October 7 results

Congratulations to Mike Nims on becomming the first male swimmer in the state of Colorado to finish the Postal Challenge (1 hour straight swim, 10k,5k, 6000 and 3000 yard swims all completed in a pool). In January of 2004, Mike wrote the following in his race goals " One of the biggest areas I can make up times is in the water. I have been battling a mental thing there. All of my swim times from last year were breast stroke times. I get nervous". Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off!!!!!

Marci Madruga finished the Longhorn Half Ironman in approximately 6 hours and 27 minutes. I spoke with Marci's husband shortly after the race and he told me the temperatures were in the 90's with high humidity.

Krista, Brad and Doug traveled to Chicago for the marathon. The race was cut short for the first time in the history of the event due to record heat and insufficient water on the course. All three MHM athletes crossed the finish line unofficially. To read more about the event go to http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/cs-071007marathon,1,3050249.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Friday night marked the second annual MHM year end party and Kona send off. The event was well attended by MHM athletes as well as triathletes from the surrounding area. We wished Kelly Lear-Kaul well as she left for the Big Island on Saturday morning. Kelly took second in her age group last year at Kona and won the amateur division at Ironman Arizona in April. this is a great way to wrap up the season. Based on the number of empty beer and wine bottles we found Saturday morning, you can tell most of us are in our off season.

Coach Kathy continues to train for the Tucson marathon in December. Yesterday she ran 17 miles while the kids and I enjoyed a leisurely ride up Waterton Canyon. Following are a few photos which show how lucky we are to have this in our backyard. For those of you who are local, I highly recommend heading up the Canyon in the next few weeks as fall will be in full bloom shortly.