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Weekly Newsletter

Hello All,
Congrats to Steve Su for finishing the Unite Half Marathon this past weekend in a solid 1:34!  Congrats as well to our crazy distance running girl, Elena Makovskaya, for racing the Rim to Rim to Rim run in the Grand Canyon finishing in 17 hours!!!
This weekend we have two rides on Saturday. Mike will be leading the early birds leaving the 14th St Ferry in Hoboken at 7:00 AM and Kristine will be leading the late risers leaving the 14th Ferry in Hoboken at 8:30 AM. On Sunday, Rich will be leading a ride leaving the 14th St Ferry in Hoboken at 7:30 AM.
Lastly, if you plan on racing the Party with a Purpose 5k in Hoboken on July 17th, be sure to sign up as a member of the GC Tri team.  Thanks to efforts made by Cheryl Tarbous, we will have a team in place for your registration purposes.
Happy Training.

Thursday Morning Ride

Andre will be leading a group ride departing 14th st Ferry at 540am sharp.  Bring lights and your climbing legs.  Temps are expected to be in the upper 50s.

Weekly Newsletter

Hi All,
Congrats Elena Makovskaya on taking 3rd overall female in the Essential2Life 5k at Liberty State Park last weekend in a speedy 19:39.  Direct quote from Elena – “Thank you, track!!!” so you see what the GC Tri track workouts can do!
This weekend RJ will be leading our group ride leaving the 14th St Ferry in Hoboken on Saturday at 8:00 AM.  Mike will be running Saturday at 7am from Fleet Feet for a 10miler at about 8:30pace.  There will also be a group ride Sunday at 8am from 14th st ferry.  Looks to be a beautiful weekend so get out there and enjoy it.

Good luck to everyone racing the Boston Marathon this weekend!
Happy Training,

Thursday Morning Ride

THURSDAY MORNING hill repeats are ON! 5:40am sharp we leave 14th street Hoboken @ the water. Do you own pace up to the park and we’ll meet at the park entrance, then head into the park. We’ll leave the park at 6:30am and race (safely) home. Bring lights, it’s dark!

6am predicted weather: 46F, 63% humidity, 13mph wind NW and 6:21 am sunrise.

Andre

Weekly Newsletter/Weekend Ride

Hi All,
Race season has arrived!  Congrats to Griffin McNeese and Glenn Hartrick for having awesome performances at 70.3 Texas with Griffin taking 5th in his age group in 4:32 and Glenn finishing in 4:43.Elena Makovskaya had a stellar Garden Spot Village marathon finishing 5th overall in 3:26.  Last but not least all of our South Beach Tri finishers killed it.  Congrats to Gabby Czernik, JC Stephanak and Raphael Zagury in the olympic distance and Sam Hill and Nick Teslik finishing the sprint distance.
This weekend we have a Friday holiday special.  Will Reagan will be leading a group ride leaving Friday morning at 8:00 AM from the 14th St Ferry.  Andrew will be leading the Saturday morning group ride leaving at 8:00 AM from the 14th St Ferry as well.
Good luck to anyone racing this weekend and don’t forget to send in results.
Happy Training

Ride, Track and Swim Update

Swimming Hours Change

Stevens has moved to the spring/summer swimming schedule with Masters now on Monday/Wed/Fri at 6am (doors usually open 550am) and Tues and Thurs at 8pm.

Track Now Tuesdays

For those that may have missed the message due to the lack of update here, track workouts have now moved to Tuesday mornings, departing 9th and Park at 6am for a 6:15am start.  Workouts are posted to the group and here moving forward.

Thursday Morning Ride

Andre will be riding Thursday (4/5) morning at 5:40am for those that want to join.  He plans on leading a few hill repeats (not mandatory to complete).  As of Tuesday morning, Thursday is predicted to be 45F, 12mph wind and 42% humidity.