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Race Reports

Lake Meridian Triathlon

The athletes of the 2nd Annual Lake Meridian Triathlon on Sunday were greeted with perfect weather, calm water, and a beautiful venue. The Olympic distance men were the first to go at 7:00AM –   First out of the water was Nicholas Klatt, only 2 seconds in front of RTB’s Jason Takahashi.  The overall finishers…

Mike Schroeder Finish Strong Sprint Race Report

Saturday 8/20 was my first race in almost a year.  Not quite what I had planned for this season, but a cancer diagnosis (prostate) in March and surgery in May forced me to adjust my training schedule.  Thankfully, surgery has been a complete success, but it’s taken until now to feel ready to compete again….

Weekend Wrap Up July 23-24

The weekend started with van loads of Ragnar Relay athletes including RTBers Kristin Beyersdorf, Patti Krebsbach, Chris Lynch, Brian Cox and Jenn McCormick. Next up for RTBers was the Fat Salmon Swim that included Brian Guillen, Kelly Richards, Ken Pinchiff and Jason Takahashi. And to finish off the racing weekend was Seafair. Top placing performances…

Weekend Recap July 16-17

With RTB athletes at Chelanman, Tri Rock, the Summit Plummet, Warrior Dash, See Jane Run Half Marathon and a few out of state races going on, it was a busy weekend. Here are some comments from the weekend: Neil West: Tri-Rock Recap: This race started out as the best race year-to-date simply for the fact…

Neil West’s 5 mile Lake Triathlon Saturday July 2nd

Race Day: This was my first race of the season.  I got to the race 2 hours early thinking the race started at 7am when it started at 8am…which allowed me a LOT of extra time to get my bike racked and made for great parking space.  I was a little nervous and put my wetsuit…

Linda McCandless Ironman Journey

  The journey to become an Ironman has truly been just that; ‘a journey’.  I had a severe injury to my back which led me to surgery and ended with a numb foot and partial numb calf:  No more soccer.   So I thought what do I do next?  Hmmm… Triathlon’s look like fun! I started out…

Weekend Recap – June 25-26

It was a big one for RTB this past weekend!  First off, Congrats to Kathy Morrisson who qualified for a Kona slot at Ironman Coeur d’Alene.   WAY TO GO KATHY!  You can read her race report Here. The Coeur d’Alene contingent from RTB was stronger than ever this year with 24 athletes making their way…

Kathy Morrisson’s IMCDA Race Report

Where do you start a race report for an Ironman? Does it start the first time you sign up for a triathlon or when you sign up for Ironman a year before or in January when you start training? Whenever it starts, I have to say it has been a challenging, rewarding, tiring and amazing…

June 17-19 Weekend Recap – BUSY!

 Everyone was so BUSY this weekend!  Here are some highlights.  Thanks for sending! Andriette Timblin (and Chris Hall too!): “ So, our weekend was volunteering(me)/Swimming (Chris) at the fabulous Lake Meridian Swim Race on Friday night. Wasn’t that weather great?!…and the view of Mt Rainier from the kayak was wonderful! I really enjoyed seeing the…

Jessi Richardson’s Victoria Half Iron Race Report

I caught some folks off guard when they heard I was racing – only told maybe two people about it, so I did write a race report this morning.  I’m copying it here in case there is a snippet you’d like to use…be forewarned…it’s kind of long.  ————————————————————————————————————   I decided I better put together…