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!!

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!!

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.

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. The date for next year will be 5-7 October 2012. Good luck to all!

Virginia Triple IRON

Andi Ramer, 39 ~ San Diego, CA

• 2011/10 UltraMan Canada
• Furnace Creek 508 Bike Race twice
• Hoodoo 500 Mile Bike Race self supported
• 2 100 Mile Ultra Runs
• 18 Ironman's Finished

Nick Crutch, 53 ~ Launton, Oxfordshire, UK

• 2010 Virginia Double IRON Triathlon
• 2008 Virginia Triple IRON Triathlon
• 2000 Odyssey Triple IRON Triathlon
• 20 Ironman's
• 10 Ultra Runs

Greyson Daugherty, 25 ~ GA

• 2007 IRON Plus (7.2 Mile Swim, 336 Mile Bike, 26.2 Mile Marathon)
• 2007 Great Flordian

**David Glade**, 49 ~ Morrison, CO

• 2010 Virginia Double IRON
• 2009 Ironman Wisconsin
• 2009 Ironman Germany (3rd time)
• Ironman Arizona
• Ironman Kentucky
• Ironman Malaysia
• Redman Iron distance Oklahoma
• 25+ Marathons
• RAAM Qualifier Race

Shane Eversfield, ~ Lake Placid, NY

**David Jepson**, 34 ~ Fort Collins, CO

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

Kevin Johnson, 36 ~ Charlotte, NC

• 2009 American Triple T
• 2008 JFK 50 Miler
• 2008 Ironman Coeur d'Alene
• 2007 Great Floridian

Nick Nicholson, 43 ~ Nashville, TN

• 2010 Virginia Double IRON
• 2010 Chattanooga Stage Trail Race ~ 3 trail runs/3 different mtns
• 2009 Rock Creek 50 Mile Trail Run
• 2008 Dizzy Fifty's 50 Mile Trail Run
• Several 50k's
• 2008 Ironman Lake Placid
• 2006 Ironman Florida

**John Pepke**, 46 ~ Depew, NY

• 2004 Odyssey Double IRON
• 1 - 50 Mile Run
• 9 Ironmans
• 14 marathons
• 3 Buffalo Philharmonic Distance Classics Runs

George Reeves, 43 ~ Woodstown, PA

• 2010 Virginia Double IRON
• 2010 Delware 100 Mile Ultra Marathon - 22 Hrs 55 Min/2nd Place Overall

*Joe Sauerbrey*, 32 ~ Archdale, NC

• Local TV segment done on Joe
• 2011/10/08 Virginia Triple IRON
• 2010/07 Umstead 100 Miler
• 2009 Grindstone 100 Miler

*Wolfgang Schmidt*, 51 ~ Germany living in Canada

• 2010 Ultraman Hawaii
• 2009 Ultraman Canada
• 11 Ironman's - 3 Hawaii Ironman's
• 20 plus marathons

*Stephen Schlater*, 31 ~ Wilmington, NC

• A few things

*Ilya Signayevsky*, 27 ~ San Diego, CA from Russia

• 2011 Virginia Double IRON
• 2011 Ironman Utah
• 5 Ironmans

Mosi Smith, 27 ~ Annapolis, MD

• 2012 Western States To Do

Michael Ward, 45 ~ Channel Islands, UK

• 2010 Virginia Double IRON
• 2010 Hungary Double IRON
• 2010 Austria Double IRON
• 1 Deca IRON
• 1 Quintuple IRON
• 1 Double IRON
• 11 Ironman's

Andy Weinberg, 41 ~ Middlebury, VT

• 2011/08 Virginia Triple IRON
• 2005/2006 Virginia Double IRON
• 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

**Jim Wilkes**, 37 ~ Potsdam, NY

• 2012 Ironman Lake Placid to do
• 2012 Rev 3 Cedar Point Iron Distance to do
• 2012 JFK 50 Miler to do
• 2011 Rev3 Iron Distance Triathlon
• Races with Team Red, White and Blue
• 2011 Burlington City Marathon

Virginia Double IRON

Tracey Angelopoulos, 42 ~ San Diego, CA

• 2011/09 Ironman Arizona
• 2011/10 Ironman Coeur d'Alene
• 2010 Ironman Florida
• 13 Marathons

Connie Carney, ~ , Canada

• 2010/07 Ultraman Canada
• 2009 Ironman Coeur D'Alene
• 2007 Ironman Arizona
• 2006/04/01/99/97/96 Ironman Canada
• 2001 Ironman New Zealand

*Kimberly Cruz*, 41 ~ Tobaccovile, NC

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

*Paula Heron*, 35 ~ South Africa via KY

• 2011 Virginia Double IRON
• 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*, 27 ~ San Antonio, TX

• 2011 Virginia Double IRON
• 2011 Capt'n Karl's Endurance Race Series
• 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

Vicki Würfl, 36 ~ Germany living in Austria

• 2011 Switzerland Double IRON
• 2011 Slovenia Double IRON
• 2011 Neulengbach, Austria Double IRON
• 2011 Lanzarote, Spain Double IRON
• 2010 Lensahn, Germany Triple IRON
• 2011 1st Place 24 Hour Bike Race
• 2009 Slovenia Double IRON

Tim Ackley, ~ Tampa, FL

• 2008/7 Ironman Arizona
• 2006 Ironman Florida

Thomas Beaver, 28 ~ Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK

• Welsh Acclerace Double
• 7 Ultra Marathons
• 5 Ironmans
• 22 Marathons
• Races for Missing People ~ Personal Website

*Paul Bedard*, 44 ~ Boston, MA & Florida Keys

• 2010/09 Virginia Double IRON
• 2001/1999/98 Odyssey Double IRON
• 1993/92 Huntsville Double IRON

*Steve Bozeman*, 66 ~ Lynchburg, VA

• 15 Double IRON's (Huntsville, Odyssey, Virginia)
• 2004 Ironman Hawaii
• Ironman Louisville PR 13:30
• Hundreds of Marathons and Ultra
• Just as crazy as the rest of the contenders

Brian Boyle, 25 ~ Welcome, MD

• 2010 Ironman Florida
• 2009 Ironman Louisville PR 10:55
• 2007 Hawaii Ironman
• 8 Marathons
• Iron Heart Website showcasing Brian's recovery from a horrific traffic accident
• Today Show with Kathy Lee and Hoda

Steve Brown, 51 ~ Philadelphia, PA

• Leukemia Survivor!!!!
• 2008/07/06/05/04 Chesapeakeman Iron Distance Tri
• 2005/03/02 Ironman Lake Placid
• 2001/00 Great Floridian Iron Distance Tri
• 20 Plus Marathons (Philadelphia, New Jersey, Atlantic City, New York)

*Daniel Burke*, 50 ~ Québec, Canada

• 2011 Virginia Double IRON
• 7 Ironman's 11:38 PR
• 8 Marathons
• a few long swims

David Bush, 34 ~ Columbus, OH

• 2011/10 Ironman Louisville
• 2010 Chicago Marathon
• 2010 Bigfoot 50K

*Paul Calland*, 47 ~ Madison Heights, VA

• 2011 Virginia Double IRON
• 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

Dominic Chevrier, 38 ~ Montréal, Canada

• 2007 Ironman Lake Placid
• Virginia Marathon and several more
• Bicycle World Tour (1998-2000) 25k across Europe, Russia, Alaska, Yukon/Canada

David Clark, 40 ~ Northglenn, CO

• 2010 Leadville 100 Mile Ultra Run
• 2010 Paced majority of Badwater 135
• 2010/09 Leadville Silver Rush 50 Miler
• Paced majority of Badwater 135
• 2009 Collegiate Peaks 50 Miler
• Patriots 9 Hour Run
• 24 Hours of Boulder
• A few 100 mile cycling events

**Al DeFazio**, 51 ~ , Vienna, VA

• Chesapeake Man Ultra Tri
• Bull Run 50 Miler
• 3 50K Ultra Run
• 10 Marathons

Johan "Taz" Desmet, 45 ~ Suwanee, GA

• 2011 IM Louiseville
• Pinhoti 100 Miler
• Georgia Jewell 100 Miler
• Guts Reactor Run 100 Miler
• 13 Marathons
• Nashville 50 Miler
• The North Face 50 Miler

*Gerry Fassett*, 64 ~ , Pintendae, Québec, Canada

• 2011 Virginia Double IRON
• 7 other Double Iron's completed
• 4 Ironman's
• 1 Rockman
• 1 Goldman
• 1 Aquaman
• 20 times Canadian Ski Marathon ~ 2 Day 170 km Snowski Venture

Roger Frings, ~ Ridgeway, WI

• 2011 Ironman Canada and Wisconsin to do
• 2011/07 Ironman Lake Placid
• 2011 Ironman Couer D'Alene
• 2010/09/08/06/05 Ironman Wisconsin
• 2010/09 Ironman Canada
• 2010 Mad City 50K ultra run
• 20+ Marathons

Will Gane, ~ UKI

*Michel Gagné*, 56 ~ Levis, Québec, Canada

• 2011 Virginia Double IRON
• 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)

Bruce Goulart, 60 ~ Newton, CT

• 2010 Ironman Lake Placid
• 12 Ironman's
• 25 Ultra and Adventure Races
• 100 Marathons
• 8 Marathons in 8 Days

**Carl Hunt**, 61 ~ Roxbury, CT

• A few multi day races
• Bunch of 100 mile races
• Big bunch of Ultra Marathons
• Bigger bunch of marathons
• 4 Iron Distance Events

*Jason Jaksetic*, 30 ~ Pittsfield, VT

• 2011 Virginia Double IRON
• 2011 100 Mile Snowshoe Run
• 2006 Hawaii Ironman
• 4 other Ironman's
• 24 Hour and 504 Mile Ultra Cycle Rides
• Bunch of Ultra Runs

Zachary Keefer, 26 ~ Raleigh, NC

• 2009 Western States
• 2007 JFK 50 Miler
• 2006 Great Floridian Ironman
• 2005 Florida Challenge Half Iron
• Multiple Century bike races

*W. Shaune Kent*, 39 ~ Plum, PA

• 2011 IM Arizona To Do
• 2011 IM Lake Placid To Do
• 2011 Pittsburgh Marathon
• 2011 Disney's Goofy Race
• 2010 IM Louisville
• 2010 Philadelphia Marathon

Robert Koland, ~ Neenah, WI

• 2010 Ironman Wisconsin
• 2008/7 Ironman Louisville

George Maffett, 51 ~ Washington DC

• 2010 Lancaster County Nightmare Tour Double Century To Do
• 2010 Great Chesapeake Bay Swim
• 2010 Capon Valley 50K Trail Run
• 2009 Beach To Battleship Full IM
• Two marathons

**Ghislain Marechal**, 40 ~ Brussels, Belgium

• 2011 Virginai Triple IRON 2nd Place Overall
• 2011 Ultraman UK
• 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"

John McCarroll, ~ Philadelphia, PA

• 2010 to do Ironman Lake Placid, Kentucky and Cheasapeak Man

Dwayne Miller, ~ Columbia, MO

*John Proc*, 35 ~ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

• Ironman Lake Placid
• Member of Canadian PFG Triathlon Club

**William "Ironox" Pruett**, 45 ~ Burleson, TX

• 2012 Virginia IRON Plus Triathlon
• 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

**Tim Reed**, 46 ~ Aspen, CO

• Ironman Canada 2007/06/05/04/96/95 PR 9:24 /93/91
• Ironman Arizona 2009/08(fall)/08(spring)/07
• Ironman New Zealand 1992/91
• Ironman Hawaii 1995/91
• Ironman St George 2011/2010
• Vineman 1995
• Redman 2009
• Nice Triathlon 1994
• World's Toughest, Lake Tahoe 1994 2nd place
• Las Vegas Marathon 2004/00/98/ 97PR2:37 /95
• Leadville Trail 100 - DNF mile 50 - broken ankle
• GOAL: finish an iron-distance (or more) in every age group

*Bob Reilly*, 41 ~ Morgantown, NJ

• 2011 Leadville 100 MTB Race
• 2011 Jerusalem Marathon
• 2008 Winderness 101 MTB Race
• 2009 Leadville 100 MTB Race
• 2006 Virginia Triple IRON
• 2005 Moab 24 Hr Mtn Bike Race
• 2004 Odyssey Off Road IRON Tri
• 2003 Ironman Lake Placid
• Bunch of 24 hour Adv Races

Gary Rothe, ~ Stuart, FL

• 2010 Ironman Canada
• 2009 Ironman Louisville
• 2007/03/02 Ironman Florida
• 2005 Ironman Arizona
• 2004 Palm Beach Marathon

Craig Sheckler, 43 ~ Emmaus, PA

• 24 Ironman's Completed

Chris Solarz, 33 ~ New York City, NY

• 2011 Guiness Book Record - part of a 5 pers team to finish the God's Country Marathon in Coudersport, Pa, tied together the whole marathon by a 12 foot rope.
• 2011 Guiness Book Record - ascended 33,000 feet in a building stairwell in 11 hrs, 57 minutes.
• 2011 Guiness Book Record - fastest aggregate marathon run on all seven continents 22 hrs: 14 minutes: 08 seconds.

**Stephen Ray Stafford**, 31 ~ Fayetteville, AR

• 2011 Rev 3 Cedar Point Full Distance
• 2011 Double World Championship Neulengbach Austria
• 2010 Silverman Full Distance
• 2010 Ironman Louisville
• 2010 Ironman UK
• 2010 American Triple-T Ohio
• 2009 Newton 24 Hours of Triathlon

Patrick Tannish, 37 ~ Cleveland, OH

• 2011 Tampa Bank of America Stair Climb (w/full boots and utilities & 50 lb pack)
• 2011 Marine Corps Marathon in full boots and utilities
• 2011 Tough Muddel in full boots and utilities
• 2011 Mt Baker, WA Summit Climb
• 2011 Mt Whitney, CA Summit Climb
• 2010 Ironman Cozumel
• 2010 Pasadena marathon

Adam Tabalno, ~ Tampa, FL

• 2011 Tampa Bank of America Stair Climb (w/full boots and utilities & 50 lb pack)
• 2011 Marine Corps Marathon in full boots and utilities
• 2011 Tough Muddel in full boots and utilities
• 2011 Mt Baker, WA Summit Climb
• 2011 Mt Whitney, CA Summit Climb
• 2010 Ironman Cozumel
• 2010 Pasadena marathon

Ben Taylor, 31 ~ Manchester, England

• 2012 Ironman Texas To Do
• 2012 Ironman Sweden To Do
• 2010 Ironman Cozumel
• 2009 Ironman Switzerland
• Lands End To John O'Groats 1000 mile cycle
• 10+ Marathons: London, Dublin, Barbados

Steve Walker, 29 ~ UK

• 2010 Ironman UK and 50 Mile Trail run to do
• 2009 Luton Marathon
• 2008 50 Mile Trail Ultra
• 2007 Berlin Marathon
• 2007 London Marathon

Lee Williams, 41 ~ Camden, SC

• 2008 Ironman Louisville
• 2007/6 Ironman Florida

Spencer Williams, 21 ~ Hudson, MA

• 2012 Ironman Texas to do
• Peaks 100 Mile Snowshoe Race to do
• McNaughton Park 100 Mile Ultra Run
• Peaks 53 Mile Ultra Run
• Vermont 50 Mile Ultra Run

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

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