The Howling: Wolfpack Weekly Update -- October 19, 2026

The Howling (Oct 19)

Howl out to Kabir "Kaboom" Ghale for his Personal Best he set at IronMan California!!! Even with the River swim which looked like a water park thrill ride, he still beat his former PR by a little over an hour. So much more headroom for him to keep getting faster, but great to see his year over year improvements.

And, also at IronMan California, Yelp out to Jon Curran who's an RMTCer that I cross paths with a lot! Nice Personal Record you set Jon! :)

Howl out to Andy "The Hammer" Solomon -- he did his second triathlon as a Florida resident at the AdventHealth Triple Sprint in Clermont, Florida. In this race, he did three back-to-back Sprints. The course is, in effect, an Olympic Tri distance but you do the course three times to get there; so, it is like those multibricks we all do -- 3 x (.25 Swim, 8.2 mile Bike, and 2 mile Run). I knew he'd do well at this as he's done those SOS races; but, I was really impressed with how he put the whole thing together -- in the end, 4th OVERALL and 1st Master's Men (over 40)! What stuck with me was a comment he made afterwards, and this goes right to the philosophy behind the workouts we do. He really ran well at the race, and, notably, the final 2 mile run where he had a handful of guys right on his heels and he was suffering, he focused on leg turnover (i.e., cadence) as that is the goal of all those silly transition runs I have you all do. The objective is simply, after any workout, to do a mile where you focus on just turning the legs over as quick as you can. Well, that's what he did and had a great performance!

The "Howl to the Moon" goes to Matt "Jiffy" Lubiak! I don't often cite non-Tri's for Moon Howls, but this particular open running race was one for the ages. Matt, at 55, isn't getting older, he's getting faster. When we started working together, neither of us thought that he'd become a faster runner, as he already had unbelievable run race results. The goal was more so to, with each year, maintain the same speed which is enough to dominate his age group given how fast he is. At Atlantic City, he raced his 15th Marathon (3rd at AC with his previous best at AC being a 3:17) and brought home a 3:06:21 to place 3rd M50-59 (1st M55-59)! Of course, I have to add that "you couldn't find 30 seconds over the 26 miles to get to 2nd"... :) We actually talked a bit about "the how" he gets faster given that he already is an accomplished runner. Well, as I see it, he does the workouts and follows the spirit of them. I am a big believer in focused pace variations in running and I think he is an example of how the workouts can translate to race day... :) FANTASTIC race!

Yelp out to Matt "The Mountain" Rogotzke who was a Wolfpack Member last year. Matt PR'd with a 5:08:42 at IronMan 70.3 North Carolina in some tough weather conditions! So close to limboing under 5 Matt! :)

GET READY TO HOWL AS THIS IS A BIG WEEKEND!

Tara "Yes I Can" Corduan is off to California to race at the Alpha Wins Napa Valley Half-Ironman!!!

Thomas "The Swede" Andreasson will be racing in Washington, Missouri at the Corn Cob 10K -- Note: Washington is known as the Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World (Little trivia for you... :) )

Volume Podium -- Week of Oct 12-18 (top 5 by training time)

1st -- Kabir "Kaboom" Ghale -- 13:51 / 2nd -- Dave "Big Horn" Buchwald -- 10:17 / 3rd -- RJ "The BoogeyMan" Boergers -- 6:43 / 4th -- Andy "The Hammer" Solomon -- 6:39 / 5th -- Christine Kachinsky -- 6:30

Podium (66) and PR (12) Counter <If I am missing anything, please let me know>

Mary "Mtn Goat" Hoftiezer (F60-64) 12 -- 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 / 2nd AG Boulder Sunset Olympic Tri

Andy "The Hammer" Solomon (M50-54) 9 : 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 / AdventHealth Triple Tri: 4th Overall

Matt Lubiak (M55-59) 5 -- Myrtle Beach Marathon: 3rd AG / Escape the Cape Olympic Tri: 1st AG / Navesink or Swim 2.4 Mile Swim: 2nd M 50-59 / Brookville Sprint Tri: 1st AG / Atlantic City Marathon: 3rd M50-59

Lisa "She-Wolf" Rosynsky (F45-49) 5 -- 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 / 5th F40-49 Cupcake 5K

Kabir Ghale (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

Tara "Yes I Can" Corduan (F50-54) 2 -- Lake Hopatcong Spring Tri: 1st Overall Female / Branch Brook15K: 1st AG

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

Kevin "The Big Black Bear" Bevillard 1 -- Spooky Spring 13.1: 3rd Overall

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) 9 -- 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 / 1st AG Boulder Sunset Sprint Tri

John Bye (M55-59) 12 -- 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 / 1st AG Tri-Boulder Sprint Tri: / 2nd AG Boulder Sunset Olympic Tri

Personal Records (PRs)

Kabir Ghale (M35-39) 4 -- Colfax 13.1 / IronMan 70.3 Boulder / Rock-it-Run 5K / IronMan California

Allen Corona (M30-34) 2 -- Brooklyn Marathon 13.1 / IronMan Wisconsin

Kevin "The Big Black Bear" Bevillard 2 -- Run the Rockies 13.1 / Spooky Spring 13.1

Matt "Jiffy" Lubiak 1 -- Atlantic City Marathon

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

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

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

Relentless Forward Motion! :)