September 2010

Team
Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 3
September 2010
Ironman; a spectator’s view
By Tom Impellitteri
It’s around 8 pm and you’re
all strung out on caffeine and
other legal substances sitting
on some random curb on some
random street in some random
city with friends. Your hair,
what little you might have left, is
hard and crusty from all the
spray sunscreen, your skin is
sticky to the touch, and you
smell so bad that people have
to sit several feet away of you.
The curb you are sitting on is
so hot that you can’t sit on it for
long for fear that your “tush”
might get burned. You’ve
been up since 5 am, walked,
jogged, and ran countless
miles, clapped more times than
can be calculated and cheered
so fervently for so many hours
that it is hard to talk anymore.
Emotionally drained and physically exhausted you must get
up and motivate yourself so you
can motivate others. Why because you still have teammates
on the course and this is spec-
tating – Ironman style. Whoever thought it would be so hard.
Simple question; how did we
get here? Simple answer; by
car? Seriously how did we get
here? I’m sure you would get a
different answer from each
person. For me it started on
the Papa Bear climb at Ironman
Lake Placid. Nearing completion of the first lap of the IMLP
bike course I heard my name
being screamed out by several
FeXY teammates followed by a
variety of motivational cheers.
It continued for the rest of the
race; second lap of the bike,
both laps of the run, and finally
the finish line. No matter where
I went there were FeXYies
cheering me on. It was then
that I made the conscious decision that I must return in kind
the level of support that I received on this day. I’ve commented before that you can not
put a price tag on that kind of
support and you can’t. It’s a
debt that can only be repaid by
returning in-kind the same level
support when those cheering
become the ones racing.
In my particular line of work
we have a saying: “Amateurs
talk tactics, professionals talk
logistics.” Well you’d think the
logistics of moving seven people from Northern Virginia to
Louisville, KY would be easy.
Well at least that’s what I
thought. I will not bore you with
the details suffice to say that at
0400 on 28 August the following seven people piled into my
wife’s Ford Expedition for the
10 hour drive to Ironman Louisville (IMLOO); Me, Scott Baldwin, Shelly Prendergast, Scott
Lake, Kim Torgerson, Coco
Buck and Zoya Schaller. Kory
Jessen and Mary Kay Alexander flew (smart move) several
Inside this issue:
days prior and Doria Goorevich
went out with Amy Krupka
(racing). As an aside I could
write a story about the car ride
alone. We arrived in Louisville
later that afternoon and went
through the normal formalities;
checking into the hotel, showering, exercising, eating and
drinking, etc. Sometime around
midnight someone had the
clarity of thought to recommend
that we all go to bed as we had
to get up in about four or so
hours. So back to the hotel we
went.
Have you ever been awoken
by your alarm clock and wanted
to throw it through the window.
Well that’s pretty much how we
all felt Sunday morning. That
said, we were all up and moving within 25 minutes, well al-
Four sports isn’t enough
2
Membership Update
2
Finding the Time….
3
President’s Message
3
Training Smarter
4
I can’t believe its here
5
FeXY in Axction...
7
Team Sponsors
8
Upcoming Events
 October 8th-10th - Triple-T
NC(White Lake, NC)
 October 9th - Ironman World
Championships(Kailua-Kona, HI)
October 9th - Women's Bike
Clinic(Reston, VA)
 October 10th - Chicago Marathon(Chicago, IL)
 October 11th - Monthly Board
of Directors Meeting
 October 14th - Gear Order #5
due to Scott
 October 16th - Tussey Mountainback Run(State College, PA)
 October 20th - Monthly Happy
Hour (Carpool – Herndon, VA)
most all of us. We did suffer
one casualty who will remain
nameless. Said individual did
recover nicely later in the day.
Clothes on, bags on shoulders
and coffee in hand off we went
to the swim start. IMLOO is
interesting in that they do a
time trial start – two swimmers
every 5-10 secs or so vice a
mass start. The line to enter
the water looked like it was 10
miles long. We made our way
up and down the line looking for
our teammates and others we
knew racing. We found almost
every one of them and offered
them words of encouragement
then we dispersed to varying
locations to watch and cheer. I
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 October 24th- Army 10-miler
 October 31st - Marine Corp
Marthon (Washington, DC)
 November 6th - 70.3 Ironman
World Championships(Clearwater, FL)
 November 21st – Ironman
Arizona(Tempe, AZ)
 November 28th – Ironman
Cozumel(Cozumel, Mexico)
Always check the Team website
www.TeamFeXY.com for additions, changes and all of the details
for these events.
Volume 2, Issue 3
Page 2
Membership Update
By Michelle Prendergast
Even as the summer winds down, Team FeXY continues to grow! As of
the writing of this article, Team FeXY is at 113 members, with
many more inquiries to join. It‟s been a great season at the races with
FeXY showing up in dominating fashion. From racing, to spectating, to
volunteering, FeXY has come out en masse from sprints to half IMs and
even to IM Lake Placid and IM Louisville. If you are new and still getting
to know your Teammates, remember that we have a happy hour the
third Wednesday of every month at Carpool in Herndon after track.
Also, check the right side of the website for the latest workouts, events
and volunteering opportunities, as well as subscribing to the forums to
get the latest and greatest information.
Four Sports Isn’t Enough
By Amy Krupka
I really don‟t have enough expensive sports. Horseback riding and
triathlon leaves me with too much in the bank. Therefore, I think I will
embark upon another athletic career to further drain my wallet. Bobsledding! After all, I did get recruited when I did the bobsled ride in
Lake Placid.
Horses pretty much took over my life starting at the age of 15. All the
money I made all summer went to
car insurance and the rest to horse
equipment. In college, when everyone was going Spring Break, I was at
home, riding my horse, since that
$600 trip was the cost of one
month‟s board and 4 riding lessons.
Yikes is right.
However, they were the BEST
babysitters. Here I was getting up at
4 am for horse shows, and everyone
was just rolling in from the night. It
actually was great practice for triathlons.
I started running in college just to stay in shape. My riding instructor
got mad at me since my calves got big and no longer laid nicely along
the horse‟s side. I told her ok, you can have a fat, smooth-calved rider,
that‟s the tradeoff! I won, needless to say.
When injuries started, I picked up biking
on a hybrid, and swimming at the gym. I
LOVED swimming. I took lessons and got
good enough to join the masters. Finally I
got convinced to try a triathlon, using my
mountain bike. My only bike training was
biking the 8 miles to the barn, riding, then
biking back. But I was hooked. Eventually
I got a “real” bike. I changed barns, and
ended up biking 16 miles out and back to
ride to ride my horse. 32 miles biked plus
I got to ride? Awesome.
The entire Team would like to welcome the newest members to Team
FeXY:
Scott Bauer, Susan Esprella Colon, Erin Gordon, Scott Jordan, Jen Seifert,
Anthony Lee, Christy Middleton, Coco Buck, Jan Loughran, Sara Swenson,
Joy Howell, Patrick Shannon, Sara Kersten, Terry Anderson, Cindy Keane,
Alison Ware, Ben Ferry, Tammy Impellitteri, Vicki Nguyen
“It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that
makes the difference.” - Bear Bryant
But it got harder and harder to combine everything. The hardest was when I started training for IMLP. I had moved my horse to a farm
an hour away, since it was cheaper, but I
could only get out there once a week. She
was rehabbing an injury and needed to be
ridden several times a week, so I shipped her
to my friend 5 hours away in North Carolina.
Sadly, she didn‟t work out there, and my
friend told me I either needed to pick her up
or find another home. Here I was in the midst
of my biggest training volume, and I had to
figure out what to do with my beloved horse,
which might never be sound again to be a
riding horse. I decided I had to find her a
home, where she would be ridden on trails
and become a mommy. Its one of the hardest
decisions I‟ve ever had to make, but I simply
didn‟t have the money to keep her as a pet.
Believe me, I would have gladly kept her in my
backyard, but Montgomery County Housing frowns on that. So would my
neighbors!
That brings us to today. I found a wonderful horse to lease. Yep, lease, just
like a car. I‟m in a fantastic situation, where I can pretty much ride whenever I want. The only downside is when the light starts to run out, then I have
to make that awful decision…do I bike, or do I ride? Ugh!
Next year I will have to make a very hard decision as well. I know that the
barn owner will be moving, and taking my dear Teddy with her (she adores
him too). I either have to check under all the couches in all my friends‟
houses to scrape together the thousands of dollars to buy him, or find another horse to buy. But then comes the monthly board, the vet fees, the
horseshoeing….That alone at least $75/month. You know how many races
I could do with that much money?
Not sure what I‟ll do just yet. I love doing triathlons, but horses are in my
blood. If you‟ve biked with me, you know that by now. J I‟ll make the
decision when the time comes. Until then, I‟ll continue wrestling with my
Volume 2, Issue 3
Page 3
Message from the President
By Scott Baldwin
As the season is quickly coming to a close,
I‟d like to take this time to talk about
what the definition of a “Team” is and
why Team FeXY is important to me.
There are Teams in all aspects of life; at
school, at work and all around us. When
I moved from California where I was on a
huge triathlon Team to NoVA 6 years
ago, I left behind something very important to me; my Team and triathlon
family. They were the ones that got me
to the starting line of my first sprint triathlon and my first Ironman. I know I‟ve
touched upon the importance of being on
a Team before but it‟s a topic which is
very important to me. Teams push me to
go beyond what I could do by myself, not
only on the race course but in school and
at my job too. They make keep me accountable of
my goals for doing the best that I can do.
How can we make such an individual sport like triathlon a Team sport? There are Triathlon groups
(clubs) and there are Triathlon Teams. A group in
itself does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams
normally have members with complementary skills
and generate synergy through a coordinated effort
which allows each member to maximize his or her
strengths and minimize his or her weaknesses. Team
members work together and help one another, help
other team members realize their true potential, and
create an environment that allows everyone to go
beyond their limitations.[1]
How does this apply to Team FeXY or any other
Team in the Triathlon world?

We train together by showing up a track or a
group ride week in and week out. Not only
because we want to get faster, but because we
want to see our Teammates and push them to
get faster and reach their goals as well.

We show up at races wearing the Team colors
not only so we can test ourselves and see what
our training as done for us, but also so watch
and encourage everyone in the red, white, and
black to the finish line as fast as they are capable of, and maybe a little faster than what they
thought. I‟ve heard from others and I know it‟s
true for me; you can‟t slow down and hide on
the race course when everyone recognizes you.
I not only wear my gear because it looks damn
Finding the Time...
The sun‟s not even up yet and
won‟t be for a while. But the alarm clock is
ringing and it‟s time to get up and train. Welcome to the life of a triathlete where two-aday and hours long workouts are the norm.
Alone, it‟s enough to fill anyone‟s schedule,
and most of us work full-time, have kids or
other family commitments or are in school.
So where do you find the time to balance it all
and stay sane, let alone sleep?
I could obsess over a missed
workout while I‟m stuck at work or in traffic,
or I can just choose to accept it and move on.
Of course, most days I still find time to fit it
all in – somehow. I am up between 4:30 and

We give back to the triathlon world and
the community around us as a Team by
volunteering at races and by doing service projects. How well would some of
these races that we‟ve worked at this
year have run if only 1 or 2 of us had
shown up? Or how long would it have
taken a handful of people to pull XX bags
of trash off the W&OD trail last weekend? When there are opportunities for
us to give back, we do, I large numbers.
Many hands make light work.
I‟m very proud to be on this Team. I consider
every one of you not only a Teammate but
also a friend. I love seeing everyone giving
100% and getting back a whole lot more. It
doesn‟t matter what place you finish on race
day – my Teammates are the ones that I train,
socialize and race together. Looking to 2011,
I‟m ready to work to make this Team even
better by seeing people reach their goals,
giving back, and pushing myself to new levels.
1) Davis,
Barbee. 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from
the Experts. Beijing: O'Reilly, 2009. Print."Build
teams to Run Marathons, Not Sprints" By
Naresh Jain pg 96
race day. It helps that Kory and I both lead
hectic lives together, and that we are there to
support each other on those days when a
workout doesn‟t seem likely or even remotely appealing. Being part of Team FeXY is a
huge factor as well. People ask where I am if I
don‟t show up to track or a group ride and
now that I am signed up for Eagleman I have a
huge goal to accomplish; which won‟t get
done without more of those morning
workouts and hours of weekend training!
By Mary Kay Alexander
For me, it‟s knowing that I have so
little time that I have to make each workout
count and realizing that, sometimes, other
things have to (gasp!) take priority or that
taking a nap might be the better option than
the workout. Also, I have to always remember that to not let my Type-A personality and
guilt rule.
good but also because I want it to give
credit to the Team and our Sponsors
that helped me get there.
5:00am on most mornings and think that
sleeping in is anything past 6:00am.
I‟ve learned to lead a very scheduled life and maximize my time. This means
lots of multitasking; checking my email (and
facebook) while „scarfing‟ down breakfast,
stretching and foam rolling instead of lying on
the couch at night,. The most motivating thing
that gets me through the day is racing: I know
if I lay around and procrastinate about doing
my long run, or oversleep, I will regret it on
So, set a goal, find a friend to train
with, and make yourself accountable. Post
quotes or desire statements on your fridge, in
your office, or on your dashboard in the car.
Figure out what motivates you, figure out
how you can be more efficient, and accept
that you aren‟t perfect. Yep, non-triathletes
will probably laugh at you or wonder about
you, but believe me, they probably do anyways. Triathletes are a rare breed of motivated, successful people who like chaos and
keeping busy. So
what are you waiting for, get off your
butt and TRAIN!
Volume 2, Issue 3
Page 4
Training Smarter and Not Harder through PDCA: Introduction to the Series
By Reid Kiser, USA Triathlon and USA Cycling Certified Coach
How long would one go without balancing a checkbook or monitoring a
monthly budget? Maybe on the surface it does not matter as one may be
able to make it through with big
paychecks or be just fine getting
through the day and it‟s just another
number. However, if one wants to
maximize savings for retirement or
buy the big yacht, a process of planning, accountability and review is
needed before acting on the decision.
In comes what I have been immersed
in since graduate school at Dartmouth
College - Plan, Do, Check and Act
(PDCA). PDCA comes from the business process improvement world, but
can be applied to several applications.
In running a factory, the frequent use
of PDCA cycles maximizes efficiency,
and quality, and it ultimately increases
profits and building financial reserves.
Think of using PDCA to maximize the
athlete‟s potential throughout the
macrocycle and microcyles of training.
These are the definitions to Dr. W.
Edwards Deming‟s PDCA (Wikipedia,
2010) quality control process:
PLAN
Establish the objectives and processes necessary to deliver results
in accordance with the expected
output. By making the expected
output the focus, it differs from
other techniques in that the completeness and accuracy of the specification is also part of the improvement.
DO
Implement the new processes. Often on a small scale if possible.
CHECK
Measure the new processes and
compare the results against the
expected results to ascertain any
differences. The term Study is
sometimes used in place of Check
(Shewart Cycles).
ACT
Analyze the differences to determine their cause. Each will be part
of either one or more of the P-D-C
-A steps. Determine where to apply
changes that will include improvement. When a pass through these
four steps does not result in the
need to improve, refine the scope
to which PDCA is applied until
there is a plan that involves improvement.
In applying this to training, here are
Coach K‟s definitions of the PDCA
and why it is important to apply this
approach to training and the athlete.
PLAN
Establish the athlete‟s goals
long and short term along with
determining time available to
train and creating the Annual
Training Plan based on the
race calendar. Create the
training plan according to these
variables with key consideration of
the athlete‟s abilities and physical/
training history.
DO
Simply put, train as the prescribed plan tells you do. Nothing more, nothing less, nothing
harder and nothing easier. Of
course there the occasionally
missed or dialed back workouts as
needed. Small scale is synonymous with a micro cycle of training periodization.
CHECK
Measurement equals testing, racing, reviewing training logs (e.g.
TrainingPeaks uploads) and comparing to prior performance and
the training plan. A qualified coach
should be well versed in periodization and the tools available to
monitor training load and athlete
progression and fatigue. As the
athlete, performing the test is the
final stamp on the recently completed training block. The Test is a
key data point acting as a “quasirace” event. Remember this can
also be STUDY in other circles.
ACT
Did VDOT, FTP, pace at Aerobic
Threshold, pace per 100m, etc. go up
or down? Does the athlete feel on
edge, unable to sleep or better did
the numbers improve and do they feel
positive about their training and results? Based on the objective and subjective results, the coach applies
changes to the training plan either by
resetting intensity zones and durations or completely adjusting the plan.
If there are no improvements or a
decline in performance, then a refinement must occur until the plan shows
improvement. Most of us do not train
on a rigorous schedule to stay the
same, step backward or feel worse.
Numerous times throughout the
Annual Training Plan after we
DO, CHECK and ACT it’s return
to PLAN and do this all over
again. Welcome to a taste of
PDCA. Get ready to CHECK!
The series of articles will be presented over the next several newsletters
and postings to the Coach‟s Corner
starting with CHECK in October,
given that we must define our requirements to set the baseline before
we define the PLAN for the first time.
Look for the PLAN article in January
to help in understanding how to plan
the year using Base, Build, Peak, Race
and Transition training blocks.
Volume 2, Issue 3
Page 5
I Can’t Believe it’s Here
By Lisa Albrecht
I absolutely cannot believe that in 12 hours, I'll be standing in line for the IM Loo swim start.
I cannot believe where this journey has taken me. It is so hard to imagine that when i registered
for this a year ago, i was 5 weeks out of my second hip surgery of the summer and wasn't even
sure I would be able to train, let alone show up healthy for the start line. I am grateful and humbled to be here.
It's been said many times before, but I will echo it again, anyone who thinks triathlon is an individual sport is woefully mistaken. There have been so many people who have been behind every
stroke, pedal and step I have taken in preparation for this, and who will continue to be behind me
tomorrow.
I am overwhelmed and eternally grateful for the support so many of you have shown me, not just this week, but since this
journey began. So many of you have been the best training partners, friends, and support
crew I could have ever hoped for. Nothing has gone unnoticed or unappreciated.
I read on a message board that a participant of last years race dedicated each mile of the run
to a person who had sacrificed or supported them through their Ironman Journey. In that
mile they focused all their thought on what that person had done to help them get to the
start line. I honestly think that i have too many of you to thank. I will have to start my devotional miles on the bike:) I will think of you all tomorrow. You will, I hope, get me to that
finish line.
I have to, of course, thank publically my coach, Scott Baldwin, for getting me to the finish line of my first IM healthy, uninjured
and prepared. There is nothing more he could have done. Race day will be what it is, but I go into it with the peace of mind
that Scott gave me all the tools I need to make tomorrow a successful day.
My heart is also aching for and missing tremendously Meg Gray. Meg, you were such a part of
this experience for me. I so badly wish you were here racing with us. You deserved to be. The
consolation I take is that having grown to know you over these 8 months, I am confident that this
injury will only be a minor blip in what will be a very successful endurance sport career for you.
You are way to strong to keep down. I will carry you with me tomorrow.....just try not to be too
heavy because I don't need any extra baggage to lug around ;)
...and Ryan....there are no words for me to fully express to you what you mean to me. This would never have been a thought I
would have entertained without you in my life. You really are the best training partner, husband and friend I could have
dreamed for. I have achieved things since being with you that I never knew were possible. You really do make life sweeter,
more exciting and more full than I had imagined it could be. I love you so much.
I hope to make you all proud tomorrow. I hope to be an Iron(wo)man. I already know I
have IronFriends. Thank you for everything.
“Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
...By fearing to attempt.”
- William Shakespeare in "Measure for Measure"ve its here
***
The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.
~Author Unknown
***
“Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.”
A winner is a loser who was willing to fail and get up, fail and get up, fail
and get up, fail and get up and win - Peter Zafra
***
"What I've learned in my years as a competitive wheelchair athlete is this-what separates a winner from the rest of the pack is not raw talent or
physical ability; instead, it is the drive and dedication to work hard every
single day, and the heart to go after your dream, no matter how unattainable others think it is." ---Linda Mastandrea
Volume 2, Issue 3
Page 6
Ironman; a spectator’s view continued...
(Continued from page 1)
positioned myself at the swim exit along
the transition lane in what I thought was
a good location.
It was an excellent location to see people get out of the water and cheer for
them. It was a terrible location to get out
of as I was trapped and couldn’t make it
to the link up point for the trip to La
Grange to cheer everyone on during the
bike. After waiting for what seemed and
eternity I was finally freed from my prison.
As I’m trying to figure out where everyone is and what I’m going to do next
my cell phone rings – “Where are
you”…”I’m ummm, uh, I don’t know, I’m
somewhere down by the swim exit on
the side of freedom”…”can you see the
Subway”…”Yes”…”Start running, we are
exiting the parking lot on the left side of
the Subway”…”Roger, I’m moving”. In
what could next be described as film
worthy, the Ellis Mini Van, operated by
Baldwin, pulls up, doors fly open, I dive
in, and off we go. Anyone know how to
get to La Grange – Scott Lake, operating
the GPS Nav unit on his iPhone with the
skill of a ballistic missile defense operator calls out “turn here now, take this on
ramp, look for this road”. Off we went.
Twenty or so minutes later our wave
(Us) arrives in La Grange. The first
wave, MaryKay and Kory were already
there. We met up with them and moved
to a great location at the crest of hill on
the bike course and planted ourselves.
The last wave (Kim and crew along with
Lisa Albrecht’s Mom and Doria
Goorevich) arrived shortly thereafter and
met us along side the bike course. For
the next several hours we paced up and
down the road cheering, taking pictures
and getting yelled at by the volunteers
for being in the road. Other than seeing
our friends speed on by there were two
highlights: one was Craig Ellis stopping
to see his wife and kids and thank them,
the other was this rather large local fellow who was constantly banging on a
cymbal and calling out
“IRONNNNNMANNNN,
IRONNNNNWOMANNNNN” as the athletes road past. Somewhere in the midst
of all this we made the tactical decision
to send one van back with people so we
could see our first athletes exit T2 and
begin the run and leave one van back in
La Grange to cheer on the remainder of
our teammates still out on the bike
course.
On the way back to Louisville we all
started to get hungry. Power bars and
Cliff bars weren’t getting it done anymore. The problem is you can’t just go
sit down and eat because you might
miss someone and you don’t want that to
happen. Once we got back we parked
and made our way down to T2 at the run
exit. The temps were already into the
90’s and the sun was brutal. We found
some shade and sat down and waited. I
remember looking around and I couldn’t
find Zoya. Then moments later, like and
angel descending from heaven, I saw
her, and she had food. Not just any old
food, but White Castle. White Castle is
the In-Out Burger of Kentucky. There
she was, carrying multiple bags filled
with little juicy beef and cheese sensations. I am forever in her debt. Refueling complete and IV drip of caffeine in-
stalled we were ready to begin the longest part of day – cheering during the
marathon.
Have you ever been around a group
of people in such close contact for an
extended period of time to the point
when you forget where you leave off and
they begin? Well that’s pretty much how
you start feeling at this point in the day.
It becomes a very fine line. You become
torn between wanting to stay in a large
group and cheer and going off and doing
your own thing. It’s irrelevant which one
you choose as long as doing your own
thing doesn’t involve hanging it up for the
day. I chose to go off on my own for bit
– okay maybe several hours – okay
maybe for most of the rest of the run.
Several others made the same decision.
Interestingly it worked out for the better
as we had more people spread out along
the run course.
By mid afternoon the weather was off
the charts bad. The Heat index approached those commensurate with Hell.
Even though it is hard on the spectator it
was exponentially harder on the runners.
They had to endure unbelievable conditions. In any case we spent the next 6 or
so hours moving between T2, the
Bridge, the half way point, special needs,
and the finish. We got to see each on of
our teammates on multiple occasions.
We got to cheer for them, motivate them,
and occasionally trot with them for a
minute or so and just chat. By 10pm,
tired, sore, smelly, and borderline delusional the race was over for us. All but
one (DNF’d for medical) of the FeXY
crew finished the race – SUCCESS!
While I know it was their training and
mental toughness that allowed them
perform at the levels they performed and
finish the race I’d like to think that our
cheering section contributed in some
measurable way to their individual
achievements. Would I do it again –
absolutely I would. Why you ask? Because even though triathlon is an individual sport we are a Team and this is
simply what teammates should do for
one another.
Team
Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 3
September 2010
FeXY in Action…..
Celebration
Bumpass
Tidewater
Reston Sprint
Luray
Lake Placid
Team
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Team Fexy
11780 Bayfield Court
Reston, VA 20194
E-mail: [email protected]
What is FeXY?
1) FeXY = Fe (Symbol for Iron from
Periodic Table of Elements) + XY
(Male Chromosome)
2) Being FeXY is doing what you love
with conviction, pride, determination
and passion.
Our mission and vision is to train,
race and socialize as Team FeXY®
Team Partners
ENDURANCEWORKS was founded in 2005
by long-time Ironman triathlete and triathlon
coach David Glover as an endurance sports
coaching and education company that embodies
his passion for the sport of triathlon and other endurance sports.
CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program
for many police academies and tactical operations teams,
military special operations units, champion martial artists,
and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide and is quickly becoming the strength and conditioning
program for endurance and everyday athletes.
Tri-therapeutic massage is located in Tysons Corner and offers many services from deep
tissue to hot stone therapy. Massage is a simple tool that can help to decrease stress hormones, release muscle tension, enhance immune function, decrease auto immune problems,
and improve alertness and performance.
Many elite and professional endurance
athletes regularly use massage fro pre-race
preparation, post-race recovery, and general maintenance.
Team Sponsors
Bonzai Sports is the Premier multisport shop in the Mid-Atlantic. They specialize in triathlon bikes, road bikes,
off-road multisport bikes, apparel, and accessories for on-road and Xterra/adventure racing. Bonzai always has a
good selection ready for test rides, including Litespeed, Quintana Roo, Cervelo, Orbea, Felt, Kuota and many more.
If you know what you want, order on-line through their website. Bonzai is happy to ship, but they are a full service
shop and are available to talk to give advice on the best equipment at the lowest prices.
K-Swiss erupted onto the triathlon scene in recent years and has quickly made itself a major player with innovative designs and a
variety of shoes for every type of athlete. K-Swiss's new revolutionary mi-soul tech was just named The Best New Shoe by Runners
World and will be seen on Team FeXY members blazing to record times this season.
RaceSox is a recent spinoff from Twin City Knitting which has been providing athletic and compression socks
for the MLB, NFL and other elite athletes for the past 45 years. RaceSox‟s superior quality in materials, the
functional design and outstanding performance has been tried and tested in the lava fields of Hawaii and by
endurance athletes around the world. All athletes, from weekend warriors to our current elite athlete, are
wearing the RaceSox Series. Whatever the race, a RaceSox product is an inevitable and invaluable piece of equipment.
Orca/Orbea is committed to putting the most advanced wetsuits, skin suits, road, off-road, and multisport bikes on the market. Their products are
customized with the most high quality materials for everything from long course athletes to sprint triathletes. Many of Orca/Orbea‟s most innovative
new designs and features are the direct result of working with professional athletes. Orca‟s new AeroSkn technology revolutionizes triathlon apparel
construction and is the fastest fabric in
triathlon. Orca's new Alpha wetsuit quickly created a stir amongst professional triathletes, with the 40 cell neoprene, 1.5mm shoulder,
back and chest panels offering flexibility
never seen before. 2008 Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander and 2009 Australian
Olympic distance champion Courtney Atkinson
both commented that the Alpha was
twice as flexible as anything they'd used before.
The Orbea Ordu is distinctive among its
competitors in its class and has gained attention
from 2-time Ironman World Champion
Craig Alexander. Featuring one of the narrowest
front profiles available through its unique head tube shaping, every angle of the Ordu has been engineered and shaped to maintain the aerodynamic
benefits of each respective part while reducing overall air turbulence around and under the bike. Distinctive among its competitors in this class, the
front-end stiffness provides the ultimate in stability no matter the torque of the greatest power efforts put forth by the rider.
Motor Tabs turns ordinary water into a smooth, refreshing sports drink! It‟s as simple as dropping an effervescent tablet into water. Motor Tabs is a portable sports drink that can go anywhere, as the tablets are
individually wrapped in water/air tight foil packages that protect them from sweat, dirt and other harmful
elements. Whether it‟s on the bike, run, hike, gym or at work, Motor Tabs restores vital fluids that are lost
during physical activity or illness.
(Click Sponsor Logos to go to their website)