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Weekly Newsletter

Congrats to Glenn Hartrick taking the overall win at the Pascack Valley Triathlon and 2nd overall at the Staten Island Triathlon this past weekend.  GC Tri also took 2nd at the Pascack Valley Tri with Scott Duprex just missing the top of the podium.  Dave Pietrangelo also raced the Staten Island Tri taking 3rd in his age group while Jason Griggs had a solid day out on the course.
This weekend RJ will be leading a group ride on Saturday leaving the 14th St Ferry in Hoboken at 7:00 AM.  If you’re looking to ride on another day, feel free to just post the day and time you’re leaving Hoboken.  I’m sure someone else will want to join the fun!
GC Tri has some apparel inventory it needs to sell off.  We have cycling jerseys, tri tops, tri bottoms, headsweat hats, and sweatvac beanies.  Please email Andrew at  if you are interested in purchasing any GC Tri gear.
GC Tri’s September social will be hosted at the Haskell residence.  Save the date for Sep 27th from 6-9 PM.  We will have all the apparel there to try on.
Happy Training and have a safe Labor Day Weekend!

Weekly Newsletter

Hello All,

At Ironman Mont Tremblant, GC Tri welcomed Frank Virga to the Ironman family finishing in 12:40.  Eva Kovacs also finished her 20th, yes 20th Ironman up there in 13:48.  At the West Point triathlon Kevin Portman won his age group and took 10th overall.

At the USAT Nationals Sprint, Glenn Hartrick took 4th in his age group, while Jamie Brabston and Nicole Ogrosso took top 10s in their age groups as well.  Carlos Garcia also had a fine performance.  At the Olympic distance Jen Finotti, Melissa Manning, Kristine Papamichael, Gabby Czernik and Erica Manning all had great races!

At Timberman 70.3, we had a large group with the GC Tri Banner Flying high.  Rich Bean qualified for 70.3 Worlds in his first ever 70.3.  Scott Burns and Maria Wedgeworth also finished their first 70.3, Kristin Hespos got a PR by over 20 minutes for the course and Nicci Schock had another solid performance.

This weekend Mike H will be leading a group ride leaving the 14th St Ferry on Saturday at 7:00 AM.  He’s taking a long easy ride up to Bear Mountain if you are looking to long and have some company.  Don’t worry if you don’t want to ride that far, you can start with the group and turn around at any point.

Happy Training

Weekly Newsletter/Weekend Ride

Hello All,
Another great weekend of racing for GC Tri at Vice Versa, NYC Tri and 70.3 Rhode Island.  At Vice Versa we had Glenn Hartrick taking the overall win and Andrew Shore coming in 4th.  On the ladies side, Gabby Czernik took 2nd in her age group, Nicole Ogrosso won her age group, Joyce Taite took 2nd in her age group, and Alicia Warburton took 2nd in her age group!
At NYC Tri Will Reagan won his age group in 2:05 and Lauren Wiest took 2nd in hers in 2:38!  We had a ton of finishers that killed the course (most of the fish were already dead though).  Brian Wiest in 2:14, Dave Calabrese in 2:27, Marcus Wignell in 2:29, Dave Pietrangelo in 2:31, Scott Burns in 2:41, Scott Placona in 2:58.  Dave Cruz won the brother battle in 2:17 over Dan in 2:27.
Lastly at 70.3 Rhode Island Jared Tootell took 2nd in his age group and Scott Duprex took 4th in his age group!
This weekend there will be a 6 AM early bird ride leaving the 14th St Ferry on Saturday!  If you haven’t signed up for the Jersey State Triathlon picnic on Facebook, please do and post what you can bring.  If you’re not in our Facebook group and would like to join the picnic on Sunday after the race, email Rich at .  We have 34 people signed up for the sprint and olympic races so awesome presence will be made by GC Tri!!!
Happy Training,

Weekly Newsletter/Weekend Workouts

Hi All,
Congrats to Steve Su taking 5th in his age group at the Patriots Half Ironman this past weekend.  Congrats as well to Lisa Mangino, taking 4th in her age group at the Wyckoff Triathlon, setting a PR and only 30 seconds off the podium!
This weekend Andrew will be leading an early bird ride on Saturday morning leaving at 6 AM from the 14th St Ferry.  RJ will be leaving at 7 AM for anyone looking to get an extra hour of sleep.  On Sunday, Andrew C will be leading a group ride leaving the 14th St Ferry in Hoboken at 8:00 AM.
Good luck to anyone racing this weekend and keep sending in all the awesome results!  Don’t forget to sign up for the NJ State Tri as a Gold Coast Triathlon Member as there is less than 50 slots left.  And if you’re racing the Party with a Purpose 5k in Hoboken, be sure to sign up as a team member of Gold Coast Triathlon!
Happy Training,

Weekly Newsletter/Weekend Ride

Hi All,
My apologies to Dave Pietrangelo for not including his great result last week at the Hoboken Pump and Run.  He was able to bench 145 pounds 26 times then take off for a 5k finishing in 4th place overall!  This past weekend we had some solid results at the Lincoln Tunnel 5k.  Derek Barnes in 19:42, Joe Giattino in 20:07 and Allison Twarowski in 24:25.  At the XTerra Jersey Devil Tri, Scott Duprex took 9th overall and Rich Bean took third in his age group.  Finally, congrats to Steve Su and Matt Mustich for taking 10th and 20th overall at the West Point Duathlon!
This weekend Jen Finotti will be leading a group ride on Saturday leaving the 14th Ferry at 7:00 AM.  On Sunday Rich Bean will be leading the group ride leaving the 14th St Ferry at 7:30 AM.
There is also a group that will be riding the Escape from Palisades Half Marathon on Sunday.  They are going to leave from the 14th St Ferry at 7:15 AM sharp so get there a few minutes early if you want to join them.  There is a bike storage at the race, so take advantage of getting in a nice brick without having to worry about your bike getting stolen.  Because of this race the park road will be closed to all bikes and cars from 9AM to Noon so avoid it.
Happy Training,

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.