The Howling -- Wolfpack Weekly Update (August 9, 2026)

August 9, 2026 -- Howls

Howl out Lisa "SheWolf" Rosynsky who raced in the USA Triathlon National Championships in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this weekend. Lisa raced the Draft-Legal Sprint on Friday, Aug 7 (placed 10th in F45-49) and the Sprint race on Sunday, Aug 9 (Solid 42nd in F45-49)! SheWolf is building up to the Draft Legal World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain!!!

Howl out to Andy "The Hammer" Solomon who raced his first Florida triathlon as a resident at the the AdventHealth Cool Sommer Mornings Double Sprint Triathlon. Yes, you do two Sprint races in row one after the other. He placed 4th Overall (#01 Master's). Really quite an awesome performance and, although first and second ran some stupidly fast runs, Andy was 90 seconds from landing 3rd Overall. Really great day!

Howl out to RJ "The BoogeyMan" Boergers who raced in the High Peaks Cyclery Mini-Triathlon in Lake Placid NY where he took 1st M50-59! :)

Howl out to Lisa and to RJ "BoogeyMan" Boergers who, a couple weeks ago (July 26) raced in the Garden State Swim Run in New Jersey. Both did so on with a tethered partner and won their respective division. :)

Howl out to Dave "Big Horn" Buchwald who went out to race the Steamboat Gravel Sprint Triathlon. Dave has a nagging calf injury that he has been dealing with for the last couple months. And, although he had to bail on the run, put together an excellent Swim (Top 50% of field for a guy who swam for the first time last October -- He's 60 years old...) and Bike effort (Top 25% of Entire Field!). Really proud of him.

Although he hasn't raced IronMan Wisconsin yet as we are a month out. I owe a Howl to Allen "The Raptor" Corona for the effort he is putting in on the run-up to that race. It's not Hard to do an IronMan, it's hard to Train for an IronMan so that you can put together a solid race. The Raptor has been really working hard in this super hot weather to get his work in by going out early and, when it gets unbearable out, going back inside and putting the rest of the miles on the Trainer, and, as he has some travel as of late, maximizing his downtime by doing some excellent long volume runs and finding pools to do some long swims. IronMan can be a great, fun experience if you are ready for it and he's working hard to get ready for it. If you are wondering "The Raptor" nickname is from Jurassic Park 3... My texts all start with that Meme and it makes me laugh everytime... :)

Chris and I raced (if you want to call it that...) the Mt Blue Sky Hill Climb (About 7K over 27 Miles to 14,000+) two Saturdays ago and, last weekend, the Crooked Gravel 67 Mile (for me) and 25 Mile for Chris. Chris took 3rd F50-59!

Weekly Volume Podium

1st - RJ "Boogeyman" Boergers (NJ) -- 12:16

2nd - Allen "The Raptor" Corona (CO) -- 10:37

3rd - Tara "Yes I Can" Corduan (NJ) -- 9:53

4th - Andy "The Hammer" Solomon (FL) -- 9:52

5th - Kabir "Kaboom" Ghale (CO) -- 6:41

Podium (56) and PR (7) Counter <If I am missing anything, please let me know>

Mary "Mtn Goat" Hoftiezer (F60-64) 11-- KHMTT #01: 3rd F60+ / KHMTT #03: 3rd F60+ / KHMTT #04: 2nd F60+ / Frostbite TT : 1st F 60+ / KHMTT #05: 3rd F60+ / KHMTT #06: 3rd F60+ / KHMTT #07: 4th F60+ / Harvest Moon Sprint Tri: 1st AG / KHMTT Series: 2nd F60+ / IronMan 70.3 Omaha: 3rd AG / 1st AG: Tri-Boulder Beast Tri

Andy "The Hammer" Solomon (M50-54) 8 : Jerseyman Long: 1st AG / French Creek Olympic Tri: 2nd AG / Millburn 4 Miler: 2nd M 50-59 / Maccabi Sprint Ti: 4th AG / Maccabi Open Water Swim: 1st AG / Maccabi Half-Marathon: 4th AG / Maccabi Time Trial: 2nd AG / Advent Health Double Tri: 4th Overall

Kabir Gahle (M30-34) 4 -- KHMTT #05: 3rd M Cat 5 / KHMTT Series: 3rd M Cat 5 / Harvest Moon Olympic: 5th AG / Rock-it-Run 5K: 4th M30-39

Lisa "She-Wolf" Rosynsky (F45-49) 4 -- Jerseyman Short Tri: 2nd AG / Princeton Sprint Tri: 1st AG / Navesink or Swim -0.8 Mile Swim: 2nd F40-49 / NJ Sprint Tri: 5th AG

Matt Lubiak (M55-59) 3 -- Myrtle Beach Marathon: 3rd AG / Escape the Cape Olympic Tri: 1st AG / Navesink or Swim 2.4 Mile Swim: 2nd M 50-59

Thomas "The Swede" Andreasson (M60-64) 2 -- Drink MO Wine 13.1: 1st AG / St Louis Sprint Tri: 2nd AG

Allen "The Animal" Corona (N30-34) 1 -- Tri-Boulder Beast Tri: 3rd AG

Dave "Big Horn" Buchwald (M60-64) 1 -- Boulder Sunrise Sprint Tri: 3rd AG

Pat "The Warrior" Wirth (M30-34) 1 -- Harvest Moon Olympic Tri: 1st AG

Christine Kachinsky (F55-59) 8 -- Polar Prowl 10K: 3rd AG / Mardis Gras Crawl 10K: 3rd Overall Female / KHMTT #01: 1st F50+ / KHMTT#03: 1st F50+ / Mother's Day Classic: 1st F50-59 / Rendezvous Run 5K: 3rd F50-59 / Tri-Boulder Sprint Tri: 1st AG / Crooked Gravel: 3rd F50-59

John Bye (M55-59) 11 -- Polar Prowl 10K: 1st AG / Mardis Gras Crawl 10K: 2nd AG / KHMTT #01: 2nd M50+ Cat 3 / Jerseyman Tri Long: 4th Overall / KHMTT Series: 3rd M50+ Cat 3 / KHMTT Series: 4th M 50+ Pro Cat 1/2/3 / Harvest Moon Sprint : 1st AG / Colorado Sprint Tri: 1st AG / IronMan 70.3 Boulder: 5th AG / Boulder Peak Tri: 2nd AG / Tri-Boulder Sprint Tri: 1st AG

Personal Records (PRs)

Kabir Ghale (M35-39) 3 -- Colfax 13.1 / IronMan 70.3 Boulder / Rock-it-Run 5K

Pat "The Warrior" Wirth (M3-34) 1 -- IronMan 70.3 Boulder

Thomas "The Swede" Andreasson (M60-64) 1 -- Drink MO Wine 13.1

Allen Corona (M30-34) 1 -- Brooklyn Marathon 13.1

Tara "Yes I Can" Corduan (F50-54) 1 -- Jersey City 13.1

So, as I've always said, it's all about the Start Line. Race Day is a function of what you put in to readying for it! RELENTLESS FORWARD MOTION

John Bye

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