Yes, it has been awhile and lots has happened: Lance gives up as does WTC on Penticton and Ironman Canada. Challenge Family triathlon steps in and takes over the iron distance race in Penticton (Challenge Penticton), I signed up for Challenge Penticton and two of my athletes have outstanding performances in the month of August. I wish I had time to write about all of them but since I have to go back to my real job tomorrow :-( so my time is limited. So, in the interest of time I will heap some praise on my two athletes, Jen and Andrew. Jen competed in the sprint race at the Apple Triathlon in Kelowna on August 19th. She worked really hard for the past three month and of course, hard work pays off. She won her age group by 5 minutes! She beat her PB by 6 minutes and she finished 5th overall out of the women. She had a great race. Way to go Jen! Andrew was going for a Kona slot at Ironman Canada on August 26th. He had a great year of training. He was in great shape. We had a great plan for him and he executed it almost flawlessly. He came out of the water 5 minutes down from where we had hoped. Andrew said it was a really rough swim in terms of body contact. Ah, the mass open water swim start. Not for the faint of heart. Once he got on the bike, he was a superstar! He passed 32 guys in his age group and over 600 people on the bike! What a ride! We worked really hard on his cycling so I wasn't really surprised. Running is his strength and he passed 3 more guys in his age group with a 3:14 marathon. He finished at 9:44, 7th in his AG and an amazin 37th overall! He had beat his previous IMC time by over 50 minutes! Unfortunately, it wasn't good enough for a Kona slot. There were only 2 slots for his AG. I am very proud of him (and Jen too of course!) and I look forward to working with both of them again!