From Coach Pete Kain:
The first race of the triathlon season was held here in Oceanside today under pretty ideal conditions. The wind picked up a bit today, which made the swim a bit choppy and the bike pretty hard with a cross/headwind for many of the 56 miles. Competitors were challenged to a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike and a 13.1 mile run. The swim was held in the 59 degree waters of Oceanside Harbor. The first wave of Professional Men went off at 6:40am, followed by many more waves of amateur competitors until 7:48am. The glare of the sun on the water made negotiating the swim course extra hard. Once out of the water, competitors were off onto a rolling hills 56 mile bike ride through Camp Pendleton, into San Clemente and back to Oceanside Harbor to transition to a mostly flat 13.1 mile run along the ocean. The wind picked up again this year, making the bike extra tough! Most competitors flew through the first 25 miles aided by a tailwind, only to have it hit them smack in the face for the last 25 miles. The run is tough, as it is all on very hard concrete, which is tough on the body!
The Kain ½ Iron Team was here in force today. 20+ competitors from the KP Team were ready to toe the line with an international field of competitors. The KP Team has been training hard for this event and many others since the first of the year. Many KP’ers were using the race as a tune up for Ironman events later in the year, as well as a chance to qualify for North American Ironman events later in the year. Despite the tough conditions, KP had some great race performances. Leading the charge for the KP Team was Doug Wadkins, placing 7th in his age group in a fast 4:40:57 time. Doug had the 2nd fastest bike split and ran a great 1:33 ½ Marathon off the bike. Also under the 5 hour mark were Gary Auten in 4:56:18 (New PR for this course, by almost 20 minutes), Mike Grimm in 4:57 (New PR for this course) and Russell Shaw in 4:57:56 (New PR for this course and a run PR of 1:33 off the bike). Kim Mygatt led the KP women with a 5th place in her age group and an impressive 5:06:28 time and the fastest run in her AG with a 1:39:07 off the bike. Great job to all KP finishers!
The KP Team had quite a few finishers under the 6:00 hour mark:
Aron “IM CDA, here I come”Cooperman – 5:02:02 (PR for this course)
Glenn Blackler – 5:06:09
Greg Roussel – 5:06:13 – Qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Champs!!
Kim “5th place in the age group” Mygatt – 5:06:28 (New PR, Went 5:11:15 last year)
Shari “Sharoo” Kain – 5:23:09
Suzanne Slivkoff – 5:28:06
Mark Ferrone – 5:28:17
Ted Ornduff – 5:29:06 – New PR for the ½ Ironman Distance!
Fred Servais – 5:29:50
Tony Benassi – 5:31:06
Andy Brewer – 5:32:04
Linda “Great to be back” Stewart – 5:32:32
Jill Stevenson – 5:44:32
Don Barry – 5:50:21
Patrick McDonald – 5:54:14 – New PR for ½ Ironman Distance!
Then a few more under the 7:00 hour mark:
Gordan “I’m more consistent this year” Graham – 6:06:16 (6:16:24 in 2008)
Linda “Shari’s Sis” Rodgers – 6:30:56
Linda Graham – 6:51:42
Everyone on the KP Team looked great out on the course! Many KP members were attempting their first ever ½ Ironman, while many others were out to set a new PR!
Qualifying for the Ford 70.3 Ironman World Championships in Florida in
November: Doug Wadkins and Greg Roussel
Qualifying for IM Couer d’ Alene in June: Aron Cooperman and Mike Grimm
Qualifying for IM Wisconsin in September: Gary Auten
***Great job to all who went down and raced the Ford 70.3 Ironman in Oceanside! You all looked great and represented KP in a fabulous way! We had many great compliments on our KP Team down there, so way to go! Wildflower here we come, so get ready!
Train hard and the results will come,
Coach Pete + Sharoo
www.kainperformance.com
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