Even in these conditions, many of Florida’s Endurance Factor clients headed that way. Of those, Steve Flynn, Brent Hall, and Chris Niles had excellent results. Brent Hall and Steve Flynn competed in the Cat 1 19-29 category. They duked it out against many of the northeastern riders and proved they could hold their own with 5th and 6th place finishes. In the XC 3 19-29 category, Chris Niles raced very well placing 3rd in his category. This being his first “true” climbing race, his result proved that he has the potential to do well against anyone in his category on a climbing course!

Great results from all three clients! Congratulations and keep up the hard work! Hope to see many of you at the next big XC race at Bump and Grind in Pelham, AL. Expect large turnouts in all categories because that is a Pro XCT series race! See you all there!

Chris Niles on the Podium in 3rd Place

Way to go Drew!

Here is Drew at Sea Otter following Erik Tonkin up a climb.

Martin Cox raced in the Pro category where around 20 of the top Pro’s in the South Eastern region turned out. He took a respectable 7th place which marks an excellent start to his Pro career for 2009.

In the 19-29 Cat 1 category, Brent Hall and Steve Flynn battled for the top three places on the podium. This was Steve’s first race at the Cat 1 category. He showed his strength on the bike and placed 2nd only 1:30 behind the winner. Close behind in 3rd place was Brent, who was fighting illness throughout the week, but still managed to stay positive and get on top of the podium. Expect to see more podium finishes from both of these athletes throughout the summer.

If any of you have the opportunity, visit www.goneriding.com for some of the Southeastern Regional races held throughout the summer! Hope to see many of you there! and congratulations to Martin, Brent, and Steve on a great start to racing in 2009!

Brent leading Steve through the rock quarry in the 19-29 Cat 1 race

Excellent job Pat! Keep up the solid work and the improvements will continue to come!

Pat Runo finishing strong in the Second Waldo Duathlon. One more to go!

Drew also won the Miami Cyclocross event on January 4th in Oleta River State Park.

Great results, especially considering this is his offseason!

In addition to the Team win, Martin Cox finished 2nd overall in the Semi-Pro/Pro category and Jamie Knight won the Single Speed Category.

Excellent job to everyone on the Endurance Factor Team! (for details on the series go to goneriding.com)

Martin dominated the A Category(Cat 1,2,3) on both Saturday and Sunday winning both races while Jamie won by a large margin in the Junior category on Saturday and placed 2nd place in the B Category(Cat 4,5) on the second day of racing.

Great job and good luck in the races this next weekend in Ocala, Florida(see goneriding.com)

Jamie Knight hopping the barrier in Saturday’s Junior race

To make things more interesting Charlotte (pictured on the left with her friend Youlin) decided to run the entire race in a tutu and tiara.  Youlin must have had a slightly more aerodynamic tutu as she ran a 3:35.  Both Charlotte and Youlin ran in support of Girls On The Run, an organization that encourages preteen girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running.

Congrats to all.

Martin Cox of Team Endurance Factor

The Endurance Factor team also extended their Team lead with wins from both Martin Cox and Jamie Knight. Jamie, also a client of Endurance Factor, has yet to loose a race in the single speed class and hopes to have an undefeated season(at the age of 17!).

Keep up the great work and good luck to everyone at the next FSC in Fort Myers, FL.

To start things off, the Endurance Factor Elder team consisting of clients Martin Cox, Char Fosmoe, and Jamie Knight, competed in the Team TT competition. They pulled through with a win, but were only one second ahead of the second team!

Endurance Factor client Jamie Knight flying through the water section at the FSC #3 in Tallahassee, FL

The Team TT was followed by the XC races on Sunday morning. The most impressive results were put on by Endurance Factor clients Jamie Knight and Steve Flynn. Jamie Knight started off very strong in the single speed class and added another win to his flawless record for the fall season. Jamie’s pure power and technical skills have shown to be an advantage in the single speed class.

Jamie Knight taking the wholeshot in the single speed class. He is currently in the lead with 3 back to back wins!

Steve Flynn showed that all the base training he has done this summer has really paid off. He won the Senior Sport class by over 4 minutes, and has so far been unstoppable. Steve also has a undefeated record with three wins in the first three races of the fall series.

With increases in fitness still to come, expect to see more and more podium finishes for both of these athletes in the FSC!

With consistent results coming from the other team member and the Team TT win, the Endurance Factor Elder team extended their lead to 15 points over the next team, Trek VW. With the next race marking the half way point of the FSC series, all the work the Endurance Factor team has done over the summer has so far proven to be very beneficial. Keep up the work and congratulations to everyone on the team!