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Saturday Ride Map 5/1/10

noreply@blogger.com (Eneas Freyre) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:52:00 +0000

35miles 2,555 feet of climbing

Duathlon Nationals

noreply@blogger.com (Kristin Thor Budden) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:37:00 +0000

This past weekend found five of us TTer’s down in Richmond, Virginia for the Duathlon National Age Group Championships for both on and off road. Max Viega and Trevor MacLean competed in both days (yes they are crazy), and Eneas Freyre, David Yockelson and I competed in the on-road race on Sunday.

Because David and I got to Richmond on Friday, we were able to watch the off-road race on Saturday after pre-riding our own bike course. I have cheered on many mountain bike races, but none quite as technical, crazy, or difficult as this appeared to be. From the challenging 11k and 3.5k runs, to the multiple stairs, giant rock gardens, water filled tunnels, narrow cement bridges, and twisty-turny singletracks of the mtb course, this was one tough race! Trevor dominated the race from the start, maintaining his position near the lead the entire time. He ended up 5^th overall, and Champion of his age group! Max also had a stellar race, looking strong the whole time and finishing 10^th overall, 2^nd in his age group. At the end of the race, they were laughing about having to do it again the next day. Somehow, they both managed to not only complete the on-road race, but to race it well! Trevor was 7^th overall junior and 7^th in his age group, qualifying him for worlds! Max, in the largest and most competitive age group, placed 19^th, turning in a killer time! Well done!

So on to the rest of us waiting to race on Sunday. I had been nervous for this race for awhile, hoping that all the hard work (and killer indoor cycling sessions with Carlos) would pay off. David had been ready to race all year of course, and Eneas was calm and collected, a true professional waiting to crush that bike course again. David went off first, and after coming in from the first run in 4^th, maintained a top 10 position even with two mechanicals on the bike! He cruised in with an 8^th in his age group, qualifying for Worlds. Eneas was off next, and after a blistering run, managed to set a new bike course record, crushing his own, of course, from the previous year. Unfortunately, this being age-group nationals, there was no elite wave, so Eneas was unknowingly edged out of 2^nd place overall by a 39 year old by ONE second! But the great news is that Eneas remains the Champion of his age-group, and earned 3^rd overall, qualifying for the World Champs in September. And last but not least, I headed to the starting line, surrounded by what seemed like dozens of tall, blonde, ridiculously fit 30-34 year old women (very intimidating). But I started the run strong, and kept reminding myself to leave it all on the course. I pushed myself on the bike, and managed to have a huge grin on my face the whole time. Back and forth over bridges, past transition and the cheering crowds 6 times, through great neighborhoods- that course is FUN! Then came time for the 2^nd run, which was NOT so fun. Despite this, as I was approaching the finish, with about ¼ mile to go, I managed to pick off two girls in my age group for a 5^th place, a 14^th place overall for women! I am planning on heading to Scotland in the fall and cannot wait to be a part of such an amazing experience as the Worlds! Thank you TTer’s for pushing and supporting me all winter, and for making this journey even more enjoyable!

Duathlon Nationals Results -- great stuff!

noreply@blogger.com (rickTT) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:36:00 +0000

Eneas Freyre: National Champion 30-34 age group and set course bike record (again)
Kristin Budden 5th place 30-34 age group (female)
Trevlor McLean 7th place 16-19 age group.
David Yockelson 8th place 45-49 age group
Max Viega 19th place 40-44 age group

Trevor McLean National Off-Road Champion 16-19 age group.
Max Viega. Off-road 2nd place 40-44 age group.

Cross-Country Adventure For a Great Cause

dom@targetraining.com (dominator) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:20:00 +0000

TARGETRANING client Harold Kamins will be riding across the USA this summer! Starting on May 8th he will be leaving Los Angeles and arriving in Boston on June 26th. On his way he will travel through 15 states covering around 3415 miles! Here is the link to his blog....

http://www.bikeforafbridgeportacademy.blogspot.com/

NO AM SWIM FRIDAY

dom@targetraining.com (dominator) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:14:00 +0000

Due to NHS school vacation there will be no AM swim on Friday, April 16th.

eRIDE - CERVELO DEMO DAY, May 2nd

noreply@blogger.com (muzzin) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:40:00 +0000

Follow this link to register: eRIDE

TARGETRAINING Club 40K bike Time Trial Event Results

noreply@blogger.com (Eneas Freyre) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:50:00 +0000

TARGETRAINING Club members hit the roads in Southport this past Sunday for a 40K time trial in what was a spectacular morning along the Sound water front. Those that wanted a bit more suffering followed up the 40K bike with a 5k run leg.

TARGETRAINING Club 40Kbike and 5krun Southport, CT
4/11/2010
Name Bike Time 40k Ave. Speed Run Time 5K Avg.Mile Pace
* 25k Burton Jr. 0:58:00 16.069
Rob Labanca 1:04:00 23.301 0:22:45 0:07:20
Rob Weiss 1:05:00 22.943
David Yockleson 1:07:00 22.258
Megan Kelly 1:07:40 22.038 0:22:45 0:07:20
Budden 1:07:57 21.946 0:20:23 0:06:35
Allie Lawler 1:08:00 21.930
Michael Wallace 1:10:00 21.304 0:26:50 0:08:39
Steve Delisi 1:10:30 21.153 0:26:50 0:08:39
Peter Riccio 1:12:08 20.674
Joe Calbick 1:12:10 20.664
Mark McCoy 1:13:20 20.335 0:23:45 0:07:40
Erik Goodman 1:14:00 20.152
Michael Driscoll 1:16:39 19.455
Mark Lacuesta 1:16:52 19.401 0:25:07 0:08:06
Kim Driscoll 1:21:30 18.298 0:21:54 0:07:04
David Burton 1:22:00 18.186
Lauren Carey 1:23:42 17.817 0:30:00 0:09:41
Patrcik Starling 1:24:20 17.683
Paula Koffsky 1:28:00 16.946

Stratton-Faxon Danbury 1/2 Marathon

dom@targetraining.com (dominator) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:18:00 +0000

TARGETRAINING coaches Max Veiga and Dominic Gillen ran the Stratton-Faxon Danbury 1/2 Marathon on Sunday. The conditions were windy, but otherwise perfect for running. 700 runners turned out to enjoy the hilly course and post race pizza. Max Viega turned in a 1:24:40 for the 13.1 mile course (6:28 mile pace) good enough for 24th place. Dominic Gillen turned in a 1:13:20 (5:35 mile pace) good enough for 5th place.

Max got his photo in the Danbury News Times. Here is the link to MAX, he is the cool looking runner in photo #2 with the shades on ;)

TT Member finds balance in life

noreply@blogger.com (Eneas Freyre) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:15:00 +0000

Our TARGETRAINING community has become endowed with excellent poeple of which many are hard working professionals looking for a healthy and sustainable outlet.

TARGETRAINING member and cycling enthusiast, Bruce Daigh, is one of these such individuals who is finding a balance with work and play through some of TARGETRAINING's programs.

Check out a recent article which features him at:
Staying-Healthy-During-Tax-Season

Saturday ride map 4/10/10 40miles

noreply@blogger.com (Eneas Freyre) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:47:00 +0000

REV 3 course preview presented by TT

noreply@blogger.com (muzzin) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:46:00 +0000

Cycling is for the Dogs

noreply@blogger.com (Eneas Freyre) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:20:00 +0000

Dogs need their exercise too, right? TT client, Lois Duke, takes the pups out for the newest adaption of walking the dog.

Monday morning strength class -- rejuvenation after a weekend of riding

noreply@blogger.com (rickTT) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:22:00 +0000

Got up Saturday at 4 AM and Sunday at 3:45 AM to race in Prospect and Central Park respectively, so getting up at 5 AM to be at Brett's 6 AM Strength (TARGET Tough) class was like waking up late for brunch...well almost.

Brett took us through a routine of active warm-up, where we inched like a worm and climbed like Spidey. Then we did a series of upper body and core strength routines, like modified "jerks" (post the clean...), pull-ups (hard on my old body) with assistance (and I needed it) and various pike position exercises that seemed to find every under-used core muscle I have.

We did stuff that goes side to side (lateral that is), up and down, in and out, over and under.

How do I feel now? I have to say, in one word, rejuvenated. I mean I was shot yesterday afternoon, just exhausted. And I was half asleep when I started the session with Brett. I could not have looked at a bike. But my body is happy, and that makes me happy, too.

And Fred pitched in by helping me stretch out at the end -- very cool.

Target Tough is going to make the rest of my week a little easier. Thanks Brett. From the top of my head to the tips of my toes.

Good Friday ride...

noreply@blogger.com (rickTT) — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:22:00 +0000

...spontaneous. Meet anyone who wants to ride around 10 AM at TT...Happy Easter...Easy effort...

Jordan Rapp badly injured -- hit by vehicle in California

noreply@blogger.com (rickTT) — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:13:00 +0000

We all know and love Jordan. I heard about this when I was traveling in London but this is the first chance I've had to post this. Slowtwitch, which has a special relationship with Jordan, was on top of this right away.

Jordan -- hang in there man. If there is anything we at TT can do, please let us know. Jill, you have our support. This type of ridiculous unnecessary accident puts in perspective so much. It simply sucks. Jordan is such an incredibly intelligent, gifted and driven athlete; he is so careful and so thoughtful. This makes no sense. None.

Here is a copy of what Slowtwitch has to say.

"Professional triathlete Jordan Rapp [winner of 2 Ironman races last year] was struck by a car while riding his bicycle yesterday evening. He was rushed to and remains at St. Johns Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, California.

According to his wife, Jill Savege [also a professional triathlete and former Olympian], Rapp suffered numerous broken bones including his clavicle [collar bone -- a common bicycle fall injury] and scapula [shoulder blade -- much less common], as well as contusions and lacerations about the head and neck. His doctor reports, according to Savege, that Rapp lost between two and three liters of blood [that is shocking ...] as a result of the accident. He remains in the intensive care unit."

We have more updated information from this blog by Simon Whitfield.
Simon's Blog Entry Saying "Jordan is going to be ok". That is the best news we could possibly have heard.

The car did a hit and run. The police are searching for the vehicle. The police suspect a farm worker (happened around time they get off duty in that area) who is probably afraid for multiple reasons to come forward. Another left hand turn victim (Tom Toal). Good news is that "Rapp's brain function is normal, and there is no indication of nerve or spinal cord injury."

What we all care about most is that Jordan gets well and that Jill is OK. Words fail to describe the stupidity and horrific absurdity of such an accident. Thank god that Jordan is recovering.

Two years ago, two promising young cyclists were hit head on by a police car while riding with a group in California. They were killed. They never had a chance.

Ride as if your life depends on it. Even an incredible cyclist like Jordan or a highly experienced cyclist like Tom can get hit. Words do not suffice.

Pain Management

dom@targetraining.com (dominator) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:50:00 +0000

Jens Voigt sums it up best. When you are hurting...

2010 TARGETRAINING Indoor Duathlon Results

dom@targetraining.com (dominator) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:58:00 +0000

The 2010 Targetraining Indoor Duathlon consisted of a 3.1 mile treadmill run, followed by a 15.34 mile indoor bike ride on with a hilly finish, and a second 3.1 mile treadmill run.

Fifteen competitors turned out over the weekend to give their legs an early season test. The woman’s event was won by Libby Kaplan, with a time of 1:33:56 the men’s race was won by Rick Klutey in a time of 1:23:21.

For a list of events and classes visit www.ttwestport.com

NAME RUN 1 PACE BIKE MPH RUN 2 PACE TOTAL
Rick Klutey 0:19:32 6:17 0:43:07 20.87 0:20:42 6:39 1:23:21
Bob LaBanca 0:20:00 6:26 0:43:02 20.91 0:22:13 7:09 1:25:15
Vinnie Dejana 0:21:58 7:04 0:48:07 18.7 0:23:23 7:31 1:33:28
Libby Kaplan 0:24:21 7:50 0:44:16 20.33 0:25:19 8:08 1:33:56
Abe Holland 0:24:05 7:45 0:45:12 19.91 0:24:54 8:00 1:34:11
Mariano Castro 0:21:49 7:01 0:50:42 17.75 0:22:27 7:13 1:34:58
Tyler Agostino 0:18:43 6:01 0:49:59 18 0:27:45 8:55 1:36:27
Paul Filanawski 0:25:05 8:04 0:44:48 20.08 0:30:54 9:56 1:40:47
Dave Burton 0:24:46 7:58 0:54:50 16.41 0:26:30 8:31 1:46:06
Sam Parker 0:28:55 9:18 0:53:55 16.69 0:33:02 10:37 1:55:52
Cornelia Parchment-Horn 0:30:33 9:49 0:56:53 15.82 0:32:33 10:28 1:59:59
Jason Aepli 0:27:48 8:56 0:57:44 15.58 0:38:21 12:20 2:03:53
AnnMarie Massey 0:29:41 9:33 1:00:18 14.92 0:36:40 11:48 2:06:39
Philip Spielman 1:00:30 19:29 1:04:29 13.95 0:58:20 18:46 3:03:19
Kristin Budden 0:20:24 6:33 0:44:40 20.14 DNF DNF

My First Crit

noreply@blogger.com (Megan Kelly) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:54:00 +0000

This past Sunday I participated in the Bethel Spring Series Women’s Open Crit. While I have experience with bike time trialing in triathlons this was the first time I had ever done a solo bike effort and a draft legal race.

The morning started with Allie Lawler (she did her first crit two weekends prior) and I carpooling up to the race. We talked a little about tactics (what we knew of anyway) and about this new fun type of racing that we were trying out. I mentioned I didn’t know how I would feel since I biked almost 4 hours the day before with the Kristin and a few others – luckily not too hard since she was racing Sunday too.

Once we got to the race we checked in and warmed up. Thank you Eneas for providing a great WU routine – it worked perfectly. Spoke to a couple of girls from other teams before the race – they all mentioned that it was going to be a fast race because a lot of strong riders showed up and not to get discouraged if I was dropped. Just before the race we did one loop around the circuit then lined up for the start. Carlos and Lucinda were there and wished us all luck. Right next to me was fellow TTer Claire doing her first crit also. Just before the start we got scolded by the official -my number was crinkled and Claire’s was upside down. Things to know for next time! The official described some sort of prime - I didn’t really understand that and then we were off…

The race was 22 laps and the Women’s field had about 35 participants. I had a bad start and ended up in the middle of the pack for the first few laps. I had never been so close to so many riders in my life and I’m not going to lie…it freaked me out a little bit. However, after about 5 laps I started to settle in and get a better feel of the group. I was surprised at how controlled the pace was and thought…OK this is not so bad. Allie stayed towards the front most of the time and I tried to stay just a little behind her. During the race the bell rang a few times and the speed picked up – I followed the accelerations but didn’t really know what I was doing – I was just trying not to get dropped or let a breakaway happen.

With a few laps to go, Allie got in a great position out in front and pushed the pace to spread the field out a little. With one lap to go Allie put the hammer down and pulled the stronger riders out of the pack and into more of a paceline with me in 4^th position. Going into the last turn I started going harder (though I think I went to soon and was in the wrong gear). I was in third place with about 15 meters to go but fell back to 6^th as I ran out of steam and awkwardly tried to sprint out of the saddle. More things to work on for next time J

After the race Carlos gave us some pointers. Once results were posted Allie and I drove home chatting the whole way about how much fun we had and that we could not wait till next weekend to do it all over again!

NYC Half Marathon

noreply@blogger.com (David Yockelson) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:01:00 +0000

Not sure if other TTers were present on this beautiful day in NYC, but Kristin Budden ran also and I'll allow her to post her own superb results after a FOUR HOUR bike ride yesterday.

I "only" rode about two hours and ran for 10 minutes yesterday, and forunately I didn't feel wiped out at all for today's run. Good thing too, since the weather was perfect and the crowd was into it!

This course has us do 8 miles in Central park, then run over 7th Ave. and through Times Square to the West Side Highway and down to Battery Park. The Central Park portion is somewhat of an exercise in biding one's time given the rollers there. I started roughly 40 seconds back from the front line, and while I was able to have my time "bidded" (bid? bidden?), I grew impatient fairly quickly and started weaving in and out of slower traffic. That said, I think the slower first mile(s) helped me later as my first three 3-mile splits were 18:22-18:15-18:15, with the next mile a bit tough but the final 5K under 19 minutes. I saw that I had a shot to go under 1:20 with 800M to go and I was able to do it! 1:19:50 for 5th in my AG!

The race had nearly 11,500 finishers (577 in my AG), a record for the race, which was won in under 60 minutes (again). Wow.

Saturday Ride Map 3/21/10

noreply@blogger.com (Eneas Freyre) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:04:00 +0000

TARGETRAINING Group Instruction Schedule Weekend of 3/19-3/21

noreply@blogger.com (Eneas Freyre) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:46:00 +0000

TARGETRAINING Group Instruction Schedule Weekend of 3/19-3/21

Saturday Outdoor Group Ride 9:00AM!
We will have an outdoor group ride this Saturday at 9:00AM. It will be about a 2hr ride, give or take 15min.
There will be 2 groups on the road, but no beginner or novice groups.

TARGETRAINING Annual Indoor Duathlon Race Extended to this Sunday!
We will be extending our Indoor Duathlon Race to include next Sunday. If you were unable to make it this weekend you have another shot at it next Sunday!

Race Distances
5k Indoor Run/25K Indoor Bike/5K Indoor Run

Race Dates: Sunday March 21st
Choose from a variety of race times:
Sunday, March 14th 8:00AM/10:00AM/12:00PM

Entry Fee
Entry fee is $30 paid with registration online at Active.com at the following site:

http://www.active.com/more-sports/westport-ct/targetraining-indoor-duathlon-2010

TARGETRAINING "Members" will receive a $10 TARGETRAINING gift card upon request for registering for the race.

Prizes
Top 3 men and women will receive product and service prizes.

Friday:
6:00AM TARGETide Indoor Swim Session (cancelled)
6:00AM TARGETorque Indoor Cycling Hill Training
6:00AM TARGETough Strength Training
8:30AM TARGETorque Indoor Cycling
9:00AM TARGETKickfit Cardio Kickboxing
10:00AM TARGETYoga Performance Yoga
5:00PM Martial Arts (batle zone)

Saturday:
6:00AM TARGETorque Indoor Cycling
7:30AM TARGETorque Indoor Cycling
9:00AM TARGETour Outdoor Group Ride
9:00AM TARGETorque Indoor Cycling
11:00AM TARGETorque Indoor Cycling

Sunday:
8:00AM TARGETorque Indoor Cycling
10:00AM TARGETorque Indoor Cycling
10:00AM TARGETPilates
2:30PM TARGETide Indoor Swim Session (Staples High School)

Power Restored

noreply@blogger.com (Brett Jones) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:50:00 +0000

As of March 17th we currently have power restored at TARGETRAINING. More updates to follow.

TT Still Closed

noreply@blogger.com (Eneas Freyre) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:15:00 +0000

As of 7:00PM tonight TARGETRAINING is still without power.

We will remain closed until further notice.

If power does return in the middle of the night all morning classes will still be cancelled.
Personal training clients are welcomed to contact their trainers directly to arrange training sessions during day light hours.

As soon as power returns and we are back on a normal schedule we will contact everyone via email and post an update on our blog page: http://www.ttwestport.com/TTBlog.html

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Best,
Eneas Freyre

Power outage closes TARGETRAINING

noreply@blogger.com (suzie) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:46:00 +0000

Due to the power outage in Westport, TARGETRAINING will remain closed through monday evening. If you plan to train on tuesday, check here for an update by day's end.
Sorry for the inconvenience, we all hope to be back in action soon!

FOOD EXPO TO BE HELD IN FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT - Fairfield, CT - AmericanTowns.com

noreply@blogger.com (Brett Jones) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:37:00 +0000

FOOD EXPO TO BE HELD IN FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT - Fairfield, CT - AmericanTowns.com