[Ashley Wood post-race. Photo credit - Frankie Frost/Marin IJ] PacWest only had a small group of athletes compete in last weekend’s Marin County Triathlons, but all four (4) stood up on the winners’ podium! Congratulations to PacWest member, Ashley Wood, for defending her overall women’s title for the 3rd straight year! Not far behind was fellow member Shawn Brokemond who was the overall female runner up and 2nd in her age group to ... Read More »

Congratulations to Julie Knowles and Keith McDonald for their great performances at Ironman 70.3 Miami yesterday. Julie wrapped up a great season of racing with an impressive 5:27:37 and a STRONG 9th place in her age group (F35-39). Top-10 Julie! Way to go! Also racing with her was Coach Keith McDonald. This was Keith’s first 70.3 in a number of years and first race since badly fracturing his scapula early in the year riding. He held a steady, strong ... Read More »

[Photo: Random event photo. No PacWest members.] Congratulations to all of our members who raced the Wine Country Healdsburg Half Marathon Saturday morning. They had a gorgeous weather to race past miles and miles (13.1 miles to be precise) of beautiful vineyard after vineyard. Sadly, we never got a photo of anyone in custom. Send them if you got ‘em folks!! RACE RESULTS Name (Division) Finish Time (Overall & Age Group Place) Jeremy ... Read More »

PacWest’s young professional triathlete, Jordan Bethke, wrapped up his stellar 2011 race season with an outstanding performance at yesterday’s Ironman 70.3 Austin (TX). Jordan was the 12th overall male pro and the first collegiate undergrad to finish. Austin was the host to the 2011 Ironman 70.3 US Collegiate Championship therefore earning him the overall male title. Jordan is an undergrad at the University of California at Berkeley. Please join ... Read More »

Congratulations to all of our ladies (and maybe a guy or two) who successfully completed the marathon or half on Sunday. Did you race but not tell us? Unfortunately we are only aware of the below ladies who raced. Please let us know if you raced so we can add you to the list. Sadly the interface for the race results is not user friendly. ********************************** Congratulations to PacWest member and American Cancer Society’s DetermiNation ... Read More »