Category: bike

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

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

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

Thursday Ride

Leaving from 14th st ferry at 540am SHARP. Work on those hills. For tips check out this active.com article:
http://www.active.com/cycling/Articles/4-Tips-for-Cycling-Uphill.htm?cmp=17-2-805

Weekly Newsletter 6/15

Hello All,

I apologize for the delay in the newsletter this week. This weekend Rich will be leading the group ride on Saturday leaving the 14th St Ferry in Hoboken at 8:00 AM.

Congratulations to everyone who raced at Lavaman this past weekend. Rich Bean won his age group, Mike Frank took 6th in his, Carlos Garcia took a solid 3rd in his AG, and Mike Goldberg had a solid performance on the men’s side. For the ladies Melissa Manning and Kristine Papamichael took 1st and 4th in their age group. Congrats to Rob Genkinger on a great performance at the SBR Sprint tri on Saturday in Harriman. Eyal Maor also took 2nd in his age group at the NYTC Harriman sprint this past Sunday and Simon Webster had another stellar performance there. Finally, congrats to Jared Tootell for surviving the heat down at Eagleman 70.3!

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend and don’t forget to join Andrew C and the rest of the gang at Dubliner tonight around 7PM.

Happy Training,

GC Tri

Bike Ride

We will be leaving from 14th st ferry tomorrow at 540AM SHARP. This is 5 mins earlier than normal. Let’s get some additional hill repeats in.