July 2008 Archives
BBQ Reminder
Just a quick reminder about the 2nd Annual Endure It! BBQ being held Wednesday, July 30th 6pm to 9pm under the Grand Pavilion at Centennial Beach in Naperville.
Endure It! will have an expo tent set up with some of this year's hottest cycling and triathlon gear. Also, making it's debut for Endure It!, will be 2XU Compression Wear. You'll be able to see the latest and greatest in recovery socks, tights, and other apparel.
There will also be displays set up from SRAM, Zipp, Orbea, Rudy Project, Orca, and some others as well.
Hope to see you all there!
July 29, 2008 | Permalink
2008 Bike Specials
FREE 90 DAY FINANCING!
Same as cash, no interest, ride the bike of your dreams with no payment until November!
As we reach the dog days of summer it is time to give a few incentives for ALL of our 2008 models.
Free New Generation Dura Ace PD-7810 SPD SL Pedals with any $3,000 bike* purchase or more, a $250.00 Value!
Free Look Keo Classic Pedal with any bike* purchase under $3,000.00 A $100.00 Value!
ONE MORE THING....30% off all in stock road and tri shoes with a new bike purchase!
Please call for the most important aspect of a new bike...THE FIT! Dan, Drew, and David have the experience to get you dialed in perfectly for your riding enjoyment.
*all specials are for in stock bikes, pedals, and shoes
July 28, 2008 | Permalink
Endure It! Race Results
Endure It! Dominates Once More - It took a lot to match the impressive results of our last update, yet you got it done again. The Women of Endure It Racing represented the club with style and with class at the Naperville Women’s Sprint Triathlon on June 22nd. Jenny Garrison, who is the defending champion (2006 & 2007), took home 3rd overall just a couple months removed from having her daughter, Molly. Mary Tobiason crossed the line ahead of any other age grouper, finishing 1st in the AG category, and 6th overall. The Women in the blue and white combined for a total of 8 podium finishes, with Kathleen Weisman joining Mary with a much earned age group win.
Other notable performances include Endure It’s Adam Brown taking the overall win at the Elkhart Lake Olympic triathlon. Jenny Finished 4th overall on the women’s side. Neal Charleston, once again had a great duathlon showing, finishing 4th overall at the Met Life Duathlon. Endure It’s newest staff member, Colin Riley also competed very well at the Hy-Vee Olympic Triathlon finishing 13th of 1257 athletes.
Congratulations to Rick Lapinski and Pattie Darling who each finished a very respectable 24th in their age group at Ironman Cour d’Alene. Congratulations also to Ron Good who was the 4th Illinoisan at the Illinois “old guy” (50+) Crit Championships in Wooddale.
Check out some of the club race results below. Once again great job to everybody, and if you don’t see yourself in the results please send your results/pictures to dan@endureitsports.com.
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| 3 | Jenny Garrison | 1:10:09 | 3rd Overall | |
| 6 | Mary Tobiason | 1:12:39 | 1st /409 | |
| 14 | Adrienne Saeger | 1:16:18 | 2nd /235 | |
| 17 | Kathleen Wiesman | 1:16:58 | 1st /206 | |
| 18 | Tammy Daniele | 1:17:06 | 3rd /269 | |
| 19 | Susie Phadke | 1:17:25 | 2nd /102 | |
| 26 | Deb Stevens | 1:18:26 | 3rd /340 | |
| 29 | Theresa Croak-Mueller | 1:18:40 | 5th /269 | |
| 30 | Annette Benmore | 1:18:44 | 4th /340 | |
| 48 | Katie Dumford | 1:21:17 | 10th /409 | |
| 57 | Amy Collins | 1:22:21 | 6th /269 | |
| 64 | Nadine Borkowicz | 1:22:56 | 6th /206 | |
| 70 | Jo Ann Della Torre | 1:23:32 | 2nd /113 | |
| 76 | Dena Colie | 1:23:57 | 12th /340 | |
| 121 | Mia Rosenstein | 1:26:34 | 19th /340 | |
| 161 | Jackie Redmond | 1:28:01 | 15th /206 | |
| 190 | Anne Fancher | 1:28:59 | 35th /340 | |
| 230 | Jocyln Young | 1:29:55 | 52nd /409 | |
| 231 | Nancy Hopf | 1:29:55 | 24th /206 | |
| 293 | Tonya Regan | 1:31:47 | 11th /113 |
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Ironman Cour d’Alene
| 185 | Rick Lapinski | 10:50:05 | 24/112 |
| 469 | Pattie Darling | 11:43:03 | 24/151 |
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Hy Vee Olympic Triathlon
| 13 | Colin Riley | 2:03:40 | 6/62 |
| 23 | Dan Dziubski | 2:07:17 | 6/113 |
| 996 | Brian Nanak | 3:15:17 |
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Downers Grove 10mi Run
| 31 | Todd Byers | 1:08:10 | 1st Age Group |
Bigfoot Triathlon
| 41 | Mark Schiess | 2:25:06 | 3rd Age Group |
| 73 | Ben Lamore | 2:33:02 | 9/24 |
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Met Life Duathlon
| 4 | Neal Charleston | 54:11 |
Elkhart Lake Olympic Triathlon
| 1 | Adam Brown | 2:11:25 | 1st overall |
| 30 | Jenny Garrison | 2:29:33 | 4th overall female |
| 130 | Annette Benmore | 2:53:13 |
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Effingham Cutting Edge Half Iron Distance Triathlon
| 25 | Shon Zeller | 5:13:26 | 5/27 |
Great Job to all the Endure It! Athletes.
July 15, 2008 | Permalink
Endure It! Open Water Swim Training!
Tomorrow evening Tuesday July 8th at 6:30pm endure it club is meeting for an open water swimming training session at Ohio Street Beach in downtown Chicago. Open water swim training is of course an important aspect to any triathlon and not easily accomplished here in the western Suburbs. The beach is located just north of Illionois street and Lake Shore Drive (roughly 600 N Lake Shore Drive). Plan on swimming for one hour, afterwards we will meet for dinner and drinks. I was at the beach yesterday and I would recommend wearing a wetsuit, my guess is the water is about 70 degrees.
Please respond to this email if attending so I will have an expected number for a dinner reservation.
Please understand there are many ways to access the beach depending on where you are coming from as well as numerous parking opportunities. With this in mind I will not provide directions and parking recommendations or any other advice on how to make this trip.
I hope everyone has a chance to make this unique road trip to the big city and I am sure we will all have a few laughs!
-David
July 7, 2008 | Permalink
Holiday Hours
Endure It! will be closing at 4pm on Thursday, July 3rd in honor of Independence Day. Chicagoland's Premiere Multisport Pro Shop will re-open on Saturday, July 5th at 10am while still having all of the Endure It! Group Rides at regularly scheduled times. On July 5th, Endure It! will close early at 2pm. Sunday, July 6th, regular hours go back into effect 11am until 4pm.
The Endure It! Staff would like to wish everyone a happy and safe July 4th weekend.
July 2, 2008 | Permalink
July Club Meeting
2008 Endure It! Technical Seminar
The most requested club meeting will be held Tomorrow evening, July 2nd, 7:00 pm at Endure It! Day after day we are constantly asked questions from how to:
| -fix flats |
| -put on tubulars |
| -adjust derailleurs |
| -differences between Sram, Campy, Shimano |
| -aero wheels |
| -aero helmets |
| -tire pressure |
| -cleaning techniques |
| -and much more |
Drew Hettinga, the best mechanic in Chicago, will lead this seminar for everyone interested in learning more about your equipment. This is your chance to see and ask Drew what it is you would like to know. There are no dumb questions! It will be low key! And Drew will be wearing his work apron and thong...nothing else.
Should be a great discussion and one we all can learn something about!
Best Regards,
David Fix
Founder and Owner of Endure It! Sports
July 1, 2008 | Permalink
