Member Spotlights

Sometimes I think it may be tough to find “a good interview” for this column, but there are so many good stories in the Tri Club of San Diego.  This was my first chance to get to know Patrick Rezzo and I thoroughly enjoyed his story.  Read on to meet Patrick and I know you will cheer loudly for him in Kona this October.

I recently caught up to Mickie Shapiro for a conversation about Ironman and triathlon in general.  Given Mickie’s success and speed at all distances, it was really tough to catch her.  The title to Mickie’s story could be “An Accidental Athlete.”  You be the judge.  Here is some of that conversation.

I recently spoke with good friend and frequent training partner and Souplantation diner Mike Drury (MD) about triathlon and the Ironman.  I thought you'd enjoy some excerpts from that conversation.

I had the chance recently to have an Ironman conversation with Brad Buchanan.  For 2002 Brad was the winner of the Triathlon Club of San Diego Ironman of the Year Award.  Brad finished 3 Ironman races during 2002 (Australia: 10:56; Vineman: 10:45; Florida: 10:17).  Here are some parts of that conversation:

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down and talking triathlon with Steve Diggs (SD).  I hope you enjoy eavesdropping on our Ironman conversation.

I recently had the chance to talk Ironman with Dan Powell aka Captain Challenge (CC).  One of the flies on the wall captured these notes from that conversation.  There were a lot of flies around us since we had both recently finished Ironman races!

I had the chance to talk triathlon with John Kenney (Jake) who did his first Ironman in 11:33 at Madison on 9/15.  Jake and I have forged a strong friendship over the last couple years as we are members of the same church and trained a lot together.  To some extent I have been his triathlon mentor and he refers to me as Tri-Master (TM.)

I had the pleasure to chat with 2 TCSD members who recently qualified for their first Ironman Hawaii.  Both are great people who I am proud to call my friends.  Please cheer for Rob McElroy (RM) and Allison Felley (AF) along with our other TCSD friends racing in Kona this year.

An Ironman Conversation
Ironman field correspondent Laurie Kearney had this conversation with first time Ironman competitor Rick Ashburn the day after both competed in Ironman USA on July 28.