Interbike 2008 Las Vegas S3 Up close First Round Photos

The beauty on the left is an S3 used in the Olympics by an ITU triathlete. Notice the stub aerobars. This bike looks very similar to the now named S2 (or the SLC-SL of 2008). What is different? That is what the next picture zeroes in on (which is also the S3 in a black and gray frame). The rear triangle incorporates a chain stay which is more aero and beefier than the SLC-SL. Cervelo states that beefy is a side-effect; they are going for aerodynamics. The seat stays are very similar in functional capability to the R series bicycle. So Cervelo states that this bike is as stiff as the SLC-SL (now the S2) but is more aerodynamic and also more comfortable a ride. That is a big deal. We have not test ridden this but Cervelo is pretty good at giving you what they say they will. But we will have some in stock shortly which we will test ride. The S3 is actually slightly heavier than the S2, but the 30 grams or so difference is, according to Cervelo, more than made up for by the superior aerodynamics of the rear triangle.

TARGETRAINING Fall Trail Run Series

TARGETRAINING FALL TRAIL RUNNING SERIES Sundays, OCT 5th to NOV 23rd@8 AM
Week 1-2 5k Sherwood Island, Westport
Week 3-4 5 miles Devil’s Den, Weston
Week 5-6 5 miles Troutbrook, Weston
Week 7-8 10k Cranberry Park, Norwalk

We will run this as a points series (for the fun of it) with an overall male and female winner. Please click on the flyer to the left to see details.

We will re-run the same course at each of the 4 venues.

If you miss a weekend, you don’t miss out!

If you make each race, you can try to beat your time from the previous weekend.

Current clients can use their endurance package to join. If you are not a TT client but wish to do the series you may buy a ten pack for $250 (and use the left over sessions for any TT class!). You may also sign up each week for $30 for each event. The event entry includes bagels and coffee post run!

Fun for everyone, first-timers to pros. Run just like a training session.

A September Weekend to Remember

This past weekend we had a spectucular time. So much to do, we spread ourselves out across the state of Connecticut and Westchester County.

Starting on Friday, many of our brethren sponsored and rode in the lovely Charter Oak Charity ride.   Carlos helped provide support to this fantastic three day tour, starting at the Charter Oak school in Bridgeport, CT, traveling up to Kent, CT.  Three days, 200+ miles of riding.  Carlos and crew will give us a full report we hope but what a three days to go cycling.

On Saturday, it was bike racing day at the Three Villages Race in Baltic, CT (and two neighboring villages, apparently).  Eneas decided to top his 15 mile solo effort from the Tour of Greenwich to break away for 45 miles to win this event.  Rick did his best to race in the Masters category and he did ok.   Again, the weather was inspiring.  And there is a festival that goes on during and after the race -- fun for the entire family.   The course is a rolling hill course with two biting climbs and a flat fast finish -- challenging but fun.

On Sunday, it was TRIATHLON day. And we mean it: the Westchester Jarden Olympic; the Westchester TOUGHMAN Half; the Fairfield Sprint; and the ITP Triathlon walkthrough.   Dom Gillen won the overall title at the TOUGHMAN in a 4:14 effort on a new course.  He beat all comers, including two different relay teams... Not bad -- who says 3 is better than 1? Allie Lawler showed she is getting ready for Florida by placing second overall woman with a 5:04 or so.   And if she just had aero wheels or a P2C or an aero helmt who knows how fast she'd go (or all three)... At the "short" Westchester event, Mitch West got 5th overall amateur with a 2:11, Megan Kelly Griffis got 2nd woman in her age group (25-29) with a 2:32, Lyn McCabe got 5th her age group (30-34) with a 2:40, and Dave Yockleson got 3rd in his age group (40-44) with a 2:15. Ray Tierney and Bruce Koffsky also competed in this event and did well, too.  In the Fairfield Sprint, Valentin Lopes got 3rd overall!  Great showing!  He missed a couple of markers swimming or he might have gotten top 1 or 2... (save it for this weekend Valentin).   

Meanwhile, Eneas and Rick had wandered over to Darien CT to do a bike-run through with 40 ITP  participants.   The group went through a site viewing of the swim, then did the bike together, going over tactical strategies for riding the course. Then after rehydrating and changing, the group proceeded to run 4 of the 5 miles of this weekend's course.   It was a blast. Plenty of questions (hopefully fielded intelligently and kindly) and lots of enthusiasm and excitement about this coming Saturday's ITP Triathlon in Darien.   Best of luck to everyone racing it! May this coming weekend also be a weekend to remember... 

It was very early in the morning, that part they remember!

It was possible that her friends from last time were strolling home again, visions of fries and gravy filling their eyes. However, up here in the suburbs, they were no where to be found. Instead, the bike racer was awake this time, his hands still stained with grease from the hasty tune up the night before. What was he thinking?

The weather was much too cold for jellyfish and it definitely affected her and her friend, the two of them coughing and sneezing their way through pasta dinner the night before. No diner food here they say. We have to try to do better than last year, they say. It would be tough this year they thought, we might have malaria they thought.

The two of them strolled across the dark parking lot towards the others: there was pajama pant guy, there was 1983 aero bar guy, and of course, Dr Waterski was there as always. It made them both smile; their first emotion of the day. They only knew a few of the others. Meghan, who had a great swim. Was that Bruce? Yockelson, who they knew was just plotting his next blog, and of course Mitch West. He came out of the water and onto his bike with ease; smiling and waving to the heckling bike racer as if this was just another spin class. His run was swift and he was only bested by impossibly young and fit cadets from West Point. There were four of them, he was close behind.

In the waves of rubber coated colored topped black dots that followed, she and her friend had only to fight seaweed and that fiery orange ball in the sky as it tried to blind them and force them into the rocky jetty. Damn you Poseidon, she yelled again, you can never beat me! Back on the bike, she smiled and rode away. The run, more of a jog really, finished up just in time for the beer tent to open. Nicely done. Her time was respectable despite her coughing and wheezing and the season was now over.

The trip home this time was different. No time for brunch, no need for reflection on an outbound train, just a short drive back across the border. From this angle, it looked like a good year.

Thanks for reading.

TARGETRAINING 100k Week 2

This weeks ride will visit some new roads in New Canaan and enter into South Salem NY and tackle the infamous Keeler Hill Climb! Again this ride is intended to be a fun social event that visits beautiful back country roads.