YDUBTRICLUB: News for Week of October 17, 2010

WEEKLY WORKOUTS

Congrats on a GREAT second week of workouts. Jessica Hartmann finished her FIRST sub-seven-minute mile at the track! She finished in 6:57! Plus, Leanne coached another great tempo run on Friday. Join us this week for another run focused teaching your body to run faster for longer distances.

FOR MONDAY - Bring your running shoes to the bike workout tomorrow! Sami is planning an interval workout that will include the bike and some running. CLICK HERE for this week's workouts.

Plus, more weekly tallies coming next week!

CONGRATULATIONS

Congrats to all the competitors this weekend! Eight members from our club raced this weekend. Beth Sheppard rocked the Duathlon at Veteran's Park. Ben Bowie, Brian Campbell, Iain Fergussen, Leanne LaFave, Sylvain Lebfevre, David Lower, Jennifer Young competed in the last event for IOSTNC Olympic Distance Triathlon at Pinehurst. All of them gave impressive performances. Here are their results.

Sylvain Lefebvre finished in 2:41:42! His swim time was the only split listed and he finished that in 28:36! He was in the top 50 overall and in the top ten of his age-group.

David Lower finished in 2:43:59 and placed in the top ten of his age-group.

Swim: 30:47 -- Bike: 1:24:39 -- Run: 45:19

Brian Campbell placed second in his age group with a finish time of 2:48:22!

Swim: 30:37 -- Bike: 1:28:44 -- Run: 46:20

Iain Fergussen finished in 2:54:18.

Swim: 31:07 -- Bike: 1:28:39 -- Run: 50:52

Ben Bowie finished in 3:17:48.

Swim: 35:30 -- Bike: 1:42:18 -- Run: 55:14

Leanne LaFave edged out Jennifer Young by ONE second to finish in three hours and nine seconds! Leanne finished second in her age-group and Jennifer finished third in hers.

Leanne LaFave [3:00:09]

Swim: 25:37 -- Bike: 1:35:42 -- Run: 54:02

Jennifer Young [3:00:10]

Swim: 27:30 -- Bike: 1:39:38 -- Run: 50:01

TRI-CLUB DEADLINE

Time is running out to renew your YDubTriClub membership! Please renew your membership to the club or the YWCA by Wednesday, October 20. Otherwise, you'll be sent to the principal's office and be forced to do extra miles on the track or extra yardage in the pool!

TRIATHLON

For your enjoyment and education, here is a video of the Hyde Park Triathlon in the UK. This is a group of elite athletes in a prelude to the International Distance Triathlon for the 2012 Olympics. Here is what NOT to do out of T1: