Mersch captures GREAT FLORIDIAN Title!
CFT SPORTS
SIXTH ANNUAL GREAT FLORIDIAN TRIATHLON
Swim 2.4 miles * Bike 112 miles * Run 26.2 miles
Saturday, October 26, 1996 - Clermont, Florida USA
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MALE OVERALL
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PLACE O'All FIRST NAME LAST NAME AG CITY ST TIME
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1 1 THOMAS MERSCH 33 MADISON AL 9:26:47
2 2 PETER RUSSO 31 RUMFORD RI 9:44:48
3 3 ALLEN ETHERIDGE 30 OAK RIDGE TN 9:49:14
4 4 PIERRE HEYNEMAND 29 JOLIETTE, QUEBEC C 9:50:56
5 5 TONY GUERRA 36 GALES FERRY CT 9:54:41
6 6 ALESSANDRO MUKNICKA 33 BRAZIL 10:00:54
7 7 SIEGFRIED AMTMANN 34 AUSTRIA 10:03:45
8 8 ANTHONY MILEVSKY 33 SACRAMENTO CA 10:09:22
9 10 MARK BOOTH 33 ENGLAND 10:12:17
10 11 RICHARD BOHRER 46 WEST PALM BEACH FL 10:16:01
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FEMALE OVERALL
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PLACE O'All FIRST NAME LAST NAME AG CITY ST TIME
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1 48 KATHY STETZ 32 HOLT MI 11:20:53
2 73 JOAN WOLFE-BAXTER 35 PITTSBURGH PA 11:45:28
3 82 DIANE ROLLER 35 HILLIARD OH 11:54:44
4 88 JULIE PAULY 31 LEXINGTON KY 12:00:00
5 95 BETSY LAFLAME 44 WAITSFIELD VT 12:06:06
6 98 ANDREE STONE 30 LAWRENCEVILLE GA 12:09:32
7 101 LISA LAENEN 29 AKRON OH 12:11:48
8 108 LAURA LAURENZI 34 MIDDLETON WI 12:13:57
9 113 CINDY MCCAFFREY 41 LONG VALLEY NJ 12:17:26
10 126 SUZIE FLOCKART 26 ANNAPOLIS MD 12:28:14
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MALE MASTERS OVERALL
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PLACE O'All FIRST NAME LAST NAME AG CITY ST TIME
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1 25 RICK HOFFMAN 47 FORT COLLINS CO 10:50:45
2 40 DAVID DOW 41 ST. PAUL MN 11:07:48
3 50 PAUL BUCHANAN 41 SARASOTA FL 11:23:08
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FEMALE MASTERS OVERALL
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PLACE O'All FIRST NAME LAST NAME AG CITY ST TIME
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1 155 SUSAN WALLIS 43 PONTE VEDRA BEACH 12:48:50
2 183 JONI VANDERVEEN 54 BOCA RATON FL 13:16:51
3 205 PEGGY WISE 43 CUYAHOGA FALLS OH 13:26:03
Matt Mahoney
CFT SPORTS wrote:
>
> SIXTH ANNUAL GREAT FLORIDIAN TRIATHLON
> Swim 2.4 miles * Bike 112 miles * Run 26.2 miles
> Saturday, October 26, 1996 - Clermont, Florida USA
Don't forget coed masters relay results! Joan and I (the Iron Couple)
won in about 15 1/2 hours. More important, we got special mention at
the award ceremony as "certified nut cases" for the way we did it. I
did the swim and run and Joan did the bike. While she was biking I
competed in the Floridian Sizzler (swim 1, bike 30, run 7 miles). The
long course started at 7:30 AM (7:45 for relays) and the short course at
10:00. I had 30 minutes after the long swim to repair the home made
splint on my pinky (for a knuckle I broke the day before), replacing the
tape that fell apart in the water.
The short course did not go well for me, almost 4 hours. Temps were in
the high 80's, humid and sunny. The bike was hilly, including one climb
where over half the riders I saw walked their bikes (it is the first 30
miles of the long course). I had stomach trouble and walked about half
of the 7 mile run, not a good sign for the marathon coming up in 4
hours. I thought I could recover by then, but I guess not. I walked
about half of that too, taking 5 hours. I just couldn't get enough food
or fluids down.
Joan was very worried about the bike but did just fine. I probably went
into the 3.4 mile swim, 30 mile bike, and 33 mile run with too much
confidence and not enough training. I have been averaging about 400
yards/week swimming, about 2 workouts a month. Surprisingly I didn't
have any trouble there (except for being slow), even though I had never
swum over 3 miles in my life. I didn't expect such a hard time running,
though. Two months ago I ran the Pikes Peak ascent and marathon and the
Leadville 100 all within an 8 day period, then last month I ran a trail
50K in 4:35, under hotter conditions.
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