No Coasting Coaching

Work on Monday feels like doing a triathlon....with no training.

Do you know who has put the training in? All of the No Coasters who raced at USAT Nationals in Milwaukee this weekend. That's right...Medal Monday is here!

On Saturday, we have several No Coasters racing the Olympic Distance.

Bennett Jackson crossed the finish line in a time of 2:19:11. His splits were a 25:20 swim, a 1:01:55 bike and a 46:24 run.

Makenzy Heder had a 3:01:04 finish almost beating Coach Tony! She had a 39:46 swim, a 1:19:42 bike and a 53:32 run.

Limitless athlete Bonnie Suetsugu raced the sprint distance on Sunday in a time of 1:46:56. Her splits were a 19:29 swim, a 43:22 bike and a 36:16 run.

We have a couple of shout out to friends of No Coasting Coaching. First up, Trace McConnell finished in a time of 2:53:45. He had splits of 30:28 swim, a 1:22:45 bike and a 51:45 run. Next up, Brian Grant (the other half of "Kay Made Me Do It" IYKYK) had a finish time of 3:28:01. He had splits of a 35:34 swim, a 1:44:15 bike and a 57:31 run. This was enough to qualify him for Worlds in Hamburg.

Coach Tony was also out there racing this weekend. He finished in a time of 3:00:01. He had splits of a 29:39 swim, a 1:19:20 bike and a 1:00:54 run.

PODIUM ALERTS!
Limitless Athlete Nicole Frantz did it again. She took 3rd place in her age group and was the 11th overall female. She also set an overall 7 minute PR for herself. She had a finish time of 2:14:34. Her splits were a 23:27 swim, a 1:05:13 bike, and a 40:58 run.

Limitless Athlete Claire Smith also took 3rd place in her age group. She had a finish time of 2:20:42. Her splits were a 24:45 swim, a 1:09:32 bike and a 41:49 run.

Lastly, we had one athlete who race both the Olympic on Saturday and the Sprint on Sunday. Catherine Liang finished the Olympic distance in a time of 3:35:34. Her splits were a 39:41 swim, a 1:36:19 bike, and a 1:11:20 run. On Sunday, she finished the Sprint Distance in a time of 1:50:03. She had splits of a 20:23 swim, a 47:56 bike and a 33:19 run.

Congrats to all of the athletes who raced this weekend!

Bend over and try to touch your toes.

Now reach down and pretend to dead lift some dumbells off the ground.

Bend over and touch your toes.

You’re welcome.

This weekend, we have a couple of No Coasters heading up to Milwaukee for the USAT Nationals racing both Sprint and Olympic Distance races.

We would like to wish Bennett Jackson, Catherine Liang, Nicole Frantz, Mackenzie Heder, and Claire Smith good luck this weekend.

In addition, Coach Julie and Coach Tony will be racing both the Sprint and Olympic distances this weekend.

No Coasting Coaching had its first ever mini camp in Madison Wisconsin this past weekend. While there were no arts and crafts or campfire songs, the campers swam, biked and ran around the Madison area. Some were preparing to take on Ironman Madison this year while others were using the weekend to focus on learning and honing skills.

We are planning on making this an annual event. We will be announcing dates for 2027 at the beginning of the year.

Your Monday Motivation:
Drink your coffee.
Stay focused and positive.
Don't freak out.
Remember, stabbing people is wrong!
Are you wearing pants?
You are a magnificent sunflower or potato or whatever you define yourself as.
Enjoy our Medal Monday!

We had a few athletes racing this past weekend.

First up, Limitless athlete Shelley Oren took on the Des Moines sprint triathlon. She finished in a time of 2:13:54. Her splits were a 30:55 swim, a 47:26 bike and a 50:12 run. She took 2nd place in her age group of 2 people. You know what I say about that? A win is a win or in this case a podium is a podium.

We had 2 athletes complete Ironman Canada Ottawa. First up Chris Campbell finished it a time of 10:55:19. His splits were a 1:20:53 swim, a 5:21:38 bike and a 3:59:55 run.

Next up, Kayla Delpino heard the infamous words "You are an Ironman" for the first time. She finished in a time of 16:47:27. Her splits were a 1:39:27 swim, a 7:32:06 bike and a 7:19:51 run.

Congratulations to all the athletes who raced this weekend.

We have a few No Coasters that who are racing this weekend.

First up, Kayla Delpino, Chris Campbell, and Dennis Wright are taking on Ironman Canada Ottawa.

Bethany Healey is racing the Block Island Triathlon in New Shoreham.

Shelley Oren is racing in the Des Moines Triathlon this weekend. Hopefully, all those RAGBRAI folks have cleared out...

Last, Denise Pallavajjala is taking on the Naperville Sprint Triathlon.

Good luck to all the No Coasters racing this weekend.

The staff (aka Sherpa Jen) at No Coasting Coaching is a bit of a self proclaimed nerd. I thought I would share some year to date statistics for 2026 so far.

The No Coasters have participated in running only races, bike only races, duathlons, an Otillo, Aquabike and various distance triathlons from Super Sprint to full Ironmans.

Current number of races that are planned for the year that we know about (people like to register for races and not tell us): 121

Number of races that No Coasters have started: 69 (57% of our racing is complete for the year)
Number of races that No Coasters have finished: 67
Number of Age Group Podiums: 19 (10 1st Place, 5 2nd Place, and 4 3rd Place). That is 27.5% podium rate.
Number of Gender Podiums: 4 (1 1st Place, 1 2nd Place and 2 3rd Place)
Number of Overall Podiums: 2 (1 2nd Place and 1 3rd Place)

Great work everyone. There is still a lot of racing left this season! Keep up the great work.

Let’s GO