Monique Petrov

Our good friend and former teammate, Monique, was riding her bike last week when she was hit by a car.

We've been receiving frequent updates about her progress and are pulling for her speedy and healthy recovery ever second!

A blog has been created to communicate Monique's progress here:
http://www.moniquepetrov.blogspot.com/

Also, there is a Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Monique-Petrov/163668823942?ref=ts

Everyone is encouraged to write and send Monique messages!

From IM Moo to the Waves of Santa Cruz

Pia took 3rd at Ironman Wisconsin earlier this month and punched her ticket for Kona!

Down in Santa Cruz, the team took the podium by storm.


The women's 25-29 age group has never been so stacked with PB'ers or fast chicas alike. Erin, Stefanie and Rachel started things off with a bang with the fastest swim times. Erin was the lead lady out of the water in 21 minutes, with Rachel at 22 and Stefanie back at 23! Out onto the bikes we went where Rosy had the best bike of the age group, and Hailey was right behind for the 2nd fastest bike split of the day! The run came last with Rosy leading the path followed by Erin. What a day it was, Rosy got 1st in the AG, followed by a best performance from Erin who took 2nd!! Rachel was 4th, Hailey came in next at 7th place and Stefanie broke into the top 10 with a 9th placing and a PR by 13 minutes!!! Way to go Stefanie! Rosy was also the 1st place overall woman and Erin was the 8th best woman! Fast gals abounded today!


Next up is our 30-34 gals Ariane and Angela, one of our newest members! Ariane was able to score the 2nd best time in her AG, kicking booty all the way home and Angela was able to complete her first full Olympic course with a great time. Ariane was the 7th fastest female overall!

Leishia was able to start the race and get all the way through the bike before her calves started to say no, no,no! Just like Amy winehouse right Leishia?! Leishia of course though was able to be fast like lightning in the water all the way through T2. Hope you feel better lady!

Vikki was out there today racing for the ladies 50-54 and broke into the top 10 with and 8th place finish and after the race, while she nearly fell over :) Vikki was so pumped to break 3 hours. And boy did she crush it! Way to go Vikki, it always feels great to set a PR.

Awesome job today ladies, a tasty treat is deserved by all!

thanks to Yi for the photos!

August Recap

Plenty of action has been happening with our Ladies in Pink in August.

Starting out with Lake Stevens 70.3 up North:

We had two fantastic little ladies racing Erin and Rachel both masters of the 25-29 age group.
Both ladies are terrific swimmers and showed that talent this weekend.


Erin was the 3rd swimmer out of the water in 27:50, I am sure she was chasing those gals down, she likes to be 1st out of the water! Off to the bike she went where she cruised until t2 and then put on her running shoes. Our Ms Moody was able to pace 8min miles the entire time (must be those Kezar sessions with D paying off!) which took her to a 9th place age group finish in a time of 5:17:34! Way to rock it Erin!


Rachel our other resident mergirl was zipping through the water as well with a time of 29:45- 8th out of the water. She got onto the bike, which she has been working on and was able to hammer out a 2:52 good for 6th best in the AG! Rachel got into T2 and hit the run and was able to hold on for a 12th place finish in the AG with a final time of 5:25! Rachel nice job out there.
Even further North, Ironman Canada:

Monica completed her 5th Ironman in Canada! After some serious training, Monica battled the extreme heat and crummy air from local wildfires to pull together a phenomenal race. She was 15th out of the water in her age group, held strong on the bike, even on those tough climbs and was able to find her running legs as soon as her feet hit the ground. Monica finished 8th in her age group, way to go Monica!