The Howling -- Wolfpack Weekly Update (July 20, 2026)

July 20, 2026

Howls

Howl out to Matt "Jiffy" Lubiak who finished 15th M55-59 at IronMan Lake Placid which places him in 142 Age Graded Overall Male Lake Placid is a race I've done 5 times (It's a great course for Chris and awful for me) and is such a hard and super competitive race. He capped off his race after doing the 7K' of elevation on the bike course with a 3:33 Marathon on a 1.5K' elevation run course. It is so hard... Really impressed at how good of a triathlete that Matt has become over the years and his ability to put those runs together due to the marked improvement he's achieved as a rider!

At the New Jersey State Sprint Tri, Howl out to Lisa "She-Wolf" Rosynsky who placed 5th F40-44 which included an extra 2 minutes of fumbling with her bike shoe as she accidentally pulled off the strap on it and couldn't get it back in. Next time, just put it on and go. :)

At Tri-Boulder, we had a whole bunch of Wolfpack racers show up looking super-slick in their kits!

Howl out to Kabir "Kaboom" Ghale who for the first time ever broke 3 hours at an Olympic Triathlon (Note that the bike is 2 miles longer than the traditional 40K course for Olympic Tris) finishing with a 2:53 and 9th in M35-39. Bike Split was 6th fastest in his age group which is very impressive given the folks that are in it.

Howl out to Allen "The Animal" Corona who raced the Beast Distance (2K Swim, 50 Mile Bike, 9.3 Mile Run) where he placed 3rd M30-34. Then forgot to show-up for Awards...

Also at the Beast distance, Howl out to Mary "The Mtn Goat" Hofteizer who had the 4th fastest bike split of the field and won her F60-64 age group. That run was so hot. Chris and I did the sprint and stood in the shade during awards it was so hot. And that was at 9:30 am. Mary (and Allen) were out there in the early afternoon... Oh my!

Chris Kachinsky returned to racing triathlons after her shoulder surgery last September and won the F55-59 AG (8th Overall Female) at the Sprint Triathlon which was also the Colorado/Wyoming State Championships.

Also at the Sprint, I won the M55-59 AG and was a State Champion. I placed 8th Overall (I spent about 30+ seconds trying to find my bike coming out of the water as I couldn't remember where I racked. I was so spaced out I thought someone stole it. It was bad. That and my confused T2 which was another 10 seconds of running around clueless cost we 5th Overall. Sadly, Chris made a comment to go back and line up her rack position and I blew it off. Dumbass...) I did the Sprint as I wanted to get to 26 mph average for the 17 mile bike course which has been a goal of mine (Got 25.6 mph) and have been wanting to go sub-40 minutes for that course (ended up 40:24). But was cool that I had the fastest bike split by a couple minutes. Keep trying.

Bummed that Dave "Big Horn" Buchwald and Will "Big Angy Bird" Matthews weren't able to come. Boulder Sunset is in a few weeks guys.

I do want to throw an At-a-Boy to Allen "The Animal" Corona as he has IronMan WIsconsin coming up. I told Allen he needs to embrace the suck over the next 6 weeks as doing the iron distance is hard as the volume is so key to having a day one is happy with else it's a miserable slog (like my first IronMan in 2003 which was at Wisconsin where I finished just under 15 hours... I have all kinds of stories he is hearing about that day and my lack thereof prep for it that caused it). After the Beast Tri, Allen asked me, am I really to do a 90 Mile Ride tomorrow. I told him yeah as that's part of embracing the suck. It was like 95 degrees out (it was so hot, I passed out from just doing some yard work for a couple hours) and he did 60 miles outside before calling it quits. I told him, well, 90 more minutes on the Trainer will be nice and cool and he was already on it working to get it done. Hence -- "The Animal"!

As I keep saying, it is about the Start Line. Anyone can finish a race as there's plenty of time to do so, but the preparation for that Start Line where you can look around and think that you have out trained 90+ percent of these people makes the day fun!

Get Ready to Howl for Next Week's Racers!

RJ "The BoogeyMan" Boergers and Lisa "SheWolf" Rosynsky will be racing the Garden State Swim/Run and Chris and I are planning to do the Mt Blue Sky Climb.

Weekly Volume Podium

1st - Allen "The Animal" Corona (CO) -- 14:47 (Another 15 hour week! Nice!

2nd - Matt "Jiffy" Lubiak (NJ) -- 14:31

3rd - RJ "Boogeyman" Boergers (NJ) -- 10:47

4th - Tara "Yes I Can" Corduan (NJ) -- 8:56

5th - Kabir "Kaboom" Ghale (CO) -- 7:57

Podium (54) 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) 7 : 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

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) 7 -- 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

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