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Lots to celebrate this medal Monday 🥂

Team F3 represented at IM Oregon 70.3 with a whopping 14 racers, 4 podiums @andrewmartinez (3rd) @thewizardofportland (5th) @marcellarietz (1st) @stephxgo (4th) and 3 slots to the World Championships next year in Marbella, Spain!! 🤯

In Ohio, @kakistler took 5th in IM Ohio 70.3.

And in Lake Placid, @chris.naimoli (1st) and @mknaeps (2nd) made the podium and @jrgrauel23 secured his slot to Kona 🌺

A fast and fierce weekend of racing. Congratulations to ALL of our racers for representing the F3 family!! 🫶🏼

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Load up your Ironman trackers, tomorrow is a busy day for @teamf3endurance racing!!

Ohio 70.3 @kakistler

IM Lake Placid @chris.naimoli @mknaeps @dorofuller @jrgrauel23 @kimiueda29 @becky.bader

Oregon 70.3 @dcliou @stealthliou @liou.michael @noisycricket @stephaniekshew @plantforwardendurancenutrition @seanalang @andrewmartinez @thewizardofportland @kccreighton @isaac_trilife @stephxgo @marcellarietz @rmcbeth1 and Cory Rickard (so many we had to break the picture up to fit everyone in this post!!)

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$Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The connections I have made from triathlon have led to some of the strongest friendships I have ever had. Feeling like your teammates just get you, that’s not a coincidence. It’s the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued. Triathlon is a community. Marshall Martin lead by example and showed us that the greatness of community is accurately measured by the compassionate action of its members. Godspeed M2. You enriched us all. ——— Victoria 70.3 - Even though I decided coming into the race I would not run, that doesn’t mean I felt at ease with the decision to not finish. I have never DNF’d a race. It took more mental strength NOT to run than it would have to push through. I questioned my ability to NOT go on and finish what I started. I also questioned my toughness, my perseverance, my ability to suffer. I wanted to run but I also want to heal. Two weeks ago I had stem cells aspirated from my iliac crest and injected directly into my Jones fracture. If all goes as planned, I’ll be running in 2 weeks. Deciding to DNF a race teaches us a lot about ourselves. A DNF can highlight where we are the most mentally vulnerable, and where we are the strongest. It makes us decide between being tough enough to continue, or tough enough to know when to STOP. Sometimes you have to leave your pride at the door and be okay with doing what you can. I GET to do this. And Sunday I got to swim and bike, while thinking of M2 and his family. I was relentless M2 💔♥️ #berelentless #bethecleanert$

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