Congratulations to all the following Tri-umph Athletes that finished the inaugural hot, humid, windy New Orleans Half Ironman on April 5.

Julie Mosier Crosno 4:53:05 finishing ahead of 4 Pro females and 23rd female overall!
Pam Buxton - 1st 1/2 Iron ever! 6:25:19
Kevin Buxton - 1st 1/2 Iron - 6:28:10
Frank Lee - 60 and over - 8:16:59
Besty Morgan - PR of 7:23:19
Jennifer Browning - PR of 5:45:16
Coach Kt - 6:31:24

At Lone Star Quarter Iron on April 5th Lindsey Bateman completed a respectable race of 2:49:45 with 10 minutes of flat changing included!

At Lone Star Sprint on April 4th Diane Loughran battled thru her open water swim (very well) to finish with a time of 1:47:07.

On March 15th Athlete Besty Morgan and Coach Kt participated in the Nevis Olympic Triathlon off of St Kitts in the Caribbean. It was a small field and the race course was hot, hilly with bad road conditions... and monkeys! It was a great time!

Congratulations to Julie Mosier who won overall female at the Bridgefest 5K with a time of 18:23.
Congratulations to Jennifer Browning who won first place for Masters Women with a great run of 22:18.

Congratulations to:

Lindsey Bateman - 1:57
Julie Mosier - 1:27
Frank Lee - 2:23

Congratulations to Lyndsey Bateman who finished her FIRST marathon - Disney Marathon - on January 11th in 4:01!

Congratulations to Jennifer Browning who won first female in the duathlon (2/12/2) in Deussen park on January 10th in 1:09:31.

Congratulations to:

First timers!:
Pam Buxton – 2:03
Kevin Buxton – 2:05
Angela Patterson – 3:17

and to:
Julie Mosier Crosno - 1st Female overall - 1:30:26
Besty Morgan - 2:24 (PR!)
Frank Lee – 2:17 (PR)
Coach Kt – 1:54

Ashley Blackmon dropped 50 minutes off her PR marathon time to finish Baton Rouge in 4:21.

Huge congratulations go to Jens Reissman who completed his first Ironman in Arizona on Nov. 23rd. He crossed the line with a fantastic time of 14:20. He managed to work out even with a crazy travel schedule and a newborn infant in the house!

All newbies completed their race at the San Antonio Rock n Roll Half Marathon on November 16th. It was a chilly morning followed by perfect marathon weather. Team challenge finishers include left to right front row (seated): Jessica Word, Cynthia Sorrell (marathon finisher); Coach Kt; Yasamin Salehi; Shannon Dannhaus; back row left to right: Lauren Menard; Tracy Knight; John Garza; Kate Guggenheim; Erin Fagan and Heather Jones (team mentor).

Lindsey finished 2nd in her age group with a 2:26:40. Fantastic especially since she has mostly been training for a marathon and not swimming or cycling!

Frank Lee completed the Rocky Racoon 25K Trail run in an extremely respectable time of 3:08!

Congratulations to Maricella LLamosas who completed her very first triathlon ever in Huatalco, Mexico on October 25th. Way to go Maricella!

Congratulations to Richard Hanke who completed his cross country bicycle trip on October 22nd in Charleston, South Carolina. Richard cycled 3,180 miles with 174,000 feet of climbing over 39 days and finished with a smile on his face." See his blog at http://saratogatrek.blogspot.com

Late Congratulations to Frank Lee who completed his first Ironman in Arizona on April 13, 2008 to celebrate his 60th birthday.

Frank completed this Ironman which had the 3d highest drop out rate of any Ironman due to ravishing heat and high temperatures. Excellent job Frank! (Now what to do for his 61st birthday?!)

Congratulations to Besty Morgan who completed the Nike 1/2 Marathon in San Francisco this month. She cut 24:18 off her time from last year and ran her best pace ever with a 2:26:19!

To top that off she got her Tiffany's necklace from a man in a tuxedo at the finish and free Ghiardelli chocolate at the rest stop at mile 12!

Congratulations to Ashley Blackmon who finished the hot and hilly Tyler Half Marathon on her way to training for the Baton Rouge Marathon this coming December 6, 2008. She finished in a fantastic 2:03 taking 4th in her age group. Great time since she expected the course to be FLAT!

Congratulations to athlete Lindsey Bateman who completed Tri Andy's Tri (for "fun") and finished with a 59:34 and 3rd in her age group! Way to go Lindsey.

Team Challenge (Crohns and Colitis Foundation) is coached by Coack Kt to raise money by running the San Antonio Rock'n'Roll 1/2 marathon on November 16th.
For more information visit their website at http://www.ccteamchallenge.org/.

Richard Hanke is well underway from California to South Carolina. You can follow his trip on his blog at http://saratogatrek.blogspot.com.

He is pictured in the yellow vest, front row and far right, with his fellow riders as they enter New Mexico.

Congratulations to Betsy Morgan who finished with a time of 7:46:18 on a Texas hot day!

Coach Kt survived the US open in LA with a time of 1:52:11, finishing 4th in her age group and 23rd out of 175 women overall.

I have a good friend who is competing in the paralympics in Beijing for cycling and then raising $10,000 for the Challenged Athlete Foundation and riding from San Fran to San Diego. I had the honor of doing this trip with him as support while working for Trek Travel in 2006. He is an incredible inspiration and I've never met an athlete who doesn't complain...even when you can see that his hands were swollen and his shoulders were aggravated. I am putting this photo on my site so that if you get a laugh or shock from the beauty I displayed in my Halloween costume that day (and yes, I biked about 45 miles in that outfit!) you may be inclined to donate to his cause and the Challenged Athlete Foundation. Click here if you would like to donate to his cause and click on the link below that if you would like to read his update dated September 1st, a few days before he was to get on a plane to head to Beijing to represent the United States.

Read David's Letter (32KB PDF)

Congratulations to Tri-umph Athletes who participated in the Summertime Blues sprint.
Julie Mosier who was first woman overall and beat the women's course record by 7 minutes with a 1:08:46!! She came in 2nd overall behind one male.
Jennifer Browning who had to use her running shoes for the bike portion and still won first in her age group with an impressive time of 1:19:25!

Congratulations to:

Sammie K Lee who completed her first sprint triathlon!

Frank Lee who is coming back off of injuries after IM Az and finished in 1:01:47!
Sammie K Lee who completed her first super sprint triathlon in 1:22:18!

Congratulations to:

Julie Mosier - 2nd Overall Female with a time of 2:17:59 (Beating last years time of 2:18:14)
Kevin Kirk - had a solid race of 2:47:05

Athletes faced a cooler day than usual, but dealt with rain and 30 mph gusts of wind.

Congratulations to:

Julie Mosier (5:03) who qualified for Kona.
Betsy Morgan (7:51) who's goal was just to finish this beast as a mental workout during her training for IM Arizona. She came in with a BIG smile on her face
Jennifer Browning (5:55) who didnt quite make her goal but still had a solid and very respectable race.

Coach Kt took 2nd in 45-50 age group in the BS Sprint.

Frank Lee who's goal was just to finish after coming off an injury. Pr'd his run and took 2nd in his age group (60 and over!) I'd say FRANK IS BACK!

This year was HOT HOT HOT in Austin. Saw a lot of walkers in the last few miles of the race. Congratulations to Tri-umph athletes:

Jennifer Browning - who got a flat and ran with her bike the last mile and still had a great time of
Kevin Kirk - (2:43:31) had some slight trouble in the water but came out strong with a finish
Betsy Morgan (3:46:01) Encountered some heat issues but learned about nutrition and hydration and came on in.

Big Weekend for Tri-umph Athletes in Galveston to kick off the season. Congratulations to some spectacular performances!

Sprint
Angie Patterson - finished her first race feeling good with a time of 1:59:52
Melanie Kirschbaum - finished 3rd overall (athena div) with a great time of 1:26:20

International
Julie Mosier - Beat pro Andrea Fisher to come in 3rd woman overall with an awesome time of 2:10:59!
Jennifer Browning - Started her season with a time of 2:43:54
Kevin Kirk - had a solid race with a time of 2:35:49 shaving almost 6 minutes off of last years time.
Betsy Morgan - learned a lot about her heart rate monitor and had a kick ass bike time finishing in 3:29:13
Tina T. - had a very fast race with a time of 2:25:41!

Congratulations to Frank Lee (far right), who took 2nd place at the Seabrook Trail marathon on March 15, 2008.