Category: races

Weekly Newsletter 9/12/14

As expected we had more amazing super strong finishes by our very talented team members last weekend. At Mighty Hamptons: Dave Pietrangelo (2:20, 5th AG). At IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships – Kevin Portmann (4:13, 16th AG), Cristian Gonzalez (4:37). Skylands Olympic – Jen Sheppard (2:54, 2nd Female OA); Skylands Sprint Tri – John Palmer (1:34, his first triathlon!); IRONGirl – Cheryl Wickham (1:56); Toughman Half – Lyndsey Dore (7:06); Lake Hopatcong 1mi OWS – Jenny Zarzuela (42min); Quarterman – Dave Saraceni, Kristine Papamichael; Gran Fondo NJ – Diane Berry. Good luck to those racing Tri AC and any other races this weekend.

We continue to prep for IRONMAN Princeton 70.3. If you haven’t signed up for the picnic yet – please sign up here – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aDPLDeVNUtGzk-3LzlJNLk5LERiJHcAw9z5033dlUfY/edit?usp=sharing

Come hang out with the club members when they aren’t wearing spandex! The next club social is Thursday 9/18 @ 7:30pm. We will announce the location early next week. We hope to see you there!

Here are your weekend rides: on Sunday Jim Englert is leading a 65mi “A ride” to Rockland lake leaving 14th st. pier at 10am. For those of you that hate football, Nicole will be riding at 1pm on Sunday (distance and pace to be determined later). If you want other options – post a ride on FB and see if you get any company. Happy Training.

Weekly Newsletter 9/5/14

GCTri’s talented athletes were at it again last weekend! There were many great race times had at the 2N’s 5k Anything is Possible Race (at South Mountain and from many virtual locations). Even better than the race times, was the fact that we were out there supporting our good friend and teammate Glenn Hartrick as he continues his recovery. Congrats to Diane Berry, Deirdre McGuinness (2nd AG), and Tom Porrovechio for a job well done at the Six Flags Triathlon. Good luck to those racing this weekend at Toughman, Gran Fondo NJ, IRONGirl, & Skylands Triathlon. Best wishes to Kevin Portmann and Cristian Gonzalez on strong races at IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships!

Mark your calendars! The September social is scheduled for Thursday 9/18 @ 7:30pm. As we get closer we will announce the location (if it’s nice, hopefully we will be outside).

IRONMAN Princeton 70.3 is just around the corner. We hope to have another huge cheering section to support the over 20 team members that will be competing. Bring your favorite cowbell. We will be having a huge picnic after the race. Please sign up and let us know what you will be bringing for the big post-race bash. Picnic Sign up

There are a couple options for you this weekend for rides. On Saturday Jared is leading a 56mi course preview for the Princeton 70.3. The group will be meeting at Mercer County park at 8am. Also on Saturday, RJ will be leading a 40mi “B ride” to State Line (or possibly to the Filling Station for a muffin). This ride departs the 14th St. Pier at 8am. If you haven’t made it to the track workouts yet – you are missing a great opportunity to get faster! Thursday morning rides are still going, but front and rear lights are mandatory for safety since sunrise is much later now. Happy Training!

Weekly Newsletter 8/1/14

What an amazing weekend for GCTri; we have some new IRONMAN finishers, and a couple of Kona qualifiers. Congrats to our IRONMAN Canada finishers: Carsten Hansen (10:01, 1st AG, Kona Qualifier), GCTri alum Missy Manning (10:53, 3rd AG, Kona Qualifier), former GCTri prez Andrew Shore (10:41), Steve Su (11:50), Erica Manning (12:12), Jen Sheppard (13:18). Congrats to our IRONMAN Lake Placid finishers: Steve “Shooter” Rosselli (12:37), Kristine Papamichael (12:53), Todd Olsen (13:07), Martin Skolnick (13:14), Rebecca Gauthier (14:19), Cheryl Tuosto (14:51), Mark Rogers (15:18). Congrats to Kevin Portmann finishing IRONMAN Switzerland in (9:39). Congrats to Cheryl Wickham (1:27) at Stars and Stripes Aquathlon. Good luck to our teammates racing NYC Triathlon and the River to Sea Relay this weekend.

Did you hear about the Glenn Hartrick 2N’s Anything is Possible 5K??? We can use both volunteers and participants. It’s being held on Sunday August 31st (Glenn’s birthday) at Noon. Not gonna be in the area that weekend???? Here’s the cool thing – you can run it virtually (you will get a race bib and then send your results in via email – no fibbing!). I will be running in Amsterdam; can’t wait to support our friend Glenn. For more information visit – https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Millburn/GlennHartrick5K

Many of our ride leaders are participating in either the R2C relay Saturday or the NYC Tri Sunday so we don’t have any group rides posted for the weekend. Seems like Sean Cercone in interested in a ride to Toga on Sunday. Please use the FB group to organize. Happy Training.

Weekly Newsletter 7/25/14

Woo hoo – we dominated NJ State Triathlon!!!  In the Sprint: Team 2 N’s [Jen Sheppard, Raphael Zagury, Mike Mentor] (56:26, 1st Relay), Marc Hourican (1:07), Heather Cameron (1:12, 4th AG), Lauren Kruk (1:32), Deb Noble (1:23), Diane Berry (1:30), Ugur Arslan (1:15).  In the Olympic: Matt Bach (2:01, 6th OA), Mark Horton (2:11, 3rd AG), Dave Calabrese (2:19), Rich Bean (2:20), Nicole Ogrosso (2:24), Jared Lando (2:26), Sean Greene (2:27), Matt Vella (2:30), EJ Burke (2:31), Mike Frank (2:32), John Callahan (2:32), Tara Barlow (2:32), Steve Ostrander (2:36), Nicci Schock (2:37), Juan Carlos Buenano (2:42), Mike D’Imperio (2:47), Des Johnson (2:50), Laura Muzzatti (2:52), Lisa Mangino (2:55), Sara Press (2:55), Fabricio Pazmino (2:58), Anthony Desantis (3:02), Meredith Ryan (3:06), Vito Ciraco (3:13), Margaret Grandstaff (3:23), Deirdre McGuinness (3:28), Alminda Brundyn (3:31), John Argueta (3:39), Meredith Rodriguez (3:42), Dani Rossi (4:01), Lauren Bach (4:43).  Special congratulations to Lyndsey Dore – You are an Ironman!!! (IRONMAN UK – 15:21). Good luck to those racing IRONMAN Lake Placid, IRONMAN Canada, IRONMAN Switzerland, and the Stars and Stripes Aquathlon.

Planning for 2015 is in the works already.  Seems like IRONMAN Mont Tremblant and Mont Tremblant 70.3 will be some of the designated club races.  Stay tuned for more information about sign up dates.

Here’s the deal for weekend rides:  Saturday – RJ is leading an A ride 65mi to Rockland Lake and Meredith is leading a 45mi B/C ride.  Both the rides will depart the 14th St. Ferry Pier at 7am.  If you’d like to ride Sunday please use the FB group to organize.  Happy Training!

Weekly Newsletter 7/18/14

Some things never change….once again GCTri was all over the podium this past weekend.  Congrats to our teammates that competed.  At the Coney Island Aquathlon we had: Heather Cameron (1:07, 3rd Female OA, 1st AG), Cheryl Wickham (1:36, 2nd AG); At War at the Shore we had: Jenny Zarzuela (1:20, 2nd Athena); at Double-Mussel: Maria Wedgeworth (7:14, 4th Female [1:27 Sprint, 2nd AG; 5:47 Half]), RJ Boergers (6:59 [1:24 Sprint, 5:34 Half]); Steelman 3.2mi OWS: Nicole Ogrosso(1:24);  at Toronto Triathlon Festival Olympic: Jared Lando (2:29), Laura Muzzatti (3:03). Good luck to all of our teammates racing NJ State Triathlon and to Lyndsey Dore at IRONMAN UK this weekend!  As usual, please be sure to share your race results on the team webpage – http://www.gctri.org/race-results/submit-results/

It’s your last chance to sign up for the GCTri picnic after the Olympic race at NJ State.  Please let us know what you are bringing –https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13zqmkhLS732k2XC6uq_T_ZHL7YG7jKNwsAOKqJZuqNU/edit#gid=0  Remember we are racing for Team 2N’s in support of our friend Glenn Hartrick.  We will have blue bracelets, t-shirts and GCTri visors available for purchase to show your support and look good on race day.

We’ve got some options for rides for you this weekend.  All rides will depart the 14th St. Ferry Pier.  Saturday: Maria is leading an “A ride” 85mi towards Bear Mtn departing at 6am; Kristine is leading an “A riders”  & Andrew is leading “B riders” to State Line leaving at 7:00am; Brad is leading a “B ride” to Nyack at 9:00am.  Happy Training!

Weekly Newsletter 7/11/14

GCTri looks to continue our strong 2014 racing campaign this weekend!  Good luck to our teammates racing Coney Island Aquathon, Musselman, Steelman OWS, War at the Shore and Toronto Triathlon Festival.  Good luck to our team on Tuesday July 15th at the Party With Purpose 5k (you can still sign up and help us show Hoboken how much we rock).

Did you hear the good news?  Jared Lando and Laura Muzzatti got engaged.  Congrats to a great GCtri couple.

We need more cow bell!!!  NJ State Triathlon is the weekend of July 19th (sprint)/20th (Olympic).  Kelly Calabrese and I are leading the official GCTri fanclub – “Coasty’s Crusaders” and we need your help making some noise!  This year GCTri is combining forces with MAPSO and Team Philly Pro Tri and are racing for Team 2N’s in support of our good friend Glenn Hartrick.  Let’s make Glenn proud and everyone go out and get a PR!!!  This year we will have a team port-o-john, and we will also be bringing the tent and a changing tent (new this year) for an awesome post-race picnic!  If you haven’t already signed up for the picnic, please see Nicci’s spreadsheet and let us know what you will be bringing- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13zqmkhLS732k2XC6uq_T_ZHL7YG7jKNwsAOKqJZuqNU/edit#gid=0

The weather looks fantastic for training.  We’ve got a couple options for rides for you.  All rides will depart the 14th St. Ferry Pier.  Saturday: Steve Su is leading an  “A ride” 80mi to Lil Tor departing at 6am; Nicci is leading a “B ride” to State Line leaving at 7:30am.  On Sunday: Diane is organizing a  “C ride” that will depart at 11am.  Lastly, Lisa Mangino and Mark Smith will be sharing their tire changing expertise at 3pm at the flagpole at Pier A.  If you don’t know how to change a flat you really should go to this!  Happy Training.