Merge Multisport

🚨 BIG NEWS AT MERGE! 🚨

We’re beyond excited to welcome Coach Julie Ramirez to the Merge Multisport coaching roster! 💙🏃‍♀️⛰️

Julie will be specializing in ultra-distance + trail running, bringing a lifetime of endurance experience, adventure, and a whole lot of mountain miles to the Merge squad.

And this is just a tiny sampling of her impressive résumé:
🏊‍♀️ Former D1 swimmer at Clemson University (Go Tigers!!! 🐅)
🏅 Ironman & multiple 70.3 finisher + World Championship qualifier
⭐ USAT All-American (2005–2008)
🇺🇸 USAT Best of the US Championship qualifier
🏊‍♀️ US Masters Swimming All-American
🏃‍♀️ UESCA Certified Ultrarunning Coach

But beyond the accolades, Julie brings a genuine passion for pushing boundaries, embracing new challenges, and proving that our best adventures can still be ahead of us. 🙌

After competing successfully in triathlon throughout her 30s, 40s, and early 50s, Julie transitioned into ultra trail running in pursuit of new challenges and adventures.

Her journey from the pool ➡️ roads ➡️ mountains reflects a lifelong commitment to endurance, continuous improvement, and exploring what’s possible.

As Julie puts it:
“The mountains, trails, and ultra-distance events have introduced a new dimension of endurance, demanding patience, resilience, and a deep respect for nature. While the sports have changed over the years, the motivation remains the same: to continue pushing boundaries, exploring limits, and proving that age is not a barrier to performance, adventure, or personal evolution.” ⛰️✨

While this positive mindset and energy not only is huge for motivating and inspiring others…it also makes Julie an absolutely fantastic coach!

When she’s not running the trails, Julie and her husband, Peter, along with their pup Rupert 🐶, spend as much time as possible exploring Western NC on foot and mountain bikes.

Please join us in giving Coach Julie a HUGE Merge welcome! 💙🎉

And if you’re ready to take your trail running or ultra-distance goals to the next level, we’d love to hear from you! 🏃‍♀️⛰️🔥

Coach Julie…Welcome To The Merge!
💙🩷💚

Another weekend of racing is in the books!

Amy Harrell put another 5k on her scorecard at the Spring Water Fest 5k!

Carson Sando took 3rd AG at the Maple Grove Sprint Tri - the MN USAT State Championship!

We’ve still got 3 big team races to go this year plus lots more racing as well!

As always, Thanks to the follow companies for keeping this crew working hard while enjoying the ride!

Run In
Quintana Roo Triathlon
VARLO
Rudy Project North America
Precision Fuel & Hydration
Hyperice
Reliving Performance | Physical Therapy | Greenville SC
Alex Winnicki, MS, RDN, LDN, CSSD
Harper Sport
ADDRA Labs
bambū werx
͏z͏e͏a͏l͏i͏o͏s
ROUVY
Omius
BiSaddle

Full send straight into the weekend!

Jim Day is ready to get rowdy off road at the Dark Horse Trail 10k

Carson Sando is ready to give it a send at the Maple Grove Sprint Tri

Amy Harrell is working her way through stacking races, adding the Spring Water Fest 5k to her resume this weekend!

Stay tuned because we’ve got a LOT of racing yet to go this year!

Another weekend of racing in the books!

Amy Lee Harrell got it done at the midnight flight 5k
Nathan Weaver took the AG top step at the midnight flight 5k

Coach Corey Nygaard took the overall dubya at the Young Life Oly Tri!

Thanks to our amazing team partners that keep us doing what we love while being fast, looking fly, and having way too much fun!

Run In
Quintana Roo Triathlon
VARLO
Rudy Project North America
Precision Fuel & Hydration
Hyperice
Reliving Performance | Physical Therapy | Greenville SC
Alex Winnicki, MS, RDN, LDN, CSSD
Harper Sport
ADDRA Labs
bambū werx
͏z͏e͏a͏l͏i͏o͏s
ROUVY
Omius
BiSaddle

Full sending it straight into the weekend!

Amy and Nathan are ready to give it a rip at the Midnight Flight 5k

JoEllen and Coach are ready to set MN on fire at the Young Life Oly Tri

While it feels like we’ve had a ton of racing this year, I wouldn’t go anywhere yet…there’s still a LOT to go!

Full sending it right into a weekend of spicy racing!

While we all love the feeling of surviving brutally long and challenging races, there’s just something special about the opportunity get that battery acid taste in your mouth, feel your heat pumping out of your chest, feels your legs burning with the fire of a thousand suns, and smile through it all!

That’s exactly what this crew is up to this weekend and we wish them all not luck, but the ability to push their bodies to the absolute limit!

Go enjoy the gift that is sport, send it hard as hell, and give all the high fives you can!

Past due HUGE shoutout to JoEllen KP for taking the overall women’s win at the Hoot Lake Sprint Tri!

We had coached and team athletes putting some miles on it all over the place!

We had AG wins, course PR’s, new distances covered, and a whole lot of fun!

Thanks to our awesome team partners that keep us looking fly, feeling great, and racing like the bada$$es these humans are!

Run In
Quintana Roo Triathlon
VARLO
Rudy Project North America
Precision Fuel & Hydration
Reliving Performance | Physical Therapy | Greenville SC
Alex Winnicki, MS, RDN, LDN, CSSD
Harper Sport
ADDRA Labs
bambū werx
͏z͏e͏a͏l͏i͏o͏s
ROUVY
Omius
BiSaddle
Hyperice

Boogity, boogity, let’s go racing!!!

Saturday
Paris Mountain 7k
Jim Day

Presque Isle Sprint Tri
Alexis Sciarrino

Julie Valentine 10k
Cassidy Pulver

Sunday
Andy’s Race
Avery Abarotin
Cassie Abarotin
Brandon East
Lauren Harper
Erin Meyer
Matt Paolillo
Sebastian Smith

Asheville Spartan Race
Jesse Holloway (5k)
Nathan Weaver (10k)

Let’s get it!

Another weekend can only mean one thing…more epic athletes doing epic things!

Amy Harrell is ready for a little 5k fun

JoEllen Kohlman-Petrick is ready to rumble at Hoot Lake Sprint

Alex Winnicki is ready to get rowdy at ORAAM