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Miranda Lemus placed 1st in The Original Mud Run 9-10 age group last weekend! She placed 5th overall from more than 60 kids.

Congratulations to Rodney Cook, owner of the restaurant “Pure”,  who participated in the MonaVie More Project 5K Fun Run in St. Louis.   He finished in 27 minutes with a HUGE PR!  Way to go Rodney!

(Not all ORR Ironman are pictured!)

Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas 2012 brought an amazing field of athletes to the Woodlands this past Saturday, May 19th, 2012. Race morning temperatures were cool at the swim by Texas standards, but the day began to heat up as soon as the sun came out full-force. Eventually the athletes were met by windy conditions and a searing sun on the bike course. The run course gave no reprieve. Despite conditions that have now given Ironman Texas a “tough” reputation, the OutRival Racing athletes proved to be tougher! Among the group were several smoking fast splits and finish times, Ironman PRs, and even a Kona Qualifier! Congratulations to OutRival Racing athletes and their families for making it through an exhilarating but very challenging day!

Below are the results for ORR. Congrats to Coach Michelle LeBlanc for winning the 35-39AG, finishing 8th overall female, and qualifying for the Kona Ironman World Championships. Bob Maus finished 15th in the 45-49 AG with a 10:39:25. Roberto Guiot, Tate Wright, and Nathan Winkelmann also finished in the top 10 in the AGs with sub-11 times! Courtney Livaudais had the third fastest amateur swim time at 58 minutes. Way to go ORR!

Special thanks to Corey Oliver of http://www.brittanilouise.com for some awesome photos! Check them out on our Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/OutRivalRacing

Great job athletes!

Terry Garrett had a great race at the Corsicana Stage Race on May 9th and 10th.  Twenty-one athletes started, and Terry finished his first stage race in 12th place. The first stage was crit (which was Terry’s first crit!), the second was a 10K TT, and the third was a Road Race. Proud of you for toe-ing the line in that crit race, Terry!

Three ORR ladies raced the Conn’s Green 10K on April 28th.  This race is  the premier eco-friendly green running event in Houston during Earth Week.  The Race is put on by our very own sponsor, Race Assist.

Good luck to the forty-two ORR athletes who will be racing Ironman Texas in a few weeks!

Kim Juul with her medal and her baby!

Congrats to Kim Juul for winning first overall female at the No Label Triathlon on April 28th.  This new sprint triathlon started at Morton Ranch Natatorium with a 300 meter pool swim, followed by a 14 mile bike ride to the No Label Brewing Company, and finished with a 3 mile run.  Kim swam 4:52, biked 39:08, and ran 20:17 at this sprint triathlon.  Way to go Kim!!

Congrats to the 53 OutRival Racing triathletes who competed at CB&I Triathlon in the Woodlands on Saturday, May 5th. This 500 meter lake swim, 15 mile bike, and 5K run is held in the backyard of many ORR athletes.  It was a nice beautiful humid May day in Texas. Several athletes finished their first-ever triathlon and numerous PRs were set despite the tough climate.  Twenty-one athletes had the honor of receiving a podium award. As always, the ORR Team had incredible support out on the course! Thank you to everyone who came out to cheer us on!!

ORR Team at CB&I, 2012

The ORR Women, once again, had a great day:

• The first FIVE female finishers were from ORR
• 10 of the top 16 female finishers were from ORR
• Notable finishes include:
• Michelle LeBlanc, 1st in Elite Wave
• Liz Baugher, 2nd in Elite Wave
• Mandy Heintz, 3rd in the Elite Wave
• Melanie Benson, 4th in the Elite Wave
• Karen Maldonado: 1st overall age-group female
• Courtney Livaudais: 1st in 25-29AG
• Triny Aguirre: 1st in 40-44AG
• Audrey Manchester: 2nd in 15-19AG
• Chris Gause: 2nd in 70+
• Amy Barr: 3rd in 35-39AG 
• Nicole Mallette: 8th in the 25-29 (with an 8-week old baby girl!)

The ORR Men also rocked it, including:

• 5 of the top 16 male finishers were from ORR
• Bradley Pigage, 2nd in the Elite Wave
• Todd Teren, 3rd in the Elite Wave, Run Prime for the day!
• Roberto Guiot, 1st in the 35-39AG
• Tate Wright, 1st in the 40-44AG
• Sergio Roldan, 2nd in the 35-39AG
• Matthew Perches, 3rd in the 15-19AG
• John Laskowski, 3rd in the 40-44AG
• Stephen Johnson, 3rd in the 30-34AG
• Blake Henning, 3rd in Cly 50+
• Buck Holden swam on the winning mixed relay
• Mikey Benes biked on the winning male relay team

ORR Team Results:

Full results can be found at http://www.eztoregister.com/assets/CBIAG12.HTM.
Hundreds of photos can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/OutRivalRacing?sk=photos
Thanks to Corey Oliver of Britanni Louis Photography for great pics (http://www.brittanilouise.com/). Thanks to Carrie Galloway and George Roffe for photo-shooting!

ORR Gals

Amy and Kevin Barr, Energy Lab owners

Jesse Robinson with the “perma-smile”

Don Harris

Hannah Barron looking great!

Tommy Behe, living up to his reputation!

Susan Koiman

ORR Athletes in the Elite Wave (Melanie Benson is missing!)

Leslie Dupuy

Kemah Race Start

Congrats to all the ORR Athletes who had great races at the sprint and olympic triathlons in Kemah last weekend! Several athletes finished their first-ever triathlon and numerous PRs were set despite crazy winds and a tough course. Notable finishes include:

In the Olympic race, 5 of the overall top 11 women’s finishes go to the ORR women!!
Sarah Gray finished first overall female in 2:10:07.
Michelle LeBlanc finished 5th in 2:15:45.
Liz Baugher finished 8th in 2:20:13.
Mandy Heintz finished 10th in 2:28:03.
Melanie Benson was the first Age Group female finisher in 2:28:00 and won the Women’s 25-29AG.

The ORR men were extremely competitive as well!
Bradley Pigage finished 9th in 2:07:32 and had the second fastest bike split of the day.
Todd Teren finished his first-ever Olympic distance triathlon in 12th place in 2:08:05 with one of the fastest run splits of the day.
Adam Currier finished 2nd in the competitive 35-39AG with a 2:23:33.
Sergio Roldan finished 5th in the same AG with a 2:25:27.
Blake Henning finished 3rd in the Clydesdales with a 2:53:04.
*John Laskowski gets the Way to Gut it Out Award by pressing on to the finish line after a flat on the bike!

In the Sprint Race, Triny Aguirre finished first overall Masters female with a time of 1:20:48.
Allison Eden and Audrey Manchester not only finished 1st and 2nd in the Women’s under 20 division, but they also finished 2nd and 3rd out of ALL female athletes! And these gals are just teenagers. Wow!
Connor Barry also had a fantastic race! Connor finished 2nd in the under 20 division and 4th out of ALL male finishers. Again, just a teenager. The ORR youngsters are racing well this year!!
Special thanks to ORR photographer Corey Oliver of Brittani Louise Photography. Fantastic pics, Corey.

ORR Finishers include:

Female Elite Wave Awards Podium

Adam Currier, 2nd in 35-39

Melanie Benson (actually finished 1st after-all), Women’s 25-29

Allison Eden and Audrey Manchester (the ghost on 2nd!), 20 and under

Bradley Pigage running

Connor Barry, under 20

Connor Barry

Triny Aguirre, Master’s Winner, Sprint Distance

Liz Baugher

Rick Thibodeaux

Tommy Behe

https://secure.eztoregister.com/results/default.aspx?event=11884&r=2515 for results.
Read more about pro triathletes, Sarah Gray’s race her blogsite at http://sarahkgray.com/2012/05/01/kemah-challenging-but-rewarding/?preview=true&preview_id=180&preview_nonce=4e1a05ea50.

Good luck to all the OutRival Racing athletes racing the CB&I Triathlon this Saturday, May 5th: