Sailing Action and Duathlon World (Beaters)

Bob LaBanca is racing a sailing yacht. Uploaded from his cell phone... 

And...Kristin Thor Budden is 5th in World Duathlons in her age group (and 12th female overall!). "Ok, just got an update, results are posted. Not only was I 5th in my age group, but just found out I was 12th female OVERALL!!! And yes, I enjoyed a celebratory Guiness or two :)"

world results

And after Earl, the weather here was spectacular and so was our Saturday morning bicycle training rides...Ask Dom and Carlos, who led them.

(Dave Yockleson toppled over on his training ride and a few of us were sick or injured and lived vicariously through everyone else...)

Friday, 9/3 Open Water Swim Cancelled

The National Weather Service has issued a number of warnings for tonight and tomorrow due to hurricane Earl including:

"... RIP CURRENTS... INCREASINGLY HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ON THE OCEAN WILL DEVELOP TODAY INTO FRIDAY... WITH SURF CONDITIONS REMAINING DANGEROUS INTO THE WEEKEND."

For everyone's safety we will be canceling the Friday, 9/3 open water swim.

Dark Mornings bring new training focus to TT members

Despite the near record temperatures this week, the lack of sun light for our 5:45AM Tuesday outdoor cycling sessions abruptly reminded me that fall is just around the corner. To adapt to the lack of day light this past Tuesday we opted for 1 less interval at Sherwood Island and began the session indoors at our TT facility with a 20min focused stretching and core strengthening routine. Summer training can take its toll on the CNS and adding in extra rest days, stretching and core conditioning can help extend summer form well into the fall. We’ll be doing the same routine on Thursday before heading down to Longshore for the brick session.
Eneas

DALMAC starts today

The DALMAC ride begins today in East Lansing, Michigan at the MSU Pavillion. Roughly 2,500 riders will start here and end up at the Mackinaw Bridge roughly 400 miles later via five different routes. My husband Phil and I are riding the 5 UP course. For those that have met Phil, you know that he learned to ride a bike this year and Eneas and the TT crew have been helping him build some stamina and endurance for bike riding. He's done one 40 miler ride this year, and the average mileages over this five day ride are between 65 and 100 miles. Good luck Phil!

While on this ride we will be using our SPOT. The information is included below. While folks might not actually wonder where we are in Michigan from TT, well, our families like knowing where we are. We use the SPOT and its technology on our sail boat when doing deliveries and sometimes on bke rides. Essentiall, throughout the day the SPOT will automatically send its coordinates by satellite which will post to a website. We are providing the link to the website. Additionally, should we choose, we can send these updates to our families via email by push from the SPOT at any time.

We thought people might be interested in using SPOT on their rides, so you can see how it works here over the next five days. Just click the link.

Spot Tracking Page

Cheers,
Clare

TT Member spotting in print

Hello All:

Imagine my surprise while reading the September issue of Sailing World only to turn the page and see the mug of our own Bob LaBanca smiling at me. Bob's photo was included, along with the other crew from his recent Newport Bermuda race, in an article penned by his crew mate. Check it out, he looks pretty cool on the rail. For those that may not be subscribers, I'll bring in a copy.