Race Report

Wisconsin 2012 Race Report — Brian Comiskey, 11:55, 22′ PR!

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Brian Comiskey: 43 yr / IM #6 Ironman® Wisconsin 2012 (11:55 – PR of 22’) Social/Fun Stuff: Friday: Drove out to Timberline to test ride bike and check front shifting issues.  Everything seemed to be sorted after 4 hours in the shop on Thurs and change from DA to Ultegra front derailleur and FSA to SRAM Red…

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Louisville 2012: Mark Thompson Races His First Like A Veteran

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This was my first Ironman® distance race, which was a monumental decision to sign up (enlist?) by itself. What’s more, however, are the giants who stand before me with Ironman® comedy to detail in their race reports – THIS race reporting is a far more daunting task. The likes of Bart Stevens and Jess Withrow…

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Ironman NYC Race Report: Joel Bell, 9:38, 5th AG, Kona!

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Joel Bell at Ironman® New York City   This was my 3rd IM – Florida 2007 (9:34), IMCdA 2009 (10:05), IMNYC 2012 (9:38).  In Florida I was satisfied with my swim and bike but learned an important lesson on the run.  At CdA I screwed up my bike pacing and ended up leaving time out…

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Mont Tremblant Race Report: Tim Cronk, 10:33

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Tim Cronk at Ironman® Mont Treblant Background-  2nd full year EN training , 4th IM , 50yrs old in new AG , FTP 230 (not recently confirmed but trained percentages of that number feel its correct), Vdot 50.5 (confirmed early in the year via 5K and 13.1 races but nothing recent, trained at those paces…

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Mont Tremblant Race Report: Trevor Garson, 10:28, 46 minute PR!

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Trevor Garson at Ironman® Mont Tremblant My natural tendency is to do these things in near obsessive detail, and it’s frightening to consider that this actually my best attempt to keep it “short” (you don’t even want to see the long version!).  Anyway, without further adieu, my 2012 Mont Tremblant Race Report, also known as…

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Ironman NYC Race Report: Jessica Withrow

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Jessica Withrow, you are an IRONMAN! It’s pretty obvious that the more time spend immersed in triathlon, the more I realize there are a lot of tri adages out there. So, tri adages. “Never try anything new on race day.” “Control the things you can, let go of the things you can’t.” They all exist…

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Race Results Update – 8/22/12

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We love to hear your results, and here’s another great week full of PRs that give us an impressive 86% PR rate in this report. Members, don’t forget to let us know where you’ve been racing by adding your info here. If you’d like to join our age group members in training to be your best,…

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Race Results Update – 8/18/12

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  Success and excitement in this edition of the race results, and as it’s put below so eloquently, “the proof is in the PR.” We’ve got and 80% PR rate going on here. Members, don’t forget to let us know where you’ve been racing by adding your info here. If you’d like to join our…

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Ironman New York City Race Report: Carol Defazio — 1st IM, 1st AG, 1st KQ!!

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Carol Defazio at Ironman® New York City   It is very exciting to be able to say I am an Ironman® now and write this report.  I have some things to work on, nutrition related, but all in all it was a great day. Pre-race: Arrived in NYC on Thursday, checked into the hotel (near…

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Lake Placid Race Report: Kori Martini, mother of 3 under 2yo (!), 12:08

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Lake Placid Finisher Kori Martini   We would like to share with you an Lake Placid race report from Kori Martini. Kori is a working mother of 3 kids under 2 years old. She used the time efficiency focus of  Endurance Nation to race to a 12:08 at Lake Placid. Kori is the poster mom…

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