August 7th, 2010 :: The FTT 4 was a major success in more ways than one. With 3 different events over the course of two days, there was plenty to cheer about.  With beautiful weather all week, on Friday the Kids Race kicked things off with a bang. Over 50 kids, ages 5-16 participated in the Kids triathlon. Many T3ers' brought their children out to take part in the event and seeing the smiling faces made you know this was going to be an awesome weekend.

On Saturday, there were 12 T3ers' that in some way took part in the event. Our top individual T3 finisher's were Rebecca Pedersen who finished third overall in the Olympic Distance and Steve Becker who finished 3rd in the Sprint and earned 2nd place Overall in the Double FTT. Christine McKnight continued her AG dominance winning the F60-64, while setting a personal best time in an Olympic Distance. Jim Fox also continued his hot streak, winning the M45-49 AG!

 In a close race division M20-24,T3er John McDonald nudged out T3er Mike Sorrentino by less than two minutes to finish 2nd & 3rd respectively in their AG.
Jason Chlopecki had a great day finishing 8th in the M35-39 AG, only two weeks after completing IMLP! Erika Anderson took 3rd in her AG (F35-39), another one only two weeks removed from IMLP.  Jeff Mannion made a late decision to participate in the Double FTT and had two terrific races finishing 9th in the Oly & 2nd in the Sprint. Dan DeGennaro turned in an impressive sprint result, finishing 2nd in the M45-49 AG. Dean Haspela showed a strong run to move himself up into 6th place in the M35-39 AG.

Results are available at www.score-this.com

July 26th, 2010 :: It was a very special day on July 25th, 2010.  Nine T3ers completed the 12th Annual Ironman Lake Placid... all finding a way to reach their goals in the process.  Bert Weber, Carla Burhoe, Carrie Mauro, Jeff Manion, and Erika Anderson were all first timers.  Jim Fox, Mike Robinson, Jason Chlopecki, and Heidi Underwood used their experience to better their times from before.  As T3 athletes crossed the finish line one after another, the results just kept getting better and better.  Coach Kevin was heard saying, "This day is better than any coach could every ask for!"

To see full results, please use this link:
http://www.ironmanusa.com/results/index.php

July 12th, 2010 :: This past weekend had a bunch of great results for T3ers in many locations...  At the MusselFest in Geneva, NY, Coach Kevin finished 2nd overall in the Mini-Mussel, but was the first New Yorker - to earn a return trip to the Best of the US in Mission Viejo, CA, in October.  Christine McKnight (F60-64) continued her dominate ways in the short distance with a 2nd place AG finish.  Steve Becker, who competed in both the Mini-Mussel & Musselman Half, finished 1st & 3rd, respectively... which also yielded a 3rd place Overall finish in the Double Mussel.  Nick Pasco (M20-24) who made his debut at the half ironman distance was overly impressive, finishing first in his AG & 18th OA.  Mike Sorrentino rebounded back from a tough race in Philly a couple weeks ago to finish just off the podium in 4th place for the Mini-mussel.  Jim Fox hammered his sprint with a terrific bike, which included a 22mph average, followed by one of his best runs to date! 

Some other results which rocked included having Coach Kevin's family participate in the weekend of activities.  Kevin's wife, Bridget, finished 3rd in her AG.  His sister, Lori, dropped over 6 minutes from her time from last year.  His brother Gary finished respectively despite battling a hamstring pull... and his dad, Paul (M60-64), completed his first mini-mussel!  Also, Coach Kevin's daughter absolutely ROCKED the kids triathlon - truly a Family fun-filled event! Results here: http://score-this.com/results.html

In Portland, ME... Dean Haspela took a break from his longer distance training and hammered out the Urban Epic Sprint Triathlon. He proved there is still fire in those legs, finishing 9th OA!

In Albany, NY... John MacDonald continued his hot streak, this time finishing the Pine Bush Sprint Triathlon 4th OA, but 1st in his AG!

Great work T3ers!!! Keep it up!

June 30th, 2010 :: The weekend of June 25th/26th had almost all the T3ers competing.  Highlighting the weekend has to be Nick Pasco, winning the Quakerman Triathlon (earning his 1st career win!).  John MacDonald set out to redeem his performance at the North Country Sprint Triathlon, and did so by finishing 3rd overall!  In Philly, Steve Becker took 7th in his AG and 99th Overall out of 1800 participants!  Christine McKnight continues to impress, winning her AG at the Tupper Lake Sprint.  Mike Jaworski still managed a 5th place finish at the Lewis Morris Challenge despite having two flats and running 3 miles to the finish - unbelievable!!!

Please visit the results page to see all these great accomplishments and more!

June 8th, 2010 :: The Rev 3 introduced an Olympic Distance event to the Quassy Site...  Coach Kevin set out with hopes of having a great race and succeeded.  Finishing more than three minutes ahead of second place, Kevin took home the inaugural Rev 3 Olympic Title.  Other T3er's participated in the Rev 3 Half Ironman. Jim Fox, Erika Anderson, Jeff Manion all used this HIM as prep work towards Ironman Lake Placid.  They definitely think after doing this very challenging course they are ready for LP!  All three had a great race.  Mike Sorrentino also took part in the Rev 3 Half.... unfortunately after having a great swim, he suffered a bad break... literally :-) he broke his chain at mile 9. After waiting for over an hour, he had his bike fixed and finished the bike leg, then called it a "day".  Results for the Rev 3 can be found at: www.rev3tri.com

Over at the Mooseman, another group of T3er's gathered to prep for IMLP.  Heidi Underwood, Dean Haspela, Steve Becker, and Jason Chlopecki all enjoyed the lovely weather of New England.  With cold temperatures, high winds, and torrential rain, they all braved through this challenging day to post respectable times.  Results from the Ironman Mooseman can be found at:  http://www.ironman.com/events/ironman70.3/mooseman70.3/?show=results

June 1st, 2010 :: Highlighting the event was overall female winner, Heidi Underwood.  Her time of 1:46.12 over the 5k Run, 20mi Bike, 5k Run, bested the runner-up by a mere 10 seconds.  Three other T3ers earned age-group awards: Christine McKnight - 1st, F60-64; Steve Becker - 2nd, M40-44; Erika Anderson - 2nd, F35-39.  Congratulations to them and all the other T3er's who participated!   See the results page for more.

May 16th, 2010 :: Kevin Crossman & Isabelle Dickens, both from South Glens Falls, won the final T3 Duathlon Series race, equalling last week's performance.  Kevin's time of 35:33 was a course record for this newly formed series.  Isabelle came from behind on the second run to post the fastest women's time of 44:23.  Nick Pasco (Queensbury) was the men's runner-up, with a time of 37:43.  In the women's race, Mara Fronhofer (Argyle) finished second only 7 seconds behind Dickens (44:30).  Thirty-six participants took part in Sunday's duathlon, with competitors from ages 13 to 64 years in age.  See full results here.  The series will return in 2011.

April 25th, 2010 :: Congratulations to Christine McKnight who bettered her previous time by 12 minutes at the Age-Group Duathlon National Championships! Not only was that time drop impressive, but she landed herself a spot on the podium - 3rd place in F60-64! CHRISTINE - WAY TO GO!!!

Also having a great day was Carla Burhoe in miserable conditions at the NYC Half Marathon. Her hard work on improving her run definitely showed today. The best part is that she is only going to continue to get faster!!!  WELL EXECUTED CARLA!!!

To see results from all races, click here.

This weekend was a blast as I had an opportunity to return to my college (SUNY Cortland) and ride with Mike Sorrentino, and then play some water polo with him and the current team. Sunday I spent running a half marathon myself as a photographer for my wife, Bridget, as she had a great race at the Flower City 1/2 Marathon in Rochester.

Let's continue on this great journey together!

-- Coach Kevin

April 23rd, 2010 :: First race is Sunday May 2nd, 8am at ACC (SUNY Adirondack).  Don't miss out on a great opportunity to be part of the T3 Duathlon Series.  Whether you can only do one race or all three, it's not too late to sign-up.  These duathlons are a great way to kick start your season or maybe to "get your feet wet" in the multisport world.  The distances are small and friendly to all ages!!! Participants are encouraged to sign-up online, however there will be race day registration. The cost will be $25 per event.   Click here for more info.

April 11th, 2010 :: A handful of T3ers raced the largest single day cycling event in the USA and proved that triathletes can succeed in a side-discipline, cycling.  Leading the charge was Paul Fronhofer, finishing 2nd in the one of the Cat 4 fields.  Coach Kevin placed 6th in one of the Cat 5 fields.  Other T3ers completing this very challenging course: Jim Fox, Mike Robinson, Jason Chlopecki, and Mara Fronhofer.  Thanks go out to T3 supporters - Jeff Manion, Erika Anderson, and Bridget Crossman.  Click here to view results.

April 9th, 2010 :: We are very excited to offer three great events at the Fronhofer Tool Triathlon (FTT), Olympic; Sprint; & Kids.  In addition, some brave competitors have the opportunity to tackle the FTT Double; Olympic at 8am, followed by the Sprint distance at 2pm.  If you happen to be a beginner and are unsure of which distance you might like to attempt, consider purchasing a 10 week-specifically designed training plan for the FTT Olympic.

This plan was created by Coach Kevin, and he knows this course better than anyone – having trained, raced on, and directed the FTT course.  This progressive training plan will allow participants to gradually & safely prepare for this event, having all the confidence to know they can finish with a smile on their face.  This plans begins on May 30th, 2010.

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