2009 Virginia IRON Plus
Odyssey 40 mile Ultra
Pineland Farm 50 Mile Trail Run
2008 Ironman Lake Placid

**Ryan Ravinsky**, 40 ~ Boca Raton, FL

2010 Virginia Double IRON

**Joe Sauerbrey**, 31 ~ Archdale, NC

Local TV segment done on Joe
2010/08 Virginia Triple IRON
2010/07 Umstead 100 Miler
2009 Grindstone 100 Miler
2010 Newly Married to his support crew
Bethel Hill Moonlight Boogie 50 miler

**Stephen Schlater**, 30 ~ Wilmington, NC

A few things

**Chuck Schultz**, ~ IL

**Kamil Suran**, 35 ~ Czech Republic living in IL

2011 26 Mile Catalina California Ocean Swim
2011 Florida Double IRON 2nd Place Overall
Redman Ironman
Great Floridian Iron Distance
Beach 2 Battleship Iron Distance
Leadville 100 Mile Bike Ride
Leadville 100 Mile Trail Run
3 50 Mile Trail Runs
3 50K Trail Runs
7 Marathons

**Joe Trettel**, 56 ~ Graham, NC

2011 Florida Double IRON
2010 Great Floridian
2010 Double IRON 25th Annv Edition
10 Iron Distance Triathlons
60 Mile Ultra Run

**Chris Trimmer**, 39 ~ Clarksburg, MD

2010 Virginia Double IRON

**Tristan Vinzent**, 48 ~ Wörrstadt, Germany

21 Marathons
2002: Ironman Germany
2003: Subaru IR Canada
2004: Ironman Canarias, Lanzarote and IR Switzerland
2005: Subaru Ironman Canada
2006: IR Canarias, Lanzarote and IR United Kingdom
2007: IR Canarias, Lanzarote and IR Germany
2008: IR Canarias, Lanzarote and IR Germany
2009: IR Southafrika and Subaru IR Canada
2010 Virginia Double IRON

**Andy Weinberg**, 40 ~ Middlebury, VT

2008 Virginia Triple IRON
2005/2006 Virginia Double IRON
6 - 100 Mile Trail Run Finishes (21:50 PR)
37 plus - Ultra Marathon Trail Run Finishes
Andy is the RD for the Peak Ultra Series Races Peak Races
Andy is also RD for the You May Die Races You May Die

Lake Anna Double IRON

**Deb Battaglia**, ~

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

**Susan Boardman**, 57 ~ Jacksonville, FL

2003 Odyssey IRON Triathlon
3 50 Mile Trail Runs
5 Marathons
Long Distance rowing in Greece & England
2 Cycling Centuries

**Kimberly Cruz**, 40 ~ Tobaccovile, NC

2008 Ironman France
2008 Battleship to Beach Iron Distance
2007 Great Floridian
11 Ultra Marathons
8 Marathons
Xterra World Championships

**Paula Heron**, 34 ~ South Africa via KY

2011 American Triple-T
2011 27 Hours of Triathlon
2010/9/8 Ironman Louisville
2010 Rev3 Cedar Point Iron Distance (2 weeks from IM Lousiville
2009 American Triple-T
2007 Ironman South Africa

**Erika Laiche**, 26 ~ San Antonio, TX

2011 Capt'n Karl's Endurance Race Series to do
2010 Virginia Single IRON Tri
2010 Bandera Endurance Trail Run
2007 Ironman Louisville
2006 Ironman France 2nd in F18-24 age group
200 Ironman Coeur d'Alene
San Diego, Chicago and Cincinnati Marathons

**Kristin "Kay" Scott**, 42 ~ Bedford, TX

Ironman
2 100 Mile Ultra Runs
1 100K Ultra Run
1 50 Mile Ultra Run
9 50K Ultra Runs
8 Marathons

**Debbie Sidol**, 49 ~ North Olmsted, OH

2009 Virginia Double IRON - team 3/4 distance
2009 Ironman Wisconsin
2009/07 Michigan 24hr Bike Challenge
2008 Cleveland Marathon
2008 Calvin's 12hr Bike Challenge
2008/7 Virginia Double IRON
2007 Cleveland Marathon
2005/06 Ironman FL

**Dave Armento**, 51 ~ Atlanta, GA

2010/09 Race Across America (RAAM) 4-Man Team
28 mile Swim Around Manhattan
Ironman Canada
10 Marathons including qualifying for Boston
Climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Elbrus and Mt Aconcagua
2006/2005 Boston Marathon

**Peter Bue**, 22 ~ Norfolk, VA

2001 40 Hour Spartan Death Race

**Daniel Burke**, 49 ~ Québec, Canada

7 Ironman's 11:38 PR
8 Marathons
a few long swims

**Paul Calland**, 46 ~ Madison Heights, VA

24 Hrs of Snowshoe Mtn Bike Race
2009 Ironman Louisville
6 XXC Mtn Bike Events on Va Mtn Bike Assc
18 Hours on the Farm Mtn Bike Race, 3 years in a row

*Gerry Fassett*, 63 ~ , Pintendae, Québec, Canada

7 Double Iron Triathlons completed
4 Ironman's
1 Rockman
1 Goldman
1 Aquaman
20 times Canadian Ski Marathon ~ 2 Day 170 km Snowski Venture

**Michel Gagné**, 55 ~ Levis, Québec, Canada

2010 Ironman Cozumel
2008 Virginia Triple IRON Team
2008 Ironman Lake Placid
2007 Virginia Single IRON
2006 Virginia Double IRON
5 Ironmans
13 Marathons
1 100k Ultramarathon
1 24 hour bike relay
Many long swims ( 5 km to 10 km)

**Dave Gaudette**, 53 ~ Falls Church, VA

2008/7 Virginia Triple IRON
2007 Greenway Trail 50K
2007 Sebring 24 hour bike race
2006 Virginia Double IRON
20 Ultra's
Couple Ironman's

**Nathan Hardeman**, 38 ~ Fayetteville, GA

**Jason Jaksetic**, 29 ~ Pittsfield, VT

2011 Epic 3 Hawaii To Do
2011 100 Mile Snowshoe Run
2006 Hawaii Ironman
4 other Ironman's
24 Hour and 504 Mile Ultra Cycle Rides
Bunch of Ultra Runs

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

2011 Ironman St George to do
2010 Horsetooth 10k Open Water Swim to do
2011 Florida Double IRON
2008/07 Ironman Arizona
2008/07/06/05/04 Ironman Canada

**Dominique Leplant**, 44 ~ France

2011 Lensahn, Germany Triple IRON
2011 Neulengbach, Austria Double IRON
2011 Florida Double IRON
2010 Neulengbach, Austria Double IRON
10 Ironman's
12 Marathons

**William "Ironox" Pruett**, 44 ~ Burleson, TX

2011 Florida IRON Plus Triathlon
8 Time Ironman Competitor/5 Time Finisher
Multiple Marathon Finisher
Four 24 Hour Bike Ride Finisher
Three 5k Swim Finisher

**Guy Rossi**, 62 ~ Colmar, France

Winner of the world cup ultratriathlon IUTA in 1993, 1997, 1999
2010 10x10 Deca IRON Monterrey Mexico
9 Deca IRON Triathlons (best time 9 days 16h), winner one time
3 Quintuple IRON Triathlons (best time 90h57)
25 Triple IRON Triathlons (best time 40h30)
43 Double IRON Triathlons ( best time 23h17)
18 podium finishes
Ironmans: best time: 10h29 Austria
Marathons: best time: 2h55 France

**Ilya Signayevsky**, 26 ~ San Diego, CA from Russia

2011 Ironman Utah
5 Ironmans

**David Studwell**, 41 ~ Middlesex, England

**Ferenc Szőnyi**, 46 ~ Hungary

20110 A bunch of the IUTA races in Europe/current leader in the IUTA points standings
2010 Double DECA Monterrey Mexico
2010 RAAM Solo
2010 DECA IRON A Day

**Paul Thompson**, 44 ~ England

Currently in 2nd place in the IUTA pints standings
2011 Switzerland Double IRON
2011 Lensahn, Germany Triple IRON
2011 Lanzarote Double IRON

**Brandon Wilson**, 36 ~ Kinston, NC

2010 Beach2Battleship Iron Distance
2010 Triple T
2009 City of Oaks Marathon
Brandon's Personal Webpage talking about his weight loss from 290 down to 170 and how it happened Click here

**Todd Zagurski**, 46 ~ San Diego, CA