Race Results June 2014
Part II
The month of June has been exciting for Iron Fit Endurance athletes and myself, the coach… So far we have had a lot of races underway and great results to report! Check out the previous report for the race results from the first weekend in June.
On June 14th, John Burgess competed in the Pat Griskus Olympic Distance Aquabike. The Pat Griskus series has been around for a while now and it is popular for attracting great competition from Connecticut and New York. It is held at the Quassy Amusement Park (same race venue as Rev 3 Quassy), so it is obviously a challenging course! John placed 3rd overall in the Aquabike! The closest competitor age-wise to John was 19 years his junior! Despite racing guys in their 30’s and 40’s, John placed incredibly well! John is an extremely hard worker and is VERY strong as a result of his hard work and dedication! He isn't a newcomer to endurance racing, however...John finished the Hawaii Ironman back in 1984! I'm excited to see what he does at Nationals in September!
Just this past weekend was the West Neck Swim 1 Mile, 2 Mile and 5K Swim, Syracuse 70.3 and Mossman Half Ironman. I met up with Frank Fiorello and Christa Dwyer (pictured above with me) Sunday morning for the "West Neck 1 mile, 2 mile and 5k swim", a pristine swim competition held at West Neck Beach in Lloyd Harbor. I did the 5K swim, while Christa and Frank did the 2-mile swim. The both did awesome, Christa winning her age-group with a smoking fast 50:47 and Frank swimming a strong 58:52!
Meanwhile, Deepak Chopra was up at the Syracuse 70.3 racing with his younger brother. This was Deepak’s first Half Ironman. He did amazingly well on a tough course and a hot day! Deepak has a grueling work schedule, but is a focused athlete. Due to his supportive family network, Deepak does his best to get in the training during the week despite his hectic schedule. The remainder of the season will be a focus on sh
orter triathlons as well as the NYC Marathon in November! Deepak has a STRONG running background, so it will be exciting to get him back to his roots! His wife, Jenn, and daughters were at the race cheering him on (see picture of Deepak and his daughter on the run course). Jenn, his wife, is also training and will be competing in her first half marathon in the fall!
Over in Connecticut, Johnny Graziano raced Mossman and WON the aquabike division!! Johnny is pictured above on the podium as well as on the bike rocking the Iron Fit gear despite being the Founder of the Wildwood Warriors...thanks Johnny! With a tweaked calf, Johnny opted for the aquabike. This was a smart decision which paid off! With Placid around the corner, this was a great training day for Johnny!
Speaking of the Ironman, Susan Roman was completing a HUGE weekend of training which she absolutely nailed up in Lake Placid this weekend! Susan is a dedicated athlete and it certainly has paid off so far! Once she recovers from this big weekend, she will see a huge boost in fitness levels going into Placid! Susan made the very smart decision to enter the Challenge AC Aqua Bike this upcoming weekend (2.4 Mile swim-112 Mile bike) as a training day for Placid!
Below is a picture that Susan sent me on Saturday while she was riding the course. it was titled, "I think I biked too far"!
I’ll be posting more results as they come in. In the meantime, we have bike intervals at Hecksher State Park on Tuesday evenings (5:30PM), Thursday track workouts at West Islip High School (5:30 AM) and group swims and bikes on most weekends! Check out the Calendar tab on this website (www.ironfitendurance.com).
All are welcome!
Happy Training!
Dee