09/17/2026
**What. A. Freaking. Weekend!** 🤌🏼🔥
We had athletes racing Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday… because apparently one day of chaos wasn’t enough. 😂
A number of our local athletes jumped into the hot and FAST Lakeside Double Sprint — testing their guts, their heat tolerance, and, perhaps most importantly, their ability to adapt to something new.
**Joe Smith** battled through a season of ups and downs to ultimately cross the finish line at **IRONMAN 70.3 Wisconsin.** That finish represented so much more than a race result.
**Sebastian** decided one race wasn’t quite enough and doubled down — Lakeside Double Sprint Relay on Friday, followed by the **Lake Summit 10-Miler** on Sunday. Because apparently recovery is just a suggestion. 😂
**Saturday was for the ladies!** 💪🏼
Laura, Mandy, JoEllen, Lori, and Alexis took on an incredibly challenging course at the **IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice, France.** 🇫🇷
And on Sunday, Coach T made his way around that same course — with one very important piece of race nutrition safely carried across the finish line:
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The amount of **determination, heart, and grit** these athletes exemplify week in and week out — and day in and day out — is exactly why no single race can ever be the ultimate definition of success.
As competitive athletes, we *want* to feel in control. We want to execute. We want to push. We want to chase PRs and see all that work reflected in a finish time.
And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.
But sometimes, success looks different.
Sometimes success is having the courage to start.
Sometimes it’s getting to the start line when the season hasn’t gone the way you hoped.
Sometimes it’s adapting when things get hard.
Sometimes it’s simply refusing to quit.
**The finish line is important. But having the courage to keep showing up is what builds the athlete.**
And this weekend, our crew showed a whole lot of that. ❤️🔥
What a freaking weekend.
**Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it.** 🫶🏼
