Powertap Functionality Seminar Monday night 8/9/10

New York City Triathlon

The New York City Triathlon was on Sunday, July 18th. The race had 3,400 entrants. The water temperature at 5 am was 76.5 degrees, so the 1.5 KM swim was barely wet suit legal. The swim has a reputation for a fast current that helps those of us who prefer land to water. This year the current helped, but for the early waves it was relatively weak in comparison to some years. A nice feature at the end of the swim was volunteers who pulled swimmers out of the water.

Given the number of competitors, there were two different transition areas. For my transition area, this met over a 400 meter run in the wet suit to transition. Out of transition, there was a short steep climb on a narrow bike path up to street level.

The 40 KM bike leg was an out and back course on the Henry Hudson and Mosholu Parkways. It was quite a feeling to bike through the toll booth on the Henry Hudson Parkway. There were some rough patches of road as is to be expected in NYC. The bike had some rolling hills, but they were not that tough given the hills we face on training rides.

The 10K run was mostly in Central Park. There were a number of fair sized hills that challenged tired legs. The support of spectators on the run course mitigated the heat of the sun.

Four Targetraining athletes competed. Ben Stout did the swim leg in 18:15 for a relay team. Lauren Carey competed for the second consecutive year. Finishing in 2:46, she improved her time by an impressive six minutes from last year. Marc McCoy finished in 2:42. This was my first Olympic; I finished in 2:45 which placed me in the top half of my age group: a goal I worked towards for two years. I was well prepared by Targetraining having received critical advice and encouragement from all of the coaches; I am particularly grateful to Max Veiga for his insight.

Next year, the NYC Tri is using a lottery system to determine entrants. If you are interested in a memorable Olympic distance race, I urge you to enter the lottery from November 1 to November 3, 2010.

David Burton

Corrected reference to Ben Stout 7/26/10.

Race Weekend -- Hopeful Friday

A great website for racing is NYVelocity.com.  One of my friends from racing, Dan, is a key writer for the website (and a founder of it).

He always writes a column on the upcoming weekend's events.  For us, the key events are different (sort of) because we care about triathlons and we are in Connecticut.

The key events for cyclists this weekend are the Prospect Park race (that is in NYC) and the Donovan Naugatuck Criterium (in Naugatuck CT).  A lot of us will compete in the Naugatuck event.

There is also the sprint triathlon being held in Norwalk.  A bunch of us will do that race, too. 

These events are why we train.  They are just plain fun.

One of our clients did Mt. Washington last week. Phil Clifford, who decided that he doesn't suffer enough in our training sessions, took to the slopes in New Hampshire and rode up the 12%+ grade for 7+ miles in 1:19.  Tom Danielson, who weighs 128 pounds and finished 8th in the Vuelta last year did it in 49 minutes.  Tom is a sweet heart and a gentleman (not that Phil isn't).

We're proud of all of us who are out there doing our best (that means trying).

Best of luck this weekend.

Mossman Sprint Bike Course Detour

Below are the directions for the new bike course followed by a link to a map I created. Good luck to all!

Exit Calf Pasture Beach
Right on Canfield Ave
Stay Left on Canfield Ave
Left on Marvin St
Right on Pine Hill Ave
Right on Old Saugautuck Rd
Left on Winfield St
Left on East Ave
Stay straight on East Ave
Left on Seaview Ave
Left on First St
Right on Cove Ave
Left on Fifth Ave
Right on Calf Pasture Beach Road
Enter Calf Pasture Beach
Do COMPLETE LOOP inside park and REPEAT

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3886140

30k summer time trial results 7/13/10

30k ave. speed mph
Robert Labanca 43:47:00 25.6
Michael Kirby 43:58:00 25.4
Ben Stout 46:30:00 24.1
Brad Hardy 47:52:00 23.4
Bryce May 48:24:00 23.1
Lane Brokaw 48:28:00 23.1
Adam Schwartz 50:31:00 22.1
Michael Driscoll 52:21:00 21.4
Dimitri Ofengenden 58:16:00 19.2