Susan Wallis dominates in the Masters Open

Currently leading the SouthEast Women in the 60+ category is Susan Wallis – who is both coached by one of 3Fuel’s owners, Doug Katona, and has been using the product since it first came out. She also managed to finish with a 13:59:45 at the 2012 Ironman Triathlon in Kona, seventh in her category.   If you want to read more about her and what she’s been doing with Coach Katona, check out this profile from Crossfit:

“…Wallis also began implementing CrossFit Endurance methods into her triathlon training with the help of Coach Doug Katona. “As her coach, I will tell you that I have seen some pretty amazing progressions on body position and mechanics in a very short time. She is dedicated as an athlete and is very coachable. Her enthusiasm and desire to continue to evolve as an athlete is a driving force in her success,” says Katona, who compares that drive to another one of his athletes, Rebecca Voigt….” Read More

Or this roundup of the SouthEast Masters Women:

Last year, Susan Wallis logged 106 burpees on Workout 12.1 and found herself on top of the Leaderboard in what was then her age division. She ended up finishing the Open 27th overall. Wallis, now 60, has moved into a new age division and is ready to tackle the Open once again.

Wallis is a 38-time Ironman finisher with a seventh-place finish in her age group at this past year’s World Ironman Championship in Kona, Hawaii. Despite some arthritis in her knee and tendinopathy in her elbows, Wallis says she has been working on her strength this past year.

“My form has gotten better, but still needs work, on the lifts that were hard for me last year,” she says. “If my form wasn’t right, then I couldn’t lift any heavier than muscling through what should have been a basic movement.” Read More