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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!!
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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.
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Pre Race, Swim and Post Swim photos of Lake Anna
Looking down the hill towards the lake and the "Kitchen Facility" that we use for race check and where we keep food and prepare it for race. This facility has men's and women's bathrooms on each side that has toilets, sinks, cool water showers and benches to change gear with. On the back side of the facility is a large deck with tables where we check you in and have the pre-race dinner. When you arrive the first time to the park, you will take the road to the left coming down this hill to find a parking spot, next picture shows the parking lot.
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This is the parking lot you will use for check-in at the race facility and to park your car during the race. The main transition area is a 2 minute walk away. If we are lucky and it is dry, there is an empty field right above it, to the left of this picture that we can park in and then it is a 30 second walk up a slight hill to get to the transition area..
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The front area of the Kitchen Facility.
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On the back deck of the Kitchen Facility looking to the left and over the beach and water.
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Same pic as before but looking more to the right of the beach and the water. Just behind that tree is where the swim starts and the timing/support crew area where they can walk out to you.
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Back deck looking to your left, nice playground area for kids.
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This and the next picture is what the back deck looks like, which is on the back side of the kitchen facility and faces the beach and water. English athlete Nick Crutch and his wife Helena and two girls Beatrice and Phoebe circa Oct 2010, on the back deck where we do the pre-race dinner and race brief.
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From the left Athletes Erica Laiche, Canadians Francine Amyot and Michel Gagne and Erica's parents/support crew Jim and Donna circa Oct 2010; on the back deck.
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Front of the kitchen/bathroom facility early morning pre-race.
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Back of the kitchen/bathroom facility with breakfast ready.
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Swimmer coming back from checking out the water pre-race.
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Bikes set up along kitchen/bathroom facility wall, this is where we rack the bikes.
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Double IRON athletes from 2010 before race start - ready to get it started!
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Getting ready for the swim start, pushing the timing platform out for the timers. Notice the slight fog on the water, makes for beautiful starts.
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The race has started!
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Another view of the swim start - don't mind the "No Swim" sign ;-)
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Our Timer sitting in his position to time the swimmers, we use different color swim caps, usually no 2 people per swim color so we can keep track, and depending on how many swimmers is how many timers we will have here, usually 10 swimmers per timer. The boat is close to the turn buoy so there is no problem telling who people are.
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A view of the swim line with swimmers gliding thru the water.
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A different view of the swim line.
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This is about 4 hours into the race, calm water still. It is usually this way most races.
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Another picture showing the swim line about 4 or 5 hours into the Triple race.
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Swim support at the main turnaround where the timing boat is just out of the picture, you can stand up in the water and your support crew will wade out with your stuff.
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Another view of swim support.
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A view from the water, looking past one of the Race Photographers (Cindy Kirby) towards the Kitchen Facility and changing area and your bikes circa Oct 2007.
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Double IRON athlete Chuck Kemeny finishes with the swim and heading out and up to the Kitchen Facility to change gear circa Sep 2010.
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Triple IRON athlete Beat Knechtle heading up to the Kitchen Facility to change gear circa Oct 2010.
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Triple IRON athlete Nick Crutch in the "boys" bathroom changing gear circa Oct 2010.
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Triple IRON athlete "GI Joe" Sauerbrey heading away from the Kitchen Facility and up towards the bike check-in on top the hill circa Oct 2010.
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Standing in front of the Kitchen Facility looking up towards the hill where the rest of the race takes place, it is just over the hill, about 1/3 mile by bike to get there. We have most countries flags of the athletes that attend the race.
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Looking from the Main Race Area down the hill towards the Kitchen Facility.
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