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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!!

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.

26 December 2011

2011Oct21 Wilmington, NC StarNewsOnline ~ Story written about Stephen Schlachter, Triple IRON athlete, by Dan Spears.   Triple IRON story written by Dan Spears

Here is the link for the Excel Spredsheet showing completed event and transition times, we hope to update these every few hours. There are 3 different Excel pages, click on the appropriate page in the bottom left corner for the Triple, Double or the Single IRON distance. I have 2 people doing the Single IRON on Friday and one of those ladies doing another one on Saturday.Click here for the Excel page

04 October 2011

I leave in the morning for Lake Anna State Park and to get ready to set the course up. We have 17 Triples and 26 Doubles at this point racing. One of the Doubles had to drop due to a death of a close freind. Two more athltes (one Double and one Triple) are battling medical issues and tyring to figure out of they can still make the race so we will see what happens come check in time. The weather outlook (those weather guessers) shows we are supposed to have nice weather for the rest of the week. Yeah!!! Lets hope it stays true.

Kirb and the Krew

14 September 2011

Here is a short video just loaded up to YouTube to get the rivalry spirit going between Chuck and Kamil.Click here for the YouTube Video

13 September 2011

We hope this newly designed website is able to answer your questions and has all the information you need to make the right decision to come race with us and be part of our family. I will be finalizing some content but most of the pages are pretty much complete. Let me know if you have problems or something you would like to see added that would help.

The Virginia Double and Triple IRON Triathlons are right around the corner. I will have a link in this section for the results and for pictures that I hope we can get posted. Not all that we will take over the weekend but a sampling of what is going on.
This will be our largest race to date with 45 athletes racing. 17 are competing in the Triple IRON and 28 in the Double IRON with 8 of those being women, the most ever in a Doulbe or Triple IRON anywhere in the world.

ALSO, the Triple IRON is being filmed. Here is what I was sent about the filming by Chuck Schultz: We will have a full film crew creating a documentary about the Triple Iron Race and 2 of the participants, Kamil Suran and Chuck Schultz. We plan on using 4 HD cameras - 1 on Kamil, 1 on Chuck, 1 on the other athletes and 1 shooting interviews and other "B" roll. Judy Schultz will be directing and we'll have a few others doing production. Anyone not wanting to be shown in this film, which we will be sending to film festivals around the country and probably the world, can opt out and we can edit those people from the film. Anyone wishing to help with this film can join the facebook group, Triple Iron Movie or contact Judy Schultz at jkropsch@comcast.net.

Follow Chuck and Kamil on their training vacation out in Colorado at elevation. They are competing against each other, and the others, in the Triple IRON while being filmed in training as well as the race. Click here for Chuck's Blog Page

FaceBook

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Learn the Lingo

A Hammer Nutrition Article written by UltraWoman and Double & Triple IRON Finisher Suzy Degazon click here (pdf file)

Beyond Iron Distance

A Hammer Nutrition Article written by Double IRON Finisher Shane "Zenman" Eversfield click here (pdf file)

Fuel Up, Get Ahead

By Anahad O'Connor/The New York Times/3July2011

The idea - advocated in popular fitness books over the past decade - is that exercising on an empty stomach forces the body to dip into fat stores for fuel instead of the carbohydrates quickly available from a pre-workout meal or snack. While it seems to make sense, research shows that exercising this way doesn't offer any benefit and may even work against you.

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How To Fold Your Wetsuit For Travel

By Gear & Tech/Triathlete.CompetitorGroup.com/26July2011

There’s no late-night infomercial selling a tool that cleanly folds your wetsuit (so far), so follow these steps to keep creases out of your suit when traveling to a race.

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