Straight from the mouth of Rob Reddy:
Some may not have known it, but at the Cleve Marathon and 1/2 Mary there was an additional race – the Cleve 16.2 mile run. It did not get the hype of the other two races for some unknown reason.
So here is how the whole thing went down!!
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Last Sunday was the Maumee Bay Triathlon and Duathlon organized by HFP Racing. Most of SSSMST was there, either watching or racing. Pictures of the team are on the flickr site, and many race reports follow. But first, the racers:
Sprint Triathlon: Jenn Davila (2AG), Michael Schaefer (1AG), Paul Lentini (1 XL2)
Sprint Duathlon: Leah Halloran (1 OA!!), Anthony Davila (1AG), John Willse (2 OA!!)
Olympic Triathlon: Marty Mason (3 Elite Master), Rob Thompson (1AG), Kevin Krol, Joe Bush
Olympic Duathlon: Aaron Rood (2OA!!)
Spectating (because that’s work, too!): Brandy Smith, Annie Callahan and Jane, Tammi Lentini with Moose and Bear, Lauren Kemp, Sean Burke with Wendy and Demi
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Brian Stern raced at IM 70.3 Kansas in Lawrence, KS on June 14. Leading into the race, he raced a couple times for SSSMST. He raced the NEO triathlon kickoff (500yd swim/13mi bike/ 3.2mi run) on June 7, coming in first overall. This was his last hard workout before tapering for Kansas, with a reportedly decent swim and strong bike and run. He took the lead from Nate Loman at T2 and never looked back – a good confidence builder before heading to Kansas! Later that week he ran the Flag Day 5k in Mentor and took 3 of 234…. which takes us right to race day.
His short report for the 70.3 race is as follows:
What a beautiful state and no it’s not flat but is definitely windy. The swim, bike, and run courses are in excellent condition filled with lots of volunteers. My race was solid but not great. I missed the Clear Water Qualification (top 5 in AG) by a little bit. I suffered as best I could but just not enough. My wave consisted of 140 (AG 40-44). I came out of the water in 65th and then finished the bike 42nd (had a slower bike because of a diversion – read full report). Then I gave everything my body could muster to qualify with a 1:23:48 Half Mary but fell short by finishing 12th. I ran out of T2 with an excited 5:39 first mile followed by a series of 6:05-6:10 miles until I started to run out of power with two miles remaining. I walked away from this race knowing I left everything on the course and will return to this event for a rematch with the Kansas 70.3.
For the long version, read on:
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Leah Halloran, Jenn Davila and Nacho all raced in the Willoughby Lions Duathlon/Biathlon on June 14th. Aussie Rob was kind enough to volunteer for the event, working the registration table and the finish line. From Leah:
Jenn, Nacho and I all did the Lions Duathlon and Biathlon this past weekend in Willoughby. Aussie did a wonderful job working the registration and finish line. It was nice having a teammate literally waiting for you at the finish line. Good weather, well run race… couldn’t have asked for more. Nothing too exciting to report, I ran… then biked… then ran again. Overall, I felt pretty good and actually had something left on the last run, which is always nice. A nice little warm-up race for Maumee.
Leah won the duathlon (5k run- 20 mile bike- 5k run), Jenn won the biathlon (5k run- 15 mile bike), and Nacho took an age group award. Nice showing by SSSMST!!!
And as Leah said, this is a great lead in to the Maumee Bay Triathlon/Duathlon on June 21. This race is always fun, and SSSMST will be there in full force!
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