“The Team”

The Team

"The Team" l to r: Paul Ricker, Angie Smith, Mike Mulroy, Rob Smith, Pam Culver

No way I would have ever agreed to do this without the encouragement and “pressure” from my training partners. We are all doing this together so it will absolutely be a journey with friends.

Angie Smith “Coach”

  • High School Biology Teacher
  • High School Track/Hurdler Coach
  • Ran hurdles and swam in high school
  • Started triathlons about 6 years ago
  • She is the rabbit in the group, fast in all three disciplines and the one we are all trying to catch!
  • First Ironman

Rob Smith “Marathon Man”

  • Service Manager for car dealership
  • Not an athlete in high school but ran with his dad
  • Has completed over 100 marathons and he does them fast. PR 2:54
  • Did a few triathlons a few years ago and then got back into them in 2010 in preparation for Ironman
  • First Ironman

Paul Ricker “The Aussie”

  • Retired computer guy
  • Played rugby as a young adult not sure about “high school” sports – he grew up in England
  • Has been running, biking and triathlons for years.
  • Has completed two Ironmans in 2005 (Wisconsin and Western Australia)

Mike Mulroy “I’ve reached my lifetime limit of….”

  • Retired County Judge
  • High school – tennis and basketball
  • Runner – has been running since age 40, took a break while his kids were in high school and returned to running again faster than before doing 5k to marathon
  • Completed Ironman Wisconsin in 2008

And our fearless leader and slave driver,
Maggie Fourneir “Notre entraîneuse”

  • Podiatrist
  • High school sports: Flag Football & Volleyball. A bad knee injury lead me to swimming, which lead me to cycling…
  • Doing tris since 2000 (DNFed my very 1st race…I chickend out on the water and had to be carried to shore by the kayak!!! True story!)
  • Completed 8 IM (2X Lake Placid, 3 X WI, 2X AZ and kona once)
  • Qualified for Kona AGAIN at Ironman Wisconsin 2010 and won her age group so she will be training for Kona while helping us train for Wisconsin.
  • Scary note for us – Maggie was planning our training program while she was tearing up the Ironman Wisconsin course in 2010. I am so scared of what she has planned!!!! But I know she will make sure we are ready!

I will see if I can get them to contribute to this blog as well along the way

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