At 6am on sunday, I\'ll be doing
this. I\'m only planning to finish, irregardless of my time. The running is going to be the hardest part for me.
Swim 60 laps in olympic size pool > Bike 25 miles > Run 6 miles
1500 Meter Swim (60 laps in olympic size pool)The race starts on Manhattan\'s Westside at 98th Street and the Hudson River. The point to point swim course is near the seawall to minimize the effect of the current. Kayakers and other members of the water safety team frame a 20 yard swim lane from start to finish. Athletes swim south and exit near the 79th Street Boat Basin before running into transition. The Hudson River, one of America\'s most famous waterways, is home to many open water swims and is considered one of the cleanest rivers in New York.
40 Kilometer Bike (25 miles)The cycling course exits Riverside Park at 79th Street. Athletes enter the northbound entrance of the Henry Hudson Highway, staying in the right lane. Athletes will continue on a moderately hilly course north out of Manhattan, over the Hudson River Bridge, and exit onto the Mosholu Parkway. The course proceeds south on the Mosholu and U-turns at Gunhill Road in the Bronx. Participants will proceed back to the Henry Hudson Parkway and ride south in the Northbound Lane to 57th street where another u-turn will be completed and cyclists will head north and exit the Henry Hudson Parkway at 79th street and proceed back to the transition area. All bicycle traffic will utilize the normally northbound roadway which will be totally closed to vehicular traffic.
10 Kilometer Run (6 miles)Runners will exit Riverside Park at 72nd Street and run across 72nd Street to Central Park. Runners turn left when entering Central Park and will run in a clockwise direction around the northern loop of Central Park. The Finish line is on Dead Road, just west of the bandshell on the 72nd Street Transverse in Central Park.
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holy
****....i do....wish you luck i mean!!!
good luck man, i\'d be freak\'n dead. i prolly wouldn\'t be able to do that if my life depended on it.
The Hudson River, one of America\'s most famous waterways, is home to many brown trout.
Sorry....couldn\'t help it!!
Good luck!!!!
While you\'re doing all this, to prove your manhood, I\'ll either be doing....:chug:....or.....:banzzz:
Again, best of luck to you!!!!
Good luck and much respect!
I was talking about triathlons this weekend, I heard they have shorter ones (half length?) for beginners. Know where I could find one? How\'d you get started?
Abso-fuckin-lutely good luck! I\'d be sittin on a lazy boy at the start line....
Rock on paul! what a great way to spend a sunday...Kick ass
They started a team at work last fall, I joined as an excuse to get myself in the gym. I used to swim and I bike all the time, so the running is the only hard part. There are tons of places with info. No time now to dig through them, but heres the links page from the teams web site:
Training Links
Triathlon
USA Triathlon
http://www.usatriathlon.orgTriathlete Magazine
http://www.triathletemag.comTriFind
http://www.trifind.comTrifuel.com
http://www.trifuel.comBeginnertirathlete.com
http://www.beginnertriathlete.comHartford Area Triathletes
http://www.ctheat.orgThe Triathlon Association of NYC
http://www.tanyc.orgAsphalt Green Triathlon
http://www.agtri.comSwimming
USA Swimming
http://www.usaswimming.orgUS Masters Swimming
http://www.usms.orgSwimming World Magazine
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.comSwim.net
http://www.swim.netDennis N. Malone Aquatics Center (Bristol, CT)
West Side YMCA (5W 63rd, NYC)
Cycling
USA Cycling
http://www.usacycling.orgBicycling Magazine
http://www.bicycling.comRoadbikerider.com
http://www.roadbikerider.comLanceArmstong.com
http://www.lancearmstrong.comArea Bike routes (coming soon)
Running
USA Track & Field
http://www.usatf.orgRunner’s World Magazine
http://www.runnersworld.comRoad Runners Club of America
http://www.rrca.orgNew York Road Runners Club
http://www.nyrr.orgNYC Running Routes
Also, this is not an ironman if your curious. As wild said, there are halfs, olympic (this) and ironmans. Halfs are half of this amount so 30 laps of the pool, 12.5 miles bike and 3 mile run. Ironman is a 2 miles swim, 100 mile bike and a marathon (26 mile) run to finish it out. Anyone that can do
that deserves respect!
Good luck, Frank. Is this the event DavePeck participated in a couple years ago?
I should join you next year, my running and biking endurance is very high and now I\'m working on my swimming.
The Finish line is on Dead Road, just west of the bandshell on the 72nd Street Transverse in Central Park.
my favorite part. Very fitting.
Ironman is a 2 miles swim, 100 mile bike and a marathon (26 mile) run to finish it out. Anyone that can do that deserves respect!
Have you heard of the father/son team (team Hoyt) from Massachusetts that competes in the iron man and Boston Marathons? Dad pushes/pulls(in water) the wheelchair-bound son the whole way, and the dad is 65.
Read about them and you will be inspired for your event
Wow - good luck with this... you\'re a true inspiration for my lazy ass!
Respect, indeed.
Did the London Marathon, but it took me 5 hours!! A mate in work recently completed his first triathlon, but he only had a 15 mile bike ride, and he said that was bad enough.
Good luck, me ole son!!
MALE AGE GROUP: 25 - 29
PLACE - 217
NAME - Paul Ryan
AG - 27
CITY - Southington
ST - CT
RANK - 212
SWIM - 26:14
TRANS - 7:33
RANK - 179
BIKE - 1:26:58
TRANS - 4:08
RANK - 230
RUN - 71:23
RANK - 217
FINISH - 3:16:15 PENALTY
unofficial results until penalties (if any) are posted. There were 249 in my group, so the ranks are out of that number. I came in 217 out of 249 overall, I was 212th from my group to finish the swim, 179th out of 249 on the bike, ect, ect.
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