I've been reading all of the tri training info and so happy to see some
races that we have in common -

I'm doing pawling, harriman sprint, nyc(nautica), a couple open water swims,
a couple biathlons (early season) and my first half - the rhode island 70.3
(Eve: hope you consider doing it also so that I know someone locally to
commiserate with on the long training runs) that are definitely my weakness. 
Katie: thanks for mentioning the governors island swim - looks like a great ow
training swim..

You may already know this, but the nytc.org and threadsandtreads.com series are
local and fun collections of shorter races..

Any way- I would definitely be interested in meeting up for some long training
rides or runs.

John

Eve Hartman wrote:
>             Geez, y'all!  I was just thinking this morning that I needed to
post a question like this one to revitalize the group, and poof, you did it and
then some. I'm the Eve that Adam was talking about.  If only we lived closer to
one another and Adam didn't have a real job in addition to his volunteer
coaching, we could have a heck of a name for our training biz.  Katie, I live
up in your neck of the woods, Cortlandt Manor.  The TNT time trial course that
Adam was talking about is basically route 100, between 118 to 35. There's a
marker on the shoulder for 4 or 4.1 mile stretch.  Also us TNT'ers who ride
centuries meet at the dirt lot for Saturday morning rides and use the 100 loop
for warm-up. Yesterday,
>  I got in the pool after at least six months of no swimming.  Trying to
change my stroke (rotate at the torso more) to eliminate shoulder issues.  So I
guess I'm getting back into the swing.  I didn't do any tri's last year (I
thought I'd take it easy on my family after making them sit in the cold rain at
Timberman) but I realized that not having any races on the calendar meant no
excuses to go out for a bike ride.  So I'm trying to plan what I want to do for
next year.  I recently heard about a new halfiron (or 70.3 as they're calling
it) in Rhode Island in July and was thinking about going for that one and
completing my first full half (rather than just being content to be an
Aquagirl).  Any one else doing that one? I like the fact that it's closer than
Tupper. I'll ride the Tahoe century with TNT again in June (which means I can't
do Pawling) and I'll probably do a Harriman sprint or two (just not the
>  half).  Well, let's plan a ride together.  If there's a Saturday with temps
in the high 30's we could meet at 100/118, freeze our buns off, then go chill
somewhere and discuss next season. Eve ----- Original Message ---- From: Coach
Adam <running_coach@ hotmail.com> To: WCCTriathlon@ yahoogroups. com Sent:
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:21:10 AM Subject: RE: [WCCTriathlon] What events
in 2008?
>  My suggestion is to just come out and join in when you can. The
> more you participate, the more you will improve. You can always shorten or
> lengthen the distance of any ride and you’ll find that by riding longer
> than you might think is necessary, you’ll be incredibly empowered for
> your Olympic distance race. We had folks come out that were racing sprint
distance
> with those racing Ironman. They both added value. There is also a database
that
> has been started to identify a bunch of the toughest hills in Westchester to
> train on and for doing hill intervals, you can be training for most any
> distance especially this early in the season.
>   
>  Post what you are planning on doing and we’ll post what we’re
> doing and I’m sure there will be multiple opportunities in the coming
> months to get together and improve. Also, I know there is the TNT time trail
> course that you might think about using to do an early season evaluation, so
> you can later measure progress. Eve and others can tell you exactly where that
> is.
>   
>  The one caveat is that when we multi-sport athletes join in with
> the regular WCC Rides, we found early on last year that we needed to wear
signs
> on our backs that read something like “Warning, the person wearing this
> may actually talk to you; please prepare in advance so you don’t ride off
> the road.” We also don’t think about stopping at rest stops as part
> of our normal riding, since rest stops are hard to find during our races. And
> they don’t seem to understand when we ask where on the cue sheet is the
> bottle exchange ;-)
>   
>  From:
> WCCTriathlon@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:WCCTriathlo n@yahoogroups. com] On
Behalf
> Of Katie Marshall
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:09 AM
>  To: WCCTriathlon@ yahoogroups. com
>  Subject: Re: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>   
>  That sounds great.  But, I'm using a level
> 3 Olympic training plan and you guys are way out of my league. Maybe next
year.
> Or, maybe some of us lightweights could form a sub group.  What do you
> think?
>  On Dec 11, 2007 11:00 AM, Coach Adam < running_coach@ hotmail.com >
> wrote:
>  I know
> Diane and obviously have raced along side her many times. It's actually kind
of
> funny. We both have many of the same friends and yet we've never been formally
> introduced. It's one of those funny things where a neighbor of mine will say
> "I just saw Diane at the club and she said she really wants to meet
> you." Or me saying to another mutual friend, "I heard Diane got
> really sick last month and it took her out of her training. How's she
> doing?" I think I know more about Diane's training than some of the folks
> that I coach.  It's a little Tom Hanks in You've Got Mail J
>   
>  As for
> training, last season we posted bricks on this forum whenever we were going to
> do them, including a 8-mile time trial run from 9W to Lake Tiorati, a
Harriman.
> Bear Mountain Brick, a bunch of WCC rides that we turned into bricks just by
> letting folks know that was an option, and even the Montauk Century we treated
> as a brick and ran around the lake after we were done before getting on the
> train to go back to Babylon.
>   
>  We'll
> also be doing the Lehigh Valley Half Marathon and turning that into a biathlon
> of sorts as one of our team members has a lake house so we turn the weekend
> into a bit of a tri camp with open water swimming, riding and the half
> marathon, and then I'll be going out to Los Angeles in March to turn the LA
> Marathon into a brick workout as well with a few of the Race with Purpose team
> members and a number of the team members on the USC Triathlon team.
>   
>  As for
> Tupper Lake weekend, we race on Saturday and then we have a house in Placid so
> on Sunday morning, we ride off one or more loops of the IMLP bike course and
> follow it up with a swim in Mirror Lake before heading back down south.
>   
>  How's
> that for options? J
>   
>  You
> can check out racing options for us at my blog at www.racewithpirpose
.org/coachadam
> and you can also look at Javier's site as he updates his training regularly at
http://www.operatio nironman. com/ .
>   
>   
>  From: WCCTriathlon@ yahoogroups. com [mailto: WCCTriathlon@ yahoogroups. com
]
>  On Behalf Of Katie Marshall
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:19 AM
>  To: WCCTriathlon@ yahoogroups. com
>  Subject: Re: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>   
>  I train with folks in Northern Westchester
> mostly.  There is a Masters swim at Club Fit Jefferson Valley.  Some
> of us are very serious and place ag, but most of us are in it for self
> challenge.   WCC has not posted rides specifically for tri training and I
> think it could be a way to get new people into the sport.   
> Adam, do you guys train with Diane C?  She is a friend and I taught her
> kids.
>  On Dec 11, 2007 10:04 AM, Coach Adam < running_coach@ hotmail.com >
> wrote:
>  Congrats
> Josh. There are a bunch of us that are out here, although only a smaller group
> actually gets together to train on a regular basis together (Javier, Jackie,
> Eve, etc…). It's a great group of people, very supportive of each other
> and very interested in each other's success.
>   
>  During
> the winter most of us are doing base training but there are still
opportunities
> to ride. For example this Saturday, I'll be riding down into the city from
> Scarsdale and then running the little NYRR Holiday 4-miler in Central Park
> before heading back up. There is also a new coach over at the White Plains
YMCA
> leading the masters swim classes if that is of interest to you. On Sunday's
you
> can find a bunch of us over at Rockies starting from SHHS anywhere from 7am to
> 8:30am based on your preference and schedule.
>   
>  In
> short, Westchester is a great place to train for triathlon (Screw Austin! ;-)
>   
>  As for
> races, a fairly large group is going to be training for and racing the Tupper
> Lake Half Iron and a few people like Javier will be doing their first Ironman
> this season, GO JAVIER!!!!
>   
>  Hope
> this helps
>  -A
>   
>  From: WCCTriathlon@ yahoogroups. com [mailto: WCCTriathlon@ yahoogroups. com
>  ] On Behalf Of Josh Salit
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:52 AM
>  To: WCCTriathlon@ yahoogroups. com
>  Subject: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>   
>  The response to Katie's talk of tri training on
> WCCChat made me wonder
> who's out there - so, who's doing what events next year? I'm doing my
> first tri in April (lavaman).
>   
>   
>



      
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I finally joined WCC as I moved permanently to Tarrytown (I came over
to the US from Germany a year ago) and will probably do an Ironman
(Zurich) next year (we do a study for a Telemedicine solution and I
have been volunteered to be the peer "group" - still to be confirmed).

As I am originally a swimmer, I do a few competitions with the
Westchester Masters folks (most recently in Ossining).

So far I have always been training by myself as either the timing does
not work or some other reasons. Especially, I don't really like to
work out in the morning ... so right now I am swimming 2-3 times a
week in the Greenburgh/Fairview community center (nice 25yd pool,
6:30pm), run during the week at night (6pm or so) and on the weekends
early afternoon at Rockefeller and use the trainer for my biking
work-out when the weather is too ugly to leave the house ...

Need to get on the hunt to plan for some events to get me to Zurich...


Hagen










--- In WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com, "Josh Salit" <jsalit@...> wrote:
>
> The response to Katie's talk of tri training on WCCChat made me wonder
> who's out there - so, who's doing what events next year?  I'm doing my
> first tri in April (lavaman).
>

I'll definitely join ya'll at the first opportunity.  I'll be happy
with my cycling if I can get to even the same fitness level I was at
during last summer, and since both swimming and running are new to me,
my goals for Lavaman aren't all that lofty (aka - FINISH).  That said,
I'm putting in a solid base of running, and after my Saturday swim
lesson I'll hopefully be on my way to more than decent shape, and I
hope to surprise myself race day :)

I'd love to do the TNT time trail course, I'll look for more info on
it - Thanks!

On Dec 11, 2007 11:21 AM, Coach Adam <running_coach@...> wrote:
> My suggestion is to just come out and join in when you can. The more you
> participate, the more you will improve. You can always shorten or lengthen
> the distance of any ride and you'll find that by riding longer than you
> might think is necessary, you'll be incredibly empowered for your Olympic
> distance race. We had folks come out that were racing sprint distance with
> those racing Ironman. They both added value. There is also a database that
> has been started to identify a bunch of the toughest hills in Westchester to
> train on and for doing hill intervals, you can be training for most any
> distance especially this early in the season.
>
>
>
> Post what you are planning on doing and we'll post what we're doing and I'm
> sure there will be multiple opportunities in the coming months to get
> together and improve. Also, I know there is the TNT time trail course that
> you might think about using to do an early season evaluation, so you can
> later measure progress. Eve and others can tell you exactly where that is.
>
>
>
> The one caveat is that when we multi-sport athletes join in with the regular
> WCC Rides, we found early on last year that we needed to wear signs on our
> backs that read something like "Warning, the person wearing this may
> actually talk to you; please prepare in advance so you don't ride off the
> road." We also don't think about stopping at rest stops as part of our
> normal riding, since rest stops are hard to find during our races. And they
> don't seem to understand when we ask where on the cue sheet is the bottle
> exchange ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
> From: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Katie Marshall
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:09 AM
>
>  To: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
>  Subject: Re: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> That sounds great.  But, I'm using a level 3 Olympic training plan and you
> guys are way out of my league. Maybe next year. Or, maybe some of us
> lightweights could form a sub group.  What do you think?
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 11, 2007 11:00 AM, Coach Adam <running_coach@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I know Diane and obviously have raced along side her many times. It's
> actually kind of funny. We both have many of the same friends and yet we've
> never been formally introduced. It's one of those funny things where a
> neighbor of mine will say "I just saw Diane at the club and she said she
> really wants to meet you." Or me saying to another mutual friend, "I heard
> Diane got really sick last month and it took her out of her training. How's
> she doing?" I think I know more about Diane's training than some of the
> folks that I coach.  It's a little Tom Hanks in You've Got Mail J
>
>
>
> As for training, last season we posted bricks on this forum whenever we were
> going to do them, including a 8-mile time trial run from 9W to Lake Tiorati,
> a Harriman. Bear Mountain Brick, a bunch of WCC rides that we turned into
> bricks just by letting folks know that was an option, and even the Montauk
> Century we treated as a brick and ran around the lake after we were done
> before getting on the train to go back to Babylon.
>
>
>
> We'll also be doing the Lehigh Valley Half Marathon and turning that into a
> biathlon of sorts as one of our team members has a lake house so we turn the
> weekend into a bit of a tri camp with open water swimming, riding and the
> half marathon, and then I'll be going out to Los Angeles in March to turn
> the LA Marathon into a brick workout as well with a few of the Race with
> Purpose team members and a number of the team members on the USC Triathlon
> team.
>
>
>
> As for Tupper Lake weekend, we race on Saturday and then we have a house in
> Placid so on Sunday morning, we ride off one or more loops of the IMLP bike
> course and follow it up with a swim in Mirror Lake before heading back down
> south.
>
>
>
> How's that for options? J
>
>
>
> You can check out racing options for us at my blog at
> www.racewithpirpose.org/coachadam and you can also look at Javier's site as
> he updates his training regularly at http://www.operationironman.com/.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Katie Marshall
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:19 AM
>  To: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
>  Subject: Re: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I train with folks in Northern Westchester mostly.  There is a Masters swim
> at Club Fit Jefferson Valley.  Some of us are very serious and place ag, but
> most of us are in it for self challenge.   WCC has not posted rides
> specifically for tri training and I think it could be a way to get new
> people into the sport.    Adam, do you guys train with Diane C?  She is a
> friend and I taught her kids.
>
>
> On Dec 11, 2007 10:04 AM, Coach Adam <running_coach@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Congrats Josh. There are a bunch of us that are out here, although only a
> smaller group actually gets together to train on a regular basis together
> (Javier, Jackie, Eve, etc�). It's a great group of people, very supportive
> of each other and very interested in each other's success.
>
>
>
> During the winter most of us are doing base training but there are still
> opportunities to ride. For example this Saturday, I'll be riding down into
> the city from Scarsdale and then running the little NYRR Holiday 4-miler in
> Central Park before heading back up. There is also a new coach over at the
> White Plains YMCA leading the masters swim classes if that is of interest to
> you. On Sunday's you can find a bunch of us over at Rockies starting from
> SHHS anywhere from 7am to 8:30am based on your preference and schedule.
>
>
>
> In short, Westchester is a great place to train for triathlon (Screw Austin!
> ;-)
>
>
>
> As for races, a fairly large group is going to be training for and racing
> the Tupper Lake Half Iron and a few people like Javier will be doing their
> first Ironman this season, GO JAVIER!!!!
>
>
>
> Hope this helps
>
> -A
>
>
>
>
>
> From: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com ] On
> Behalf Of Josh Salit
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:52 AM
>  To: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
>  Subject: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The response to Katie's talk of tri training on WCCChat made me wonder
>  who's out there - so, who's doing what events next year? I'm doing my
>  first tri in April (lavaman).
>
>
>
>
>
>

I actually was more worried/interested in the running paces, at the
Sunday rockies runs and the bricks - do people split off into
different pace groups?

On Dec 11, 2007 11:12 AM, Coach Adam <running_coach@...> wrote:
> Josh, as for pace, it's base training months so the weekends are not about
>  hammering, plus you still have to race when you get down to Central Park.
>  The hard work is reserved for shorter LT or interval workouts during the
>  week at this point.
>
>  By the way, I mentioned this awhile back but the gym here in Mid
> Westchester
>  will likely be getting all new spin bikes and I'm looking for a few folks
>  that want to be part of a training program from the ground up, both as
>  participants and as instructors - not your typical indoor cycling program -
>  a bit more focused on incorporating the indoor rides with the rest of a
>  training programs so that they are focused on achieving a desired benefit.
>  Also if you know of GREAT indoor cycling teachers, let me know. I love
>  referrals from people that actually ride outside.
>
>  If you are interested drop me a line. We'll have to get Eve to make the
>  drive down from Northern Westchester to teach as well.
>
>  Essentially, if you like to ride and do tri's and like to help others
>  achieve their goals, and most especially if you really want to help others
>  have a positive impact on their communities, then we should talk because
>  that's what Race with Purpose is all about.
>
>  By the way, both Jackie and Javier tore up the Tupper Lake course last
>  season. All of that hard training definitely paid off.
>
>  Cheers,
>  -Adam
>  Running_coach@...
>  www.racewithpurpose.org
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com] On
>  Behalf Of Josh Salit
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:21 AM
>  To: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
>
>  Subject: Re: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>
>  Thanks Adam. Sounds like a fun day Saturday, however I have the last
>  session in my set of swim lessons scheduled. I ran my first race a
>  few weeks ago (the Race to Deliver 4m) and had a blast, so I'd like to
>  join you some other time you're riding down. The next one I'm
>  registered for is the 5M on Jan. 12th.
>
>  What sort of pace/distances do you do on the Sunday runs? I may not
>  be able to keep up with any of you :)
>
>  On Dec 11, 2007 10:04 AM, Coach Adam <running_coach@...> wrote:
>  > Congrats Josh. There are a bunch of us that are out here, although only a
>  > smaller group actually gets together to train on a regular basis together
>  > (Javier, Jackie, Eve, etc.). It's a great group of people, very
> supportive
>  > of each other and very interested in each other's success.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > During the winter most of us are doing base training but there are still
>  > opportunities to ride. For example this Saturday, I'll be riding down
> into
>  > the city from Scarsdale and then running the little NYRR Holiday 4-miler
>  in
>  > Central Park before heading back up. There is also a new coach over at
> the
>  > White Plains YMCA leading the masters swim classes if that is of interest
>  to
>  > you. On Sunday's you can find a bunch of us over at Rockies starting from
>  > SHHS anywhere from 7am to 8:30am based on your preference and schedule.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > In short, Westchester is a great place to train for triathlon (Screw
>  Austin!
>  > ;-)
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > As for races, a fairly large group is going to be training for and racing
>  > the Tupper Lake Half Iron and a few people like Javier will be doing
> their
>  > first Ironman this season, GO JAVIER!!!!
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Hope this helps
>  >
>  > -A
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > From: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com]
>  On
>  > Behalf Of Josh Salit
>  > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:52 AM
>  > To: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
>  > Subject: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > The response to Katie's talk of tri training on WCCChat made me wonder
>  > who's out there - so, who's doing what events next year? I'm doing my
>  > first tri in April (lavaman).
>  >
>  >
>
>  Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>

Josh, as for pace, it's base training months so the weekends are not about
hammering, plus you still have to race when you get down to Central Park.
The hard work is reserved for shorter LT or interval workouts during the
week at this point.

By the way, I mentioned this awhile back but the gym here in Mid Westchester
will likely be getting all new spin bikes and I'm looking for a few folks
that want to be part of a training program from the ground up, both as
participants and as instructors - not your typical indoor cycling program -
a bit more focused on incorporating the indoor rides with the rest of a
training programs so that they are focused on achieving a desired benefit.
Also if you know of GREAT indoor cycling teachers, let me know. I love
referrals from people that actually ride outside.

If you are interested drop me a line. We'll have to get Eve to make the
drive down from Northern Westchester to teach as well.

Essentially, if you like to ride and do tri's and like to help others
achieve their goals, and most especially if you really want to help others
have a positive impact on their communities, then we should talk because
that's what Race with Purpose is all about.

By the way, both Jackie and Javier tore up the Tupper Lake course last
season. All of that hard training definitely paid off.

Cheers,
-Adam
Running_coach@...
www.racewithpurpose.org


-----Original Message-----
From: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Josh Salit
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:21 AM
To: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?

Thanks Adam.  Sounds like a fun day Saturday, however I have the last
session in my set of swim lessons scheduled.  I ran my first race a
few weeks ago (the Race to Deliver 4m) and had a blast, so I'd like to
join you some other time you're riding down.  The next one I'm
registered for is the 5M on Jan. 12th.

What sort of pace/distances do you do on the Sunday runs?  I may not
be able to keep up with any of you :)

On Dec 11, 2007 10:04 AM, Coach Adam <running_coach@...> wrote:
> Congrats Josh. There are a bunch of us that are out here, although only a
> smaller group actually gets together to train on a regular basis together
> (Javier, Jackie, Eve, etc.). It's a great group of people, very supportive
> of each other and very interested in each other's success.
>
>
>
> During the winter most of us are doing base training but there are still
> opportunities to ride. For example this Saturday, I'll be riding down into
> the city from Scarsdale and then running the little NYRR Holiday 4-miler
in
> Central Park before heading back up. There is also a new coach over at the
> White Plains YMCA leading the masters swim classes if that is of interest
to
> you. On Sunday's you can find a bunch of us over at Rockies starting from
> SHHS anywhere from 7am to 8:30am based on your preference and schedule.
>
>
>
> In short, Westchester is a great place to train for triathlon (Screw
Austin!
> ;-)
>
>
>
> As for races, a fairly large group is going to be training for and racing
> the Tupper Lake Half Iron and a few people like Javier will be doing their
> first Ironman this season, GO JAVIER!!!!
>
>
>
> Hope this helps
>
> -A
>
>
>
>
>
> From: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com]
On
> Behalf Of Josh Salit
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:52 AM
>  To: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
>  Subject: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The response to Katie's talk of tri training on WCCChat made me wonder
>  who's out there - so, who's doing what events next year? I'm doing my
>  first tri in April (lavaman).
>
>



Yahoo! Groups Links

Thanks Adam.  Sounds like a fun day Saturday, however I have the last
session in my set of swim lessons scheduled.  I ran my first race a
few weeks ago (the Race to Deliver 4m) and had a blast, so I'd like to
join you some other time you're riding down.  The next one I'm
registered for is the 5M on Jan. 12th.

What sort of pace/distances do you do on the Sunday runs?  I may not
be able to keep up with any of you :)

On Dec 11, 2007 10:04 AM, Coach Adam <running_coach@...> wrote:
> Congrats Josh. There are a bunch of us that are out here, although only a
> smaller group actually gets together to train on a regular basis together
> (Javier, Jackie, Eve, etc�). It's a great group of people, very supportive
> of each other and very interested in each other's success.
>
>
>
> During the winter most of us are doing base training but there are still
> opportunities to ride. For example this Saturday, I'll be riding down into
> the city from Scarsdale and then running the little NYRR Holiday 4-miler in
> Central Park before heading back up. There is also a new coach over at the
> White Plains YMCA leading the masters swim classes if that is of interest to
> you. On Sunday's you can find a bunch of us over at Rockies starting from
> SHHS anywhere from 7am to 8:30am based on your preference and schedule.
>
>
>
> In short, Westchester is a great place to train for triathlon (Screw Austin!
> ;-)
>
>
>
> As for races, a fairly large group is going to be training for and racing
> the Tupper Lake Half Iron and a few people like Javier will be doing their
> first Ironman this season, GO JAVIER!!!!
>
>
>
> Hope this helps
>
> -A
>
>
>
>
>
> From: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Josh Salit
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:52 AM
>  To: WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
>  Subject: [WCCTriathlon] What events in 2008?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The response to Katie's talk of tri training on WCCChat made me wonder
>  who's out there - so, who's doing what events next year? I'm doing my
>  first tri in April (lavaman).
>
>

The response to Katie's talk of tri training on WCCChat made me wonder
who's out there - so, who's doing what events next year?  I'm doing my
first tri in April (lavaman).

I finally found the Cue sheet we followed where we encountered
Tinker Hill.  Its the "Hillier Than Thou", cue sheet, that starts
out of Millwood A&P.  I will enter the info for Tinker Hill Now that
I believe I can find its location.  I remember that ride had a few
other pretty challenging hills.  If I follow my theory of any road
with the word "Hill" in the name is bound to be bad.  As such this
cue sheet also has White Hill rd, Crow Hill rd, and Oscawana Heights
Rd ( yes its not "Hill" but "Heights" counts as well).

Cheers
Javier

--- In WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com, "Katie Marshall" <kttrue@...>
wrote:
>
> I will put in the hill I spoke about.  I used gmaps pedometer to
get the
> mileage and googlemaps to get the elevation.
>
> On Nov 15, 2007 1:41 PM, Coach Adam <running_coach@...> wrote:
>
> >    So I received a spreadsheet from Tracy (Where she even
included the
> > comparable climbing information from the 2006 TdF) and John has
graciously
> > offered to help with linking our list to GPS maps to make the
hills easy to
> > find, once we complete the database.  That said, with all of the
chatter on
> > the "Grades" thread, *only* three people have input the
information into
> > the database we created on the WCC Rides Yahoo Group:
Westchester Training
> > Hills<http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/WCCRides/database?
method=reportRows&tbl=1>
> >
> > I simply don't have the time to go back and cull through the
thread nor am
> > I sufficiently familiar with the areas to add the information
that you have
> > at the tips of your aero bars. (Remember, I'm from Los Angeles)
So please
> > take a moment and input whatever information you do have about
the hills
> > that you know and love and then best of all, let's start riding
them. Heck
> > it's 60 degrees today.
> >
> > Again, if you can't click on the link above, paste the following
link into
> > your browser.
> >
> > http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/WCCRides/database?
method=reportRows&tbl=1
> >
> > Either way, get on it. Maybe we'll ask nicely when we're all
done and
> > Bruce will show off his php skills and create a hill inventory
similar to
> > what he did with the ride schedule. Yeah, I know Bruce, you can
feel free to
> > call all of us weak-assed wusses for not knowing how to code, or
not riding
> > when there's lightning, blah, blah, blah.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Coach Adam
> >
> > * It's not about winning and losing, it's about the human
spirit. It's
> > about figuring something out about yourself and bringing others
along for
> > the ride. It's about growing as a person and getting to a place
you haven't
> > been.
> >  - Pat McEnroe on Andre Agassi*
> >
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com]
> > *On Behalf Of *Javier
> > *Sent:* Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:53 AM
> > *To:* WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* [WCCTriathlon] Re: Grades - Database Created
> >
> >  Great Idea! This would be a very usefull tool for training.
> >
> > Javier
> >
> > --- In WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com <WCCTriathlon%
40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Coach Adam"
> > <running_coach@> wrote:
> > >
> > > It would be great if someone on this group who loves to analyze
> > things could
> > > take all of these great recommendations and summarize them
into a
> > database
> > > table which I just created on the WCC Rides Yahoo Group.
> > > <http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/WCCRides/database?
> > method=reportRows&tb
> > > l=1> Westchester Training Hills or if you can't click there,
> > paste this
> > > URL into your browser:
> > > http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/WCCRides/database?
> > method=reportRows
> > > <http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/WCCRides/database?
> > method=reportRows&tb
> > > l=1> &tbl=1
> > >
> > > I included the following characteristics:
> > >
> > > - Name of the Hill
> > > - City, town or village
> > > - Short description of location or starting point
> > > - Hill distance
> > > - Grade (Avg/Max)
> > > - Total Vertical Feet Climb
> > > - Gear Recommendation
> > > - Recommended workout
> > > - Recommended by:
> > > - Comments, complaints and fears
> > >
> > > Assuming we don't have all of the information for all of these
> > great climbs,
> > > please put in what you do know and then perhaps we can use this
> > the next
> > > month to head out there and try a few of these out to complete
the
> > table. If
> > > we divide and conquer, we could probably have a complete tool
that
> > everyone
> > > can benefit from this season and we can all be even better
> > climbers, which I
> > > know I for one would love to be.
> > >
> > > Criticism, sarcasm and comments always encouraged.
> > > Cheers,
> > > -Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Take nothing but memories; leave nothing but footprints
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

 It's not about winning and losing, it's about the human spirit. It's about figuring something out about yourself and bringing others along for the ride. It's about growing as a person and getting to a place you haven't been.
 - Pat McEnroe on Andre Agassi

Great Idea!  This would be a very usefull tool for training.

Javier

--- In WCCTriathlon@yahoogroups.com, "Coach Adam"
<running_coach@...> wrote:
>
> It would be great if someone on this group who loves to analyze
things could
> take all of these great recommendations and summarize them into a
database
> table which I just created on the WCC Rides Yahoo Group.
> <http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/WCCRides/database?
method=reportRows&tb
> l=1> Westchester Training Hills   or if you can't click there,
paste this
> URL into your browser:
> http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/WCCRides/database?
method=reportRows
> <http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/WCCRides/database?
method=reportRows&tb
> l=1> &tbl=1
>
> I included the following characteristics:
>
>  - Name of the Hill
>  - City, town or village
>  - Short description of location or starting point
>  - Hill distance
>  - Grade (Avg/Max)
>  - Total Vertical Feet Climb
>  - Gear Recommendation
>  - Recommended workout
>  - Recommended by:
>  - Comments, complaints and fears
>
> Assuming we don't have all of the information for all of these
great climbs,
> please put in what you do know and then perhaps we can use this
the next
> month to head out there and try a few of these out to complete the
table. If
> we divide and conquer, we could probably have a complete tool that
everyone
> can benefit from this season and we can all be even better
climbers, which I
> know I for one would love to be.
>
> Criticism, sarcasm and comments always encouraged.
> Cheers,
> -Adam
>
>
>
> Take nothing but memories; leave nothing but footprints
>

I'll volunteer to put together a slick xls file with alll the hills - would
just need the data (could email me hill data and I could update the file).  I
just need to know where to store it so that it is easy for all to access..

Let me know what you think..

Coach Adam wrote:
>  It would be
> great if�someone on this group who�loves to analyze things could take
> all of these great recommendations and summarize them into a database table
> which I just created on the WCC Rides�Yahoo Group. Westchester Training Hills
�� or if you can't
> click there, paste this URL into your browser: http://sports. groups.yahoo.
com/group/ WCCRides/ database? method=reportRow s&tbl=1 �
>  �
>  I included
> the following characteristics:
>  �
>  �- Name
> of the Hill
>  �- City,
> town or village
>  �- Short description of location or
> starting point
>  �- Hill distance
>  �- Grade (Avg/Max)
>  �- Total Vertical Feet
> Climb
>  �- Gear Recommendation
>  �- Recommended workout
>  �- Recommended by:
>  �- Comments, complaints and
> fears
>  �
>  Assuming we don't have all of the information for all
> of these great climbs, please put in what you do know and then perhaps we can
> use this the next month to head out there and try a few of these out to
complete
> the table. If we divide and conquer, we could probably have a complete tool
that
> everyone can benefit from this season and we can all be even better climbers,
> which I know I for one would love to be.
>  �
>  Criticism, sarcasm�and comments always
> encouraged.
>  Cheers,
>  -Adam
>  �
>  �
>  T ake nothing but memories; leave nothing but
> footprints
>



      
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