June has rolled around and many of you are preparing for IMLP. Sadly, we are dedicating a virtual training camp this month to Steve Larsen, who left us far to young. In 2001, Steve was training during the month of June for his breakout race at Ironman Lake Placid. It is now 8 years later. Many of you are training for the same race, or other Ironmans in Germany, Roth, Switzerland or Penticton.
Steve leaves, his loving wife and 5 children behind who supported him through all his athletic exploits that we were so entertained by. As a tribute to Steve, go train hard in all your triathlon sports and get ready for your PB race.
At the same time, we request those participating in the camp make a voluntary donation to Steve's foundation, which you can access here: http://www.rememberstevelarsen.com/.
Collectively, we can make a difference to the lives of the children he left behind.
This training camp runs from June 1 to June 30th inclusive. Any workouts you have already done can be logged on the slotwitch on line training log and will be pulled into the challenge.
Your training is converted by Dan Empfield's points system:
Platinum club 2000 pts, Gold 1600, Silver 1200, Bronze 800.
The first time I saw Steve racing was IMLP 2001 loop 1. I was somewhere on my first loop. Steve blew by me and danced up the hills by the ski jumps in his blue Saucony's. He was at this point running the furthest he had ever done in his life and making it look easy on loop 2. A few months later he blew the doors off the rest of the pro field in Kona and pulled into T2 with a massive 13 minute lead on the likes of Normann Stadler, Tim deBoom, Thomas Hellriegel and others all past and future (at the time) Ironman Champions.
Anyway, go train this month for your PB race, but collectively we can also make a difference!
I'd like to thank Steve's wife Carrie and the rest of the family for giving this the go ahead and allowing us to run this thing in his name.
sincerely
Dev
Steve leaves, his loving wife and 5 children behind who supported him through all his athletic exploits that we were so entertained by. As a tribute to Steve, go train hard in all your triathlon sports and get ready for your PB race.
At the same time, we request those participating in the camp make a voluntary donation to Steve's foundation, which you can access here: http://www.rememberstevelarsen.com/.
Collectively, we can make a difference to the lives of the children he left behind.
This training camp runs from June 1 to June 30th inclusive. Any workouts you have already done can be logged on the slotwitch on line training log and will be pulled into the challenge.
Your training is converted by Dan Empfield's points system:
- 100 m swim = 1 point
- 1 mile bike = 1 point
- 1 mile run = 4 points
Platinum club 2000 pts, Gold 1600, Silver 1200, Bronze 800.
The first time I saw Steve racing was IMLP 2001 loop 1. I was somewhere on my first loop. Steve blew by me and danced up the hills by the ski jumps in his blue Saucony's. He was at this point running the furthest he had ever done in his life and making it look easy on loop 2. A few months later he blew the doors off the rest of the pro field in Kona and pulled into T2 with a massive 13 minute lead on the likes of Normann Stadler, Tim deBoom, Thomas Hellriegel and others all past and future (at the time) Ironman Champions.
Anyway, go train this month for your PB race, but collectively we can also make a difference!
I'd like to thank Steve's wife Carrie and the rest of the family for giving this the go ahead and allowing us to run this thing in his name.
sincerely
Dev
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devashish_paul: Jun 4, 09 7:52