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Welcome to the website of Tri-Hard Endurance Sports Coaching!
Jason Gootman and Will Kirousis operate Tri-Hard Endurance
Sports Coaching ("Tri-Hard" for short). We have a deep passion for endurance
sports and it is our goal to bring that passion, combined with our knowledge and
experience, to you!
We are dedicated to providing world-class coaching and education services for
endurance athletes including triathletes, duathletes, road cyclists, mountain
bike racers, and runners. We assist endurance athletes of all ages and all
ability levels from
beginner to professional in working towards and reaching their personal goals.
Through expert guidance and superior service, we aim to create the most constructive
and enjoyable athletic experience, both physically and
mentally, for each athlete or group of athletes with whom we work.
We accomplish this goal through:
- Coaching -- We coach endurance athletes through our
personalized coaching services.
- Speaking -- We present custom seminars for endurance sports
clubs/teams and other organizations.
- Writing -- We write articles for internationally acclaimed journals,
magazines, and websites covering endurance sports topics.
To learn about our latest happenings, please read our Tri-Hard News section
below. To learn more about us and how
we may be able to assist you, we invite you to
explore our website. As you will see, we take great pride in providing the most personalized endurance
sports coaching available. Please feel free to contact us with questions about
how we can help you work towards and reach your personal goals. That's what we're here for!
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Tri-Hard News -- February 2010
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 Congratulations
to Tri-Hard athletes Karen Potter
of
Shrewsbury, Mass.
and Emily Brock of Columbia,
S.C. Both raced to top-10
performances in the year-long National Ultra Endurance mountain-bike race
series. Check out the series wrap-up article posted on Cyclingnews.com:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/shogren-schalk-clinch-100-miler-series-titles!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Robin
Cain of Boxford, Mass. for being named a USA Triathlon All-American in the 40-44 age group (she
was ranked 9th of 1,815 athletes in her age group)!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Mike
Morgan of Sacramento, Calif.
for his 10:03 finish (45-minute PR) of Ironman
Arizona!
Congratulations to
Tri-Hard athlete Chris Douglass
of
Boston, Mass. for his 10:41 finish (23-minute PR) of Ironman
Arizona!
Congratulations
to Tri-Hard athlete Mike Beebe
of Chicago, Illinois for his 9th-place finish of the Montrose Harbor Cyclocross Race!
Congratulations to
Tri-Hard athlete Tricia Weston of Wellesley, Mass. for her 11:54 finish (10th-place 40-44 women) of Ironman Lake
Placid and for her 5:05 finish (2nd-place 40-44 women) at the Timberman ½
Ironman!
Congratulations
to Tri-Hard athlete Jim Calvin
of Lexington, Mass. for his 1:15 finish (9th-place 45-49 men) of the Mount Washington
Hillclimb!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Audie
Bridges of Wakefield, Mass. for his 5:09 finish (11th-place
60-64 men) of the ½ Ironman World Championships in Clearwater, Florida!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Brett
Nichols of Brookline, Mass. for his 2:04 finish (15th-place elite age-group men) of the New York City
Olympic-Distance Triathlon, for his 2:08 finish (2nd-place overall men,
1st-place 25-29 men) of the Lake Dunmore Olympic-Distance Triathlon, and
for his 2:03 finish (8th-place 25-29 men) of the Chicago Olympic-Distance
Triathlon!
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Fit Werx 2010 New England Triathlon Symposium
Saturday, February 6th from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Fitchburg State College
in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
View
the event flyer.
Register
now!
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Congratulations
to Tri-Hard athlete Colin Lake
of Westboro, Mass. for his 2:25 finish (1st-place overall men) of the Scraggy Neck
Olympic-Distance Triathlon and for his 1:01 finish (6th-place 35-39 men)
of the Fantastic Nantasket Sprint-Distance Triathlon!
Congratulations
to Tri-Hard athlete Ryan Tuttle of New Bern, N.C. for his
performance at the South Carolina Omnium Road Race (1st-place pro/cat 2 in
the time trial, 14th-place pro/cat 2 in the criterium, 2nd-place pro/cat 2
in the road race which yielded 1st-place overall for the Omnium)!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Nate
Davis of Petersham, Mass. for his category-5 win of the Mad River Road Race!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Brett Nichols of
Brookline, Mass. for his 8:55 finish in the 800 freestyle (2nd-place, 22-second improvement
over 2008 at the same meet) and 4:17 finish in the 400 freestyle (2nd-place)
at the NEMLSC SCM Swimming Championships. Brett
had a big challenge at this race with pro triathletes Ethan Brown and
Jarrod Shoemaker in his flanking lanes.
Brett stuck to his guns, raced his race plan, and managed to
narrowly miss Ethan, finishing second in both races, but also managed to
come in ahead of Jarrod.
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Karen Potter of Shrewsbury,
Mass. for her 1st-place finish at the Ice Weasels Cometh Cyclocross Race!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Jim
Lewis of Carlisle, Mass. for his 12:29 finish (40-minute PR) of Ironman Lake Placid!
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Congratulations
to Tri-Hard athlete Gered Dunne
of White River Junction, Vt. for his 2:11 finish (6th-place overall men, 2nd-place 25-29 men) of the
Lake Dunmore Olympic-Distance Triathlon and for his 1:18 finish (1st-place
overall men) of the Kingdom Trails Sprint-Distance Triathlon!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Terry
Apruzzese of Wilmingtonn, Mass. for her 1:38 finish of the Timberman Sprint-Distance Triathlon, for her
2:55 finish (seven-minute PR) of the Cranberry Olympic-Distance Triathlon,
and for her 1:32 finish (seven-minute PR) of the Pumpkinman ½ Ironman!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Ed
Berk of Boxford. Mass. for his 2:33 finish (10th-place 55-59 men, 10-minute PR) of the New York
City Olympic-Distance Triathlon and for his 1:20 finish (2nd-place 55-59
men) of the Gloucester Sprint-Distance Triathlon!
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Check
out our article "On Pace" in the August issue of Competitor
magazine (New England edition).
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Congratulations
to Tri-Hard athlete Lauren Cullings
of South Boston, Mass. for her 1:16 finish (2nd-place 30-34 women) of the
Webster Lake Sprint-Distance Triathlon and for her 1:09 finish (4th-place
30-34 women) of the Cohasset Sprint-Distance Triathlon!
Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Scott
Rupp of Belmont, N.H. for his 2:42 finish (10-minute PR) of the Lobsterman Olympic-Distance
Triathlon!
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Congratulations to Tri-Hard athlete Michael
Bissanti of Boston, Mass. for his 1:07 finish (20th-place overall men; 6th-place 40-44 men) of the
Duxbury Beach Sprint-Distance Triathlon!
Congratulations
to Tri-Hard athlete
Lisa Davis Lewis
of Carlisle, Mass. for her 5:30 finish (2nd-place 50-54 women, 40-minute PR) at the Patriot
½ Ironman!
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