Larry Mayse

  Favorite Race: St Anthony’s, Chicago, Age Group Nationals - the bigger the better. The energy of a big race is infectious.

Favorite Post Race Indulgence: Mexican food and a good beer.

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Personal Quote: Paraphrased from Theodore Roosevelt: Credit goes to the man who actually strives to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

Larry has been involved in endurance sport for over 47 years having competed in his first track meet in 1959. By high school he was competing on the varsity teams in cross country, track and swimming. Larry attended Eastern Illinois University on an athletic scholarship and was a member of the 1968 and 1969 NCAA division II National Championship Cross Country Teams and earned All American honors. After graduation and receiving a BS in Education with a major in Physical Education, Larry coached the Cross Country and Track teams at Newton Community High School in Illinois. Later, while serving in the military, he organized several running clubs and directed local road races. In recent years Larry has been the Competitive Team coach for the Delta Air Lines Running Club and President / Director of the World Airline Road Race, an international running event. Currently Larry is a highly ranked age group triathlete and coaches in both triathlon and masters swimming.

Honors:
• Award winner, St. Anthony’s Triathlon, 2005, 2006 and 2008
• USAT All-American-Honorable Mention 2005 and 2006 in the 55-59 age group
• Tri the Parks Overall Age Group Winner 2004, 55-59 age group
• Member of the Atlanta Track Club Grand Masters 1 x 100 Mile Relay Team – New World Record
• Four Time NCAA division II All American in Track and Cross Country
• 1999 Inductee into the Eastern Illinois University Athletic Hall of Fame

Latest Post

St Anthony’s - Wind and Waves

Written by Larry Mayse

For the second year in a row athletes at St Anthony’s had to contend with rough water in the swim and windy conditions on the bike. At least this year we got the swim in. However, by later swim waves they stopped the race and reset to a shorter swim course due to deteriorating conditions. The new swim course made for a fast swim as most of it was with a tailwind. The bike kept you pretty busy with gusty conditions, especially down town between the tall buildings. Due to a departure morning dental emergency I didn’t put my all of my race wheels in the car for the trip to St. Petersburg. I had to ride with a Zipp disk and a Zipp 808 in the race. Sometimes, on the bike, I felt like I was more in a rodeo than in a triathlon. I don’t recommend this race wheel setup in a 25-30 knot wind. I came out of T2 with a slight lead in my age group but was caught at mile one by the ultimate winner. I was really impressed by this 64 year old guy and his strong 43 min 10K. Still, it was a great race as always - big race buzz and super competition.

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