LifeSport Coaching

70.3 Oregon was one for the books!

Huge congrats to every LifeSport athlete who raced (there were A LOT of you)!

🏆 Highlights:
• Addy Epp smashed the course in 3:59, winning his age group and finishing 4th overall.
• Juliet Thompson Hochman finished 4th woman overall and won her age group.
• Jack Gales finished 5th AG in 4:10—10 minutes faster than last year.
• Anastasia Jones went 4:53, placing 3rd AG and finishing 4 minutes faster than last year.
• Dan Lee took an incredible 53 minutes off last year’s time.

🌟Shoutout to Brian Huang, Claire McPhee, Holly Burt, Patrick Fleck, Caroline Kratz, Ruslan Strogantsev, Natasha Houldson, Paula Porzelt Renner, Brittany Winfrey, Michael Kuhn, Julia Swanson, Murray Sinclair, Olivia Buhren, Glenn Van As, David Soyster, Meredith Warner, Kiki Sangster, plus coach Jeff Sands.

And a special mention to Emily Sitler Berg, who had an outstanding bike before making the smart decision to DNF and protect a run injury.

So proud of this team👏💙

Running in the heat changes the cost of every kilometre.

It’s easy to be hard on ourselves when we’re running slower at the time of year we expect to be the most fit. Remember, your fitness isn’t disappearing - your body is just working harder to keep you cool. Trying to force the same pace often means turning an easy run into a threshold workout.

Instead:
✔️ Pace by effort
✔️ Let your heart rate guide you
✔️ Expect to run slower
✔️ Finish feeling strong

Save this for your next hot-weather run☀️

A family show down at The Victoria Half on Sunday!

Relay Team Watson-Overton-O’Keefe put on a good show (Leo gave Coach Mark and Coach Lance a 5 min lead out of the water) but Maia passed her uncle on the bike and left her Dad in the dust on the run to clinch the overall win for the Olympic distance race!

Not sure who takes the sibling crown on that one - Leo or Maia!🧐🙌🏼

going into the weekend like…. 🎉🎉

💚 green flags include: practicing your nutrition before race day

Training with LifeSport TriClub developed by Lance Watson (human btw)

Learning to fuel properly

Strength training 2-3x week as a non-negotiable

Delete this off your Strava rn. Keep your easy days easy and hard days hard.

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HUGE congrats to Coach Dan, Marcia & Janice who all WON their age groups at XTri Victoria yesterday!🥇🎉

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A huge race weekend calls for a huge caption! 🔥

🇩🇰 At 70.3 Elsinore, childhood friends Elise Larson and Josephine Larsen—now living 9 time zones apart—crossed the finish line together in just under 7 hours. What a special moment.

🇨🇦 At 70.3 Mt. Tremblant, our three LifeSport Pros delivered once again, with Luke Tasker (3:52) and Marley Beckett (4:29) finishing 10th, and Maia Watson 8th (4:25). Katie Elizabeth, Zach Szypula & Patrick Graham also put together strong performances.

🇺🇸 At 70.3 Coeur d’Alene, Jeff Rippey took the age-group victory in 6:11. Jack Gales rode his way to 12th overall and 7th in his AG (4:28), Ernesto Samudio battled back from injury for 4th in his AG (4:48), and Hannah Reid claimed an AG win, a 70.3 Worlds slot, and a 6:22 finish. Shivali Bloom set a new 70.3 PR in 6:54, while Terry Cruz Jr. crossed in 6:12. Jack, Hannah, and Shivali all ran half marathon PRs on the day! 😤

Continuing west, Tanya Appuhn Crates finished 2nd at the Cascade Crit less than a year after open-heart surgery, while Michelle Hebert and Ruslan Strogantsev earned podium finishes at Hagg Lake with 2nd in the Olympic Duathlon and 3rd in the Olympic Triathlon. Back in Victoria, Glenn Van As took the age-group win at the Triathlon for Compassion. 🏆

And finally, heading back east, Alain Benzaken captured another age-group victory while Coach Christopher Thomas took the overall win 🤯at the Griskus Olympic Triathlon in Connecticut.

Congratulations to every LifeSport athlete who raced this weekend. The hard work is paying off, and we’re proud to be part of the journey 💙

Get ready to cheer for LifeSport’s Nicolette at 70.3 world’s this fall 🌎👀

At only her second attempt at the half IM distance, she clocked the fastest swim split & second bike split in her AG.

She took 3rd in her age-group and 7th overall 😮‍💨

“Proud of the early mornings, the long indoor rides, the brutal swim sets, the 14 hour days, the nerves, the mistakes, the lessons, and the finish line.”

👆🏻& that’s what it’s all about.

We’re looking forward to seeing you fly again!

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