[Ritch Viola and David Condon waiting for their number markings before the race. Photo by Yi Hsueh.] Here is a great post-Kona write-up by PacWest race team member, Ritch Viola, about teammate David Condon.  Enjoy. ************************** As I now look back on an amazing week in Kona, a few things I wanted to pass along.  First and foremost, it was an absolute thrill to be out there on the course with so many PacWest’ers – and our support ... Read More »

[Mirek Boruta coming in to the finish of the 2011 Ironman World Championship. Photo by Yi Hsueh.] For those of you who were able to track our athletes throughout the day on Saturday, you know that we had some absolutely amazing performances. This was truly impressive considering our team was up against the world’s best amateurs. After heavy rain showers Thursday evening, the sun and heat were out in full force for race morning. In fact, the heat grew ... Read More »

[Photo: Greg MacDonald racing in the Steamtown Marathon in Scranton, PA] Congratulations to our RunPac members who raced in both the Chicago and Steamtown Marathons yesterday. This year we had five (5) members race in the Chicago Marathon which is one of the largest marathons in the world with over 35,670 finishers this year. WOW! This year’s race ended up having beautiful sunny skies but warm conditions with high’s in the 80’s. The ... Read More »

[Photo (top l to r) Mirek Boruta, Jason Campbell, David Condon, Ritch Viola, Ricardo Monroy. (bottom l to r) Natalie Jackson, Anne Thilges, Monica Moreno.] PacWest is excited and very proud to announce that PacWest Athletics will be strongly represented in tomorrow’s Ford Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Incredibly, we have eight (8) members competing in the “Super Bowl” of the sport of triathlon. Each and every ... Read More »

[Photo (l to r) Top row: Matthew Johnson, Leia Fazio, Amy Fields, Coach Jay Ridgeway, Rebecca Chatfield-Taylor, Diane Perun. Bottom row: Ollie Ralph, Folk Gottlob.] Its hard to believe but PacWest Athletics returned for its sixth straight year (seemed just like yesterday!) of being the Official Pace Team for the Rock ‘N’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon. Once again our fearless members helped guide a huge cast of runners (9,800+) to the ... Read More »