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

Howl to the Moon out to Tara "Yes I Can" Corduan! Tara took first overall female at the Lake Hopatcong Sprint Tri. I am so happy for her. It isn't often that you win it all at a race and get to stand at the very top of the podium and she bested 172 other woman to take the Crown! :)

Howl out to Alan "The Raptor" Corona who completed his first ever IronMan in Wisconsin! He executed a really good race where he just kept relentless moving forward. He had a comfortable swim where he followed the field, methodically ran up the helix and made it through Transition, got on the bike and never felt that anything was too hard ( Colorado Mountains vs Wisconsin Hills put climbing in perspective :) ), T2 was 5 minutes long, then ran from Aid Station to Aid Station. His objective was to beat my first IronMan time of 14:44 and slid in with 15 minutes to spare! Really happy for him!!!!

Our World Champion, Andy "The Hammer" Solomon, in this case, was the "Nail" at the IronMan 70.3 World Championships in Nice, France. :) Jet lag and a very hot, non-windy day in the French Riviera! Caught up with him afterwards and he shared some funny comments. The bike course there is really difficult. An endless climb that was further made challenging by stale, hot air left him recalling a conversation he had with Chris Kachinsky (The Wife) 10 years ago when she said to switch from Thighs to Hamstrings on long climbs to help break up the monotony and recalled, on the descent down the back side of the mountain, my advice to "Not Die". Andy had an unbelievable season this year and finishing at World's is a capstone to the year!

Get Ready to Howl for Upcoming Races as

Kevin "The Big Black Bear" Bevillard will be racing the "Run the Rockies Half-Marathon" in Frisco, Colorado. I told him that he needed to find some half-marathons to race on his runup to IronMan 70.3 Florida in December. Didn't think he'd select one that is a 9K' but, it is a point to point race that starts at higher elevation than it ends! Go Kev!

Tara "Yes I Can" Corduan is following up her big win at Lake Hopatcong with the Cow Harbor 10K in Northpoint, New York!

Kabir "Kaboom" Ghale will be heading to Colorado Spring, Colorado to do the Pikes Peak Ascent (Half-Marathon).

Chris and I will be at the Oktoberfest Sprint Tri in Longmont, Colorado

Weekly Volume Podium

1st - Kabir "Kaboom" Ghale -- 19:09 > Kabir is kicking it in on his ramp-up to IronMan California in October

2nd - Allen "The Raptor" Corona -- 15:30 > Conquering IronMan Wisconsin!

3rd - Dave "Big Horn" Buchwald (CO) -- 10:44 > Dave is having all kinds of fun swimming and biking as he readies for his upcoming hip surgery

4th - Andy "The Hammer" Solomon (FL) -- 10:01 > Andy had his season capstone at IronMan 70.3 World Championships in Nice, France

5th - Matt "Jiffy" Lubiak -- 10:00 > Putting in the Miles on his run-up to the Atlantic City Marathon where he's planning to break 3... :)

Podium (62) and PR (8) 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) 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

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

Matt Lubiak (M55-59) 4 -- 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 M55-59

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

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

Tara "Yes I Can" Corduan (F50-54) 1 -- Lake Hopatcong Spring Tri: 1sdt Overall Female

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) 3 -- Colfax 13.1 / IronMan 70.3 Boulder / Rock-it-Run 5K

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

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

Keep it going everyone! Relentless Forward Motion! :)