NEWS

Fitter coached athletes compete at the Mount Maunganui Half Ironman 7 January 2012:

Fantastic to see 9 of our athletes competing at the Mount last weekend....and in Fitter colours too!  Looking good team!  Some excellent race results with athletes showing great progress and a few personal bests to add to their achievements along the way.

Tony EDMONDS:  4hrs 09 - 6th elite male overall....(see photo)             

Glen BURNETT:   4hrs 59 - Glen's first sub 5hr finish taking 8 minutes

                                        off his run time.

Glen MARTIN:     4hrs 41 - A hard race for Glen who showed great

                                       mental toughness pushing through on an off day

Kirsti HANSEN:    5hrs 32 - Achieved 8th place in her age group

Pammy MEYER:   4hrs 49 - 3rd place female in her age group

Nick WRIGLEY:    4hrs 29 - giving Nick a personal best by 15 minutes!

Ryno NIENABER:  5hrs 04 - Ryno's first triathlon back since the mid 90's

Jason DAVISON:   6hrs 20 - Jason had a tough day on the course that day

                                         but stuck with it and got through. Great mental                                              fortitude!

Losa PEGLER:      Swim/Bike - An amazing bike time of 2:39:48. 

                          Losa is making huge inroads in her first year of triathlon

                          as she trains for Ironman Australia in May 2012.

Tony Edmonds 6th place elite male

Nice work team!!

Congratulations to all those Fitter coached athletes who participated in last weekend’s World Champs qualifying races in Auckland.  Special mention goes to those who finished in top 10 positions securing their places for next year’s age group World Champs in Auckland:

SPRINT DISTANCE:

Glen MARTIN:                MENS AGE GROUP: 30-34            Time: 01:09:14

Robin HARRINGTON:      WOMENS AGE GROUP: 45-49       Time: 01:24:19

OLYMPIC DISTANCE:

Tony EDMONDS:             MENS AGE GROUP: 30-34            Time: 02:05:05

Ian PEACH:                    MENS AGE GROUP: 55-59            Time: 02:32.52

Pippa TURLEY:               WOMENS AGE GROUP: 45-49       Time: 02:37:52

..and to Fitter coach ANDY MACKAY who came in 5th in his age group to qualify with a time of 2:06:17

Great work everyone!

Great to have five Fitter athletes taking part in the Contact Tri Rotorua 5th November. First timers to Tri events Ian peach and Matt Merrick took it all in their stride with Nick Wrigley, Jason Davidson and Losa Pegler all delighted with their day's efforts. Fitter coach Andy Mackay came in 2nd in his age group and 7th overall - nice work Andy!

Congratulations!...to our Fitter athletes who took part in Auckland's Half and Marathon distance races last weekend, 30th October.  The majority of our athletes turned in PB performances with the outstanding result of the day being Tony Edmonds who ran 1hr 13m 37s for the half.  Go Tony!

Bev McKinnon coaches Carolyn Smith to a Silver Medal at the World

Duathlon Champs in Switzerland

(Photo: Carolyn winning the silver medal at Duathlon World Champs)

Read about Carolyn's success here

Fitter athletes perform well at Huntly Half Marathon
A handful of athletes competed in the 2011 Huntly Half Marathon with some

great results. Nick Wrigley achieved a PB in his run but his real motivation was

to beat his mates and take home an "undisclosed $$" for the win. Losa Pegler who is relatively new to the training is hungry for more after she completed her first half marathon as she works toward her goal of Ironman Australia 2012.

Fitter Coach - Bevan McKinnon takes his second podium this year at

Ironman Korea
In an amazing performance on what many of the pros described as a brutal

course Bevan McKinnon showed his strength to finish in 9:04 to grab 3rd place.

This is Bevan's second professional podium position at the Ironman distance. 
(Photo: Bevan McKinnon finishing in 3rd place at Ironman Korea, July 2011)
Read Bevan's complete race report.

Bevan McKinnon makes TOP 10 at Ironman Utah
In tough conditions and over a challenging course Bevan McKinnon was

excited to add a top 10 finish in Utah to his Ironman resume.
Click here to read Bevan's race report

Bevan McKinnon grabs third at Challenge Wanaka
Fitter coach & elite athlete Bevan McKinnon grabs 3rd place at the 2011 Challenge Wanaka Iron Distance Race

FITTER Saturday Brick sessions have started - contact Andrew for more details

FITTER launches new weight loss and fitness program