Category: swim

Weekly Newsletter 7/24

Hello All,

We had a huge weekend of racing for GC Tri at NJ State Triathlon and Ironman Lake Placid! At NJ State Martin Skolnick and Cheryl Tarbous went 3:05 in the olympic distance. Lisa Mangino also finished the tough race in a solid 3:09. In the sprint Glenn Hartrick took 7th overall, winning his age group. Melissa Manning won her age group as well with Kristine Papamichael taking 6th and Erica Manning taking 12th. Congrats to all who suffered through the heat to finish a great race!

At Ironman Lake Placid Gctri represented well with Griffin McNeese (9:46) taking 9th overall for the amateurs and earning a slot to Kona. Megan Wiseman (10:43) took 4th in her AG and also earned a spot to Kona. Here are the rest of our amazing results: Andrew Shore: 10:41, Jared Tootell 9:54 (17th overall for amateurs), Scott Duprex: 10:10, Will Reagan: 11:00.55, Eyal Maor: 10:55, Raphael Zagury: 11:15, Andrew Corcione: 11:45, Julian Setian: 11:59, Nicci Schock: 12:01, Grace Lin: 12:11, Eva Kovacs: 13:38, and Mike Eng: 12:18. Congrats to all of our first timers and everyone else who raced to best times!!!

This weekend Jen and Mike will be leading a ride on Saturday leaving the 14th St Ferry in Hoboken at 7:00 AM. There also appears to be an early bird ride on Sunday leaving at 5:00 if anyone is interested.

Don’t forget, next Wednesday will be the GC Tri social at City Bistro outdoor deck meeting around 7:00 PM. Attendance is mandatory!

Happy Training,

GC Tri

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.

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

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

Fleet Feet Sale

There will be a sale at Fleet Feet this week from 7-9pm for all GCTri members featuring 10% off of merchandise as well as a small raffle. There will also be some food and adult beverages (hopefully Smirnoff Ice) for you to indulge in. If you haven’t picked up your kit this would be the time to do it. If you’re interested in a kit come by and see one up close (we won’t have samples to try on though).

Fleet Feet can be found on Washington St between 6th and 7th Ave.

GC TRI KITS ARE HERE!

Hi All,

In coordination with the new GC Tri uniforms coming in this week, Fleet Feet of Hoboken has offered GC Tri a private sale and party at their store. Next Wednesday, June 8th, everyone can come by the store on 604 Washington St from 7PM to 9PM for special deals, food and adult beverages at the store. Come check out our awesome new uniforms! If you didn’t order one this year, we can put you on the list for next year or, if we can get enough people, we can possibly make an additional order this year as well.

For those that need to know, club attendance is mandatory! There will also be a couple raffles for any GC Tri Member that shows up.

Happy Training,

GC Tri