Perfect Fuel Chocolate Elite Team

As most of you may already know, I have signed on with Perfect Fuel Chocolate Elite Team for the 2015 season.

I remember meeting Miles and Nicolas, the cofounders of Perfect Fuel Chocolate, at the 2014 IRONMAN Lake Placid. The duo creates super delicious and nutritious dark chocolate products loaded with ginseng. You can find out more about Perfect Fuel Chocolate on their website – click here!

There’s a lot of races that I’ve lined up for 2015, but only a few are set in stone – one of which is IRONMAN Louisville in Kentucky! Stay tuned for more updates, but in the meantime, scroll down to find out more information about the many sponsors that will be supporting the PFC Elite Team!

 

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Anthony

 

 

Goodbye 2014, Hello 2015!

2014 was a spectacular year! Thank you to my family, friends, and sponsors for the support.

The winter months were filled with hard indoor trainer workouts and miserably frigid run workouts.
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Then, I raced as a Category 5 cyclist under USA Cycling’s system, and soon upgraded to a Category 4 racer within 3 months to race alongside some of my cycling training partners. A frightening and sudden crash during a criterium in mid-May forced me to re-evaluate my goals – think, bigger picture.

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Hitting the deck hard, and getting spooned

That bigger picture was to qualify for Kona. And on the last Sunday of July, I punched my ticket to Kailua-Kona after finishing IRONMAN Lake Placid.

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13 days after IRONMAN Lake Placid, I attempted and finished my toughest race ever – The Leadville 100 Mountain Bike race in Colorado. After suffering for 10 1/2 hours, I managed to finish just before sundown. Thank You Team Chocolate Milk for the opportunity!

Fast forward two months: crossing the IRONMAN World Championship finish line.

Savoring the moment
Savoring the moment

 

There are so many good memories from this year. These memories serve as the building blocks towards my progression to become a better athlete. And although many of these memories will inevitably be archived by newer experiences, I can only look forward what lies ahead.

I’m ready for you, 2015. Stay tuned!

2014 IRONMAN Florida (Duathlon) Spectating & Sherpa Duties

I can’t believe it’s been a year since last year’s Ironman Florida. Time really flies by when you’re busy training and racing 🙂

Hanging out and about the Ironman village is always fun, and this year, Halloween was the day before race day! We had a bit of fun 🙂
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And Club La Vela had their Halloween party! (The benefits of not racing)

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This year’s IRONMAN Florida has completed, and like all Ironman events, there was plenty of excitement and drama. It’s been a tough year for Ironman, and that’s referring to the foul weather that has plagued a good number of their North American races, from extreme temps at Louisville, the blanket of smoke at Lake Tahoe, and to today’s heavy winds and dangerous rip currents here in Panama City Beach.

The race officials made a last minute decision to cancel the swim, noting that the rip currents had created dangerous conditions for not just the competitions, but to also the kayakers and other swim course aids. In my opinion, that was the right call – it’s not worth the risk. Period.

Once the announcement was made, competitors quickly fled the beach and scrambled to get their bike gear ready. Conditions this year were exceptionally difficult. Wind was always a factor, but the unseasonably cold temps made it feel like a Fall day in the Northeast!

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The race was changed to a time trial start for the bike, by numerical order. Pro’s started at 8, everyone else at 8:30. I didn’t stick around to watch every TT start but word was that the last biker started after 10am. While they were doing that, I was able to sneak in a quick half marathon run by doing a loop of the run course.

Afterwards, it was the Lionel Sanders show! What an impressive performance and debut Ironman for Lionel. He crushed the bike course and followed it up with a low 2:40’s marathon split to win with no one close behind.

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After that, it was Sherpa time. Because of the TT start, the only way to find the whereabouts of my Chocolate Milk teammate, Jill, was by refreshing the Ironman tracker every few minutes. I missed her coming out of T2 but later found her out on the run course. She did fantastic and fought through the tough conditions. Kudos!

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As a Sherpa, I got the opportunity to check out her bags and her Trek bike so that she wouldn’t have to lug it around after finishing. The last thing you want to worry about after the race is checking out your stuff, so having a Sherpa is highly recommended!

Overall, Ironman Florida was a success, even with the adverse weather conditions and rough waters. It was a pleasure to be on the other side of the fence – spectating and being race support for my teammate. Thank you Team Chocolate Milk for providing delicious samples of low fat chocolate milk to all the finishers! It’s been fun. Cheers!

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