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• Team TriLife Athletes achieving best times in early races!

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  We have had a GREAT start to the season!  So many best times! Carla had a great half marathon in the heat in Uma in March!  Sharon had her best "post University athlete" 10k time at the Glencoe Icebreaker!  Very close to that 40 min barrier!  Jenny proved she is now a sub 50 min 10k runner!  She's done it twice:)  Nola took a whopping 3 plus minutes off her 10k time! She is working hard and it's paying off.  John obliterated his best 10k time by close to 40 min last week.  Tara ran 2 10's and found space in that sub -50 min category again! Well done!  Megan BLEW away her 10k best time by closer to 5 min! Coach Angie asked her to race it, AND SHE DID! WOW!  John B. was 2nd in his AG in a 5k and had a very strong race.  Steve G. had a very strong early race at the Glencoe, and Steve W. had a good one at St. Patty's Day! These boys didn't hit best times, but they were close!  Trever was only seconds off his 10k PR in his first time at a race in a long time! He also had an outstanding 1000m time trial in the water! Tara is consistently coming under 2:00 / 100 in the pool. A HUGE accomplishment!  Cindy and Nola are training SO hard for IMCDA! Well done girls!  Jacque J had a best time by 2:00 at a trail race WHERE Coach Angie made her run 45 min after the race! SO GOOD!  Susan has had some very strong early races!  Lawrence held his 10k pace for the 15k at the Spring Trio! YAH LAWRENCE!  There is so much good stuff going on with our team. Congrats to all of you whose name is on this news update and to those who are not.  The season is early! We have a lot of training, racing and fun to have yet.  Thanks for reading if you made it this far!

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• Welcome to TTL Susie and Andrea!

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  Coach Angie is excited to have you on the team!  Welcome!

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• Sharon is OUTSTANDING in her first marathon!

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  I'm writing this as Sharon's coach and friend.  Sharon is a Mom, a coach, a fitness consultant and one heck of an athlete!  She tackled this marathon with the same drive and determination she tackles every goal she sets.  She scheduled the mary, then scheduled a family surfing trip.  Family counts and she made it work even though it was 2 weeks before her big race!  Sharon trained in the wind. Sharon trained alone.  She got up at 5 am to teach her boot camp classes then trained for herself.  She drove her kids to their soccer practices and whatever else they do!  She coached her group of girls so they could reach their goals at the same race!  She did all that, and ROCKED her first marathon!!!  Sharon raced with her head to start, and her heart to finish.  She executed her marathon like an athlete who has done this a million times before.  In her first "date" with 26.2 miles she was so close to an equal split we'll call it equal, and she nailed her goal time of 3:20 with a 3:20:34 finish good enough for 5th in her AG.    She held back when she needed to, and went to the hurt locker that only a hard marathon can take you to in the closing few miles.  Her "girls" from Team TriLife were there for her at the finish as she'd been there for them on their training journeys along the way!  You are a ROCK STAR SHARON!! CONGRATS!

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• TTL at Arizona Rock and Roll

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  A huge congrats goes out to TTL athletes Jen Awde, Lara Pawluk, and Marnie Moroz for their efforts in Phoenix!  Lara ran her 2nd best time ever despite an injury 3 weeks before the event and Jen ran a personal best.  And special congrats to Marnie on her first half mary in an awesome time of 2:07!!  Way to go ladies!!

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• Congratulations to Ironman Athletes Peter and Jody!

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  Jody Spencer and Peter Glossop both completed their first Ironman recently in Cozumel. It was nothing short of hard work, commitment and determination that got the 2 of them to the finish line.

   

  Jody did not hire me on as a coach until the beginning of October!! That gave us about 8 weeks to get her training in line and focused for her upcoming race. I was lucky that Jody had a good base and really just needed some guidance and focus to get her through the last two months. It was not without a few road blocks though....... Jody suffered from 2 episodes of strep throat and then somehow managed to live through a major car accident 3 weeks prior to the race. Had it not been for her high level of fitness, there may have been a different story to tell......

   

  Jody pushed through and managed to race IM on minimal training in the last 3 weeks prior to IM and was thrilled with her success. She overcame many obstacles and stayed positive through all of her training and on race day. She executed the race well and thoroughly enjoyed the day! Congratulations Jody, You are an Ironman!! I look forward to coaching Jody to IMC this year too.

   

  Peter joined late as well, starting in September. I knew we had our work cut out for us when he let me know that his longest swim was 500m and longest bike was 60km to date (for this year)! With determination, focus and an understanding wife, Peter put in as much time as he could and worked very hard to get in the required workouts. After a few one on one swim lessons Peter's ability to swim longer distances improved immensely and was now able to do front crawl instead of breast stroke for the majority of the swims. Peter signed up for this race in order to honour his friend who is unfortunately having a loosing battle with cancer. This was not just Peter's race, it was Elizabeth's race, and Peter made her very proud that day as he crossed the finish line and became an Ironman!! Congratulations Peter, I am very proud of all that you have accomplished.
  
  

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