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Triathlon Tuneup in the Books

– Posted in: triathlon

I wish I had more time to write these race reports :(  Full report to follow.  Yesterday I finished the sprint triathlon at Harriman State Park organized by New York Triathlon Club.  I had an awesome race and finished in 1:54:40, unofficially.  There was some kind of issue with the timing chips, and the official results [...]

Triathlon prep

– Posted in: triathlon

In final preparation mode for my second triathlon ever, and my first of the year.  I'm running (I wonder, do you call it running, or something more generic, like participating?) in a sprint triathlon at Harriman State Park on Sunday.  I'm worried that I'm woefully unprepared for the overall event, the transitions, and the swim. [...]

Week in review

– Posted in: bike East River Park injury running triathlon

Haven't had a chance to write in the last week, so here is a review of what I've been up to! Went to Middlebury VT last weekend.  My wife was speaking on a panel at alumni weekend at the college.  Middlebury is very nice.  We stayed at a great bed and breakfast, and tooled around [...]

NYRR dipping its feet?

– Posted in: NYRR triathlon

Happy to see NYRR announcing a triathlon (their first???) , to be held in Flushing Meadows Park, on August 23rd.  This is big news, and maybe a sign to come of more triathlon events in the New York City area.  Right now, besides the New York City Triathlon, we are limited to the New York Triathlon Club [...]

A Race With No (Good) Name

– Posted in: swim triathlon

Most races we run in have nice catchy names, worst case named after city or location (New York City Marathon, Austin Marathon, Brooklyn Half Marathon, etc), and in the best case, a wonderfully creative name (Grandma's Marathon, Flying Pig Marathon, and my new favorite, Slacker Half Marathon).  A quick check at Daily Mile shows the [...]