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Weekly Newsletter/Weekend Ride

Hello All,

Congrats to Rich Miani who completed the Southampton Firecracker 8k this past weekend in a solid 36:38. Congrats as well to Julian Setian and Scott Duprex who completed the Cranford Firecracker 4 Miler in 25:30 and 24:52.

This weekend Mike S and Jen will be leading a group ride leaving the 14th St Ferry on Saturday at 7:30 AM. On Sunday Andrew C will be leading the ride leaving the 14th St Ferry at 8:00 AM.

Good luck to everyone race Double Trouble this weekend!

Happy Training,

GC Tri

Tuesday Track

Just posting this for archive purposes. Sorry for not getting the post up sooner.

Warmup: Jog to track; 1 lap + drills
Main Set: 14 x 400 (see paces below)
Cool Down: Jog back to Hoboken

Pace:
#1-4 @ 10K
#5-8 @ mile
#9-12 @ 5K
#13-14 @ sprint

Meet at 9th & Park at 6:00 am or at the track for a 6:15 am start.

Triathlon Swim Clinic

Hi All,

I forgot to include in the newsletter that Brad Thornton (Hoboken Masters Head Coach) will be offering a Triathlon swim basics class in July. The dates are the following: July 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28. The class will max out at 5 people and will be first come first serve. For all GC Tri members, it will be only $150 which includes a lap swim membership to the pool for the month. This a $50 discount from the initial price. You can use this class to develop an efficient freestyle for triathlons or open water swims. This is not a ‘learn to swim’ class (must be able to swim in a 25 yard pool), but rather a ‘learn to swim correctly’ class. If you are interested, head over to www.hobokenmasters.com and email Brad for more details.

Saddle Pains

Some of the guys and gals on the club swear by the noseless saddle (ie ISM). The following is an interesting article on nytimes.com concerning unneeded pressure in a certain region of your body. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/science/28tier.html

Tuesday Track

Good morning- here is tomorrow’s workout:

Warmup: Jog to track, 1 lap + drills
Set 1: 1 x 3200 @ mile-5K pace; 60s rest
Set 2: 8 x 200 @ sprint; 30-45s rest
Set 3: 8 x 100 @ sprint, 30-45s rest
Cool Down: Jog back to Hoboken

We are going to go hard the whole time tomorrow but we will increase the rest if necessary (depending on heat and fatigue). It is going to be warm so please make sure you bring hydration.

Meet at 9th & Park at 6:00am or at the track for a 6:15am start.

–Michael

Weekly Newsletter/Weekend Ride

Hello All,

Congrats to Jen Finotti-Sheppard who took 3rd overall female and Lisa Mangino taking 3rd in her Age Group at the Wycoff triathlon this past weekend. Congrats as well to Shelley Palumbo for taking 2nd in her Age Group and Simon Websters great performance at the Long Branch Sprint.

This weekend Kristin and Jen will be leading the Saturday group ride leaving the 14th St Ferry in Hoboken at 7:30 AM. On Sunday, Nicci and Grace will be leading the group ride leaving the 14th St Ferry at 7:00 AM. Get out there before the heat!

GC Tri members have been extended two more discounts for local races. Please email if you are interested in racing the Atlantic City Triathlon on Sep 18th as members will receive a $25 discount. We have also received a $15 discount for the Pequannock Triathlon by using the code TRICLUB11 which is only 38 days away. For more information check out https://sites.google.com/site/peqtri/.

Good luck to everyone racing the Philly Tri or Doc and Soc this weekend! And if you haven’t picked up your GC Tri Racing kits, please do so from Fleet Feet.

Happy Training,

GC Tri