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VOLUME 22 ISSUE 8 AUGUST - 2016 THE FINISH LINE Front - Melissa & Jack Shuten, Stephanie Mischke. Back - Betsy Banks and John Allen Training Calendar - Page 3 New Mad Dogs - Page 4 Mad Dog News - Page 5 Join Us For A Pass-a-Grill Upcoming Races - Page 6 Swim Every Wednesday Night Race Results - Page 7 @ 6:00 PM Birthdays - Page 8 Mad Dog Pix - Pages 9 - 13 Articles & Reports - Pages 14 - 22 Like us on Facebook! !1 VOLUME 22 ISSUE 8 AUGUST - 2016 Established on November 6, 1993, the St Pete ST. PETE MAD DOGS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mad Dogs Triathlon Club is a not for profit organization designed to promote the sport of [email protected] triathlon. The club is comprised of fun loving PRESIDENT TIM HUDSON triathletes who train, race and howl together, VICE PRESIDENT/MEMBERSHIP CAROLYN KIPER with members of all levels of experience and TREASURER DAVE PROFFITT expertise. SECRETARY BOB MACDONALD EDITOR CHUCK LOHMAN The Finish Line is a medium for communicating BOARD MEMBER ALLEN JERNIGAN the latest club news, as well as an informal BOARD MEMBER PEPIR JERNIGAN BOARD MEMBER JIM CUNNINGHAM source for what’s happening in the sport of BOARD MEMBER GAIL LOHMAN triathlon as it affects us. Articles published in AMBASSADOR RUE MORGAN The Finish Line may contain opinions of the AMBASSADOR KATHY MORGAN author, not necessarily the club. Club Contact Information: Website: www.stpetemaddogs.com E-mail: [email protected] EDITOR’S Articles, or photos may be submitted to the Editor @ [email protected]. Items should be sent by the 15th of the month preceding the issue. COLUMN Advertising requests should be submitted to Chuck Lohman @ [email protected]. For questions, please e-mail him. In addition to the FD3 race earlier in the Advertising rates are as follows: month, our big race in July was the 16th iteration of the Top Gun Triathlon. We Space 1/2 page Full Page actually had pretty good weather for Width x Height 7 1/2” x 5” 7 1/2” x 10” florida in mid-July with light winds at race start and temps around 80 Cost per Issue $30 $50 degrees. I counted 21 Mad Dogs Advertising checks should be mailed to: St Pete competing, many of whom ended up on Mad Dog Triathlon Club, P.O. Box 635 St the podium. It was also gratifying to Petersburg, FL 33731-0635. Please make check see others like Dave Proffitt payable to St Pete Mad Dogs. volunteering, and still others cheering. Note: Payment is due on the 15th of the month Congrats to Brittany Pierce for finishing prior to publication. Payment for five first among the women. consecutive issues of advertising entitles the (Please go to page 4) advertiser to a FREE sixth month. !2 VOLUME 22 ISSUE 8 AUGUST - 2016 TRAINING CALENDAR Upcoming Training Sessions (all show and go) SWIMMING Local Bike Shop Events Every Tuesday & Thursday 6:30 - 8PM Northshore Pool w/ Coach Joe Biondi $9 per session Every Friday 8AM Group Swim at Sunset Beach. Meet at Larry and JackieYost’s, 143 91st Ave S (727) 367-2504 From the Central Ave. Store (727) 345-5391 Every Saturday 8AM Women only ride. 10-30 miles Every Sunday 9AM Group Swim at Pass-a-Grill led by Jack Shuten Also: www.stpetemasters.org for Masters Swimming BIKING see www.stpetecycling.com for daily rides From the Palm Harbor Store (727) 786-6889 Mon - Fri 8:00AM Every Saturday 8AM - 3 ability groups - about 40 Group Ride from USFSP crosswalk 16 miles at 20-21 MPH Wed is official Mad Dog ride - wear your colors! miles Every Saturday 8:30AM Group Rides based on speed from Northshore Pool South Parking Lot Every Sunday 8:30AM St Pete Library Advanced Training Ride 9th Ave N and 37th RUNNING From the Clearwater Store (727) 723-2453 Every Friday - 5:30 AM 17 mile Clearwater Bridge Ride. Every Monday 6PM Group #1 at 20-22 MPH. Group #2 at 22-25 MPH. Individual/Partnered Run (6 miles) Northshore Pool South Lights required. Parking Lot 1st and 3rd Thursday 7:30 AM Running Drills at Field south of Northshore Pool (45-55 min)https://www.facebook.com/groups/254578011396466/ From the Tampa Store (813) 831-1414 Tuesday and led by Ben Carlson Thursday - 5:00 AM Training Bike Ride about 90 minutes at 22-30 MPH. Lights required. Every Wednesday 6PM Fun run and social @ The Tavern at Bayboro Saturday - 7:30 AM 20 mile no drop bike ride at 120 6th Avenue South St. Pete 15-20 MPH depending on abilities. Some instruction provided. !3 VOLUME 22 ISSUE 8 AUGUST - 2016 WELCOME NEW MAD DOGS! #3716 - Lorraine Hurley - Chattanooga, TN #3717 - Jenny Carter - Tampa Continued from page 2. Congratulations are also in order for Nick Chase for finishing his first two Ironman races back to back in Austria and Zurich. Check out his race report on page 14. Makes me hurt just to think about it. Two local races will take place in August — another FD3 contest at Ft. DeSoto and the final Crystal River triathlon for the year. See page 6. See you all soon at the starting line, Chuck Lohman, Editor !4 VOLUME 22 ISSUE 8 AUGUST - 2016 IRONMAN Austria Race Report by Nick Chase Preparation: The week before the race was probably a tad higher in volume leaving me quite tired until around Thursday race week. Not ideal, however with another IM coming up soon, I wanted to put together some longer sessions for mental confidence. The swim and bike I knew would be decent, especially if I was able to make a bike group (which did not happen) and I knew the run would be a ultimately survival or slowing down as little as possible. My pre race goals were quite vague, knowing I’d love to swim under an hour, bike near 4:40 and run under 3:30. I think since I put together a open Marathon early this year @ 3:10, this should be doable. Just set the automatic cruise control on the run and deal with the pain! All in all, race week was great! The Pewag lounge and social gatherings are more than what I’m used to but really, I enjoyed meeting so many people. The owner of Pewag, Castelli, Stork bikes and other heavy hitters made appearances! Pewag, for those who don’t know, make industrial strength chains for tires and other heavy machinery. They sponsor a lot of athletes on a race team but specifically have Marino, the winner of IRONMAN Austria 8 times (as of yesterday). This lounge and the support on course were among the BEST I’ve ever seen. At one point I felt like I was in the Tour De France! What did I do race week? Not much to be honest, mostly shorter efforts at race pace, plenty of sleep and maybe a bit more nervous eating that I’m proud to remember. I think this week was near 8 hours in total with little time spent running. By Friday, I was antsy…ready to get on the course and see what the day will bring! We knew the weather was going to be a toss up, with predictions of rain and storms but we didn’t get much wind or rain until the back half of the course. It was a sprinkle here and there, enough to wet the roads. On the run, it rained a bit more but it was for 15 minutes. Normally It’s much much warmer, so I was very happy for mild temperature.The race director made the most common sense decisions I've ever seen. Stefan Leitner was a huge supported of pro athletes and made some decisions that made this event flow! Huge recommendation for this venue! !5 VOLUME 22 ISSUE 8 AUGUST - 2016 SWIM – What an amazing swim course with blue water! The start was lined with so many LOUD and pumped up spectators. Funny thing, while we waited to start in the last few seconds, a spectator blew a horn and we all took off…but had to come back! There was a pro lounge with towels and inflatable chairs before the race, TONS of media and a non-wetsuit legal race (barely). The water was PERFECT temperature for racing. The start was not as aggressive as I’ve experienced before in 70.3's as I think most take a bit longer to warm up, this was nice. I started behind Marino but lost his feet around 400meters, but took advantage of a nice draft shortly after. I stayed on his feet the rest of the swim! I DID try and take a pull but realized we were basically swimming the same pace, so it was best to save energy. Around ¾ of the way through, my right calf locked up and I had to drag the leg for around 3 minutes until it released. I didn’t panic; lose faith or stop…I just kept swimming, waiting for the agony to subside. Swimming a 55 minute 2.4 miler without a wetsuit was amazing for me! I think I was 13th or 14th out of the 50+ men’s field! SO GLAD volunteers were helping me out of the water though as I was really disoriented for a few seconds. BIKE- I came out with a Pewag athlete, Vincent and I was hoping the other 2 he was with would start working together however this bike scenario turned out to be less than ideal. After riding behind them for 10k, constantly having to let off as to stay out of their draft zone, I knew I had to pass and maybe bridge to the next group who I could see.