The Boston Marathon is the

world's oldest annual mara-

thon and ranks as one of the

world's most prestigious road

racing events. The Boston

Athletic Association manages

this American classic, which

is sponsored by John Han-

cock Financial Services. The

Boston Marathon has distin-

guished itself as the pinnacle

event within the sport of road

racing by virtue of its tradi-

tions, longevity and method

of gaining entry into the race

(via qualification). This year

we will have two Coyotes

participating in this event.

Both Tim Wilson and Tom

Mertz will take on this chal-

lenging course and will try to

do personal records. This is

the fourt consecutive year

that a Coyote will participate

in this prestigious event. Tim

Wilson has been concentrat-

ing on his running since Janu-

ary, sacrificing a bit of the

early season triathlons to do a

PR in this course and come

home with a mark in history.

This is the first time that we

will have two of our coyotes

participating in this great

event, and we are hoping that

they will feed out of each

other to push themselves to

new levels. Both Tim and

Tom have posted impressive

2013 season debut runs at

Carlsbad marathon and Pacific

Surfline Half marathon, and

both have been working on

speed and endurance, and

seem to be ready to do PR’s

on this course. Best of luck to

both of our coyotes and we

will be sure to provide moral

support and follow you as you

click the miles towards the

PR. Respect the Paw!!!!!!

Boston Marathon

Omegawave ITU World Triathlon San Diego

Volume 8,Issue 4

Coyotes triathlon & bike club

newsletter

Special points of interest:

Boston Marathon

ITU World Triathlon San

diego

Members &

Birthdays

2

Announce-

ments

2

Coaching tips 2

Surf City Half

Marathon

(Results)

3

San Dieguito

Half Marathon

(Results)

3-4

March Triath-

lon Series

(Results)

5

Inside this issue:

April 2013

One of just eight Internation-

al Triathlon Union (ITU)

World Triathlon Series events

around the globe in 2013, the

second edition of the Omega-

wave World Triathlon San

Diego will feature an Olym-

pic-caliber elite field compet-

ing on a historic course adja-

cent to the birthplace of the

sport.

In addition to the elite and

paratriathlon races, the

Omegawave World Triathlon

San Diego features top-flight

Olympic- and sprint-distance

age-group races, as well as an

Olympic-distance relay and

an aquabike event, offering

amateurs the chance to com-

pete in the same epic venue

as the world’s best athletes.

The 2013 Omegawave World

Triathlon San Diego also

serves as the USA Triathlon

Club National Champion-

ships. This year we will have two of

our Coyotes participating in

this world class event. Matt

Buster will be returning for

the second time, while Jorge

Alcantar will be doing his

triathlon debut at this race.

Best of luck to both of our

coyotes and remember to

respect the paw!!!!!!

April 15th, 2013

April 20, 2013

2013 Partners

SPRING COYOTE, SWIM

FAST, BIKE FAST AND

RUN FAST….DON’T GET

CAUGHT !!!!!!!!

Our total number of coyotes is

now 21 with the potential to

keep growing.

April has 1 coyote celebrating

their birthday on our coyote

birthday tracker .

Nico Faure—April 19th

Happy Birthday to all, remem-

ber to celebrate in style and be

ready for a new age group chal-

lenge in 2013. Remember to

make all of your 2013 resolu-

tions a reality, include one or

two races for your 2013 calen-

dar year and break at least one

of your PR this year.

AHUUUUU

system we fit into.

For example, in my experiences as a

coach and entrepreneur, I meet plenty

of folks who work in what many con-

sider good-paying, mainstream 9-

5 jobs and state they are “hardly

working”. On the flip side, I al-

so meet those in creative industries

"working hard" simply out of passion

for what they do and take away little,

if any, monetary reward. There must

be a good balance between these two

opposites in order to achieve fulfill-

ment and ultimate success.

We can learn from and apply this

concept in finding balance between

spinning easy (hardly working)

and hitting the threshold inter-

As a society, I think we have hit an

interesting convergence of these two

opposites; and as athletes we have an

even greater relationship with both

of these concepts. In the sporting

side our lives, we work hard to train

for the events we compete in, but are

often perceived by those outside our

training circles as hardly working in

terms of our priorities on how we

spend our time; some going so far as

labeling it "play".

The interesting twist comes when

you throw these two into our profes-

sional lives, especially in our current

economy. The monetary value of

our work may seem - at times - to

have less to do with how hard we

work than the time we put in or the

vals (working hard). Both of these are

crucial to reach our potential as an

athlete and this is where the value of a

good coach really comes into play.

Most motivated and talented athletes

become too absorbed with the idea of

“working harder” than their competi-

tion when in fact, to reach their poten-

tial and beat the competition they

need to strike a balance between the

two.

By working with your coach, you can

fine-tune the perfect balance between

intensity/rest, nutrition and sleep, and

stress/relaxation. As athletes we of-

ten train with a clichéd “no pain, no

gain” mentality as opposed to incor-

porating the balance provided by a

training program.

Members & Birthdays

Announcements

Coaching Tips—By Tom Mertz— Working Hard or Hardly Working?

Page 2 Volume 8,Issue 4

2013 Partners

$200 starting next month, or we

will have to dissolve the club

from its existence. This has

been a test to see if anyone real-

ly does read this dam newsletter

and not only looks at pretty

pictures. If you did, then you

would also know that this

month is April, which means

you just have been a victim of

the 6th annual Coyote April

Fools day. The coyotes are

stronger than ever and looking

forward to an excellent and

promising 2013 season. Keep

training and supporting the

club. Ahuuuuu

- Due to a lack of responsibility

by our members participating in

club workouts and events, and

from members getting involved

in car accidents this year, the

cost of liability for the club has

sky rocketed and it has let to no

other option than to start charg-

ing members an annual feel of

race in the country. Congratula-

tions to Tom for such an in-

credible accomplishment and

thank you to Tim Wilson who

took the time to drive up to

The Surf City Half Marathon

took place on February 3, 2013

and our Iowa Coyote Tom

Mertz came to the west coast

to represent in style. Not only

was he wearing the gear to kick

start the season, he was also in

incredible shape and the results

proved it. Tom went under the

90 minute mark for a half mar-

athon, qualifying him for the

New York Marathon, but more

importantly showing us how

his early season form is shaping

out to be. Tom’s focus will

now be the Boston Marathon,

where he will try and let it all

on the line. Based on this per-

formance, it looks like every-

thing is set for him to poten-

tially do an all time PR at Bos-

ton and continue to represent

our club in the most prestigious

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Orange county and support our

fellow coyote on his journey to

the west coast. Tom Mertz is

also a certified USAT coach

and is kind enough to always

provide us with the coaching

tip section of all of our newslet-

ters. We appreciate his contri-

butions to the newsletter as well

as all the support he has provid-

ed to the club while living in

Iowa. Best of luck on Boston

and we will be following you

and Tim Wilson closely as you

help each other rock

PR’s...Remember to respect the

paw and give ahuuuuus to the

amazing volunteers out there

Tom Mertz— 1:26:29

San Dieguito Half Marathon (Results) Photos by: Marathon Pho-

tography

Constandse who was coming

off a late season start and trying

to test his fitness level. He used

this race as an official start of

The San Dieguito Half Mara-

thon took place on February

10, and this year the Coyote

presence continued to indicate

that this race has become a

local favorite for the club.

Known for its hard course with

challenging hills and good local

competition, the coyotes con-

tinue to use this race as an early

season indicator of fitness and

what is expected for the 2013

season. This year, we had re-

turning San Dieguito Half mar-

athon participants in JC Con-

standse, Tim Wilson, Shane

Ressie, Neily Mathias and Nan-

cie Constandse and two new

commers to this great race in

Mike Radcliff and Nico Faure.

The first of out coyotes to

cross the finish line was JC

the 2013 season, and much to

his surprise, he was 40 seconds

slower than his all time best at

this distance in this same course

with a 1:30:05 and placing 5th

in his age group. Looks like all

the extra rest and the new addi-

tion to their family (Petite Mi-

gnonne) has served this coyote

well. The second to cross the

line was the newest coyote ad-

dition Mike Radcliff, who was

also doing this race for the first

time. Mike was a little leery

about the course and what he

could really achieve, however

he has been training very steady

under the coaching of two time

Xterra World Champ Leslie

Patterson, and therefore has

been putting on some big miles

and numbers, and his results

Photos by: Opix Photog-

raphy

JC Constandse— 1:30:05

was trying to improve on his

time from last year and he

achieved that, giving him an-

other PR for the distance and a

feeling of relive for all the hard

work he has put in in prepara-

tion for his next race. The Bos-

ton Marathon. After Tim, we

had Coyote Neily Mathias who

was been on a running ram-

page, logging miles like they

where handing them out for

free. Neily has been under the

coaching direction of the most

decorated female triathlete in

the world Michelle Jones, and

has been focusing on long dis-

tance running. Coped with a bit

of speed work, and Neily netted

an impressive result this early in

the season, and gave all of us a

bit of indication of how the rest

of 2013 will be like if she man-

ages to stay injury free, which

tends to happen when you are

training for long distance. After

Neily, we had first time Coyote

Nico Faure, who was so fast

that he went incognito by the

camera crews at all locations

and no photos of him were

Spoke for themselves. Mike

pulled a 1:32:54 and PR for this

distance as well, gving him the

extra confidence he needed to

for the start of the 2013 season.

Mike’s next race was the desert

triathlon, which he ended up

with another PR and 3rd in his

age group. The third coyote to

cross the line was Tim Wilson,

who was using this race as a

follow up to his impressive

season opener at carlsbad. Tim

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recorded, however his time of

1:55:00 was on track for open-

ing the season. The last of our

coyotes was Nancie and Shane

Ressie, who took a more holis-

tic approach to this race, and

used it as a season starter with

no other expectations than to

go out for a nice Sunday run

and enjoy the beautiful day with

the rest of the coyotes. Gabe

Garcia was present as a specta-

tor for this race, Ahuuuuuu

Mike Radcliff— 1:32:54—PR

Photos by: Opix Photog-

raphy

Tim Wilson— 1:33:55

Neily Mathias— 1:41:31

Nancie Constandse— 2:08:46

Shane Ressie— 2:08:43

ing really good every time he

passed the young college kids.

He had a great bike split of

1:07:00 for this distance which

again was a PR for him at this

course and the distance, and set

himself up to what could be an

all time PR for the distance if

only he could hold a fast pace

for the run. Coming into T2

leading his age group, he started

the run with the company of

some elite collegiate women

athletes and used their incredi-

ble course support to feed off it

and try and keep pace with the

fast young kids tearing though

the course. JC found himself

running 6:33 minute miles and

feeling very comfortable, so he

continued the pace, expecting

the wheels to come off at some

point in the run, but as the

miles clicked, and the finish line

came closer and closer, JC real-

ized that his best time of

2:20:02 could be broken if he

kept pace, so he proceeded in

pushing the pace, and eventual-

ly crossing the line in 2:13:30,

with a 7 minute PR for the dis-

The March triathlon series

Olympic distance triathlon

took place on March 24th in

Arroyo Grande California, and

JC Constandse decided to go

back to the area where he fin-

ished his last race of 2012 with

an unjust DNF due to course

error at Scott Tinley Adven-

tures. JC uses this course as a

training ground when he is up

in Arroyo Grande visiting his

family, so coming early in the

season to test his fitness in a

course that he is very familiar

with seemed to be the perfect

combination for a season tri-

athlon debut. JC was coming

off a high confidence booster

at San Dieguito Half Marathon,

and wanted to see if he could

carry that momentum into tri-

athlons. After a PR swim for

the distance with a time of

22:53 and 2nd out of the water

in his wave, JC proceeded to

put the bike fitness to test on

the challenging hills of Arroyo

Grande. JC used the Collegiate

waves that started ahead as a

motivation the entire day, feel-

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tance and winning his age

group. Placing 10th overall in

the open division and 39th

overall including the top nation-

al ranked collegiate triathletes.

JC was using this race as a tune

up race for his up coming Wild-

flower triathlon, who is a favor-

ite of JC, and although twice

the distance and much harder

than this course, it has to be a

very good feeling to start the

2013 season with a win and a 7

minute PR for the distance. JC

stated after the race that this

race was a perfect triathlon sea-

son starter as it involves starting

to train in the colder winter

months without the long hr

commitments required to train

for the half ironman distance.

JC will most likely come back

next year to defend his title and

kick start the 2014 season. Con-

gratulations to JC for his season

debut and for sporting the 2013

tri suits, respect the paw and

look for more of these uni-

forms in courses out there in

2013… ahuuuuuuuu

JC Constandse—2:13:30—PR

Photos by: Captivating

Sports Photography

JC Constandse—2:13:30 PR

JC Constandse—2:13:30

Coyotes Triathlon & Bike Club is an organized club dedicated to the

educational, recreational and social pursuit of triathlon, cycling and

general physical fitness of all ages and abilities, enabling them to

achieve their athletic goals and represent the sport of triathlon within

the community .

It was founded by a group of friends sharing a common interest to have fun

and socialize at the same time while doing something good for our health.

Coyotes triathlon & bike club was founded on June 2006 and continues to

grow.

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6096 Citracado Circle

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Phone: 858-449-3066

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Coyotes Saturday

Bike Rides

(L-R):

Mike Radcliff, Gabe

Garcia, Nico Faure,

Shane Ressie, JC Con-

standse

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