Congratulations to Bernie Reeves for smashing his PR over the Half Ironman distance at the 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater Florida.  His time of 5:05.59 was a PR by well over 20 minutes. 

Congratulations to Tim Fisler for his 3rd straight PR at the JFK 50 miler.  His time of 7:38 was a 17 minute PR.

Congratulations to Matt Elgin on his 5k PR of 17:40 and second place overall finish.  This at the end of his first year back to running in over 20 years off! 



2009 News

   Mercury Endurance has partnered with Racine Multisports for 2010 and beyond.  We will be a series sponsor and the series coach as well.  Look for many great things to happen in years to come!  More races,  Open water swim clinics and triathlon clinics to name a few!  We will keep you posted!   

    Mercury Endurance has also partnered with Xterra wetsuits.  They are the top selling wetsuit company in North America and we are proud to have them on board and to be able to get our athletes in them at special pricing! 

  Congratulations to Andy Mixell for completing the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater Florida.  His time of 4:32.14 was a PR by 20 minutes and surpassed his goald time of 4:40 in the process.  

   Congratulations to Ralph Pisle for finishing his first JFK 50 miler!  He came in under 30 mins faster than his goal time.  Ralph was also the team captain for our MTEC adventure race we completed in October. 

   Tim Fisler finished his second JFK 50 miler posting a 53 minute PR over last years race.  He came home in 7:55 and got under his 8 hour goal time.  

   Ray Jackson finished his 7th straight JFK 50 miler despite injuring his foot early in the race.   He still ran a solid race and capped off another great season where he lowered is marathon PR in the process. 

  Mike Caley finished the Chesapeakeman Iron-distance triathlon in September (his first iron-distance race).  Great job, Mike!

  Congrats to Robin Cline for finishing her first 70.3 in Augusta!

  Congratulations to Jim Robesky for his finish at the Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii!

  Kara Shiffer posted an impressive 4:46 at Eagleman for 7th overall amateur female and has qualified for Clearwater for the second consecutive year.  Kara has also won several races this year as well as placing in the top 3 of her Age Group. 

  Congratulations to Charlotte Dequeker on her finish at Ironman France with an impressive time of 13:48 on a very tough course. 

  Congratulations to Mark Neubauer for opening the season off at the White Lake Half Iron with a new PR of 5:48.

  Congratulations to Suzanne Cox for her finish of Ironman CDA on a very cold and wet day. 


2008 News

Congratulations to Kara Shiffer  for her  PR of 4:37.30 and her 11th place Age Group finish at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, FL. 

Congratulations to Mercury Endurance athletes Tim Fisler and Ray Jackson Jr for completing the JFK 50 mile Ultramarathon.  Ray posted a 56 minute PR finishing in 9:09.45.  Tim completed the race in 8:48.42, a rather impressive time for his first ultramarathon.

USMC Captain David Baril organized and ran the first "Dirty Thirty" 50k race in Iraq on August 3rd in 90+ degree heat.  Listen to his report at  
http://www.enduranceplanet.com/programs/08-12-08_dirty.asx

Kara Shiffer  posted a very impressive half-Ironman debut time of 4:57.27 at the Rhode Island 70.3 and qualified for the 70.3 World Championships! 

Marianne Henry, Mark Neubauer, and Kara Shiffer-Tustin represented Mercury Endurance at the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon, resulting in an age-group podium spot for Kara and personal best times for Marianne and Mark--keep up the great work!

Caroline Cox set a 40 minute personal best half-Ironman time in June at the High Cliff Triathlon!

2007 News

Congratulations to Sarah Boward for being named USA Triathlon All- American!  She also posted a 5:07 Half Ironman at the Steelhead 70.3 in August.