One of our own for the LMS Award this week!

Cliff_Rhode_Island_70.3Even 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

About the Author

Chris

Chris completed his first triathlon back in 2001 by doing backstroke, using a borrowed mountain bike, and running in basketball shoes. A lifelong athlete, he was instantly hooked on endurance sports and started taking it more seriously in 2004. That same year, he was named co-captain of the UNB Varsity Cross-Country team and started succeeding at local races. In 2005, Chris raced his first Half-Ironman and won numerous running road races. In 2006, Chris won the National Duathlon Championship and got a bronze medal at the Worlds. The next year, Chris repeated the feat, only this time in the Long Distance Duathlon Championships. Also in 2007, Chris raced three more half-Ironmans, including the World Ironman 70.3 Champs. In 2008, Chris and Cliff formed LiveMultiSport during a four-month adventure across the US, training and racing in multi-sport events.

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