COACH JAY AND HIS WIFE
HOPE ANN ARE PROUD TO
ANNOUNCE BECOMING
SPECIALIZED BICYCLE
COMPANY SPONSORED
RIDERS! SO LOOK FOR
THEM AT SELECT EVENTS
AND RACES.
COMPETING IN THEIR FIRST XTERRA HOPE ANN AND JAY WERE A LITTLE
NERVOUS TO SAY, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY HAD NOT PRACTICED
SWIMMING IN OVER A YEAR. HOPE ANN HAD A GOOD SWIM AND THEN
WENT ON TO HAVE A GREAT BIKE LEG PASSING WOMEN AND MEN.
AFTER A TRANSITION TO RUNNING SHE PRESSED EVEN HARDER TO END
UP TAKING 1ST PLACE AND BRINGING HOME THE GOLD.
JAY HAD A LITTLE HARDER TIME IN THE WATER ENDING UP WITH THE
SLOWEST SWIM TIME OVERALL BUT MAKING IT OUT SAFELY. AFTER A
TRANSITION TO THE BIKE (NICE S-WORKS STUMPJUMPER) HE RODE THE
RIDE OF A LIFETIME PASSING OVER 50 PEOPLE!!! WITH THE RUN HE
PACED HIMSELF AND PASSED SEVERAL MORE, ENDING UP TAKING A 3RD
PLACE FINISH AND A SPOT ON THE PODIUM!! WOW TALK ABOUT A
COMEBACK. AFTER THE RACE THEY BOTH NOTED THAT IT WAS FUN AND
A BIG THANKS TO SPECIALIZED AND PAUL'S CYCLING FOR THE BIKES
AND SUPPORT.