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Race Report for
2008 Mt Rainier Du
2007 Year in Review.
2007 was an exciting and very fulfilling year from an Advantage Multisport coaching standpoint. We had a great crew this year, all great people and athletes, and I personally felt a lot of pride and had a lot of fun watching them succeed. I was able to help out with some educational talks with the Bellingham Fit crew as well, and it was fun to watch them race at the inaugural Bellingham Marathon earlier this month. I also had a great time meeting and training with more of the Bellingham Tri club athletes this summer. Special thanks goes out to my training partners Sean and Brian for keeping me company on all those long training days in the spring and summer.
Alina had a great season, despite being very loaded up with a new promotion and MBA classes as well. Alina had a very busy year of racing. She grabbed a qualifying slot to the 2008 Vancouver World Championships next June, placed 3rd overall at Danskin, then capped off her year with a 5th place female at the Vancouver Half Iron race in September.
Damian started off the year with a second place to a pro triathlete at the Mt Rainier Du. He then also qualified for 2008 worlds at Nationals in June. Then to top it off, he won the Alaska State Olympic Distance Championships by over 6 minutes. Damian is now racing cross country for Whatcom CC and is ranked #1 in the region. Their regional race is this coming weekend at Padden, so everyone go out and cheer. Always fun to see the multisport guys go out and school the single sport specialists.
Foster Rose had a great marathon in Olympia in May, then was able to PR (by more than 25 minutes) his half Iron race at the Grand Columbian on a very hot day in September. What made this even more impressive is he spent half the summer recovering after a bike accident. Foster is now deep in preparation for the California International Marathon in Sacramento in December. Best of luck to Foster as he aims for a Boston qualifying spot.
Ryan Malarkey had a great buildup for his first half at Lake Stevens in July, but was unable to fulfill this goal of racing when he was called to duty in the Middle East in June. We are honored to have you serving our country Ryan, and we pray for your safe return to the NW.
I was able to advise a friend of mine, Michelle Wheeler, through her first season of running races. She really hit her stride with great times at several 5k to 10k races, and then ran a superb negative split race at the Vancouver half marathon in May. Unfortunately she was not able to run her goal marathon race this October after breaking a toe playing with kids in the lake. She is back up to the half marathon distance now though, and it will only be a matter of time before she is able to crack that 26.2 mile race.
Advantage Multisport welcomes aboard Mike Palmgren and Wes Furlong for 08. Mike will be doing his first half Iron in the 60-64 age group in June, and Wes will be competing at the Vancouver Worlds in June, as well as shooting for another worlds qualification at Nationals in September.
My own year was filled with some big ups and downs. I started out with a win in my first duathlon of the year in May, had a fun race at Mt Rainier in April, set a PR over a sprint course in May, and then ended a very good buildup for IM CDA with a back injury in mid June. It took most of the summer and fall to get back to the point where I felt ready to race again, but after a lot of core work and some help from our new friend Erick DeRoche, I was able to come back and race strong at the Padden MTB Duathlon last weekend. It feels really good to be back at it again.
I am really looking forward to 2008. It should be a great season with both Nationals and Worlds here in the NW. I am also working with Erik to put on a running biomechanics clinic in November. Tentative date is Nov 10th. I will get the info out to you all as soon as things are confirmed, should be by the end of this week.
Have a great fall, and best of luck in 2008.
