Diane and Jim Loughran celebrated Halloween with the Houston Halloween Bike Ride!

Congratulations to Mariano Gilles who smashed his half iron goal of 6-6:30 with a time of 5:55! Way to go Mariano.

Coach Kt and a group of athletes headed to Corpus Christi for an open water clinic and race hosted by Olympians Aaron Pierisol, Rowdy Gaines and Brendan Hansen. Athlete Sammie Lee swam the 1,000 meter distance (which turned out to be 1,500 meters). Coach Kt, Pam Buxton and Kevin Buxton swam the 5,000 meter swim (which turned out to be 6,500 meters!). It was a great weekend for everyone!

Betsy Morgan kicked butt with her running to complete the Nike Women's marathon. Congratulations Betsy! Betsy is on her way to the IM AZ in November.

Diane Loughran paced herself to take on the challenge of the Bike around the Bay!

Ashley Blackmon-Haartman had a fantastic 10 miler in her race series to qualify for the Boston Marathon!

Lindsey Bateman had a podium finish in the rain at the sprint with 2nd place in her age group. Way to go Lindsey!

Dave Mirabella was on pace to qualify for the Boston Marathon (3:10) when his knee gave in at mile 18. Dave finished but had to slow down to accomodate the knee. Great race Dave!

Betsy Morgan braved the torrential downpours of the day to complete Prairieman! She pr'd on her run and finished in a time of 6:20:05.

Tri-umph Athlete, Alan Rudolph, started his 39 day adventure cycling an average of 85 miles a day to cross the US by bicycle. Alan has reported in with great adventures and a sore butt.

Frank Lee and Coach Kt embarked on the adventure of a lifetime by running the Grand Canyon from rim to rim in 9 hours. It was an indescribable experience with breathtaking views and incredible terrain. Phenomenal!

Diane Loughran and her husband Jim spend 6 days cycling the coast of California solo! Diane and Jim planned the adventure themselves and completed it self supported to report about incredible and challenging hills coupled with amazing views!

Betsy Morgan stayed cool to finish the HTH. Congratulations!

Julie Mosier kicked butt yet once again to finish 1st elite and 2nd woman overall in the Olympic with a time of 2:16:19! Jennifer Browning took first in her age group in the Olympic with a speedy time of 2:28:34. Frank Lee completed the sprint with a respectable time of 1:46:10.

Kris Chapman completed a tough ocean swim followed by a hilly race course to finish his race!

Betsy Morgan did an incredible job on her longest bike ride ever completing 112 miles the first day and 88 the second to ride from Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon!

Congratulations to Betsy Morgan who completed Buffalo Springs yet a second time in preparation for IM AZ 2009! Coach Kt pulled thru with 2 long flats to finish in 7:30

Congratulations to Julie Mosier who was 1st woman overall with a fantastic time of 51:54:09!

Diane Loughran completed Tejas with a pr of 1:30 while newbie Kris Chapman came through with a great time of 1:26:59.

Sammie Lee had a great race day and finished 3rd in her age group with a time of 1:50:02.
Coach Kt, Frank Lee and his daughter Samantha Cox landed first in the relay with their team.

Mike Moist kicked butt and cycled his way to third place!

Sammie Lee did a great job with a time of 1:09:16.

Diane Loughran finished yet another triathlon in 1:51:04. Way to go Diane! Lindsey Bateman finished 6/45 in her age group with a time of 1:20:48.

Lindsey Bateman did a great job at the well known St Anthonys. The swim was cancelled and Lindsey did a great duathlon finishing in a time of 1:51:06.

Congratulations to Diane Loughran on her time of 1:47:07!