TRIMac-Competing for a Reason

2nd Annual Golf Tournament

2010-08-16T05:55:00.000-07:00

Just in case you were not aware, or had forgotten, the 2nd Annual "Golfing with the Olympians" golf tournament is right around the corner. Reservation forms for the tournament AND the post-tournament BBQ are right here. Just click, open, and print. You got it! It's that easy. I can't wait to see you there. And, if you have any questions, please call Lori at (850) 766-0552. Thanks in advance!

Just a Brief, and I do mean brief, Update

2010-07-19T13:52:00.000-07:00

Absolutely, with all of the diverse training schedules among the Team Mates, the very best way to keep up with us is to become our "friend" on Facebook. Search Facebook for Team TRIMac and do all those things that we Facebookers do. I will add you as soon as I get the request.

Another way to keep up with The Team is to JOIN! Yeah, baby join the team. E-mail Lori at IRun13point1@AOL.com for all the latest information on joining the team. Right now, if you or someone you know joins the team (before August 4th) AND registers/competes with us in the Jacksonville Sprint Triathlon #3 on Amelia Island, Florida, on August 7th you "win" a Charter Team Mate bag tag for you luggage or transition bag AND you "win" a Team Headsweats visor. The very coolest in head gear for the Florida heat.

Our competition kits from Louis Garneau are in production and we hope to have them for our event in September (Florida State University Youth Triathlon, September 4th). Stay tuned. It is going to be a rocking good fall for Triathlon in Florida and Georgia.

Happy New Year!

2010-01-27T06:31:00.000-08:00

Well, it is a bit late, but ... better late than never. 2010 is already shaping up to be a spanking great year for Team TRIMac. We have custom kits on the way, and great incentives to compete and fund raise. We have "dragged" some younger team mates into the world of adult level sprint triathlon and they are rarin' to go. Watch out Red Hills here comes Team TRIMac (Colin Abbey - 15, Colby Allen - 17 and Alex Dehner - 15)! Stand back Clearwater 70.3 and Ironman Florida we've got Jackie Fulford to throw at you and a whole lot more. I can't wait to see what this season is going to look like when we are all done.

Remember to blog your training, your experiences, your feelings, your pictures and anything else related to the Team. If you have any questions, you know where to find me (LRovelstad@AOL.com or IRun13point1@AOL.com). Have a super year and have fun doing it!

Team Mate Applications are here!

2010-01-19T05:22:00.000-08:00

Team Mate Application

Team Mate Information

Name
Street Address
City ST ZIP Code
Home Phone
Work Phone
E-Mail Address
Age/Date of Birth
Gender
Type of Membership (based on ages as recognized by USAT)	Adult (19 and up) Older Youth (15-19) Youth (under 14)
USAT Membership #

Agreement and Signature
Agreement and Waiver: As a Team Mate, I agree to actively fund raise for the Mac Crutchfield Foundation and to participate/compete in at least one event every six months in order to remain in good standing as a Team Mate of Team TRIMac. I recognize that competing in triathlons (swimming, biking, running) and volunteering at athletic events are potentially hazardous activities. I acknowledge that I should not enter a race or event unless I am medically able and properly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of a race official relative to my ability to complete the event. I assume all risks associated with competing and volunteering at such events including but not limited to: falls, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather – including high head and/or humidity, the conditions of the road and traffic on the course, all such risks being known and appreciated by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts, and in consideration of your acceptance of my application for membership, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release Team TRIMac, Team IRONMac, the Mac Crutchfield Foundation, all sponsors, their representatives and successors from all claims of liabilities or any kind arising out of my participation in these events even though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver. I understand that this waiver is in effect indefinitely until my membership is terminated.

Name (printed)
Signature: Parent or Guardian must sign for members under 18
Date
Fee(s) Included: $
Please tell us about your personal interest or tie to Team TRIMac (not required)

Membership Fee One Time			Schwag: Jersey and shorts by Louis Garneau
Adult	$150.00		Custom Jersey
	$250.00		Competition Kit: Custom Jersey and Tri Shorts
Youth/Child	$150.00		Competition Kit: Custom Jersey and Tri Shorts

		Note:	Fee(s) to be included with application for membership along with desired size(s) for jersey and shorts.

Suggested Fund Raising Goal(s)			Schwag/Incentive
*Adult*
Team TRIMac	$250.00 per event		Headsweats Visor & Yankz! multi sport laces
Team TRIMac	$500.00 per event		Event entry fee (up to $150) & Headsweats Visor & Yankz! multi sport laces
Team TRIMac	$1000.00 per event		Event entry fee (up to 1/2 of Ironman fee) & Headsweats Visor & Yankz! multi sport laces; 2 tickets to annual dinner with Ryan Lochte
Team IRONMac	$1500.00 per event		Event entry fee (Ironman fee) & Headsweats Visor & Yankz! multi sport laces; 2 tickets to annual dinner with Ryan Lochte
Team IRONMac	$2500. per event		Event entry fee (Ironman fee) & Headsweats Visor & Yankz! multi sport laces; 2 tickets to annual dinner with Ryan Lochte; name of choice on sponsor banner at finish line

*Youth/Child*
Team TRIMac	$100.00 per year		Headsweats Visor & Yankz! multi sport laces
Team TRIMac	$250.00 per year		Event entry fee (up to $150) & Headsweats Visor & Yankz! multi sport laces
Team TRIMac	$500.00 per year		Event entry fee (up to $150) & Headsweats Visor & Yankz! multi sport laces; tickets for family to annual dinner with Ryan Locthe
Team TRIMac	$1000.00 per year		Event entry fee (up to $150) & Headsweats Visor & Yankz! multi sport laces; transition bag, tickets for family to annual dinner with Ryan Locthe





		*NOTE:	Event entry fees will be provided on a reimbursement basis.

F.Y.I. and Fun...

2009-12-12T06:41:00.000-08:00

Good Morning, all you fellow members/team mates of Team TRIMac!!!

I just wanted to let you know a couple of fun things. First, Louis Garneau is hopefully going to be our team outfitter and the "fit kits" (sizes and styles to try on) are speeding toward Tallahassee as I write. Second, Headsweats is going to produce our visors (a fund raising incentive....) and they are snazzy-looking. Last, but by no means least, Merry Christmas! All of us at Team TRIMac wish you and yours (every single one of them) peace, love, joy, and happiness in this blessed season and the rapidly approaching new year.

Team TRIMac Takes Off!

2009-11-12T05:22:00.000-08:00

Literally and figuratively, today this is true. Team TRIMac had a FABULOUS Ironman Florida weekend in Panama City this past weekend. Not only on Saturday did the Girls Gone Iron absolutely ROCK the beach, but the youth dominated the Kids Tri 2 on Sunday!

Team IRONMac "Girls Gone Iron" totally rocked the Ironman Florida course this past Saturday. Sherrie Peavy, Robin Safley, Karen McBroom, and Michelle Beitelman all RAN across that finish line in front of Spinnaker's Beach Club and what a finish they had. Sherrie and Robin were looking for personal records while Karen and Michelle were simply looking for a strong first time finish. All four received what they had been training for over the course of the past year. Robin finished first of the group with an 11:18:18 which was good enough to place her 6th in her age group; Sherrie blew away her goal time of sub-13 hours by nearly an hour and a half finishing in 11:41:59; Karen and Michelle had fabulous first time finishes at 13:22:11 and 13:45:39 respectively. Those girls are nuthin' but steel - oops! IRON! Way to "Go Iron!"

Sunday morning Team TRIMac swept the senior divisions of the Kids Tri 2 held a bit farther up the beach. Savannah Crutchfield, competing in one of the most populated divisions (9-10 Girls) scored 5th with a solid performance. Colin Abbey won the Boys 13-14 age group with ATAC teammate Anthony Stephens wrapping it up in 3rd. ATAC teammate CeCe Williams took first in the Girls 13-14 age group, and Alex Dehner, you guessed it - another ATAC swimmer - blazed into 1st in the 15-16 division. Additional ATAC swimmers Lauren Peavy (injured knee) and Lauren Thompson (course volunteer) did not compete, but were on hand as course volunteers and offered plenty of encouragement to their teammates as they flew past them in the turns.

Then, I open my Facebook inbox this morning, and there is a REQUEST - not a response - to join the team! How wonderful is that?!!? She came to us! Holy Smokes - here we go...

Count me in. Tell me what I need to send to get started. I am currently registered for the Half Ironman at Disney May 16th, the NY Tri 7/18, and the Florida Ironman 11/6. So I know I can meet the participation requirements. I will send you whatever is needed for the clothing and am anxious to begin assisting with fundraising and recruiting members. I look forward to hearing from you about what I need to do next.

Thanks for responding so quickly.
Jacki Fulford

Angie's first blog.....

2009-10-27T05:34:00.000-07:00

Maggie told me about this, is excited about it and I could not really say no. I thought about it and was like sharing my training, my goals, my plans, and my experiences about triathlons would be no problem! The hard part for me is sharing the reasons I am doing this, the MAC part of it. Until now, I have not written anything to be shared having to do with Mac for anyone else to see. SO.....let's get to the hard part of this....

Mac....well words cannot explain who Mac was to me or what he meant to me. He was a swimmer I coached; he was a friend, a brother, and a son. He was 8 when I met him and I instantly fell in love!! After not evening knowing him a month he was asking me to come to "redneck day at the farm" which I have to say after hearing stories of Lofley swimming in the river in his whitie tighties....I am glad I never experienced. But nevertheless, that first summer I was instantly taken in as part of the family....going on fishing trips, hunting at the farm, and other various experiences that my 3 families in Cairo instantly introduced me to. I could go on and on about the experiences I have had with these families in Cairo....but there are way too many....and probably way too many that the rest of the world should never hear about!! As far as Mac was concerned though.....he was just Mac. We could sit at the table for hours arguing over the stupidest things....and of course I was always right. :) He would make me so mad I would have to get on-line or call someone just to prove him wrong and he still would not give up!! Then the next day he would be the sweetest most amazing kid you had ever met. I remember one night being upset about some guy and him telling me that any guy that did not want to be with me was just stupid bc I was perfect....and then there was the time he brought me roses for Valentine's Day....what 10 year old boy really does that?? I mean...really?? The things I was able to do with him will never be forgotten....from fishing...to being there when he shot his first deer, him being there when I shot mine....fishing....him blaming my dog for breaking his arm :) good swims, bad swims, vacations, holidays, school awards, parades, I really feel like I got to be there for so much of his life, every aspect of it. I could go on and on tell story after story, but that would take forever and way too long. What I do know is that the day I got that phone call was the worst day of my life. We all lost someone we loved that day....but I feel like I lost so much more. There are only a handful of people that I can honestly say I believe hurt worse than I did that day. I still think of him every day, if I have to go on a long drive by myself I find myself in tears, I sleep with one of his babies every night, I look through my 100s of pictures of vacations with his family regularly. I hear people say they dream about him or they feel him. I have to be honest, I have had one dream, only one...and I can never say "I feel him" there. I talk to him a lot and a think about what he is thinking looking down a lot, but never "feel him" as people say. But that is ok, I know he is ok now, I know he listens to me, and I know I "know" him better than most.

So, there you are, that is what you get about Mac and my relationship with him. I started triathlons before Mac passed away, and I will continue them, and I will represent who he was and what he stood for. Last year two months after it all happened I competed in my first ironman (with 6 weeks of training) I wore a suit with Mac's name on it....and talked to him the whole time. I didn't see anything special, I didn't feel anything special, I did not ask him to, I just talked to him, just told him what I was thinking and how I was feeling. Well, that is become what I do. When I am on that road by myself....I can just talk to him. It was a great race and I loved it (although there were many times I thought what the hell am I doing!!!) Since that time I have trained and feel I have improved greatly. I won the last two sprints I have done. This past weekend I attempted ironman number 2....this one did not go so well. After a long hard bike ride and being dehydrated, I did not try to do the run. At this point, it was not worth putting my body through what was to come. I went and showered and came back to watch my two friends, Doug and Chris, finish their first ironman. It was great to watch these guys finish and exciting to know what they had just done. It was a grueling race, 91 degree temperatures, constant hills....almost a 50% drop out rate, and they did it. For me, it was a disappointment, but there is always another race. I will also be going down to volunteer at the Panama City race and to sign up for next year. With the help of a good friend, Scot Raab, we have already started a training plan for the coming year....one that will be what is known as "suckfest". I give it to anyone who trains for an ironman, it is hard, nothing easy about it, it takes a toll on the body, the mind, and the ones around us. It takes more time than imaginable. If you are doing it, be sure to thank your loved ones for the sacrifices they are making...because they too are sacrificing for you! I will share more about our plans when there are more details. I am excited for the coming year and the races that I have planned and to see what I can do. I am excited to get Bean Head doing tri's and to see what she can do! It is going to be a great year and to do it wearing Mac's name is just going to make it better.
Angie Leach

And Away We Go!

2009-10-16T12:38:00.001-07:00

And I mean that literally: Away we go! When I called Maggie the other day and joked with her that I was going to have to "quit my job and become a full-time 'Ms. Maggie Manager' I had no idea what God really had in mind for me. Only a few days later, for "budgetary reasons" I was again laid off from a promising job, and I was on the phone whining via text message to Maggie. I quite sarcastically asked if she wasn't sure that she didn't need someone with exactly my set of skills and talents working for her. Well, today she asked me to help her "manage" the triathlon and sports oriented side of Mac's foundation.

This blog will be a place for the kids on "Team TRI Mac" to post their training goals and schedules; pictures; thoughts, feelings and fears; events and event wrap-up stories. In general, it will be all about the athletes and their stories and how they are keeping the memory of Mac alive.

I just wanted to give you a brief intro to what will be going on here. My and Maggie's hope is that this will be a great outlet for them to get the word out that big things are happening in the Big Bend Area done be not always so big people.

Catch ya later! Gotta get someone to swim practice.