About Us

Advisory Committee

Pete Kain, Founder and President of Kain Performance Multi-Sport

Favorite Triathlon: Escape from Alcatraz
Favorite Ironman: Kona + Austria
Favorite Running Race: SF Half Marathon
Favorite Workout: My Birthday Workout
Best Race Performance: ITU Worlds in Perth, Australia 1997 (Voted as a Top 25 All-Time Race Performance in Inside Triathlon Magazine)
Education: BA - UC Santa Barbara, Coaching Minor, ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor, USA Triathlon Coach
Other Triathlon Activities: Coach Kids Tri Camps, Head Coach of KP Triathlon Team, Former Head Coach of TNT South Bay
Full-Time Job and Company: Founder and President of Kain Performance Multi-Sport

Anna Timbie, Co-President TRIbe

Favorite Triathlon: Santa Barbara Long Course
Favorite Ironman: Ironman Coeur d'Alene
Favorite Running Race: Lake Tahoe Relay
Favorite Workout: TRIbe Tuesday track!
Best Race Performance: Boston qualifier - Portland Marathon '09
Education: Stanford University BS'02, MS'03
Other Triathlon Activities: TRIbe Triathlon council member
Full-Time Job and Company: Medical Device Engineer, W.L. Gore & Associates

Nick Goddard, Former President TRIbe

Favorite Triathlon: Santa Barbara
Favorite Ironman: Kona
Favorite Running Race: California International Marathon
Favorite Workout: The Muddy Ride
Best Race Performance: Wildflower Off Road - AG Win
Education: Menlo College, BS International Management
Full-Time Job and Company: Commercial Real Estate Development and Brokerage

Mike Arena, Former President SVTC

Favorite Triathlon: Big Kahuna (Santa Cruz)
Favorite Ironman: Ironman Canada
Favorite Running Race: Any of the Pacific Coast Trail Run series
Favorite Workout: Long runs on the trails
Best Race Performance: Too many different races and distances to figure out!
Education: BS, Business Operations
Other Triathlon Activities: Silicon Valley Kids Tri Volunteer and committee member, Sponsored athlete: TriSports.com, 2008 and 2009
Full-Time Job and Company: Vice President of Operations, UltraClean Technology

Todd Hinders, Founder Team ALCiS, Founder Team Ascent

Favorite Triathlon: Reservoir Triathlon (Finally an Olympic Distance Race at UVAS)
Favorite Ironman: Ironman Canada
Favorite Running Race: SF Half Marathon
Favorite Workout: The short easy ones or the Morning Group Ride
Best Race Performance: Multiple IM Kona Qualifiers, Vineman AG wins, Top 10 IMC, Turkey trot gobbler award
Education: BS Behavioral Psychology, U.O.P
Other Triathlon Activities: Founder of ALCiS Racing, Founder Ascent Racing
Full-Time Job and Company: SVP Bus Dev and Sales with ExtendMedia Corp

Julia Prescott, Former President of GGTC (Current Board Member)

Favorite Triathlon: Wildflower, Icebreaker Sprint, Escape from Alcatraz , Vineman...who can choose just one?
Favorite Ironman: I've never done one!
Favorite Running Race: 12K across the bay
Favorite Workout: Swimming in the IVC pool on a sunny day followed by a nice ride or run
Best Race Performance: Finishing my first half ironman (Vineman) felt the best
Education: PhD
Full-Time Job and Company: Project Manager/Scientist at Epitomics

Muddy Waters, Team Manager ALCiS, Team Manager Ascent

Favorite Triathlon: Love 'em all
Favorite Ironman: Ironman Canada
Favorite Running Race: Love 'em all
Favorite Workout: Wednesday night ride
Full-Time Job and Company: Muddy Waters Triathlon Coach and Pacific Green Services

Max Selleck

Favorite Triathlon: Pacific Grove
Favorite Ironman: Kona
Favorite Running Race: Big Sur Marathon
Full-Time Job and Company: Assistant Manager at Runner’s Factory

Kris Roesner, Co-President TRIbe

Favorite Triathlon: Vineman
Favorite Ironman: Challenge Roth (Germany)
Favorite Running Race: Skyline to the Sea 50K
Favorite Workout: Trail Running
Best Race Performance:
Education: BA in Communications, BA in Sociology, Certified Massage Therapist
Other Triathlon Activities: TNT Coach for Marathon Team (currently coaching 7th season)
Full-Time Job and Company: Sports Massage Therapist at Sports Medicine Institute

Fred Haubensak, President SVTC

Favorite Triathlon: Escape from Alcatraz
Favorite Ironman: IM Canada; one of the oldest and best supported races by the local community of any in which I have participated
Favorite Running Race: I have a streak of 13 stand alone marathons, all consecutive PRs, that I am desperately trying to maintain
Favorite Workout: Of course, Tuesday track workouts
Best Race Performance: My top 10 Kona age group finish in 2008
Education: I received my PhD from MIT in materials science in 1995, and my bachelors degree from UC Berkeley
Other Triathlon Activities: 2009 Santa Cruz Triathlon age division winner and top 10 finish at 2009 Short Course Nationals in Tuscaloosa and entry into the 2010 Short Course World championships in Budapest
Full-Time Job and Company: Researcher at Intel's Photonics Technology Labs in Santa Clara

Gina Kehr-Founder, Affinity Multisport

Favorite Triathlon: Ironman World Championships, Kona, Hawaii and Ironman 70.3 Philippines
Favorite Ironman: Ironman World Championships, Kona, Hawaii
Favorite Running Race: Kings Mtn. Half Marathon
Favorite Workout: I love the ride down the coast to Santa Cruz and across skyline, all trail runs with tempo
Best Race Performance: Comeback from 2.5 years off and placed 4th at Ironman Hawaii 2006
Education: Bachelor of Science Cal Poly State University, Kineseology w/Sports Psych concentration, minor in Psychology
Other Triathlon Activities: Stanford Triathlon Coach, Indoor Cycling Coach @ Front of the Pack
Full-Time Job and Company: Real Estate Agent, Coldwell Banker Downtown Palo Alto

Jay Ridgeway, Co-Founder & President, Pacific West Athletics, LLC

Other Triathlon Activities: USA Track & Field Certified Coach, USA Triathlon Certified Coach

Elliot Doyle, Manager Concept Cyclery

Favorite Triathlon: Carlsbad Triathlon
Favorite Ironman: IM Lanzarote
Favorite Running Race: San Dieguito half marathon
Favorite Workout: Wednesday night group ride
Best Race Performance: IM Florida 2002 - 9:19
Other Triathlon Activities: Partner in SV Endurance. Head bike fitter at Concept Cyclery
Full-Time Job and Company: General Manager at Concept

Lori Cartwright, President of Santa Cruz Triathlon Club

Peggy Lavelle, Olympic Club Triathlon Team

Favorite Triathlon: The Escape From Alcatraz
Favorite Ironman: Only been to one - Kona
Favorite Running Race: Nike Women's Half Marathon
Favorite Workout: Riding up Mt. Tam from Fairfax, and Impala workouts on Tuesday nights at Kezar Stadium
Best Race Performance: A few marathons in the 2:51 range in the mid-90's & the 2007 Clearwater 70.3 Championship: 4:54 after being hit by a car during the race
Education: MS, Health Education, San Francisco State University, BS Nutrition and Dietetics, San Jose State University, and AD, Nursing
Full-Time Job and Company: Wife, mother of 2 daughters, RN. Manager, Corporate Risk Management, Safeway Inc.

Matt Davies, Olympic Club Triathlon Team

Favorite Triathlon: Splash & Dash
Favorite Ironman: Kona
Favorite Running Race: Hood to Coast
Favorite Workout: Brick workouts in Napa
Best Race Performance: 2009 IM World Championships
Education: PhD, Environmental Engineering, Stanford University; BS, Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
Full-Time Job and Company: Executive Producer, Playdom