April 2016 Finish Line Newsletter

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THE FINISH LINE
Mad Dogs - Linda
Musante, Gail
Lohman, Kitty
Myers and Pepir
Jernigan - You Go
Girls!
Join Us For A Pass-­a-­Grill
Swim Every Wednesday Night
@ 6:00 PM
Like us on Facebook!
Training Calendar - Page 3
New Mad Dogs Page 4
Mad Dog News Page 5
Upcoming Races - Page 6
Race Results Page 7
Birthdays Page 8
Mad Dog Pix Pages 9 - 11
Articles & Reports - Pages 12 - 20
Advertisements Pages 21 - 23
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Established on November 6, 1993, the St Pete
Mad Dogs Triathlon Club is a not for profit
organization designed to promote the sport of
triathlon. The club is comprised of fun loving
triathletes who train, race and howl together,
with members of all levels of experience and
expertise.
The Finish Line is a medium for communicating
the latest club news, as well as an informal
source for what’s happening in the sport of
triathlon as it affects us. Articles published in
The Finish Line may contain opinions of the
author, not necessarily the club.
ST. PETE MAD DOGS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOD@STPETEMADDOGS.COM
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AMBASSADOR
TIM HUDSON
CAROLYN KIPER
DAVE PROFFITT
BOB MACDONALD
CHUCK LOHMAN
ALLEN JERNIGAN
PEPIR JERNIGAN
JIM CUNNINGHAM
GAIL LOHMAN
RUE MORGAN
KATHY MORGAN
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info@stpetemaddogs.com
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Attention everyone…it’s the annual
beginning of Triathlon Season. Although
several Mad Dogs have jumped the gun
and gotten an early start, Escape From
Fort DeSoto and St. Anthonys are the
Pinellas County start for most of us. Don’t
forget the Wednesday night swim prior to
St. Anthonys….we usually plan a special
event for that swim — the best attended
swim of the year. We’re explored several
new venues for the Friday night pre race
dinner and the Sunday post race
celebration. Stay tuned and check out
page 12!
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TRAINING CALENDAR
Upcoming Training Sessions (all show and go)
SWIMMING
Local Bike Shop Events
Every Tuesday & Thursday 6:30 - 8PM
Northshore Pool w/ Coach Joe Biondi $9 per session
Every Friday 8AM Group Swim at Sunset Beach.
Meet at Larry and JackieYost’s, 143 91st Ave S (727) 367-2504
Every Sunday 9AM Group Swim at Pass-a-Grill led
by Jack Shuten
From the Central Ave. Store (727) 345-5391 Every
Saturday 8AM Women only ride. 10-30 miles
Also: www.stpetemasters.org for Masters Swimming
BIKING
see www.stpetecycling.com for daily rides
Mon - Fri 8:00AM
Group Ride from USFSP crosswalk 16 miles at 20-21 MPH
Wed is official Mad Dog ride - wear your colors!
From the Palm Harbor Store (727) 786-6889
Every Saturday 8AM - 3 ability groups - about 40
miles
Every Saturday 8:30AM
Group Rides based on speed from Northshore Pool South
Parking Lot
Every Sunday 8:30AM
St Pete Library Advanced Training Ride 9th Ave N and 37th
RUNNING
Every Monday 6PM
Individual/Partnered Run (6 miles) Northshore Pool South
Parking Lot
1st and 3rd Thursday 7:30 AM
Running Drills at Field south of Northshore Pool (45-55
min)https://www.facebook.com/groups/254578011396466/ led by Ben Carlson
Every Wednesday 6PM
Fun run and social @ The Tavern at Bayboro
120 6th Avenue South St. Pete
From the Clearwater Store (727) 723-2453 Every
Friday - 5:30 AM 17 mile Clearwater Bridge Ride.
Group #1 at 20-22 MPH. Group #2 at 22-25 MPH.
Lights required.
From the Tampa Store (813) 831-1414 Tuesday and
Thursday - 5:00 AM Training Bike Ride about 90
minutes at 22-30 MPH. Lights required.
Saturday - 7:30 AM 20 mile no drop bike ride at
15-20 MPH depending on abilities. Some instruction
provided.
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WELCOME NEW MAD DOGS!
#3701 - Bobby Eggiman - St. Petersburg, Florida
#3702 - David Horning - Stinson Beach, California
#3703 - Michelle Brown - St. Petersburg, Florida
#3704 - Ben Goettler - St. Petersburg, Florida
#3705 - Ami Kanaby - Madeira Beach, Florida
#3706 - Michael Kanaby - Madeira Beach, Florida
FROM THE EDITOR
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2)
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MAD DOG NEWS
— Bob MacDonald has put together the Mad Dog Grand Prix
Program for all age groups. All those interested in competing
please register on the Mad Dog website. See pages 13-15 for
details.
— Please note the Mad Dog sponsors who list ads in the
newsletter, and show them some love!
— It’s that time of the year again! Carolyn Kiper is leading the
Homestay Project looking for homes for visiting pro triathletes
during the St. Anthonys Triathlon festivities centered around the 24
April 16 race. The athletes will be delivered and picked up from
your residence. If you have room please contact Carolyn at
cskiper@gmail.com. Additional details on page 12.
— St. Anthonys week is coming soon. Look for details on page 12
and updates on Facebook. Tom Petty heard about the Friday Night
Pre-Race Party and suggests, “Oh my, my. Oh h__ yes. Got to put
on your party dress!” (Mary Jane’s Last Dance)
— Congrats to Mad Dog Board Members Allen Jernigan, Pepir
Jernigan and Dave Proffitt who are competing in their first Half
Ironman at Haines City 70.3 in preparation for Ironman Austria in
June. Go, Dogs!
— It may just be a rumor, but word on the street is that Ben Carlson
has given up triathlons to be a better father to his cats. Say it ain’t
true, Ben!
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UPCOMING RACES
2-3 Apr - HITS Ocala
Super Sprint to Full Distance
Ocala, FL
www.hitstriathlonseries.com
10 Apr 15 Ironman Florida 70.3
Half Ironman Distance
Haines City, FL
www.ironman.com
24 April - St. Anthonys Tri
Olympic and Sprint
St. Petersburg, FL
satriathlon@baycare.org
7 May Gulf Coast Triathlon Half
Ironman Distance Panama City
Beach, FL
www.gulfcoasttriathlon.com
www.escapetriathlon.racehawk.com
22 May Chattanooga IM 70.3
Half Ironman Distance
Chattanooga, TN
www.ironman.com
23 Apr Meek & Mighty
Super Sprint Distance
St. Petersburg, FL
satriathlon@baycare.org
22 May - Mad Beach Triathlon
Sprint Distance
Madeira Beach, FL
www.madeirabeachtri.com
16 Apr Escape from Ft Desoto
Sprint Distance
Ft. DeSoto
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Race Results
Humanatee Triathlon - 6 Mar
IM 70.3 Puerto Rico - 20 Mar
2nd Place - Tom Kennedy
Finisher - Jenn Olvedy
Wildman Sprint - 12 Mar
1st Place Tony Handler
Florida Challenge - 19/20 Mar
Half IM Distance
1st Place -
Jennifer Hutchinson
Sprint Distance
1st Place Gary Bonacorsi
Tony Handler
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APRIL BIRTHDAYS
Kim Teter
Paula Vieillet
Markus Mittermayr
Maureen Casey
Bob Wagoner
Joel Blakeman
Dave Proffitt
Katie Shotts
Nick Cowan
Bernie Brown
Noah Vallant
Winston Allen
Valerie Leggett
Michael Bardecki
Rod Coggin
Andrew Reeder
Mark Danzi
Bryan McGuire
Jenn Olvedy
Andy Meng
Bill Kolar
Robert Macdonald
Rose Marie Ray
1st
1st
4th
5th
5th
6th
6th
6th
7th
8th
12th
13th
13th
15th
15th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
23rd
26th
26th
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MAD DOG PICTURES
Bill Riley in 5k after knee surgery
Bama vs. LSU. Can’t we all just get
Patricia Junqueira getting oriented
Wendy Tocha
Allen Jernigan, Gail
Lohman, Pepir Jernigan
and Dave Proffitt
Kate Greenough
and Coach Leo
Jenn Olvedy &
Sally Smith after
Puerto Rico 70.3
Dave Orlowski
Don’t miss the Wednesday
night swims at Pass-a-Grill
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MAD DOG PICTURES
Gina and Michael Bardecki @ Grand Prix 5k
Linda Musante’s husband
Lynn living the good life!
British Mad Dog Diane
Weaver’s pool in the UK.
Not Northshore.
Dave Orlowskienjoying a glass
of “Gatorade” for St. Pat’s
Nick Chase @ Escape from FD 2015
Mad Dog John Atkins’
stolen bike. Call him
if you see it!
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Julia and Taylor Mularoni getting ready for Meek and
Mighty! Connor is head cheerleader.
Some the professional triathletes who have
participated in the homestay program.
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Cody Angell’s family
welcomes Leyton!
Host a Pro Triathlete
St. Anthony’s Triathlon will take place on Sunday, April 24
and will feature professional triathletes from around the
world. St. Anthony’s has one of the best-known homestay
programs in the world! This program is designed to
match the professional triathlete with an individual or
family in the local area willing to host the triathlete during
their stay.
Most of the triathletes arrive on Friday and depart on
Sunday after the race or some time on Monday. However,
we do have some triathletes looking for a longer stay (2
weeks) in order to continue training and then go to
another nearby race.
Above: Craig Alexander and Julie Dibens
Below: Mirinda Carfrae and Rene Vallant
We are currently looking for anyone interested in hosting
a professional triathlete.
This is your opportunity to make new friends, even life
long friends! I, myself, have been hosting these athletes
for over 15 years and many of them are now like family!
Many of you may have met Rene Vallant, who first came
through our homestay program in 2003. He had such a
great experience and loves our triathlon community - so
much that he has been here every year for 13 years!
If you are interested in hosting an athlete, please contact
me - Carolyn Kiper. You can send me an email at
cskiper@gmail.com or give me a call at 727-459-8064.
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St. Anthonys Schedule
Wednesday - 20 April 6:00 PM — Mad Dog swim at Pass-aGrill Beach. Bring a snack to share!
Friday - 22 April 6:00 PM — Indigo Hotel - 234 3rd Ave. N
St. Pete
Saturday - 23 April 7:30 - 10:00 AM — Meek and Mighty
Race at Northshore Pool.
Saturday - 23 April 12:00 - 6:00 PM — Mad Dog booth open
at Expo. Bob MacDonald (robertmmac@yahoo.com) in
charge. Please contact him if you can help for an hour.
Sunday - 24 April 6:50 AM — Professionals start at North
Shore Beach. Mad Dog water stop near the Northshore
Pool. Jim Cunningham is in charge (e-mail is
jbcunningham45@gmail.com). We need 20 volunteers.
Please contact him if you can help! Race Director will
donate $750 to the Mad Dogs!
Sunday - 24 April Post Race Massage by Gina’s Alternative
Therapy at Mad Dog Tent north of the pool.
Sunday - 24 April 2:00 PM — Hollander Hotel - 421 4th
Ave. N, St. Pete (by the pool)
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MAD DOG GRAND PRIX PROCEDURES
Several months ago we mentioned the 2016 Mad Dog Grand Prix
spearheaded by Bob MacDonald. All those who would like to participate
need to do two things:
1) Go to the Mad Dog website and register yourself.
2) After each event, simply fill out the attached form and e-mail it to Bob
Mad Dog Member Name:________________________________________
SPMDTC#________________
Name of Event:_______________________________________ Date: _________________
Distance (Check One): ___ Sprint ___ Olympic ___ Half ___ Full
Race Category (Check One): ___ Elite ___ Age Group (Age Group that you participated in ____)
Results:
Place at finish: _____
Time at finish: _____
DNF: ____
Point System:
Grand Prix Scoring System:
Entry Points—Sprint, 10 pts, Olympic, 15 pts, Half, 25 pts, Full, 50 pts
Finish in Top 3 of Mad Dog members entered in AG or Elite competition:
Sprint: 1) 20 pts. 2) 15 pts. 3) 10 pts.
Olympic: 1) 50 pts. 2) 40 pts. 3) 30 pts.
Half: 1) 100 pts. 2) 80 pts. 3) 60 pts
Full: 1) 200 pts. 2) 150 pts. 3) 125 pts.
Bonus Points:
Awarded for finishing in top three of all competitors in AG or Elite competition:
Sprint: 1) 25 pts. 2) 20 pts. 3) 15 pts.
Olympic: 1) 75 pts. 2) 60 pts. 3) 50 pts.
Half: 1) 150 pts. 2) 125 pts. 3) 100 pts. (continued next page)
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Full: 1) 300 pts. 2) 275 pts. 3) 250 pts.
Overall, Masters or Grand Masters winner:
Sprint: 50 points
Olympic: 100 points
Following are the races which are counted:
Date
Event
GP Competition
Location
Jan
HITS
S,O,H, F
Naples, FL
Feb
HITS
S,O
Ocala, FL
Mar
Florida Challenge
H
Clermont, FL
Apr
Escape Ft. DeSoto
S
Tierra Verde, FL
Apr
Ironman 70.3 FL
H
Haines City, FL
Apr
St. Anthony’s
S,O
St. Pete, FL
May
Gulf Coast
H
Panama City, FL
May
Mad Beach
S
Madeira Bch, FL
June
Heartland
S,O
Sebring, FL
June
Siesta Beach
O
Sarasota, FL
July
Englewood
S
Englewood, FL
July
Top Gun
S
Tierra Verde, FL
Aug
Ft. DeSoto
O
Tierra Verde, FL
Sept
Crystal River
S
Crystal River, FL
Sept
Tarpon Springs
S
Tarpon Spgs, FL
Sept
Ironman Augusta
H
Augusta, GA
Oct
Longboat Key
O
Longboat Key, FL
Oct
Great Floridian
F
Clermont, FL
Oct
Ironman Worlds
F
Kona, HI
Oct
Ironman Miami
F
Miami, FL
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Oct
Lycra and Lace
S
Tierra Verde, FL
Nov
Tri Rock
S,O
Clearwater, FL
Nov
Challenge FL
O,H
Venice, FL
Nov
Ironman FL
F
Panama City, FL
Please note that Mad Dogs have the option of adding an additional sanctioned race
and forwarding the results to Bob.
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Last Year’s St. A Report from Pro
Nick Brodnicki
St. Anthony’s Olympic Race Recap
MAY 5, 2015 / NICKBRODNICKI
Tis the season for race recaps. This year I start with St. Anthony’s Olympic!
Pre-Race: Christa and I started the race travel a little early this year
heading down to sunny Florida. We broke the ride up with some stops and
an over-night stay in Jacksonville, FL. We enjoyed the city a lot with quite
an enjoyable run in the morning on the river walk and some awesome
tacos for dinner.
After Jacksonville it was off St. Petersburg and our amazing home stay with
Gail and Chuck. Big, big, big thanks to the St. Anthony’s race staff, the St.
Pete Mad Dogs Triathlon Club, and Gail and Chuck for helping us out. The
race weekend couldn’t have been possible without the help of all of you!
In St. Pete’s we settled in and I enjoyed some hot and humid training in a
really triathlete-friendly area and a great dinner on Friday night with the St.
Pete Mad Dogs.
Race morning: All was well. Woke up 3 hours before my start time, had my
shower, oatmeal with all the fixins and got things ready to go. At the race
site I got in a quick ride on the run course, a really quick run and got my
bike all set up on the rack. Sipped on some sports drink, took a quick warm
up swim and got ready to go. At this point I felt oddly calm and peaceful.
Typically I feel a lot more anxiety before race start but today I felt almost
numb.
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Swim: The swim is pretty straight forward. You swim parallel to shore for a
bit, head away from the beach, back parallel again and then into the finish.
The course is pretty easy to follow but on this particular morning I had the
unfortunate pleasure of swimming with a few ITU studs in some chop
caused by 15mph winds. I knew I’d be in for a hurtin’ I just didn’t realize
how rough the water would be too. I hung on to the main group until a big
split happened, maybe 200-300m into the swim. From there I swam with a
sizable 2nd pack through about half way. At this point we were swimming
away from shore and into the chop. You had to ride the waves a bit and
come crashing back down at times. I made the unfortunate error of taking
too many strokes without sighting thus swimming a few strokes away from
the pack and then losing the pack. I would then spend the rest of the swim
on my own, on the back end trying to catch the guys who were dropping off
that second pack. My time was a bit rough upon reflection but other than
losing the second pack I still feel confident in my swimming right now. The
fitness was there, the execution was lacking. The positive side of this issue
is that there are a number of good swimmers around town I can work with
to help my pack swimming but the bummer side is that I just don’t have the
ability to swim in sea chop. No matter how windy it is in Richmond I can’t
re-create those types of conditions so it’s more about race experience this
season than training on that end.
T1: Smooth. I only run so fast so my time is middle of the pack for a pro.
Bike: Folks seem to say this bike course is technical. While I agree that it
does have a few extra turns (over 20 for 40k) compared to most courses it
only contains one true 180 degree turn (another is around a median), a few
speed bumps you can ride around or semi-bunny hop over and a weird
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roundabout. Riding to my local bike shop takes more bike handling skills
than this course did. Now I saw the course as a pro with tons of room to
move around, I suppose if I’m in a tight age group race with a bunch of
folks around me I’m going to think the course is a bit more technical.
Overall I really liked it.
As for my bike ride I rode the 9th fastest pro split of the day on total crap
power and even worse focus. I have no idea where my head was (not in
the race obviously) because I really just shit the bed on my execution here.
My head just wasn’t in it. For those that don’t know the pro race is a
completely different animal from the age group race. In a race like St. A’s
following USAT rules, we have different drafting and passing rules (we can
pass on the right) and the dynamics of the bike shake out in a much
different fashion. Instead of trying to ride efficiently or evenly through the
bike it’s more about catching packs, legal drafting, mind games with
passing and bursts of speed. Because I got out of the swim 2-3 mins down
on the main pack of guys the goal was just to ride to them, sit in then try to
break them. My first issue with this came when my power numbers just
didn’t seem right. I started thinking about them too much. I checked HR and
that was way off too (HR monitor slipped and after fixing it at the beginning
of the run my numbers were on again). Now my metrics were messing with
my head. Instead of just riding I chose to think about why the numbers
were so off. I had trained so hard… why, why… why. Obnoxious, I know. I
totally got wrapped up in stuff that just didn’t matter because I was so
focused on my intended effort coming from watts rather than riding. This
was just plain dumb and I didn’t mentally recover.
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The nice thing about my bike ride was that even with taking my head out of
the game I was riding through a fair bunch of guys and no one was
touching me after I went by. I was actually astounded. I rode by and waited
for someone to sit with me. I’d look back and they were gone. In the end I
probably left a solid 1-2 minutes out there on the course by just not
focusing more. The fitness was there, the mind was not.
T2: In and out. Smooth.
Run: The run is basically an out and back through a ritzy neighborhood.
Couldn’t tell you what any of the houses looked like though. I left transition
and felt like I had decent legs. I was looking to take the first mile out around
5:40s given my recent run training but the heat and humidity of the day
slowed that down a bit (mid 80s and 89% humidity). First mile in 6 flat. I can
work with that, if I’m suffering others are suffering too. Mile 2 clicks by in
6:02. I felt like I was running in slow motion but the HR was in check and
the turnover was there. Approaching mile 3 the hurt started setting in but no
one had passed me yet so I was feeling confident. Coming up on the aid
station just before the turn around I started really feeling the heat. I was
playing the mind games to keep myself running using driveways, aid
stations, lawns, anything to give me tiny goals to keep hitting. Then, I’m
almost certain, that ugly voice in the back of my head told me I’ve never
raced this far on the run in a pro race without someone passing me. It’s
going to happen like it always does. “You’re going to crack”. Well of course
if I think something like that then it’s going to happen. And so it happened. I lost
my focus and then it kept happening because if I relapse once I relapse many
times.
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The nice thing about all of this ‘falling apart’ on the run was that in the last mile
when I should have been dying I totally had the ability to kick it in and run low 6s
again for the last 1/2 mile or so. I wasn’t spent, I had room with my HR and PE to
keep pushing. I didn’t believe in myself and cracked early.
Take-aways: My fitness is there. I probably only tapped 70% of what I was
capable of on the day and that’s ok. I tend to get caught up in what other people
will think of my finish time at a big race like this but the reality of the day is that I
did what I intended to do. The goals for this race were to 1) Finish. I hadn’t
finished a race since last July and needed one under my belt. 2) See how my
training would translate into a distance I hadn’t raced at the pro level in two
years. This went pretty well actually given all my mental mishaps. If I kept it
together on the bike and swim I’m positive a top-10 was well within reach. 3)
Remember how to race again. It had been a while and I train 99% of the time
alone so it takes me a little time to get a good race mentality back. 4) Race
something bigger but still not use it as an ‘A’ race. I wasn’t coming into this race
with the idea of ‘killing it’, I was here to race and see how things would go. I think
I could best describe this race as a ‘test’.
Now I know what needs the most work moving forward this season, my head. I
think, in a nutshell, I forgot how to race and how to apply myself to a big race. I
have a hard time with self-confidence and in races when I go up against guys like
at St. A’s, I start to shut down mentally and I start the self-talk that I don’t belong.
I practice the positive self talk during every training session but sometimes it
goes out the window at these pro races. I’ve got to really work on this moving
forward if I want my fitness to translate past training. One day at a time!
Finally, I would be remiss if I didn’t take a moment to thank all the folks around
me who help me to start AND finish these races. Thank you to my amazing wife
Christa, my triathlon guide Grant, my life coach Ed, my family, my friends, the
volunteers on course, Gail and Chuck for opening their home to us, the St. Pete
Mad Dogs triathlon club for everything they did, USPro Tri, Cobb Mobb,
EnduroPacks… and everyone else I’m missing. Thank you everyone.
Today is a good day!
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