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Weekly News Update 5/31

Last weekend was a little light in terms of racing, but not in results:  Congrats to Glenn Hartrick for 1st place overall and RJ Boergers (5th AG) at Hammonton Sprint .  Good luck to this weekend’s participants at Rev3 Quassy – Jen Sheppard, Rich Bean, Nicci Schock, Dave Calabrese, Kristine Papamichael, Glenn Hartrick, Raphael Zagury, Matt Bach, Cristian Gonzalez, Dave Cruz, Gabby Czernik, Greg Eisenhart, Lisa Mangino, Steve Su, Missy Manning & Erica Manning.  Good luck to all other GCTri members competing in other races this weekend!  We’re expecting some great results and can’t wait to see them shared on the results section of the webpage.  Nicole Ogrosso is the captain of the GCTri Team for the 9th annual Party With Purpose 5k in Hoboken which will be run on Tuesday 7/16.  Please see her post on the group Facebook page and join the team so we can win the team challenge.  Hincapie Gear will be shipped to us sometime next week – stay tuned for information regarding merchandise pick up.  On Saturday RJ Boergers will be leading a ride to Rockland County Park (70mi) that will leave the 14th St. Pier at 7am.  Happy Training!

Weekly News Update 5/24

Wow have you seen all the awesome race results from last week?  Check out the results section of the webpage and keep those results rolling in – http://www.gctri.org/race-results/view-results/

Congratulations to American Triple T finishers – Scott Duprex, Nicole Ogrosso, Nick Walulik,; Jersey Man finishers – Derek Barnes, Brian Wiest (1st AG), Gabby Czernik (1st place female), Danny Repetti, Mickey Cassu, Lauren Wiest (3rd AG), ; HarryMan finishers Missy Manning (4th overall female olympic, 1st AG), Erica Manning (1st AG), Andrew Corcione (4th AG – HIM), & Kristine Papamichael (3rd AG), Steve Su (3rd AG); Red Bank Finishers – Glenn Hartrick (1st overall Sprint), Eric Donohue (4th overall Olympic), Marc Delese, Dave Calabrese, Shelley Palumbo, Martin Skolnik, Kristin Hespos, Scott Burns, Marc Rogers, Heather Cameron (3rd overall Aquavelo), Dave Pietrangelo, Jen Sheppard (4th overall female), Rowan Prior (2nd AG); Black Bear finishers – Kevin Portmann (4th overall, 1st AG); King of the Hill finisher – Rich Bean (5th AG); Brooklyn Half Marathon finishers – Carsten Hansen, Mike Fanelli, Mike Guglielmo; American Zofingen Iron TT finishers – Matt Bach (5th overall), & Chuck Dender.  Good luck to Heather Cameron at the Great Hudson Open Water Swim this weekend.  Best wishes to the IMLP folks heading up for some tough training this weekend.  According to recent communication with Hincapie, the new race kits and cycling gear should ship on June 5th.   Check out the members only section of the website for some great new discount codes for local races.  Please respond to Jen’s post on the FB group if you’d like to order a special GCTri team/support team t-shirt for IMLP.  Reminder that Thursday 5/30 is our May Social: 7pm @ Pilsener Haus & Biergarten.  Mike D’Imperio will be leading a group ride this weekend – stay tuned to your email and the club calendar to find out which day and what time he will be leaving.  Enjoy the holiday weekend.  Happy Training!

Weekly Update 5/10

Congrats to all of our GCTri members who raced last weekend!  In Tri Races: Kristin Hespos and Scott Burns had great first races of the season at Devilman, Andrew Shore turned in a nice performance out at Ironman St. George, and we had some impressive performances at Bassman from Dave Pietrangelo (3rd Overall – Sprint Distance), Kevin Portmann (1st AG, 7th Overall – Half IM), and Glen Hartick (2nd AG, 4th Overall).  In Half Marathons we had a ton of participants between NJ ½ and Escape to the Palisades – these folks are primed for tri season now!  Don’t forget to share your results on the club webpage (it’s a really cool feature that Nicci created for the website).  Good luck to GCTri members racing the HOHA Classic or any other races this weekend.  On Saturday Kristine will be leading a long ride that will leave the 14th St. Pier at 7am (this will depend on the weather so stay tuned to Facebook and the club calendar for any changes).

Weekly Update 5/3

Another week in the books, and more accolades for GCTri members – go figure!  Congrats to Derek Barnes (2nd AG) and Shelley Palumbo for their performances at the Lincoln Tunnel Challenge.  Congrats to Erica Manning (1st AG) and Missy Manning (1st AG) for their podium finishes at the Bronx Duathlon.  Please keep posting those results on the GCTri website.  We will be well represented this weekend at Escape to the Palisades ½ Marathon (Steve Su, Mike D’Imperio, Kristine Papamichael, Matt Mustich, RJ Boergers) and NJ ½ Marathon (Nicole Ogrosso, Cheryl Tarbous, Lisa Mangino).  Good luck to Dave Pietrangelo, Kevin Portmann and Will Reagan racing Bassman.  Also, good luck to everybody’s favorite former GCTri President –Andrew Shore who will be racing IRONMAN St. George 70.3 out in Utah. Good luck to Kristin Hespos and Scott Burns racing Devilman.   Don’t forget about the GCTri picnic on Sunday May 5th at 2pm at the courtyard of 1000 Jefferson.  Please be sure to sign up on the club calendar or on facebook if you will be attending so we can purchase food.  Last weekend was gorgeous for training and it looks like this week will be the same – hopefully you can take advantage.  On Saturday Mike Haskell will be leading a ride that will leave the 14th St. Pier at 8am.  On Sunday, ride up to Palisades park with the group racing the half marathon– we will leave 14th St. Pier at 7am.  Happy Training!

Weekly Update – 4/26

GCTri members turned in some great performances last weekend!  Congrats to Raphael Zagury, Will Reagan and Matt Bach (1st place overall) at the Hook Mountain Half Marathon.  Congrats to the Unite Half Marathon finishers – Jenny Zarzuela, Shelley Palumbo, Glenn Hartrick (12th overall), Mike Fanelli, & Erik Donohue.  John Argueta had a successful 2nd triathlon out at the Mini Mighty Man!  My apologies to anyone I’ve left out – please help me out next time by posting your results on the GCTri website!  Good luck to Derek Barnes and Shelley Palumbo racing the Lincoln Tunnel Challenge and to Erica Manning at the Bronx Duathlon.  This weekend RJ will be leading a 70 mile ride that will leave the 14th St. Pier on Saturday at 8am.  Lastly, please sign up on the Facebook invite or the club calendar if you’ll be joining us at the Club Picnic on May 5th.  Happy Training!

Weekly update 4/19

Congrats to our Boston Marathon Finishers – Mike Guglielmo (2:51), Christian Gonzalez (3:10), & Marc Hourican (3:33).  We’re excited about your great performances, but we’re even happier that you returned home safe.  Good luck to John Argueta racing the Mighty Man Pool Triathlon and also to Shelley Palumbo and Jenny Zarzuela racing the Unite Half Marathon.  Good luck to all others who are competing this weekend.  Please continue to post your results on the GCTri webpage.  On Saturday, RJ will lead a 60mi ride up to Toga which will depart the 14th st. pier at 9:00am.  Our RoadID discount code ends tomorrow (we hope you were able to take advantage of this offer).