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Brooklyn Bridge 1km Swim 7

Jul

21

2014

This year I took part in another of NYCSwim harbor swims. Last year I did the Statue of Liberty Swim , and this year I wanted to change it up and try the Brooklyn Bridge 1km swim across the East River under/around the Brooklyn Bridge. NYCSwim changed the direction this year , last year the swim ...

Review: Solememo® Myvision N16 Bluetooth Speaker

Jul

18

2014

This is review of a neat little N16 MyVision Solememo® Bluetooth speaker. This is nicely styled unit. That gives you a lot of bang for your buck.. Besides providing external Bluetooth connected speakers for your mobile device , it also has hand-free phone calling and mp3 (SD-card) standalone music playing. Specs: Operation. The n16 is ...

Randolph Lake Triathlon 2014

Jul

13

2014

This weekend a group of friends and myself took part in the Randolph triathlon. We fielded two relay teams in this year’s event. . We also took some race photos which are completely free, they’re posted on Google+ Albums , Links to photos are at the end of the post. Photos are free kindly leave a comment ...

2014 Lincoln Park Triathlon Sprint Relay

Jun

29

2014

Today we returned to Lincoln Park for the 4th annual triathlon and tried to improve upon our second place finish in the 2013 team relay. It would be same team as last year, Two and a half men (us) vs. our rival team The flying dutchman. Race morning had nice dry weather, and it was clear and ...

2014 Sunset Classic 5mi

Jun

27

2014

Today a few friends and myself took part in the 26th edition of the Bloomfield Sunset Classic 5 miler. The race is held in my neighboring town in the early evening on a weeknight typically in the humid and hot weather of a NJ summer. This year proved very hot and humid.. true to form.. ...

2014 Philly TriRock Triathlon 1

Jun

23

2014

Today I took part in the 2014 edition (10th 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. Day 1: Sprint The Sunday Race features a deep pro-field and is ...

2014 Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes Triathlon Race Report 2

Jun

14

2014

Today I took part in the 2014 edition (32st Annual) Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes triathlon. Its very popular ( usually over a 1000+ participants ) local triathlon held in the Franklin Lakes/Wyckoff area. The race itself is a somewhere between a sprint and Olympic distance race. Its a 800m swim, 17 mile bike and 5 mile run. Weather ...

Portugal Day 5k 2

Jun

8

2014

Today myself and a group of friends took part in the annual Portugal day 5k. This race has special meaning to me, its in my old neighborhood of the Ironbound, and it was the first organized race I did back in my younger days ( it used to be a 2-mile and 10k back then), ...