Sorry for the delay, friends. We’ve got some big kudos to send out AND it’s a two-fer, so get excited.

 

Leadville, CO, is heating up it’s summer schedule and Tim Ferrell is in for the long haul – and crushing it. Two down, three to go. He flew through the 50-miler in 11:34. Keep it up, Tim!

 

Lisa Wells completed a 6-day 260mi bike tour of northeast Michigan with 450 of her closest friends. Sweet! What a great trip!

 

On a very tough course, Mark Reynolds brought his A game and placed 2nd elite grand masters and 13th overall at the HFP Casear Creeks Olympic Tri in Cincinnati, OH. Awesome!

 

Ironman 70.3 Racine saw James Trammell dominate his first-ever triathlon (welcome to the crazies!)! Way to go, James! Terry Hart was smokin’ it until a hamstring injury cut his day short. Here’s to a speedy recovery, Terry! And a big thanks to Misty Brawner for playing sherpa/support crew/biggest fan to help James enjoy his big day.

 

The New Town Triathlon saw several great CMC performances: Greg Campbell 4th, Drew Greaves 1st overall (by a solid margin, earning a big PR and a cash prize!), Luise King 2nd overall female, David Mountjoy, JP Palmer 3rd, Mackenzie Rickman, and Tony Rigdon. Well done!

 

Most of us have work, school, and family to balance with our triathlon and outdoor hobbies, and Karen Jones is rocking it and making it look easy. Congrats to Karen for passing her comprehensive exams! Almost a PhD!!

 

This past weekend, Columbia hosted the BEST triathlon event of the year, the Mighty Max Kids Tri! Current and future CMCers were racing, cheering, and volunteering with everything they had. The young rockstars included RJ Bechtold, Ryder Bechtold, Addison Crouch, Jackson Crouch, Ashton Figueiredo, Parker Figueiredo, Realee Smith, Jonah Wittenberger, Adia Wittenberger, Sidney Yaeger, Austin Zolecki, andTyler Zolecki. Way to go, guys! Thanks again to the TONS of volunteers who helped make a great day even more special: Shelley Binkley, Tom Brinker, Beth Brown, Greg Campbell, Jenny Clark, Joe Company, Sherry Corwin, Shannon Doughty, Annie Fennewald, Brenden Hoffman,Dusty Hoffman, Chris Kendrick, Luise King, Stacey Kulik, Becky Lynn, Chrissie McKinney (+dad and niece), Jackie Pearce, Paula Rawlings, Jen Reisdorf, Tony Rigdon, Karen Roberts, Kelly Sabulsky, Larry Sabulsky, Lynn Summers, Shawna Victor, and Ken Welty.

 

Another big CMC showing at the Show Me State Games Triathlon and Duathlon. Rodney Adkison tore it up and claimed 1st overall, Corlin Clark5th (in only her 2nd tri ever!), Jenny Clark 2nd overall female (1st age group, 1st amateur), Jon Clark edged out his mom and placed 5th, Heather Cox 3rd (also her 2nd tri ever!), Ashley Ernst found a great way to celebrate her birthday, Jessica Gallant, Becky Hennessy 3rd, Warren Hoover,Chris Jones 4th, Del Lobb, Christina Luebbert chopped 30min off her time from last year (!), Dusti Mitchell showed those Hulen swims are paying off, Megan Morton, David Mountjoy, Stephen Parshall 1st, Jackie Pearce 1st overall by a solid margin, Emmette Smith, Kevin Stone3rd, Mike Sutherland 2nd, Tom Tomicki 3rd, Mark Vellek 3rd, Shawna Victor, Mark Wilson, Brent Woodcock (family in from California?), Tyler Woodcock, and Nancy Yaeger 1st. And check this out – Bob Niesen was the only competitor in his 90-94 age group, but his 1:38:20 finish placed him squarely in the middle of the much younger pack. Wow! (We need to recruit this guy for Nationals!) And for those who like to run twice: Tiffin Etter 1st, Brenden Hoffman 2nd, Jake Simpson 3rd, and Erik Stone 2nd. Stellar job across the board! Way to go, CMC!

 

For the photo of the week, check out newbie and newest member of the 70.3 club, James Trammell, with a big medal and bigger smile after completing Ironman 70.3 Racine! Soak it up, James!

 

 

 

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