NYC BICYCLE SHOW ROLLS INTO TOWN THIS WEEKEND !

This weekend welcomes back the annual NYC Bicycle Show, this year at the 26th Street Armory (Lexington & 26th), from Thursday through Saturday.

Among the exhibitors expected are Softride, Serotta (Signature Service's Paul Levine will be on hand for your bike fit questions), Sugoi, Polar Heart Monitors, Jamis, Elite, GU, Adidas, Sid's Bike Shop, the US Postal crew and more

You can download a coupon for discounted entry.

LI MARATHON & MULTISPORT EXPO MAY 2-3

The 2003 Canon Long Island Marathon & Multisport Expo will be held on Friday, May 2 3:00pm - 9:00pm and Saturday, May 3 10:00am - 6:00pm. National and local vendors and manufacturers will be on hand at the expo, including Polar Heart Monitors, Runners Edge, Total Immersion, The Greater Long Island Running Club and many more.

Directions and info on the LI Marathon can be found at www.thelimarathon.com.

IRONMAN FLORIDA ON ESPN2

Ironman Florida 2002 will be broadcast on ESPN2 on Saturday, May 19th at 3pm EST.

DIE ON THE 4th of JULY?

The Morristown, NJ, July 4th "Tri on the 4th of July", which last year saw horrible conditions and many, many unhappy athletes, has topped itself with what promises to be the most brainless move of the year.

Last year's race, on a day with temps in the 90's, saw a shallow water swim (with some folks running through most of it) and a run that was painfully short of water (and, apparently, common sense by the race director).

A strong note of caution is in order here - we have learned that this year's course is being run in reverse, with the swim (which has been moved to deeper water) being last. The race now offers what the tired triathlete needs - a chance to drown following a bike and run.

Are wetsuits allowed? Ever try to put on a wetsuit after a ride or run?

Note that this race does not carry a USA Triathlon sanction.

The 2003 Entrants page shows no names right now. Hmmm...ever read that waiver you sign at the bottom of your race entry? Bring a lawyer with you.

HEY MATT - YOU JUST WON THE ST ANTHONY'S TRIATHLON - NOW GIVE THE TROPHY BACK...

And the winner isn't ...
(From the St. Petersburg Times)
Hours after first runner to finish is honored, a check of times determines Maryland man actually finished the course faster.

LIVE FROM FLORIDA!

This weekend, the MetroTri.com staff is trekking down to St. Petersburg to bring you coverage of the 20th annual St. Anthony's Triathlon. Here's a list of who's going to be in the field .

Look for photos at MetroTri next week from both the ITU Pro race as well as the age-groupers event. Images from last year can be found here.

Anyone headed down there (Including the multitudes from Team in Training) look for the webmeister at the expo and find out about the Total Immersion weekend workshops being conducted monthly at the USA Triathlon Olympic Training Center in Clermont, FL. The first one will be held on May 10th and 11th - sign up now!

DOWN & DIRTY AT SCHIFF !
Dirty Events' 5th annual Schiff-Scout camp Mountain Bike Biathlon and Relay will be held at 9:00 am on Sunday, Rain or Shine.

This is one of the best events in the region, with prizes, rafles and food to please any racer.
Photos from previous races are posted at the Dirty Events website.

NY TRI CLUB BRONX BIATHLON

This Sunday brings the NY Tri Club's 19th annual Bronx Biathlon, a two mile run - 12 mile bike and two mile run race at Orchard Beach in the Bronx.

Race day entry is $40.

UPCOMING METRO AREA CYCLING EVENTS:

(from MetroSportsNY.com newsletter)
April 19, Cherry Blossom Race. Branchbrook Park, Newark, N.J. 973-744-7807
April 20, NYC Bicycle Racing Series. Various locations within NYC. Call Anthony Van Dunk 718-522-7390
April 23, SoMt. Crit. South Mountain, Orange, N.J. 973-744-7807
April 27, Meadow Muffin Madness Connecticut Point Series. Waterford Country School, Quaker Hill, CT 203-831-9144
April 27, NYC Bicycle Racing Series. Various locations within NYC. Call Anthony Van Dunk 718-522-7390
April 27, Binghamton Circuit Race road race. Various categories. Call Jeff Poulin 607-785-3055.

IRON-BANDITS BEWARE !

New Ironman North America policy puts the bite on bandit racers.

Bandit racers are athletes who either use another persons’ spot at an event to race, or give their spot to another athlete to race in their stead. This creates a very serious problem for events and race organizers, because athletes who race as bandits are not covered via USAT insurance, which covers athletes competing in the event.

Recently a bandit situation occurred at the 2002 Ironman Florida triathlon. The two athletes, both the athlete who raced under an assumed name, and the athlete who provided the spot to the racer, were banned for life from Ironman North America events.

Athletes who are caught either racing as bandits or providing spots to other athletes will be banned for life from Ironman North America events. This is a non-negotiable policy and will be strictly enforced.

2003 NYC MARATHON ENTRY DEADLINES

You have until June 1st to apply for the NYC Marathon Lottery.

If you have guaranteed entry to the 2003 New York City Marathon but haven't yet applied, your time is running out. Applications for guaranteed entry will be accepted until May 1st.

If you meet a qualifying time standard , completed nine qualifying races as an NYRR member in 2002, have run at least 15 New York City Marathons, or canceled your entry to the 2002 Marathon, you qualify to bypass the lottery and receive guaranteed entry.

If you already applied, you can check your status in the entrant database.

UTAH STILL OPEN !

General entry spots are still available for the Utah Half-Ironman

PROVO, Utah-General entry spots for the 2003 Utah Half-Ironman, taking place on Saturday, May 31, 2003, are still available. Up for grabs will be 20 qualifying spots to the 2003 Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii as well as 125 qualifying spots to full-distance 2003 Ironman North America events.

MARINE CORPS MARATHON LOTTERY

(From MarathonGuide.com)

First Lottery Drawing for Marine Corps Marathon
The Marine Corps Marathon will be conducting lottery drawings for a portion of its entrants each Tuesday from April 15 through May 19. Runners who are interested in running the race will have the greatest chance of entry if they register early and are part of all drawings. So, if you're interested in running, head over to www.marinemarathon.com to register for the lottery - the sooner the better...

WHO'S GOING TO KONA ?

The World Triathlon Corp has announced the list of winners in the Ironman Lottery. The following Metro Athletes are among the 200 (picked from a pool of 4,346 applications) headed to the 25th Anniversary Ironman Triathlon World Championship on October 18th in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

David Barzetti CT
Nicole Bernadette NY
Anthony M.Ceccacci NY
David T. Councilor NJ
Shanta N. Covington NY
Dave Decker NY
Jennifer Donovan CT
Joshua Gold NY
David J. Gworek CT
Kevin B. Mclane NY
Jonathan James Parker NY
Dean Pentikis NJ
Ronald E. Schneider NJ
Donald Vito Tedesco NJ

WHAT'S NEW AT SOFTRIDE

Slowtwitch.com has a review of Softride's 2003 bike line.

The new bikes can be viewed at Softride's site.

Take one for a test ride and find out Why the MetroTri Webmeister loves his Classic TT-7 so much!

TRADE IN THAT OLD BIKE...

Trade-in for New Bicycle Trade-in Program Introduced

American Bicycle Group (ABG), parent company to the Litespeed, Quintana Roo, Merlin, and Tomac bike lines, is giving customers the opportunity to trade their old titanium bicycle towards the purchase of a new one from any of ABG's 4 brands.

Beginning April 15th, preownedbikes.com & participating dealers everywhere will accept used titanium bicycles from Litespeed, Quintana Roo, Merlin, Dean, Douglas, Ibis, Independent Fabrication, Lemond, Macalu, Merckx, Mongoose, Moots, Serotta, & Seven. Trade-in for New will be accepting complete bicycles only, back to 1996.

Details can be found here.

SIGN UP FOR RALPH's 2004

OCEANSIDE, Calif.-Registration for the 2004 Ralphs California Half Ironman triathlon, taking place on Saturday, April 3, 2004 is now open.

PIRANHA RACE MOVED !

The inaugural Brandywine Valley Duathlon has been moved from Pocopson, PA to Delaware City, DE.

Check out the Piranha sports website for details.

NYC TRI HALF FULL !

2,000 entries deep, the Age-Group field at the August 10th NYC Triathlon is now nearly half-full.
Enter at www.NYCTri.com.

The course is unchanged for the age-groupers. Elites will still swim in the Hudson, but their entire bike and run takes place within Central Park.

RALPH's RESULTS!

Here's the Metro Area Athletes who competed at Ralph's California Half Ironman this past weekend:

PLACE TIME NAME, CITY, STATE
155 4:56:45 TOM MACRAE, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ
158 4:56:58 NOAH DOWELL, SHERMAN OAKS, CT
177 4:59:16 AMY FARRELL, LAKE PLACID, NY
259 5:08:19 CHRISTOPHE R VANDAELE, NEW YORK, NY
268 5:08:59 KEVIN EASTWOOD, MADISON, CT
299 5:14:03 BRICE WILSON, NEW YORK, NY
409 5:24:20 VICTORIA L. TIASE, NEW YORK, NY
660 5:42:36 MICHAEL A. MITCHELL, WOOLWICH, NJ
767 5:51:02 COLLEEN P. BIRNSTIEL, NEW YORK, NY
769 5:51:05 JAMES CONNOLLY, MADISON, CT
802 5:53:25 JIM RILEY, WYCKOFF, NJ
828 5:56:13 BEVAN JONES, PRINCETON, NJ
834 5:56:24 BILL ROESCH, REDDING, CT
943 6:04:54 KEVIN J. MCCAFFREY, HOHOKUS, NJ
1004 6:12:10 KOHL NORVILLE, BROOKLYN, NY
1033 6:15:00 JOANNE FRANTZIS, WOODBURY, CT
1114 6:22:20 BRYAN M. LABELLE, NEW YORK, NY
1118 6:22:36 ANTHONY CECCACCI, BROOKLYN, NY
1171 6:28:36 CHERYL KRAFT-JOHNSON, NIANTIC, CT
1204 6:31:57 KEVIN MCLANE, NEW YORK, NY
1210 6:32:44 ABBY L. RUBY, NY, NY
1214 6:33:36 SARAH RILEY, NEW YORK, NY
1238 6:36:07 LOUIS L. LICARI, NEW YORK, NY
1254 6:39:31 MARY NATHAN, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY
1285 6:43:29 ELISA RANEY, ITHACA, NY
1348 6:52:34 TIMOTHY JOHNSON, NIANTIC, CT
1416 7:05:19 TIMOTHY J. WALSH, NEW YORK, NY
1466 7:18:36 ANDREI M. SAUNDERS, NEW CANAAN, CT
1587 8:19:52 MALCOLM P. APPELBAUM, SCARSDALE, NY

HOLY MOSES !

American Olympic gold medalist Ed Moses recently competed in the 2003 MET-Rx Superstars.

The star-studded sporting event airs on CBS on April 5 at 2:30 p.m. ET, and continues on April 6 at 1:30 p.m. ET.

Ten of today's top athletes will be competing in seven of ten events: swimming, weightlifting, kayaking, Sea-Doo racing, bicycling, basketball shoot-out, half-mile run, 100-yard dash, climbing wall, and The Superstars' signature event, the obstacle course. The superstars are not allowed to compete in the event they normally do.

METROTRI NEWSLETTER EXCLUSIVE: DEBOOM DQ'D; REID REFUSES !

As incredible as it seems, the WTC has seen fit to strip defending 2001 Ironman Champion Tim DeBoom of his overall win at the 2002 race due to a technicality. Read the details in the latest MetroTri Newsletter!

Also in the newsletter:
- Will there be a Swim at Montauk?
- Equipment Review - The HeadGlove
- Lake Placid Course Change
- NYC Triathlon Swim Moved
- USMS Goes Up in Smoke?
- US Masters Expands Events to be Tri-Friendly
- US Postal program gets costly
- Bud Light Series Returns
- NYC Marathon to set qualifying standards

FOOL ON THE HILL ?
VeloNews had an interesting story today concerning a prototype time trial helmet, possibly being prepared for Lance's himself in the upcoming le Tour.

Note the "individual air foils", and be sure to check out the second page for " Cipollini's Line of Hair Care Products."

METROTRI GOES NATIONAL AND EVEN MORE LOCAL !

Thanks to the expanding support and popularity of the MetroTri.com website, we have expanded throughout the country with new local editions. Additional Details and links to each will be available shortly.

Local USA Editions: Arizona - Northern California - Southern California - Connecticut - Guam - Iowa - Massachusetts - Michigan - Mississippi
- Missouri - New Mexico - New Jersey - New York - Pennsylvania - Washington - Wisconsin

International Editions: Australia - Germany - Indonesia - Spain