More of the fastest run splits for SLS3 athletes!

July is a hot month - especially for our swift lickety-split athletes who continue to be on their game.

Two second place finishes for SLS3 athletes Bella Comerford and Petr Vabrousek at IM Austria and IM Lake Placid respectively. 

Fastest run splits and invincible SLS3 athletes!

Fraser Cartnell and Bella Comerford win 70.3 UK, fiancee Stephen Bayliss finishes a close second, a mere 13 seconds down on Cartnell after recovering from a recent injury.

Becky Lavelle heading to Beijing after a solid performance in qualifying race.

Petr Vabrousek makes his third Ironman distance win in 3 weeks a family affair at the finish.

Another victory for Bella Comerford!
4th place in Brazil for Petr Vabrousek just two weeks after a 2:31h marathon!

Bella Comerford ran to victory in the World's toughest Ironman - Lanzarote, making up a deficit of more than 6 minutes she had on Tara Norton after the bike. Her fiancee Stephen Bayliss was there for support as he had to withdraw from the race due to a knee injury.

Photo courtesy of Triathlon Magazin Deutschland

 

Just one day after Bella's victory in the Canary Islands Petr Vebrousek finished his third Ironman of 2008 with a 4th place. Just two weeks ago he competed in the Prague Marathon.

In Montreal, Canada, SLS3 covered the podium with a second and third place finish by elite athletes Fabrice Hamelin and David Gagnon.

Photo courtesy of Sports Athlon

 A perfect Win-win situation in South Africa!

Bella wins, and Stephen wins!

The man who  competes in more Ironman races per year than any other professional triathlete starts his 2008 season with a 2nd place finish - Congrats, Petr!

British professional Ironman triathletes and engaged couple Bella Comerford (photo) and Stephen Bayliss each took first at the Triathlon, Cycling and Running Show's Muscles of Steel 10K on February 10th, 2008.
This is to show that SLS3 Compression Sox not only can be beneficial to your long distance races! The couple's 2008 race schedule includes a whopping 5 - five - Ironman races: New Zealand, South Africa, Lanzarote, UK and Hawaii.

Becky and Brian Lavelle
signed on with SLS3 for 2008 and will be wearing SLS3 Compression Sox during their season to help them recover faster, stay injury free, train and race better and harder.

Carlsbad Marathon Expo a huge hit!

Our first event in 2008 lets on to a great start.

Talking to runners, giving information, walking around in our socks and providing our product to exhibitors who were simply standing on their feet all day proved to be very beneficial to spreading the word about the benefits of compression garments.

Kenny Souza, World Duathlon Champion and Owner of the San Elijo Hills Running Company, the new Avia concept store: "These socks are awesome! My feet and legs don't hurt anymore, it's great."

Jonathan Toker, Ph.D., former pro triathlete and inventor of Saltstick ran a 1h20:45 in the half marathon and says: "SLS3 compression socks rock. These socks provided unsurpassed muscle support and blister-free comfort. Although not usually wise to try new things on race day, I decided to give the SLS3 compression socks a try today.

Interestingly, they kept my legs and calf muscles warm in the pre-dawn chill. Later in the race, when the temperature heated up, their white colour provided sun-reflecting properties and kept my legs cooler. I ran a steady pace for the first 9 miles with a friend, keeping a check on my heat rate and effort. Recent long-distance and off road training clearly sucked some speed from my legs, but it's nice to feel like you can hold a reasonable pace for a long time. I picked it up in the last 4 miles and was pleased enough with my 1:20:45 finish, good for 56th place on about 6500 runners.

Based on the time of year and my recent training, I enjoyed the race and was satisfied with the negative split despite a slower time than I had anticipated. A 35 mile ride that afternoon clearly told me that I hadn't pushed hard enough! I was pleased with the muscle support and compression the SLS3 socks provided and partially credit the lack of muscle soreness post-race to the socks. I look forward to trying out the SLS3 socks again in a future race and hope to revisit this race next year some some new goals.

July 2008

Bella Comerford finishes in second place with a personal best marathon time at IM Austria. 

Petr Vabrousek is on vacation with his family. That, for him, equals two more Ironman finishes in two weeks: A 6th place finish at IM Switzerland he followed with a 2nd place at a soaking wet IM Lake Placid. 

June 2008

Europe: Petr Vabrousek is unstoppable. He just scored a hattrick, finishing first three times in a row at Viennaman in Austria, Bigman Prague (Ironman distance) and the Czech IM Champs in Otrokovice (see right). 

May 2008

Prague Marathon: SLS3 athlete and distributor Petr Vabrousek uses his free time between his crazy IM schedule to run the Prague Marathon - finishing in a stellar 2 hours 31 min and 36 seconds.

Florida 70.3: SLS3 athletes Brent Poulsen (7th) and Marcus Ornellas from Brazil (10th) both place in the top ten at this superfast race. 

April 2008

St. Anthony's, FL: Becky Lavelle, after having had a rough 6 months, is finding back to her form, finishing strongly in 5th place in this incredibly competitive race. 

IM South Africa: SLS3 athletes Bella Comerford and Stephen Bayliss both take home mindblowing victories

IM Arizona: Jordan Rapp finishes 3rd in SLS3 compression socks!

Photo courtesy of sportzfoto.com (Clark Rodgers)

Married couple Nicole and Wolfgang Guembel successfully start into their 2008 season with respectable finishes 

IM Australia: Petr Vabrousek has a tough time down under but still finishes in the top 10. 

March 2008 

IM New Zealand: Engaged SLS3 athletes Bella Comerford and Stephen Bayliss each take 4th place

Canadians Nicole and Wolfgang Guembel on board with SLS3

February 2008

Petr Vabrousek places 2nd in IM Malaysia 

Becky and Brian Lavelle sign with SLS3

Bella Comerford, Stephen Bayliss win Muscles of Steel

January 2008

Carlsbad Marathon Expo a huge hit!