Kevin Johnson goes Big

Congrates to Team Hendryx athlete Kevin Johnson for placing 1st in his age division at the Florida Challenge Triathlon. Kevin improved in all segments of the triathlon and is looking to step it up next year and race the Florida Ironman. Way to go Kevin.

Awesome Job to the Epic Challenge Participants

Congrates to all the Epic Challenge Participants in the Florida Challenge Triathlon. Three out of the four had never done a 1/2 before and two of them placed in their division.

Mandy McLane 4th overall
Darrell Stott 2nd age division

Memory of Grandma

April 18, 1919 to October 24, 2008

A lot of my friends knew my grandma and to them they would call her "Grandma" when they would see her out. You try to think about all the good times and laughs that we had with her. She was one of a kind. Here is what a few of my friends remember about her:

Halstead said, "She was a first class lady. She went out with class and he is truely said to here that she is gone. He really liked her."

Griggs said, "I can remember her getting up at 2:00 a.m and hearing my plastic bags that I kept my snacks in being open." Grandma would call him the ladies man.

Halstead summed it all, Grandma did go out with class. She had her mind and was with it. I remember when Rene' and myself picked her up at the hospital two weeks ago after she fell and hurt her eye. Boy was she with it. She knew more than all the nurses. I plan to write more about her but it is still hard at the moment knowing that she is gone. Grandma wasn't just a grandmother to me but a friend and a second mom. She will always be in my memory. The next race that I do I will be racing in her memory. I know that she will be with me in spirit. Funny thing is even when she was actually at my races she would always miss me finish.

You were the Best "Ozella Freeman" Grandma.

Well I guess I am going to try another marathon. I haven't had much luck since back in 2000 when I placed 12th overall at the Disney Marathon with a time of 2:43. The past couple of marathons that I have attempted didn't go as expected. This time I am approaching it differently so we shall see what happens.

This weekend is the Maitland 5k. Coach Bill will be running as the rest of Team Hendryx helps out with the race. Bill wanted to open it up a little and see what kind of time he can get.

Last weekend the staff from Fleet Feet and the coaches from Team Hendryx meet up and had a night out. We started off meeting at a pizza place for some carbs and then we headed off to Rebounderz in Longwood http://rebounderz.com/ . You have got to check this place out. The Rebounderz' jumper court is over 6,700 square feet of jumping surface. FYI- a couple of us learned our lesson not to hang with the youngsters in there jumping. They were bouncing and running off the walls so I decided to try and well I ended up falling almost everytime. The next day I woke up and felt like I had been run over. I was sore for 3 days from all this fun. Would I do it again. You bet I would but I think I would take a few more breaks than I did. Overall it was a nice night out with a good group of friends.

The Greater Maitland 5K on October 4th, 2008

The 4th Annual Greater Maitland 5K will benefit: New Hope for Kids, Central Florida Helpline and Shepherd's Hope

Go to FleetFeetOrlando.com for more information.

Stop by and visit us at the Team Hendryx tent.

Team Hendryx Athletes training for the Epic Challenge

A couple of Team Hendryx athletes that are training for the Epic Challenge raced well this weekend.

Mandy McLane raced at the USAT Age Group Championships and was 10th female overall and 4th in her age group. She earned a spot to represent in her age group to compete in Worlds next year.

Telethe Wery raced at the Athletes for a Cure Triathlon @ Disney on Sunday after participating in a hard group workout on Saturday.

Great job and we look forward to seeing you race in your big race in October.

No excuses but!

Sorry I have been very busy with a full time teaching job and helping with some of the duties of Team Hendryx.

Team Hendryx programs:

Team Burnham 70 athletes training for Disney
Disney cast members training for Disney
Fleet Feet/Team Hendryx running program 20+ runners
A group of Team Hendryx athletes training for Miami man triathlon
Epic Challenge group training for the Florida Challenge 1/2 triathlon
Plus several individual athletes training for several different 1/2 ironman triathlons.

Oh, I forgot I am starting to coach my middle school cross country team as well.

Stay tune. Bill and myself are working on some really good programs for 2009.