Register today, these clinics reach capacity! This series is perfect for beginner to intermediate level triathletes or for those wanting to refine their skills. Clinic 1 is on May 5th.
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Register today, these clinics reach capacity! This series is perfect for beginner to intermediate level triathletes or for those wanting to refine their skills. Clinic 1 is on May 5th.
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Club members join The Sport Factory “family” and are invited to attend all club social events, access to our message board, group training, many special discounts, and get their own web page. Best of all your team members are there to support you at your next race!
With almost two decades of experience, The Sport Factory has one of the most successful programs in the country. Our athletes have achieved hundreds of wins, placements, personal records and Ironman finishes. We not only have great coaches, we have a state of the art performance center to serve your needs.
Our Elite teams are comprised of Junior, Scholarship, Amateur Elite and Professional athletes with the desire to take their performance to the highest level.
Our Performance team is comprised of athletes that consistently place in their age group. This may be on the local level.
Our scholarship athletes have demonstrated exceptional ability while being relatively new to their sport. Our coaches invest in these young athletes with the objective of refining them to their greatest potential and the scholarship program is a feeder for our elite team.
Our Youth Team is inclusive, safe, and fun, while creating a pathway to excellence for those that want to pursue triathlon competitively. We welcome all children from ages 8-14.
Team Member: Louie Kirchner
Race Name: 11Global Lake Oconee Olympic
Race Date: 5/11/2013
Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 3rd OA
Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: Coming into this race I felt like I had a high level of fitness but wasn’t specifically prepared for short course. My plan was to try to build into each leg to give the race a more long course feel…or rather keep myself from blowing up and going completely latic early in the race.
The swim was wetsuit legal which as a swimmer I don’t really enjoy. The course seemed a bit long but I felt very relaxed and efficient through the water. I exited the water in 4th and was 3rd out of transition behind Scott Gentles and Alex Solomon.
I set off on the bike with a plan to average as close to my FTP as possible. I was a little shy of this but I was holding steady about 8w under my goal so I just went with it. About halfway I caught Alex to take over 2nd. I continued to ride steady watts but much to his credit he was able to stay with me. In the last 4 miles I attempted to get away but didn’t feel like I had the threshold work to make a move.
We rolled into transition together but he left me behind pretty quickly as he set off at a sub 6 minute pace. This course is pretty brutally hilly. Lots of short steep climbs and a long steady grinder in the middle of the 5th mile. At half way Alex made the pass for first and I was gaining on then 2nd place Gentles. I didn’t have the legs to catch him but by the end I could see him about a quarter mile up the road. I dropped 2 minutes off my run from this course last year and it felt pretty composed, so this gives me some confidence with my focus on long course this year.
Team Member: Crystal Perkins
Race Name: Jetton Park Triathlon
Race Date: 5/11/13
Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 4th OA/1:13
Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: Finally, after weeks of hearing about others competing, my 2013 triathlon is underway. After a …
Name: Crystal Perkins
Age: 28
Personal: : I am nearing the end of my second year as an orthopaedic surgery resident at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Work is challenging and exhausting, and has certainly changed …
Team Member: Carl Eichert
Race Name: Richmond Elite Development Race
Race Date: 05/05/2013
Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 16th/1:00:33
Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: I didn’t realize it would be so competitive! Past Junior national team athletes and athletes …
Team Member: David Merry
Race Name: Chastain Park TriPATHlon
Race Date: 5/5/2013
Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 18/180 OA, 1/14 AG 30:37
Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: Saturday before this race it rained the entire day. I drove over …
Team Member: Collin Zimmerman
Race Name: Rev3 Knoxville Oly
Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 2:14:04/26th overall
Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: This race will forever have an asterisk by it for me, because I caught the black plague …
Team Member: Michal Duchon
Race Name: Tripathlon
Race Date: 05/05/2013
Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 26:32 4th/OA, 1st/AG
Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: Due to the weather condition, the bike leg was canceled. It was a cold 50F and …
Team Member: Joe Peeden
Race Name: Trideltathon
Race Date: 4/14/13
Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 3rd Overall
Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: Well, it was the first day of hard training for this guy, but not too shabby of …
Team Member: Alex Brown
Race Name: USAT Collegiate Nationals
Race Date: 4/13/13
Race Placement/Time/Qualification: 2:00:25 87th OA
Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: As much as I would like to complain about being 25 seconds shy of …
Team Member: Brian Duffy
Race Name: Tough Mudder GA
Race Date: 4/7/13
Race Placement/Time/Qualification: Finished
Tell us about your race (limit 500 words)…: My second time doing this..and still it is the hardest thing I’ve done so far in …
