Hot day for TARGETRAINING team!

Today was a fun and exciting day for the TARGETRAINING U-25/Elite Bicycle Racing Team.

First, most of the elite team was down in Mt Holly, NJ for the almost-NRC circuit race down there. Held on a fast 3.75km loop with a fast finish straight turning hard into what can only be described as a steep goat path and then some twisty circuits, master star Tony The Tiger Taylor joined Eneas, Adam Bomb, No Nickname Nate, Stylin Ben and guest rider Gabe Lloyd for 30 laps of hot pain. It was pretty exciting getting there as the Cross Bronx Expressway was closed for almost an hour with a truck accident, the team Volvo deathmobile was making lots of noises and it turns out there actually is some traffic in NJ on a weekend in July. Who would figure?

There were lots of professional and regional elite teams competing for almost $12,000 so it was extremely fast and extremely intense from the gun. With Adam and Gabe covering moves at the front at mach 5 and keeping it all together, Eneas and Tony stayed cool in the field. Tony was actually directly quoted as saying "yo". Riveting. Finally, with about 15 laps to go, Eneas made the exciting end of a 16 man split as the field started to really suffer from the heat. Over 50 riders had already dropped out. With the break dominated by Colavita and some friends from Rite Aid, Eneas took the chance to attack the break through the bumpy twisted back section with 4 to go and only three others could match the effort. Eneas was so-pro the few laps before as he had been taking a bottle of water each lap and dumping it on his head to stay cool. Of course, then he would throw the empties at my head, but that is another story.

Speaking of stories, look for the article written by Kirsten Robbins on cyclingnews.com as she interviewed Eneas about his score after the race.

The last remaining Colavita rider sat there doing nothing like me in my high school Latin class and barely came around Eneas at the finish for the score. Eneas was awesome for 2nd place. Good stuff. A few of the lads suffered pretty hard from the heat, their chains and their efforts, but all felt great to see the team leader score yet another podium in his steady career.

Also today, our own Justin Lindine competed in only his second national level mountain bike race up in Mt Snow, VT. It was the pro/elite national championships and he took 13th. Holy crap that is awesome! Great job to Justin for representing TARGETRAINING off the road as well.

The team will be at some local events and then return in force for the Tokeneke Classic and others towards the buildup to GMSR. Look for more reports!

Thanks for reading!

Kyle Wolfe

Manager, TARGETRAINING Racing Teams
http://www.targetraining.com/

Saturday TARGETRAINING Century

Our 3rd and last CT and Pan Mass Challenge build up ride will be this Saturday at 7AM from TARGETRAINING. It will be a true century (100miles)! The course is a scenic 34mile circuit that we will complete three times (!). It loops back to TARGETRAINING for food and water stops after each circuit. Clients are welcome to take part in some or all of the ride. We hope to see everyone on Saturday!

This weekend's activities

1. TARGETRAINING's 100 mile ride to get ready for charity rides. Eneas will publish more on this but this Saturday we kick off at 7 AM. We have already done the 50 and 75 mile versions.

2. NYC Olympic Distance Triathlon. Sunday morning. Dom Gillen and Valentin Lopes will be presenting TARGETRAINING. If others are going, please let us know. If we have 4 guys going please make certain we register as a team (Mitch, Greg, Old School?).

3. Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon. Big event for those going. Good luck!

4. Mount Holly-Smithville International GP Pro/Am. We are sending the Elite/U-25 squad down there. Eneas and Tony Taylor will join the young guys. Should be fun!

5. Simulted Triathlon Sunday. Tyler will be running the show -- should be fun. Sign up now!

Sobe Norwalk Triathlon recap

While Dom was shut out from racing the Sobe, TARGETRAINING clients did attend and raced well! David Booth got 5th in his age group and did a 1:10. Rob Labanca got 4th in his age group and did a 1:12. He finished just ahead of Michael Driscoll who got 5th in his age group and also did a 1:12. David Sklar got 14th in his age group and did a 1:19. Joe Bogdan did a 1:20 and got 20th in his age group. Dean Shapiro did 1:24 and 30th in his age group. Kim Driscoll did a 1:25 and got 3rd in her age group (Congrats!!). Mary Money got 5th in her age group and did a 1:28.

New Britain Roundup

The Masters team went to the New Britain Criterium this Sunday. Scott and Rick did the 45+, and Scott pulled out the victory. Scott won the sprint after double pumping (he won the sprint, sat up because there was more road to go, and then won it again). It was a nice win for Scott and it may have been the first outright win of the season for the Masters team, who has a slew of second place finishes (and a neck full of gold medals from Stephen Badgers' top dog in Connecticut victories). Abdul made the winning break in the 35+ race only to have his chain skip in the sprint. So Abdul, supported by Stephen, Scott and Max V. got 6th place. Stephen got 10th. In the 30+, a large break got up the road and TT could not bring it back. Stephen got 9th. The Masters team skipped the 123 race. Junior team member Ryan Storm got 16th in the Cat 3 race. Little Max (15 years old) finished the Cat 5 race.