Another great weekend of training for the Grindstone 100. Our son Chris came up for a visit this weekend and had the pleasure of participating in the training. We choose a long route up Mt. Washington. It was all walking, but good training to build our climbing skills for the 23,000 ft of elevation gain that we will encounter during the Grindstone. The route was the Great Gulf trail to Gulf Side trail to the summit of Mt Washington. At the summit we encountered wind gusts of over 30 MPH and bitter cold. We descended the Nelson Crag trail to the auto road from which we ran the final four miles back to the car.
Congratulations Mike Bingham and Kim Harvey for crushing Mt. Washington in the 2010 Auto Road Race. Seven point six miles and only one hill...how hard can that be? The pics below show Mike and Kim on the steepest part - 22%. Some of the racers couldn't maintain their speed on this section, and were falling over.
Tammy and Jeff out enjoying a run through the woods around and on Mt Wachusett. This is the first of many long runs as we prepare for the Gridnstone 100. Need help training for your endurance event? Contact us.
Wildcat Epic was a 100 mile mountain bike stage race that took place in New Paltz, New York. The link above will bring you to the event website and the link below will bring you to video of the race.
NERSA attendees click here for a clean copy of the presentation that I gave. Also if you are interested in the spreadsheet I was mentioning please email me directly so I can send you a password that allows access and explanation of how to use it.
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What a weekend of racing! Congratulations to Mark Vautour for completing his first ironman in Switzerland this past Sunday. Julie Deane, Eric Gilmore, Gayle Galletta, and Jim Gorske all competed the FIRM Grand Prix Olympic distance race held in Middleboro, MA collecting valuable points for the team. Gayle was the second female overall, missing first by only 33 seconds! Way to go Gayle!!! Jeff, Tammy and John D'Ambruoso fought the mud at Pat's Peak Mountain Bike festival. Jeff and Tammy completed the 12 hour solo race. Tammy found herself on the podium coming in third missing second place by seconds. John completed the 6 hour race. Congratulations to Liza Rivera who completed the double triathlon at the Black Fly Tri in Waterville Valley. Liza did both the Olympic and Sprint distance races! Mike Bingham braved the rough surf of the Providence 70.3 race and finished his first Half Ironman Triathlon! Karen and Matt Sousa tore it up at the Hockomock YMCA Triathon in Wrentham... Awesome job Matt and Karyn!
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pic and Sprint distance races! Mike Bingham braved the rough surf of the Providence 70.3 race and finished his first Half Ironman Triathlon! Karen and Matt Sousa tore it up at the Hockomock YMCA Triathon in Wrentham... Awesome job Matt and Karyn!
