Even though this may not be the most ethical thing to do, I am going to give this week’s award to our very own Cliff Worden-Rogers! If you haven’t been following along, Cliff raced his 2nd half-ironman this Sunday at the Ironman Rhode Island 70.3. His first was the Ironman California 70.3, this March in Oceanside, California (check out a video of that race here). In that race, Cliff got a rough intro into the Ironman racing world and vowed to put in the work to improve. His goal was to secure a spot in the World Champs this November in Florida at the race in Rhode Island. And, did he ever!! He improve his swim time by over 10 minutes, his bike by 17 minutes, and his run by another minute to drop his overall time from 4:54:39 to 4:26:01! He dropped from 160th position overall to 25th and won his Age Group! Now that’s an impressive improvement in just over 3 months. Read Cliff’s race report here.
I had the pleasure of watching this event as I was there as a cheerleader for my girlfriend Jenn, who was doing her first 1/2. I got a bunch of videos and I will put together a race video, complete with a post-race interview with our LMS Award winning athlete 
Great job Cliff,
Chris
ps. he had no idea I was going to write this…sorry to embarrass you Cliff, but it was an impressive race to watch
