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TEAM INTENSITY 2010

Jon Fong  |  Mike French  |  Jon Klingensmith  |  Michael Klingman  |  Tom Murphy  |  Holly Olmsted

Steve Reynolds  |  Cindy Scott  |  Nancy Templeton  |  Nicole Young  |  Allison Zwingenberger

Total Intensity Challenge

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Total Intensity Sports and L2 Technical Sales is pleased to sponsor and support Team Intensity, a group of individuals who make sacrifices and strive to reach their fullest potential as athletes. Team Intensity is a select team of triathletes and runners who aim to compete in the Regional, National and World Championship events. Team Intensity athletes have been training with Total Intensity Sports for at least twelve months and have reached specific competitive standards in races they've completed in the past eighteen months.

Team Intensity athletes compete in triathlons, duathlons and running events of all distances as well as open water swims, marathons, short and middle distance running races, mountain bike races and triathlons, cycling races and any other competitive event that offers them a challenge. 

These athletes train smart and train with intensity!!
 

Jon Fong
Home:
Roseville CA
Age: 26
Year Started in Triathlon: 2006

First Triathlon: Tri 4 Real - Pleasanton, CA
Best Racing Moment: Going sub 2:30 on the Wildflower Olympic Course

Favorite TIS Workout: Track. Always something new, definitely going to be hard, guaranteed to make you faster.
Favorite Non-training Activity: Bowling. I'm a much better bowler than triathlete.

Favorite Event: Vineman. It's an awesome event in a gorgeous setting. The course should be super fast, yet every year it finds a way to destroy me.
Favorite Quote: (random lady at Wildflower 2009) Rub some hurt on it!!

Most Admired Athlete: David Zabriskie. A TT specialist, but a complete dork off the bike.
Your Biggest Motivation to Train/Race: I've never been an athletic or active person. It's amazing to see what can be accomplished through dedication and hardwork. And I love all the toys you can buy for your bike.

Top Three Highlights From 2008:
     - Back to back AG Nationals in Portland
     - Olympic Wildflower PR
     - 3rd AG finish at Merced Gateway

Most Important Events 2009:
     - WF Long Course
     - Vineman 70.3
     - IM CDA 2010


 

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Mike French
Home:
Davis, CA
Age:
38
Year Started in Triathlon:
2007

First Triathlon:
Tri For Fun, Rancho Seco
Best Racing Moment:
Reeling in as many of the faster swimmers on the bike as possible

Favorite TIS Workout:
Saturday morning bike/run repeats
Favorite Non-training Activity: Recovering, filling in as a sleep number bed for my cats, Darwin & Huxley.

Favorite Event:
Wildflower - arriving Friday night, setting up camp, watching the long course on Saturday surrounded by hundreds of fellow triathletes; by Sunday, I am biting at the bit to get going.
Favorite Quote: "That which does not kill me, only postpones the inevitable."

Most Admired Athlete:
Dick Hoyt, the father who has competed in hundreds of triathlons, marathons and other races, all while carrying along his son, Rick Hoyt, who has cerebral palsy
Your Biggest Motivation to Train/Race:
To stay fit and active. Always having another race on the horizon is what helps keep me motivated to train harder.

Top Three Highlights From 2008:
     - Competing in my first Olympic distance tri at Wildflower
     - Winning my age group at the Tri for Fun

Most Important Events 2009:
     - Lake Stevens 70.3 - my first half Ironman and with the number of Total Intensity members coming together and sharing a house together for the event, it will be like a much more luxurious and intense Wildflower.

 

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Jon Klingensmith
Home:
El Dorado Hills, CA
Age:
34
Year Started in Triathlon:
2005

First Triathlon:
Tri-for-Fun
Best Racing Moment:
12th place ag group finish at Vineman 70.3 with a 4.38 while having a full-blown case of shingles on my eye.

Favorite TIS Workout:
Track!! Is there any doubt?
Favorite Non-training Activity:
Playing with my kids.

Favorite Event:
Vineman 70.3 and any Ironman
Favorite Quote:
"We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training."

Most Admired Athlete: Too many to name... Lance Armstrong for his fight against cancer. Chrissie Wellington for her modesty and selflessness even though she is completely dominant.  The list goes on...
Biggest Motivation to Train/Race:
Goals. The competition. Staying strong and healthy. Setting a good example for my kids as they grow up.

Top Three Highlights From 2009:
     - 4th place age group at World's Toughest Half
     - 12th place age group out of 261 at Vineman 70.3
     - cutting 1:15 off my Ironman PR at Ironman Louisville

Most Important Events 2010:
     - Ironman Coeur D'Alene
     - Ironman Wisconsin

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Michael Klingman
Home:
Sacramento, CA
Age:
29
Year Started in Triathlon:
2008

First Triathlon:
Wildflower
Best Racing Moment:
Top 10 Overall Finish at Golden Gate Triathlon

Favorite TIS Workout:
Saturday Bricks
Favorite Non-training Activity:
Spending time with family/friends

Favorite Event:
Wildflower
Favorite Quote:
"It's okay to hurt!"  - John Pottebaum

Most Admired Athlete:
Lance Armstrong - he's not human
Biggest Motivation to Train/Race:
I love to compete!

Top Three Highlights From 2008:
     - finishing my first triathlon - Wildflower
     - placing in the top ten overall at Golden Gate Triathlon
     - PR at Folsom International - 2.16

Most Important Events 2009:
     - Lake Stevens

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Tom Murphy
USA Triathlon Honorable Mention All-American, 2007-2008
Home:
O'Fallon, IL
Age:
41
Year Started in Triathlon:
2003

First Triathlon:
Icebreaker Triathlon
Best Racing Moment:
3rd Overall at Cutting Edge 1/2 IM - 4:35 was PR; 1st time that I "raced" instead of just finished a triathlon.

Favorite TIS Workout:
Hard weeks during intensity phase; especially the brutal weekends - 16 hours training in 2 days.
Favorite Non-training Activity:
Spending time with family/friends, reading, music

Favorite Event:
American Triple-T - four races in 3 days! Great endurance test and extreme confidence builder.
Favorite Quote:
"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope." - Martin Luther King, Jr

Most Admired Athlete: Tiger Woods - he has amazing focus and realizes that success is built by hard work and attention to fundamentals.
Biggest Motivations to Train/Race:
     - Qualify for Kona (great to always have goals)
     - Maintain a healthy lifestyle (though training allows me to eat what I want)
     - Camaraderie of fellow athletes (comparing war-stories is awesome)

Top Three Highlights From 2008:
     - Wildflower - 1st Race back from accident in 2007
     - IM CDA - Broke 11 hours
     - IM Louisville - Best IM finish; only 9 weeks between Ironmans

Most Important Events 2009:
     - IM Arizona in November

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Holly Olmsted
Home:
Sacramento
Age:
28
Year Started in Triathlon:
2005

First Triathlon:
TBF Tri-for-Fun
Best Racing Moment:
Coming out of the water in Ironman Canada and looking at my watch and seeing 1hr and 9 min! 

Favorite TIS Workout:
In addition the Tuesday night spin class, the Rodeo Park Duathlon Time Trials! I love the competitiveness!
Favorite Non-training Activity:
Enjoying time with family and friends

Favorite Event:
Wildflower....can't beat a weekend of camping and a challenging race course!
Favorite Quote: "I do this because I can."

Most Admired Athlete:
My mom....learning to swim at 64 years old and completing her first triathlon
Your Biggest Motivation to Train/Race: I thrive on the competition and seeing what my body is capable of accomplishing

Top Three Highlights From 2009:
     - Completing Ironman Canada under 12 hours
     - PR'ing across the board in Vineman 70.3
     - Can't believe that I got hit by a car two weeks before my Ironman

Most Important Events 2010:
     - Wildflower Olympic distance course...has been two years since I have done short course
     - Breaking 11 hours in Ironman Arizona 
 

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Steve Reynolds
Home:
Sacramento
Age:
55
Year Started in Triathlon:
2000

First Triathlon:
Golden State
Best Racing Moment:
Qualifying for Nationals 2008

Favorite TIS Workout:
Serrano Saturdays
Favorite Non-training Activity:
Working in the yard

Favorite Event:
Pacific Grove
Favorite Quote:
"Man this hurts" , Cary Keaten

Most Admired Athlete:
Anyone who toes-the-line on race day.
Your Biggest Motivation to Train/Race:
The people I train with.

Top Three Highlights From 2008:
     - Completing my first Wildflower
     - Qualifying for nationals at Pacific Grove
     - USAT Age-Group Nationals in Oregon

Most Important Events 2009:
     - WildFlower
     - Donner
     - Pacific Grove
 

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Cindy Scott
Home: Sacramento, CA
Age: 54
Year Started in Triathlon: 2009

First Triathlon:
Wildflower
Best Racing Moments: Crossing the line at Wildflower almost trumps crossing the finish line at the Olympic Marathon Trials in 1988

Favorite TIS Workout: Still loving descending 400's on the track, but riding my bike up hill is getting close
Favorite Non-training Activity: Playing with my dogs and working on my house

Favorite Event:
Wildflower
Favorite Quote: “When was the last time you did something for the first time” - Coach P.

Most Admired Athlete:
TIS athletes
Your Biggest Motivation to Train/Race: To be strong, healthy and happy and to do everything to the best of my ability…

Top Three Highlights:
     - Learning how to swim
     - Swimming in open water (with the help of my TIS friends and coach)
     - Completing my first triathlon after being a runner for 28 years

Most Important Events 2009:
     - So far…wildflower.

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Nancy Templeton
USA Triathlon Honorable Mention All-American, 2008
Team USA Member, 2009

Home: Sacramento
Age:
53
Year Started in Triathlon:
2006

First Triathlon:
Pacific Grove (on my 50th birthday!)
Best Racing Moment:
Having Coach at Nationals coaching and encouraging me into and out of T1, coming around on the bike loop and heading out and then back in on the run! John did it for all of us who were racing that day, and that it made a huge difference to each and every person!!

Favorite TIS Workout: Saturday group. Its the perfect way to start the weekend; a good hard workout with a fantastic training group!
Favorite Non-training Activity:
Cheering for my son Robby and his team at football games and track meets

Favorite Event:
The next one!
Favorite Quote: "
When you're going through hell keep going."

Most Admired Athlete:
Sam McGlone, who came back from a near career-ending injury to place 5th at Kona and then win IM Arizona.
Your Biggest Motivation to Train/Race:
I love to race!

Top Highlight From 2009:

     - Crossing the finish line at the aquathlon world championship just 5 weeks after surgery to repair my broken wrist (suffered in a training crash). It was my first non-wetsuit swim and I did it using only one arm!

Most Important Events 2010:
     -
Boulder 70.3 (my first 70.3 event)
 

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Nicole Young
Home:
Shingle Springs, CA
Age:
38
Year Started in Triathlon:
1997

First Triathlon:
Eppie's Great Race
Best Racing Moment:
Crossing the finish line in any and every race!

Favorite TIS Workout:
Saturday morning bricks
Favorite Non-training Activity:
What else is there? OH...hanging out with my children!

Favorite Event:
Eppie's Great Race and Hood to Coast Relay 
Favorite Quote:
don't really have one...other than what I tell my kids: "Practice, practice, practice!!"

Most Admired Athlete: I don't really follow many athletes - I'm a doer more than a follower, but Lance Armstrong is pretty inspirational as an athlete; getting through cancer, the Tour, "retiring", doing a marathon and mountain biking, then going back to his love of road biking just because...he loves it! Why quit if it's your passion!?

Biggest Motivation to Train/Race:
Several reasons: it's a mental therapy for me, I love having goals, I want to be an inspiration and role model to my children and, of course, it allows me to eat more chocolate!

Top Three Highlights From 2009:
     - Eppie's (first overall female; PR'ing)
     - Finishing 1st in my division (or first overall) in all but one race that I competed in...but most importantly, I felt like I was ready and on top of my game in nearly every race!
     - Feeling like I'm in the best shape of my life

Most Important Events 2010:

     - Eppie's (defending my title)
     - Adding a brand new component to racing and training...learning to swim (literally) and competing in Boulder 70.3.
     - Outside of racing: coaching my son's soccer team, watching him participate and love all sports, and watching my daughter excel in gymnastics!

 

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Allison Zwingenberger
Home: Davis, CA
Age: 38
Year Started in Triathlon: 2007

First Triathlon: Tri for Fun, Rancho Seco, CA
Best Racing Moment: Crossing the finish line at my first Wildflower

Favorite TIS Workout: Saturday bike/run repeats. I love doing the short, hard runs in between the bike loops.
Favorite Non-training Activity: Reading a good book, when I have time!

Favorite Event:
Wildflower. The race is so challenging, and the atmosphere is fantastic.
Favorite Quote: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving"  - Albert Einstein

Most Admired Athlete: Chrissie Wellington. She is so gifted, and yet humble and gracious to other pros and age groupers alike.

Your Biggest Motivation to Train/Race: I love being challenged with gaining new skills (mental and physical), and reaching new goals.

Top Three Highlights From 2008:
     - completing my first 70.3 at Lake Stevens
     - first podium finish at the Tri For Fun
     - having fun with the TIS crew at races and workouts!

Most Important Events 2009:
     - Wildflower
     - Boulder 70.3
 

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