Early Season Results

Vitality Multisport athletes are off to a great start of the 2011 season with some very strong performances:

On 3/27, Justin Waller took more than 33 minutes off his marathon PR with a 3:23 and change at the River City marathon. He overcame some adversity during training and still delivered on race day with a 3rd place in his age group. Being a triathlete from a swimming background, this definitely bodes well for his impending race season! I will definitely be looking for some strong results from him this season…

On the same day, Bernhard Sturm took to the road biking scene and raced in the Bariani road race, a 30 mile jaunt with 40+ of his closest friends. Turns out it was quite windy (quite the norm for the Central Valley in CA) and there was some confusion early on in the 1st lap when he attached for the KOM (there is one small hill). He ended up in a breakaway with one other guy and they stayed away for the entire race!!! I knew he was strong, but what a result! He ended up 2nd on the day, but not bad for a triathlete.

Then, on 4/2, Rebecca Reichardt raced the extremely competitive IM 70.3 in Oceanside, CA. This race always draws a stacked pro field and since it’s one of the few half-iron distance races left that has spots for Kona, it is always VERY competitive from an AG-stand-point, too. Rebecca faced some tough wind on the challenging bike course, but still clocked a fantastic 3:05 bike split and then proceeded to take almost 20 minutes off her previous half-IM run split to demolish her PR and come in at 5:56 and change. A great result on a tough course! She will have ample opportunity to improve on that as she is planning several other half-IMs throughout the year.

Race season is upon us and everyone is off to a great start!!!