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Ultimate spectator guide to Kona Ironman World Championship triathlon 8

Oct

14

2017

So here’s my spectator Guide to watching and enjoying the Ironman Wold Championships live and in-person . This guide will focus on the best spots to watch, when and where to be , recommended camera/video gear to use, and how to enjoy the day and soak in the event. Of course vacationing in Hawaii ...

Staten Island Triathlon 2017 – Race Report 1

Aug

14

2017

A few weekends ago, a bunch of friends and I took part in the 9th annual 2017 Staten Island Triathlon held at the Midland Beach, Staten Island, New York. Held in honor or Rocco Laurie , this race raises money for the Rocco Laurie Foundation. This is a convenient local sprint race plus this year ...

2017 Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes Triathlon

Jun

19

2017

This weekend I took part in the 2017 edition (35rd Annual) Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes triathlon. This is a “Sprint-Lympic” distance race. Its a 800m swim, 17 mile bike and 5 mile run. Weather conditions were overcast and foggy at start, but overall comfortable. This years event again was less crowded and did not sell out less than 500 ...

Navesink Swim 2017

May

30

2017

This weekend, I took part in the 11th annual Nave-sink -or- swim, it’s a an open water distance swim race and festival held in Rumson, NJ at the Navesink cove at Victory Park.This year there was a bit of fog hanging over the river at the start but like the last few years the weather was perfect ...

Football practice filmed with my drone

May

29

2017

Decided to spend some time this afternoon over at Foley field, in Bloomfield, to practice flying My DJI Phantom 3 drone. The field is an excellent place because its wide open. To make it more interesting I decided to make my drone do some crane cam work as some guys out there doing some football ...

2017 Rutgers Unite 13.1 half

Apr

10

2017

This year Rutgers 13.1 fell on the same day as the Cherry Blossom 10k , so Christine and I decided to do Rutgers 13.1 (last year we sided with Cherry Blossom 10k) , Christine and I once again were back to take on the Rutgers/Unite 13.1 half marathon. Weather was perfect clear blue skies and ...

2016 Nations Triathlon – Washington DC

Sep

11

2016

This year I took advantage of TriRock’s discounted 2 Olympic triathlon early registration special rate and this was my second TriRock race (its part of TriRock series but without the the name TriRock.. go figure ) . The race is Washington DC’s main triathlon. The race now has both Sprint and Olympic distances in the same ...

2016 West Point Sprint Triathlon Report

Aug

21

2016

This past weekend a bunch of friends and I took part in the 2016 edition (26th Annual) West Point sprint triathlon. This popular local triathlon held at Camp Buckner, in West Point NY , just a short distance from the US Military Academy campus. The race itself is a sprint triathlon, Its a 800m swim, ...

2016 NJ State / CGI Olympic Triathlon

Jul

11

2016

Last weekend I too part in the NJ State triathlon, its part of a two day triathlon festival put on by the folks at CGI held at Mercer County Park, just south of Princeton. CGI , who also do the Rutgers half marathon among st other events. Always very well supported and professionally organized, they ...