Fall is here!

Hopefully you had a fantastic racing season so far! With the triathlon season beginning to wind down in the Northeast, it's time to start thinking about what other types of racing there is available here on the east end.
Congrats to all the Mighty Hamptons, S.O.S., Westchester Toughman, Hempstead Triathlon participants and to Wynn Aker completing his first Ironman at Wisconsin yesterday! If you aren't ready to give up triathlon just yet there are a few more local races going on:

• The Mightyman Sprint and the Mightyman Half Ironman are taking place the weekend of Oct 2nd and 3rd. For details head over to http://www.eventpowerli.com/
• October 12th is the fourth annual Cedar Beach Sprint Triathlon.
• The Carl Hart Fall duathlon is October 17th
• The Wantagh Duathlon is October 24th

Just feel like doing some fall running?

• Saturday September 25th is the Great Cow Harbor 10k run
• The Flying Point 8k is in Southampton on the 26th
• Saturday October 2nd is the Entenmann's Great South Bay Run. 5k, 10k, or Half marathon.

Happy training and racing! Hope to see you out there!
~jen

Happy Summer!

There is so much going on this summer its hard to pick and choose. Lake swimming by Wildwood is in full effect with a regular group swimming at 6:15 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and there are plenty of others swimming on the weekends as well, so be sure to post on the forum if you are looking for swim partners!

These are a few of my favorite upcoming events:

Sunday July 4th: Southampton Firecracker 8k run

Sunday July 11th: 2010 Gold Coast Tour

Sunday July 18th: Montauk Lighthouse Sprint Triathlon this typically sells out in the winter, sign up next year! Triathlons take alot of planning but you can easily volunteer for any of the events and get some training in on the course at some point that day. Check out The NYC triathlon on July 18th and IM Lake Placid on July 25th.

Sunday August 1: ING NYC marathon long training run # 1 No matter what distance race you are training for, running the organized long training run is a great way to get a distance run in on a supported course. Last year I did 18 training for an October marathon and Central Park is a great place to run.

Hope to see you out there, happy training and racing!

The "season" is here!

After a long, very long winter.... the time has come for some outdoor riding (and according to the forum) outdoor swimming!?!

Lots of upcoming running events to take part in:

• May 2 is the LI festival of races from Eisenhower Park.
• The greenbelt trail 25k and 50k are May 8th.
• May 16th is the Healing Heart 5k off road trail race to benefit the American Heart Association in Mattituck. (it's at Marth Clara Vineyards, wine tasting anyone?)

Many more to choose from, check out the local running event calendar here.

On the multisport front:

May 9th: The Carl Hart Mother's Day Duathlon
May 30th: Ironclad Triathlon
June 6th: Great South Bay Triathlon
June 12th: Mighty Montauk Triathlon

With local races every weekend, there is always something to do and many people to meet up with. Looking to train with some people! Don't be shy... post on the forum!

Happy training (and racing!)
Jen

Cycling friends! Meet and greet and find out what is happening for cycling on the east end

Annual East End Cycling Meeting

Sunday, March 7th

2:00 – 4:00 pm

One Ocean Road Restaurant

Bridgehampton

(corner of Montauk Highway and Ocean Road)

Guest Speakers:

NYS Assemblyman Fred Thiele

SC Legislator Jay Schneiderman

Find out how Spokespeople has been improving cycling for YOU this past year.

Discover ways YOU can help make the East End a better place to ride.

Sign up for a Cycling Skills class.

Find out how to become a Certified Cycling instructor.

Help us establish a 2010 agenda.

Hang out with other cyclists you haven’t seen in a while.

Make 2010 the year you make a difference for Long Island cycling!

SPOKESPEOPLE’s MISSION: To enhance the quality of life on eastern Long Island by promoting and facilitating road and trail cycling among citizens of all ages and all physical abilities for both recreation and transportation.

www.spokespeopleli.org

Planning Ahead

If you are looking for a race in mid- August in a beautiful spot, close to home this one may be for you:

Fellow Triathletes,




The 21st Annual West Point Triathlon is HALF FULL!! If you have not registered, do not procrastinate! You can register at the following link:



http://www.active.com/triathlon/west-point-ny/21st-annual-west-point-triathlon-2010

Fun 4k for a good cause

Jim Macwhinnie is a local runner and triathlete that suffered a horrible accident in December when removing an old oil burner from his parents house. The stairs collapsed and the heavy oil burner crushed him, and lacerated his liver among other internal injuries. On the mend, Jim has tremendous medical bills and the community out here has banded together to lend a fellow athlete a hand. This Saturday the 13th is the Jim Mac Valentines 4k at Red Creek Park in Hampton Bays. Race time is 10 am, the cost is $20 and all proceeds go to the Jim Macwhinne fund. Come on out for a fun day. For more information go to http://www.islandrunning.com/
Hope to see you there!

Local happenings in February

Winter getting you down? Group up with some Twinforks members and sign up for a local road race to get your competitive fires flaming. GLIRC is sponsoring some great events this month:
http://www.glirc.org/index.php?id=7&mois=2&annee=2010#cal

or if you are little more adventurous you can head in for the very hilly Prospect Park 4 miler Feb 28th:
http://www.nyrr.org/races/2010/r0228x00.asp

or if you are crazy and jumping over fire pits and crawling through mud while attempting to actually run 3.25 miles is your thing you can start your training with some other crazy TFMers for the warrior dash next september:
http://www.warriordash.com/register2010_northeast.php

From some of the emails I get it seems that there will be some stiff competition between the Motorola crew and the Brookhaven Lab crew. Luck for me I have a half ironman that weekend up in Syracuse! (whew!)

If you are looking for training partners to get you through the winter, don't be shy, post on the forum!

Happy Training,
jen