Endurance Factor client, Ted Brock, competed in the First Coast Xterra in Jacksonville, Florida at the end of July. Last year he competed in the same event on the same course and in similar conditions. His hard work and focus this year led to a substantial improvement of over 100 places in the overall standings compared to last year. This year he placed 30th overall compared to 132nd last year. An extremely impressive result and more so a huge improvement over last year.

Congrats, Ted, and keep up the hard work!

Congratulations to Ted Brock on finishing 22nd out of 93 competitors at the Xterra in Alva, Florida this past weekend. An excellent job for his first year racing! His bike and swim times were exceptional, especially considering the muddy trails due to overnight rain the night prior.

Great job Ted and keep up the training!

This past weekend was the first stop of the Kenda East Coast Series(see www.mtb-uscup.com for details). The race was in Ductown, TN. An excellent venue that offers plenty of fast singletrack, along with a good 3 mile climb to get your heart rate sky rocketing at the beginning of the race. To add to the long climb, racers faced pouring rain all weekend making some of the course “river” like and very challenging.

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

Endurancefactor coach and athlete, Drew Edsall, finished 25th out of 153 in XC Pro Division at the 2009 Sea Otter Classic in Monterrey CA over the weekend.  A great early start to the 2009 season for Drew in very hot conditions against a strong field.

Way to go Drew!

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

The first SERC of 2009 began on March 8th with a solid turnout of Endurance Factor clients.

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