Strong field of Athletes show up at the Deerfield Beach Coca-Cola Classic Triathlon.

We were blessed with a beautiful fresh day and the atmosphere among athletes was friendly and fun. The Tri-Strong team delivered impressive performance that left the rest of the field dazed and confused. On the open division, Boris Fernandez finish runner-up with a time of 0:42:12. In the 35-39 age group, Juan Meza keeps climbing the charts with an impressive time of 0:49:25 to finish in 7th place, and Sandro Dal Bosco blew away the competition in the 40-44 age group with a time of 0:49:31 finishing in 1st in his age group.

When the others athletes approached us to ask about our training, we told them that the secret of our success was our Sunday mornings Rocky training camp.

Boris Fernandez


On the picture, from right to left are: Boris Fernandez, Sandro Dal Bosco, Manny Huerta and Juan Meza.

Check the race results at http://www.familyfitnessweekend.com/FFW-2006/results.asp

Tour of the Gables 5K run.

I want to congratulate a couple of Tri-Strong members for their effort in today's Tour of the Gables 5K run.The day was gorgeous and it was a pleasure to run through the Coral Gables streets and around the golf course. The leader of the club today was Bernie Brijbag who finished with a splendid time of 21:03 taking a 7th place out of 48 runners in his age group. The “Courage Award” went to my friend and running partner Silvio Marulanda, who stopped the clock at 22:16 taking 4th place in his age group. Her friend Claudia Segrera earned the “Debut Award” after finishing 12th in her age group with an impressive time of 26:20 on her first ever race. And finally the “Most Improved Award” went to Joaquin Duro who finished 17th with a mark of 28:29. I know, I know, I was the last one but someone had to carry the Tri-Strong flag and besides I did 2 minutes less than the Coconut Grove race a month ago.

To all, Congratulations for your great effort and keep training!!!!

Check the results here http://www.footworksmiami.com/results/results.asp

Un abrazo a todos,

Joaco

Congratulations to all the participants of the Runner's High Triathlon.

It was a great day in Key Biscayne and I think everyone had a great time. We had a lot of people participating and everyone did a great job! Racing the sprint distance, in an amazing third place on the 40-44 Age group with a time of 1:09:49, we had Sandro Dal Bosco (see picture). In the same age group we also had Takashi Osawa, with a time of 1:32:29 finishing in a fantastic 23rd place. In the 30-34 age group we had Leandro Nesi finishing on 18th place with a strong 1:25:00 and in the 35-39 age group, we had Juan Meza on 4th place with a time of 1:09:16. In relay we had two relay teams, the team Tri-Strong Relay (see picture) finished second with a time of 1:25:24 and the Swim Bike & Run relay finishing first with a time of 1:07:51.

On the Olympic distance course, a special mention goes to Boris Fernandez who won 1st place overall with a time of 2:03:53 coming in 0:08:03 ahead of second place and acquiring rock-star status at the event. In 4th place over all, we had Bolco De Pawlikowski with a 2:13:31 and Joyuanki Victore in 7th over all with a time of 2:15:07.

Congratulations to all!

Juan Meza


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Last but not least, everyone get ready for the next team event on May 20, 2006 in Derfield Beach (Coca Cola Classic/Publix Family Fitness Series)

Thursday morning practice at the Gerry Curtis Park.

Here is a picture of the crew after the morning training session at the Gerry Curtis track. It was a tough workout day -- like most workouts -- thanks to Boris, our Super Trainer. In the picture, from right to left, they are Juan Meza, Dr. Bernhard Brijbag, Sandro Dal Bosco, Joaquin Duro, Boris Fernandez and Joyuanki Victore.

Juan Meza