Sunday, May 22 was a day of triathlons near and far for WSI teammates Danny Wolin and Charles Elder.
As a beginning of the triathlon season tradition for many 3 years, Danny Wolin competed in the Seashorse Duathlon. With Danny’s speed on both the bike and run, he traditionally places in this event. With that being said, he is also constantly racing against himself and striving for new course 
PRs. If you are not familiar with the Seahorse Triathlon/Duathlon, it is a great beginning of the season event put on by 3 Disciplines. The event is held in Coldbrook Park in Climax, Mi. The run is definitely as tough one, though. The run is nothing short of a good cross country route, with woods, hills, a campground and stair climb. At the beginning of the duathlon start, there was a 16 year-old girl whom intimidated everyone, knowing she was a force to be reckoned with. They took off and while Danny kept her in sight for a while, while another 3D sponsored racer was pulling some very fast splits-close to 6 minute miles- hard for a trail run. He caught the girl after a mile or so on the ride and caught the other racer with about 4 miles to go on the bike and had a 4 minute lead on him for the second run. As always, a lead is never a lead until the finish. Danny’s opponent caught back up to him a mile and a half into the second run, and that was all she wrote. Second place with a new course PR.
About 10 hours south, Charles Elder participated in the Ironman Chattanooga 70.3. He joined with 
Team ZERO for this event and raised over $1700 for ZERO Cancer, and organization dedicated to ending prostate cancer. Leading up to the event, Charles put in a lot of effort raising funds, including a 12-hour cycle-a-thon at the Battle Creek YMCA.
The weather for race day was perfect! With a good swim time, a strong bike and a decent run, he finished in 6:07, just shy of his 6 hour goal for this time around. There were some amazing athletes on the course that day, with the winner finishing in 3:46 with an average bike speed of 27 mph! The world championships will be held on that course next year.
The swim was a point-to-point in the Tennessee River with about .2 miles upstream and rumored 8 foot catfish. The hills were what you would expect in Tennessee; mountains. The course was scenic and enjoyable and the run was lined with spectators, including Elder’s 4 kids.
For Charles, this event was all in the training plan for the full Ironman in Louisville in October.
