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Santa Barbara Triathlon……Tri Club Defined

September 1, 2010

Last weekend’s 29th Annual Santa Barbara Triathlon 2-day event included more than 2,000 participants, from first timer to seasoned pro’s.  The Saturday long course offered choppy seas, moody marine layer and the dark images that befits the 1 mile swim, 34 mile bike and 10 mile run.  Contrasting Sunday’s Sprint course of fast friendly and blue skies for 500 yard swim, 6 mile bike and 2 mile run.  SB Tri Club fielded over 60 members with 27  podiums!

Let’s jump right into Rosie Thompson’s always reliable race report:  

The Santa Barbara Triathlon is a great local event that is well organized and right here in beautiful Santa Barbara! It also is always a benefit for some very worthy charity.  I have done the sprint course the last two years, and this was my first year competing in the long course. It was also my longest race ever, so I was a little apprehensive about the 10-mile run at the end. The day started off cool with high fog and a wind out of the East that made the COLD ocean very choppy – no wonderful calm conditions like last year. I am so glad I purchased a neoprene cap this year as it certainly helped keep me somewhat warm. Actually, only my hands and feet were cold, and the cold hands did not help my dexterity in getting the wetsuit off in T1 or shifting on the bike for several miles. The bike course is a challenging, but beautiful, one that I have ridden for years so it was very familiar, and I had a great ride. The aero bars I had put on the bike 3 weeks ago were a great help. T2 was a little slower than usual as I had difficulty getting the knee brace on my sweaty leg, but then it was off on the run. The weather stayed cool and breezy which is just the way I like it for a run, and I was able to keep a steady pace throughout the run. Several friends rode their bikes with me on the last about 3 miles and took pictures. When I crossed the finish line, I could not believe my time (4:40:01). It was 5 minutes faster than I had estimated my best time would be!!! And it was good enough for 2^nd place! Besides being local, this race is fun because so many SBTC members are either racing, volunteering, or cheering which gives me inspiration to do my best. Thanks to all of you who were there, including my husband who cheered and took pictures as well, and to Liz for the excellent training…Rosie

Nice report Rosie, you are my most consistent and best reporter, thank you so much.

Here are the results starting with Saturday Long Course and Relay.  The results are in finish time order starting with the Podium winners.  All participant names are hot linked to their split times.  Click on the name and the individual split times will appear..cool huh?

Podium Winners:

Taylor Hemming 02:58:36 1st M25-29, Fred Maggiore 03:24:21 4th M50-54, John Nelson 03:34:45 1st M55-59,  David Groom 03:40:41 1st M60-64, Chris Latham 03:43:33 3rd W35-39, Joe Howell 03:54:08 2nd M60-64, Vic Birtalan 04:06:06 2nd M 65-69, Rosie Thompson 04:40:01 2nd W65-69, Ellen Kenoss 04:59:11 4th W55-59

Andrew Riley 03:16:57, Taj Hudson 03:17:38, Michael Desmond 03:29:40, Matthew Klonowski 03:34:18, Amanda Nicolato 03:39:29, David Parker 03:40:23, Karl Weis 03:40:38, John Herzog 03:41:58, Ian Chapman 03:43:27, Troy Hinshaw 03:48:22, Justin Greene 03:49:05, Robert Wilcher 03:49:26, Jeff Bailey 03:49:26, Richard Hummel 03:50:08, Andrea Stouffer 03:50:22, Sarah Mandes 03:52:49, Danielle Lipski 03:53:20, Sue Beatty 03:53:39, Christina Lund 03:54:47, Richard Konoske 03:57:42, Jerrett McFarland 03:58:33, Jonathan Lewis 03:59:09, Liz Groom 04:00:21, Lisa Dunn 04:07:16, Michelle Konoske 04:08:59, Paul Bullock 04:12:11, Beth Bailey 04:16:52, Jessica Barker 04:20:52, Greg Russell 04:25:39, Ali Aghayan 04:30:28, Teri Malinowski 04:38:27, Andrew Duncan 04:40:05

Relay:

NITE MOVES Matt Trost, James Ballantine and Ricky Ho 3:03:12 1st Team Men

THREE WISE KINGS Sheryl King, Brian King and Kristin Wise 3:42:22 Team Coed, TEAM PHOTON Craig Adams, Craig Adams and Cherie Topper 3:49:15 Team Coed, TEAM SUPER G Joshua Escalante, Irwin Teichman and Lisa Lewis 4:26:55 Team Coed.

Sunday Sprint Course – Coed

Podium Winners:

Matthew Trost 00:40:24 2nd M40-44, Ted Gillett 00:43:52 2nd M45-49, Walker Bell 00:43:59 1st M14/under, David Groom 00:44:10 1st M60-64, Jason George 00:44:20 3rd M35-39, Konnor Plymire 00:44:31 3rd M15-17, Joseph Sullivan 00:45:49 1st M55-59, Ricky Ho 00:45:54 4th M35-39, Liz Groom 00:46:28 2nd W35-39, Joe Howell 00:48:36 2nd M60-64, Paula Waldman 00:49:32 1st W45-49, Desa Mandarino 00:49:47 2nd W40-44, Cyndi Aghayan 00:50:12 3rd W40-44, Mark Polomski 00:51:08 4th M50-54, Ben Brewer 00:51:32 4th M14/Under, Janice Maggiore 00:55:43 1st W60-64, Jack Bianchi 00:59:49 1st M65-69, Irwin Teichman 01:02:26 2nd M65-69, Edwin Shipcott 01:05:12 3rd M65-69

Aldous Pabon 00:57:40, Mark Klopstein 01:01:27,  Karlyn Roberts 01:04:34, Carissa Owens 01:07:53, Aric Monts-Homkey 01:08:44, Ann Marie Donnely 01:23:43

Women’s Only Sprint:

Podium Winners:

Karen Schultz 00:44:34 First W30-34 and First Overall!, Kirstin Candy 00:48:55 2nd W40-44 and 5th Overall!, Elizabeth Cutbirth 01:06:18 2nd W18-19

Rosie touched on the feeling of the Santa Barbara Triathlon as defining the purpose of our SB Tri Club.  Besides it being in our backyard and training grounds it offers all aspect of our sport.  The challenges are plenty and so are the rewards.  Two friends came up to me with big smiles after completing their first triathlon on Sunday.  They both thanked me for encouraging them to do this triathlon and showed their appreciation with beaming pride.  They also said the magic words, “It was Fun!” ….Sandy

Ironman Canada

August 31, 2010

Lompoc Triathlon….2 Firsts 2 Seconds and New Records

August 21, 2010

15 new records set, first three women were faster than last year and the largest crowd of 146 in history occurred at last Saturday’s fourth annual Lompoc Hank Hudson Sprint Triathlon.  The action began at 8am at the Lompoc Aquatic Center where young and old, female and male, in teams or solo participated in several events. Zach Owen won the men’s competition in 56:27 over the 500 yard swim, 11 mile bike and 3.1 mile run.  Elizabeth Hawes came in first in a women’s-record 1:02:51.  Hawes, Marguerite Harris 1:03:16 and Nicole Sweetland 1:03:33 were all under Harris’s 2009 Lompoc record of 1:04:12.   “Thanks for that finish” Owen said of our own Fred Maggiore 57:07 second overall and 1st M50-54 (who is two age groups older than Zach I might add!).  Fred in true Tri Club form hammered his way into the lead on the bike leg.  “He set a great tempo” said Owen of Fred.  Tri-clubber Rick Hummel 1:05:26 with a great 2nd M50-54, Craig Adams 1:06:28 a smoking 2nd M45-49 and Jan Maggiorie blew out the record with a 1:19:26 1st M60-69!!!   Here is Fred Maggiore’s play-by-play:  

Lompoc Hank Hudson Memorial Triathlon, August 14, 2010

What a difference a year makes. Last year I joined my wife in the drive up to Lompoc to do their third annual sprint triathlon, where I met a lot of nice people. Unfortunately they were the doctors and nurses in the local ER, after having an “incident” on the bike course, when taking evasive action to avoid a car that shouldn’t have been where it was. I was escorted off the course in a red and white vehicle with lights flashing. This year I was escorted off the bike course by another vehicle with flashing lights, the car that leads out the first cyclist, a much nicer way to exit!

This is a very low key and primarily local event, where the swim is in the very nice Lompoc Aquatic center, utilizing two pools, 14 lanes total, 3 people per lane, per heat. You give them your estimated swim time and then are seeded in one of the heats. Janice and I were in the first heat, along with fellow SBTC member Craig Adams, while Rick Hummel followed us in the second heat.

I’ve been running with Rick at the Tuesday night track workouts, we’re in the same age group, but did not know his last name and that it was in fact he that holds the course record in our AG at the Lompoc Tri, one of my goals on this trip, to see if I could beat it.

The 500 yard swim doesn’t take too long, well as long as your fellow swimmers and you figure out the correct order and you’re not balked by a slower swimmer. I didn’t have any issues and popped out of the pool with Craig and headed out on the course. He was right there with me but said that after the first turn I hit the jets and was gone. Hum and I just thought it was a tail wind! The course is as dead flat as you can get, with my max speed for the day only 3 MPH faster than my average speed, so no downhill’s to enjoy.  Around mile seven I saw my wife heading out on the bike, while I was closing down on the bike leader. Once I got around him I had the escort of the car with the flashing lights, a first for me.

When I came into transition there was lots of confusion on who I was (guess they didn’t see the big number 33’s on the front of my shins and shoulder!), saying here’s Zack, “I’m not Zack!”, oh, here’s Mark, “I’m not Mark!”, well who are you? I yelled my name and number, grabbed my hat and ran out, in first place, but for how long I did not know.

I stupidly ran out at about SB Sprint Tri pace, which would be fine if this was a 2 mile race and not a 5k! When I finally heard footsteps closing in on me I was relieved, thinking when they passed I could slow down and enjoy the run. No such luck, as the runner sat on my heels for awhile before passing, and then slowly moved around me. By mile one I was 50’ behind, 100’ at the turn around, and happy to see him go. Now I got to see the rest of the pack, who weren’t really that close, so thoughts of maybe hanging on to second place entered my mind, when I wasn’t focusing on panting and running crazy.

I held on for second, congratulated the winner, and was happy to see the third place runner was on a relay. I stood around, waiting for Craig, Janice and Rick to finish, all looking as relieved as I was. After wards, talking to Rick he asked me what my time was, I told him, and he said that I had beaten his record by four minutes! This was the first time I put him and the record together, so now I felt bad, although he said that was a great time for him, yet to be repeated.

My wife also set the age group record, and now holds two of them, so she still has bragging rights in the house! If I had only gotten first place overall!!!

Fred Maggiore

Great job Jan, Craig, Rick and Fred, you truly represent the SB Tri Club at its best…..Sandy

Tri-The-Bull Triathlon…Craig Adams, Have Tri Will Travel

August 20, 2010

 

The 57 degree marine layer rolled into Santa Maria last Saturday morning as the second Tri-The-Bull, Santa Maria triathlon got under way at the Pioneer Valley High School on the northeast side of town.  The 1/2 mile (18 lap) swim began in the Pioneer Valley pool.  From there, competitors had to complete a 7 mile bike race and 3 mile run both courses going out onto Panther Drive then up and back along Bull Canyon Road.

 

Duke Parmelly, a resident of Avila Beach, was first to cross the finish line at 58:38.  Elizabeth North 1:01:09 of Arroyo Grande was the first female to cross the line.  Tri Club Traveling Craig Adams scored a 4th M45-54.  Craig is keeping me busy with the three triathlons he has completed in almost as many weeks.  Here is his race report:

 

Having surgery for the shoulder at the beginning of the year, and trying to get over the plantar fasciitis dilemma, I did not do a whole lot of training this year for triathlons.  Sure, I’ve managed to maintain something on the bike, and my swimming has almost returned to normal, but I haven’t done but a little bit of running, and certainly no combined event activity.  Needless to say, I’ve been itching to get back into the field, but decided to do just a few test events before doing anything demanding.  Now that the shoulder’s heeled and the foot seems to be handling some degree of activity, I decided to do some events with limited budget and small distances (at least for the run).  So the line-up was Steve’s Tri (very fitting), XTERRA Snow Valley with Josh (not really fitting, but fun – fortunately my bike broke so I didn’t get to run – OH DARN), then there’s this small race in Santa Maria (cheap and short), and finish with Lompoc (a representative sprint).
 
The Santa Maria “Tri the Bull” race is a simple city sponsored race that does a very good job using as little resources as they can use – some city staff with Parks and Recreation department and a few volunteers.  The race gets it’s name because it takes place on Bull Canyon Road – ONLY.  You can’t ask for much because the fee is almost less than many 10K events in the SB region (forty bucks).  Needless to say, the 1/2 mile (900 yard) swim takes place in the high school swimming pool (see photo), and is an out-and-back 7 mile bike ride, followed by an out-and-back 5k run on the same road.  Strange proportions of distances to my opinion, and for a cyclist like me, is the right distance of a ride for a warm-up. 
 
Now, the tricky part is if you’re not in the initial wave of swimmers, you really don’t have a definitive start time.  They seed by order of which entries were processed, and if your not in the first wave, you go into the water according to your number when a lane becomes vacant.  THAT’s your start time!  So your placement is dependent on the legibility and accuracy of the volunteer’s handwriting, and hope the math calculation is correct at the end.  Oh well, it’s all for fun anyway.
 
The SBTC was well represented with…let’s see…me!  It’s a slightly different race than what most of us are used to.  My bike was the subject of many of the people there (and it’s old).  I was also amazed by the number of people asking me if it was OK to wear their IPODs.  The flyer does say – NO!  I felt like such a sandbagger, but figured I’d still get my butt kicked.
 
The conditions were not much different than most of the recent mornings in the area – GREY and cool, but windless – nice for racing.  I was about number 43 out of about 50, so I entered the water as one of the last contenders.  I did a couple of warm up laps, and let the timer know I was ready.  I felt good, but when I exited the water, the timer said GREAT JOB and did her best of encouragement to tell me I broke a time that expected to be 2-3 minutes ahead of (hmmm, did she start my time when I did my warm up?  I didn’t think swimming pools were that variable). 
 
The bike was strange because I did not take any opportunity to warm up, so my legs just did not feel like they were pushing any harder than a commute pace.  Finally at the end of it, I felt like I was ready to go.  Darn, now that I’m ready to press the bike, I need to switch to running.  Having not done much running for the year, with the exception of Steve’s Tri and a few short training runs, this was going to be a good test.  It was a test all right, and the fact that I haven’t run was proven.
 
In the end, I’m not sure how the times really panned out (a reminder that I need to replace my watch), and I may had done OK but as predicted – I did my butt kicked, but the results just really didn’t make sense.  However, that’s OK because (a) it was still a lot of fun, (b) the volunteers were awesome and friendly and (c) my foot didn’t hurt the next day – hope that lasts…small victories, small victories….Craig

 

Thanks Craig, excellent report, now take one week off!

Sandy

Bag Stuffing

August 13, 2010

XTERRA Snow Valley Triathlon

August 3, 2010

Josh and  Craig’s Exellent Xterra Adventure!

A few months ago, in a galaxy far, far, away. I decided I wanted to try off road triathlon. So, I bought a mountain bike, crashed a few times, and signed up for Xterra Snow Valley. Snow Valley is a ski resort on the way to Big bear in the San Bernardino mountains.  I also convinced my buddy Craig Adams to sign up. Although it didn’t take to much convincing, Craig is crazy enough to try just about any outdoor athletic adventure.
The adventure began on the Saturday  morning of August 31st. Karen, Craig and I set off on the 3 hour drive to packet pickup up on the mountain. The first mishap of the weekend was  when Craig realized he had forgotten his USAT card. Then we Informed by the race volunteers that the swim start was almost at the top of the mountain and that we would have to ride or hike up there. Oh Crap! This had me a little worried, but I still felt that I would be fine.
After reviewing the course maps and asking the volunteers all the questions we could, we decended the mountain to go check in at out hotel in Redlands.  Once, checked in and settled we decide to go for a little spin on our bikes. We wanted to go for a 15min. ride just to get some blood flowing and flush a 3 hour car ride from our legs. Right next to our hotel was a dirt field that looked perfect for our mountain bikes. We had no idea that we would come out of the field with thousands of goat head thorns stuck in all four of our tires.!!!!!! We started to try and pick them out, but relized quickly that this was a lost cause. We needed a bike shop fast! So a quick google maps seach on my Droid and we had a bike shop about half a mile from the hotel. I gave them a call to make sure they had mountain bike tires and they did.  They were also closing in 10 minutes!!! Craig and I scrambled to get over there in just the nick of time!! New tires and tubes for everybody!!!! Wooohoo!!!!
Finally, it’s race morning and my usual nervous/nausea  is also here. We drive up the mountain and arrive at snow valley. We set up our t2 which is at the bottom of the ski area by the lodge.  Craig and I then  start our ride up the mountain to t1. Holy Crap!!!! It was a steep and long climb up!!!!! Did I say this was also part of the bike race course? Well, it is!!!
Once we arrive at T1 we get everything set up  and are ready to go!!! The swim was 1000m or 1 and a half  loops around the small private Snow Valley lake. The water was warm, about 75 degrees the race official said. That’s the perfect temperature for a full suit in my opinion.  I had a great swim. I paced my self by  going the speed at which I was still able to breathe at 7000+ feet. As I exited the water I was told I was 14th out. Not bad I think!
After a slow T2 I’m ready to ride! Mountain bike gear is not made for quick trasitions. Especially the camelbaks and shoes.  Anyways, out on the bike course and straight up! This would be the top part or continuation of the climb that I did to get to the start/T1, that  I will be doing again in loop 2! Immediately I’m red lined! I also realize that my bike might be the wrong bike for the course as guys on lighter hardtails or minimal full suspension bikes start flying by me like I’m standing still. Once, at the top of the mountain the course briefly flattened out and then  I saw the downhill portion of the course and almost crapped my pants!  I kept my calm and cautiously made it down without crashing. I’m brand new to mountain biking and need some work on technical decending skills!

Once at the bottom, we passed by t2 and then went back up the same route as earlier. What a tough climb that was all the way back up to the top. It was agony all the way back to the same crazy decent . Which I again cautiously negotiated without  crashing!!! Woohoo!
Finally, to the run! This 4 mile run was way harder than Wildfower long course run!!!! Way steeper ups, and way steeper downs!  One of the hills was called Diablo hill and there was a guy dressed in a Satan suit yelling at people, “NO WALKING!!! Hahaha!”  This is where a guy  collapsed  with what looked like full body cramps. That was crazy!!!
Well, I made it through and still want to do Xterra races in the future. I definetly  would recommend this race to any crazy adventure/challenge seekers out there.  I was 6th in my age division. Not bad considering my lack of mountain bike experience/skills. The official results aren’t up yet but my unofficial splits are 17:12swim, 2:40 t1, about an hr bike (I messed up my watch), t2 1-2 min(again messed up with the watch), 37:56 run! Total time from the on site race results was 1:56 and  some change for sixth in the 30-34. I also forgot to mention that Craig crack his bike frame on the crazy decent! He didn’t want to do that insane run anyways!!!
I also want to thank my beautiful wife Karen for putting up with a couple full grown man children like Craig and I. Also for taking some great photos  and hanging out with Shelby the Dog! Luv u babe!

Congratulations to Josh and Craig for an amazing high altitude adventure.  A well earned salute to Karen as the cheering squad and support team!

Sandy

IM Lake Placid, NY…Mike Desmond

July 26, 2010

It was a double win for the USA as Ben Hoffman 8:39:34 and Amy Marsh 9:27:30 took the titles in the twelfth-annual Ford Ironman Lake Placid last Sunday July 25, 2010. Hoffman posted his first Ironman victory finishing seven minutes ahead of Petr Vabrousek of the Czech Republic and last year’s winner Maik Twelsiek from Germany who finished in third.

The two loop 2.4 mile swim takes place in Mirror Lake, a calm, pristine lake right in the heart of Lake Placid, New York. The two loop 112 mile bike course takes place on state, county, and local roads. The spectator friendly two loop 26.2 mile run course passes by the downtown area four times!  This incredible route features some spectacular tree-lined river scenery, coupled with lake side running.  There are a few rolling hills, but overall a fast, fair run course.

Here is a note from SB Club member Mike Desmond:

Congratulations Mike on a great race….Sandy

Steve’s Tri….Passion and Compassion

July 26, 2010

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