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2015 Ashenfelter 8k

Nov

26

2015

Belated happy thanksgiving to all. Ran the annual local turkey trot 8k (Thanksgiving morning) , this well known and extremely popular (3000+ runners) Ashenfelter 8k in Glen Ridge ,NJ is a fantastic race, and a nice one to close out my running season.. Weather was perfect today, and had a blast during the race. Check out the ...

2015 Clinton Skylands Triathlon race report

Sep

19

2015

Last September some friends and I took part in the 29th annual 2015 Skylands Sprint Triathlon held at the Spruce Run Recreational Area in Clinton , NJ. I was back here to try and redeem myself against my younger brother, who was also here. This has become our annual bragging rights triathlon rivalry, and after getting caught ...

2015 WestPoint Triathlon Report & Photos

Aug

16

2015

This past weekend a bunch of friends and I took part in the 2015 edition (26th Annual) West Point sprint triathlon, along with 700+ other folks. Its popular local triathlon held at Camp Buckner, in West Point NY , just a short distance from the Military Academy campus. The race itself is a sprint triathlon, ...

2015 NYC Triathlon race report 2

Jul

24

2015

This past weekend I participated in the 2015 NYC triathlon, an Olympic distance race that takes place in and around Manhattan. The race is your standard large city race with about 4000+ participants. Race packet pickup and mandatory bike racking begins Saturday in Midtown and then transition area near 72nd Street. Be sure to leave plenty ...

2015 Philly TriRock

Jul

15

2015

True to my word this year I did the Sprint and Olympic distances of (11th Annual) Philly TriRock triathlon. Its very popular ( 1000’s of participants ) regional triathlon held in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA. The race has two races, Saturday the shorter Sprint and Sunday the longer Olympic. Arriving Friday we met up with friends and ...

2015 Wyckoff Triathlon

Jun

20

2015

This is an abbreviated race report . a few weekends back I took part in the 2015 edition (33rd Annual) Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes triathlon. This race is somewhere between a sprint and Olympic distance race. Its a 800m swim, 17 mile bike and 5 mile run. Weather was nice overcast and mid to high 60’s . SWIM (800 meters) Swim ...

2015 Lap-the-Lake swim

Jun

13

2015

Today I took park in the 4th Annual Lap the Lake Swim in Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes held at the Indian Trails Country club. This is a terrific venue and the site of the 2015 Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes Triathlon (usually the following weekend) . The event has three distances 2.4mi (2-laps) , 1.2 and .5 mile (same exact swim course ...

2015 Newport 10k

May

6

2015

This past weekend some of my friends and I took part in the annual 2015 edition of the Newport 10k . Newport, NJ is a busy commercial and residential neighborhood near Jersey city, located across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan, NY. The weather was perfect , sunny and mid 50’s and the course was flat. ...

2015 Cherry Blossom 10k

Apr

15

2015

Finally we have had some nice weather, and this last Sunday myself and a group of friends once again met at Branch Brook park for the 39th edition of the Essex County Cherry Blossom 10K, my local hometown race. This year I choose to do this race instead of Rutgers half marathon which was held on this ...