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4.5months out from the IRONMAN World Champs in Hawaii and Kevin Stumpf just keeps layering bike improvement year upon year and all this with solid aerobic conditioning and consistency with health.

This all achieved with a full time job, crazy travel schedule but a mountain of specificity and personalization. If you are in the 35 to 39 age group…....This is your bike level…

Congratulations to Danielle Sullivan who becomes our latest qualifier for the big dance in October later this year after dominating the 50-54 Age Group at Ironman Jacksonville over the weekend.

'Dee' after a near flawless training prep and a rebuilt engine on the bike executed well across the day with the exception of the last chunk of the run but where would be without something to work on!!!

We are all very proud of the work, the commitment to excellence and the process of Danielle and all our athletes. See you at the next one!

Team athlete Andy Lordianto ripped a 2.21 bike leg across the weekend to land an 8min PB for the journey in a bit of a ‘welcome back’ race for him. No gimmicks, no monster sessions, just health and consistency. Great work mate and good to see you back and racing 👊

Two races into a new endurance endeavour, Kasi Kocjancic continues to drop big time everytime he gets an opportunity on a start line. This time at the IRONMAN Venice 70.3 he rolled through a 4.34hrs in only his second go over the longer distance. 1-2 more builds and we are going to see a tilt inside an age group Top 5 at a marquee event. Keep up the great work Kasi.

Superb comeback across the weekend race for Aschton Hansen who 2weeks earlier had a rough day at IM Penghu. Aschton took the top step in his age group at the Singapore T100 Olympic Distance where conditions were less than helpful in allowing all competitors a fair crack but he made the most of the opportunity he had and was able to capitalize on some great fitness. Well done mate.

Two special ladies, two special results at Texas. Huge PB for and quickly scaling the heights of the most competitive age group in Ironman racing. booked her ticket to Kona with a sterling flight back on the bike and run after a subpar swim.

Super proud of these two as they continue to be the measure of professionalism amongst the ‘real’ working age groupers.

Onto the next one……

Extremely busy weekend of racing for our small cohort of age group superstars… Kevin and Will in Oceanside had an early season rust buster as we do some low level preliminary work for the big dance in Kona in October. Racing without much work can sometimes be humbling, but if you remember why you are doing it and the bigger picture it actually becomes more enjoyable… No pressure racing can sometimes be a gift… Down in Texas Lina showed that her preparations for IRONMAN Texas in a few weeks are well and truly on track as this little pocket rocket continues to refine and develop a racing craft that is at the elite end of her age group…

Training and testing only reveals so much……Racing provides the best real world analysis of both deficit and improvement and for two of our stable it did just that. The positives and the negatives……Krista Levito showed that her IMT Prep is on track with a podium and a Top 6 Overall and Danielle Sullivan was progressing nicely but a mechanical on the bike (crank came off bike) unraveled what would have been a top step result. There are no bad races. Only great lessons……..

Another one of our squad goes Sub 9, finishes 3rd in 30-34 AG and punches his ticket to Kona in 2026 down in the Mexican cauldron that is IRONMAN Cozumel.

Despite a mid race bike crash, Will Reid executed on a sterling 16 week build and knocked another 35 minutes off his IM PR. Will’s rate of ascension over the last 18 months has been exceptional despite a full-time job and a mountain of personal responsibilities and we are all super proud of him and are ready to welcome him into our expanding Hawaiian Ironman competition crew for 2026…

Training and the progress athletes make during training is always pleasing to see. What is more pleasing though is when an athlete executes at or above expectations having no prior race experience . This was the case for one of our newest athletes at the Dubai hundred last week Kasi Kocjancic. Superb racing on debut to finish in the top 10% of the entire field. 2026 is going to be a breakout year. Well done.