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Coaches Blog...Wednesday, April 30Congratulations to John Serrano (2nd Age-Group) on the Playa Del Run Aquathlon
Check some of John Pictures: www.opix.net Sunday, April 27 04/27 La Jolla Half Marathon Breakaway Training Athletes: - Kelly Gorman: 2h23' - Rachel Saldivar: 2h49' - Mike Vitug: 2h29' - Mark Wayne: 1h47' - Hallie Putterman: 1h58' - Zori Rosario: 2h04' - Kent Becker: 2h17' - Joe Macdonald - Maria Gonzalez - Tony Turpin - Christiane Honisch - David Nisleit - Susie Zolghadri - Gary Pennington - Susan Tussey - Patrick Thebus ____________________________________________________________________________ Los Angeles Triathlon Championship Series #1
Sunday April 27, 2008 San Dimas , CA - South Shore of Bonelli Lake - Erik Nau: 2nd Overall  ________________________________________________________________________________________ 04/26 Devil's Punchbowl Road Race
- Daniel Yeager: 2nd Place   Friday, April 25FITNESS FANATICS Kona will put his marathon mania on hold By Don Norcross UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 25, 2008 Ed Cabanero's reaction was mixed upon learning that he had won an Ironman Hawaii lottery spot last week. “I was excited and depressed at the same time,” says the 42-year-old La Jolla engineer. The excitement component is easily explained. But depressed? “Because,” says Cabanero, who realized he would have to start swimming and biking, “I knew I had to give up my mania for running.” Cabanero ran his first marathon on June 4, 2006. He has now run 40 marathons, plus one ultra, which averages to a 26.2-miler about every other weekend. He once ran a marathon on three consecutive days. Asked if his passion borders on the bizarre, Cabanero admits, “Oh, definitely. Half the time, I don't even talk about what I do because I can't explain why I would go and push myself to the edge.” Cabanero's 2008 marathon count: 14. He averages finishing them in about four hours. His personal best: 3 hours, 36 minutes. He runs only about 30 miles a week aside from the marathons, sparing his legs for race day. Cabanero's running fixation may stem from a childhood memory when he was 10 or 11. Raised in the Philippines and one of six siblings, he remembers kids venturing to a rice field to play. “We didn't have Nintendo,” he says. “We had to entertain ourselves.” Between the rows of plants were narrow dirt paths. One side of the field to the other measured about 300 yards. “The idea was to run as fast as you could across the rice paddies,” says Cabanero. “I remember running out of breath, and I never liked that.” His parents brought the family to the United States when Cabanero was 17. He served in the Air Force for four years and earned a computer science degree from Texas Lutheran College. It's said people are a product of their environment, and San Diego's lifestyle had an impact on Cabanero when he moved here 10 years ago. “I was seeing all these good-looking people so I decided, hey, I've got to try at least to look as healthy as they do,” he says. So he started running. By 2000, he routinely covered 22 miles on long runs but resisted friends' suggestions to sample a marathon because he said he wasn't competitive. Friends kept tugging, saying he'd enjoy the travel and social aspects of running marathons. He acquiesced, finishing the 2006 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon here in 4:17. As for Cabanero falling hard for the distance, ultramarathon icon Dean Karnazes shares the blame. Living in the Bay Area briefly in 2006, Cabanero heard about Karnazes' 50-50-50 quest (50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days). Cabanero joined Karnazes for his California 26.2-miler in San Francisco. “This is something you get into, something that becomes part of you,” Karnazes told the runners joining him. Seventeen days later, Cabanero, who hadn't planned on doing so, ran a marathon with Karnazes in Cleveland. Two weeks later, there was Cabanero beside Karnazes in Philadelphia. “I remember his passion,” Karnazes recalls. “He seemed to want to keep exploring the limits.” Joking, Karnazes adds, “I guess I was a bad influence.” Cabanero stands 5 feet, 6 inches and weighs 154 pounds. He has not suffered any significant injuries during his self-described marathon mania. “I guess there's a subculture in the athletic community that does this,” he says. “My mania is relatively mild compared to (others).” He said one man in his 50s has run 625 marathons. Since learning 10 days ago that he won a lottery spot, Cabanero has hired a respected local triathlon coach, Felipe Loureiro. There is little doubt Cabanero can handle the Ironman distances (1.2-mile swim, 112-mile bike and marathon run.) He has cycled as far as 60 miles. Loureiro informed Cabanero that as of July, he's not to run any more marathons before Ironman Hawaii in October. “I could tell he was not happy,” says Loureiro, “but he can understand why.” On Monday, Cabanero biked an hour, followed by an immediate 30-minute run. He swam for an hour that evening. He logged an hour the next day on the treadmill. Sitting in a Mission Valley office, reflecting that there's still nearly six months to go before his date in Kona, Cabanero considers his recent training and admits, “I think this is kind of overdoing it. It's starting to control my life.” Don Norcross: (619) 293-1803; don.norcross@uniontrib.com http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/fitness/20080425-9999-1s25fitness.html Sunday, April 20 Nautica South Beach Triathlon Breakaway Training Athletes: - Claudia Abreu   ___________________________________________________________________________________  04/20 Newport Beach Triathlon Breakaway Training Athletes: - Mark Wayne: 4th Place Age-Group ____________________________________________________________________________________  04/20 Toyota International Triathlon Breakaway Training Athletes: - Jen Bedford: 6th Age-Group (25-29) - Tom West: 7th Age-Group (55-59) - Rachel Saldivar: 6th Age-Group (55-59) - Mark Palamar: 11th Age-Group (45-49) - Gunnar Granquist: 3rd Age-Group (40-44) - Elizabeth Granquist: 5th Age-Group (40-44) - Susie Zolghadri: 13th Age- Group (40-44)    Thursday, April 17Tuesday, April 15Thursday, April 10  Great job! - Dave Platfoot - Luanne Hage - Kathy MacDonald: 7th Age-Group - Paul Anderson - Marty Taylor: 5th Age-Group *Ironman Hawaii Qualifier  Sunday, April 604/06 Carlsbad 5000
 - Mark Palamar: 21:53 - Lalita Iyer: 21:28 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 04/06 Lavaman Triathlon (Hawaii)
 Giuseppe Ciuffa: 16th Age-Group 35-39 Alyssa Freas: 6th Age-Group 45-49 _____________________________________________________________________________________ 04/06 Super Frog & Super Seal Triathlon
 Great Job to all Breakaway Training Athletes: - Nick Brown: 4th Age-Group (Top 9 Overall - Super Frog) - Gary Elmer: 1st Age-Group 50-54 *P.R. (Super Frog) - James Walsh: 2nd Overall - Coach Felipe: 3rd Elite - Robert Patton: 4th Age-Group 19 & Under - Chris Berg: 3rd Age-Group 20-24 - Paul Jesse: 8th Age-Group 25-29 - Matt Genovese: 3rd Age-Group 30-34 - Tyson Hempel: 25th Age-Group 30-34 - Daniel Singer: 29th Age-Group 30-34 - Marty Taylor: 2nd Age-Group 35-39 - Alex Gigglberger: 10th Age-Group 35-39 - Joe MacDonald: 5th Age-Group 40-44 - Dave Wilcox: 9th Age-Group 40-44 - Antonio Marques: 6th Age-Group 45-49 - Damon Smith: 9th Age-Group 45-49 *P.R. - Beth Allen: 15th Age-Group 25-29 - Hallie Putterman: 3rd Age-Group 35-39 - Andi Neugarten: 3rd Age-Group 40-44 - Rachel Saldivar: 3rd Age-Group 55-59 ***Check Jay's Blog for more Updates and Pictures: http://www.tribuddy.com/ Pictures:
Saturday, April 5 04/05 Breakaway Training Future World Champion Triathlete: Drew Elmer at Junior Carlsbad    |
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