Congrats to All HR Training Tinman Team Members

Congrats to all of you who participated in the 2008 Annual Tinman Triathlon. It was a great day for some and not so great for others.

Race results are below:

http://www.timelinehawaii.com/Results/TINMAN%20AGE%20GRP%2008.HTM

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Thankfully Jami Hirota & Bocar Wade are both doing fine considering the nature of their accidents. Jami was cutoff by a car resulting in both Jami and another athlete broadsiding the car. Jami was unable to finish the race. She did require hospitalzation but is doing fine.

Bocar (as I understand it) tried to avoid an officer standing in the road at the bottom of Heart Break hill and lost control and went down. His bike is in two pieces but he is doing fine. Another rider went down in almost the same place prior to Bocar so I'm not sure if this had anything to do with the officer being in an unusal spot in the road.

We are very happy that both of you are alive and doing well considering!

On a happier note there were a number of other HR clinic folks that raced.

Eleanor Kitagawa took her age group! That's awesome even if you were the only one in that bracket! :) Cheryl Nishita placed 11th overall in her bracket. Sandra Wataoka placed 15th in the same bracket. Awesome job to both of you. Dottie Suno raced as well although for some reason she isn't listed. Hopefully she can straighten this out.

In the team event, The team of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Ruta Summers, Emily Callan & Judy Strait-Jones) finished 7th in thier bracket.

Pomai was planning on being a spectator! Silly Boy! He was asked, or volunteered depending on who you talk to, to join a team that was short their runner! This team finished 7th overall in the mixed team bracket! Great job!

A future HR Team member (whether she likes it or not :) ) who continues to amaze us is Marlene Zeug. She took third in her age bracket and still HASN'T clipped in! Talking about guts and determination!

Congrats to all of you! You all have done a fantastic job! Now it's time to rest up for next years season!

2008 Tinman Triathlon

This Sunday @ 5:45 am at Queens Beach in Waikiki will be the start of the 2008 Tinman Triathlon.

Here is a link to the race course so you can decide where you want to park yourself to cheer everyone on.

http://www.tinmanhawaii.com/triathlon/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=26

(scroll to the bottom of the page that opens)


There are a number people racing so come down and cheer on your fellow HR Training team mates. I know they would enjoy your support!

We wish you all the best of luck!

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WAY TO GO TEAM HR at Waimea

Great swims by HR team. This race was almost 10 minutes slow this year. Must have set up the course wrong or current. We will have to get the scoop from the swimmers on which it was.

Great swims Gang,

Here is the link to the race results.

http://www.timelinehawaii.com/Results/CHOLO'S%20AGE%20GRP%2008.HTM#11

We had a good swim at Queens while you guys were suffering out on the North Shore.

Peter

2008 Waimea Bay 1.2 Mile Swim July 12

Good luck to all the HR Training folks that will be participating the annual North Shore Series, Waimea Bay swim. All your training and hard work will payoff for you. Some of us will be gathering for a short run after if anyone wants to join us. Look for me or Tyler.

HR Team Members Racing Again!

It was a big race weekend with the first swim of the North Shore series, the 1 mile Raging Isle swim, on Saturday morning. The conditions were perfect and it was a beautiful day up on the north shore. HR swimmers included Tom Mark, Shirley Akamine, Jodie Hagerman (alum) and myself. The next race in the series, Cholo's Waimea Swim, is July 12th. Entries can be mailed in until 7/2 or you can sign up on race day. Results: http://www.timelinehawaii.com/Results/RAGING%20ISLE%20AGR%20GRP%2008.HTM#24

Sunday was the Firecracker Sprint Triathlon out at Kalaeloa. Congratulations to Julie Strait for her 2nd place finish in the F50-54 age group. Results: http://www.pacificsportevents.com/Races/FireCracker/Overall08.htm

Thanks Jami for passing this info on.

Bike To Hana Admissions Day weekend

Hi Everyone -

In case you're interested, IT&B's owner, Frank Smith, asked me to pass this on.

He still has a few spaces available on his signature event: the road to Hana bicycle adventure. The dates are Friday 8/15, Admissions Day holiday, through Sunday 8/17. The cost is $450 which includes all your meals, basic no frills lodging, support van, bike mechanic, route map and a whole lot of fun. The road to Hana is a superb training event, especially for Oahu cyclists who are burned out on the same old routes. Hana itself is a very special place for experiencing the real Hawaii and for relaxing--the air is therapeutic. Contact Frank at the shop 732-7227, at home 737-1345 or at fwsiii43@hotmail.com. This is a challenging ride on one of the most beautiful places on the planet.

Laurie