2009 Vermont Sun Triathlon Series

The Vermont Sun Triathlon Series dates are also set (pending state permits) for the 2009 season:

• Sunday, June 14 - Point Sebago Sprint TriathonPoint Sebago Resort, Casco, Maine


• Sunday, June 21 - Point Sebago Half Iron TriathonPoint Sebago Resort, Casco, Maine


• Sunday, June 28 - Vermont Sun Spint TriathlonBranbury State Park, Salisbury, Vermont


• Sunday, July 12 - Vermont Sun Sprint TriathlonBranbury State Park, Salisbury, Vermont


• Sunday, August 9 - Lake Dunmore TriathlonBranbury State Park, Salisbury, Vermont


• Sunday, August 30 - Half Vermont JourneyBranbury State Park, Salisbury, Vermont

Olympic Open Water Swimmer Wins Again

On March 12th 2001, Netherlands swimmer Maarten van der Weijden was diagnosed with leukemia and underwent a successful stem cell transplant.

On May 8th 2008, he won the 25k open water swimming World Championship.

Last night, he won the Olympic 10k Open Water Swim.

Great Link: Lots of open water swim info and training information at 10kswim.com

Nike+ Human Race 10K

The world’s largest running event is almost here. On August 31, you can make history with one million runners around the globe at the Nike+ Human Race 10K

The New York City race starts at 6:00 p.m. on Randall's Island and will be followed by an exclusive performance by The All-American Rejects. Space is limited, so register here.

Volunteering for this race and earn NYRR-member credit toward guaranteed entry eligibility for the ING New York City Marathon 2009.

You don't need to run in the NYC race to be a part of this event - Visit the Nike+ Human Race 10K page and click on "Run anywhere else with Nike+" for details.

10th Annual Amityville Horror Halloween Hash

The Long Island Hash presents:
The 10th Annual Amityville Horror Halloween Hash
Saturday, October 25, 2008

Cocktails at 7pm, Trail starts at 7:45pm at the Amityville LIRR station
Hares: Bee Fart and Snake
Hash Cash: $30 w/costume

for more info: 631 835 9780 or mehazh@optonline.net

The O-Lab Visits Long Island!

The Oakley rolling O-Lab (Oakley's mobile mad science lab) is coming to Optical Heights in Roslyn Heights.

Board the self-contained 40-foot motor coach to learn the stories and facts behind Oakley's groundbreaking technology—"the reasons we simply refuse to accept the limits of conventional thinking".

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008, 12pm -8pm

Optical Heights (Click for Map & Directions)
195 Mineola Avenue
Roslyn Heights, New York 11577
516.625.2555 info@opticalheights.com

Wait!!! Swimming Isn't Finished!

The pool events are over, but there are still two swimming events left: the men's and women's open water marathon swim (10k). It's a new event this year so hopefully they'll have some coverage

The women's race is 9pm tuesday, the men's 9pm wednesday.. If you thought the start of a triathlon was crazy, wait'll you see these fish duke it out...

here's an article about one of the athletes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/sports/olympics/18longman.html

RIP: Evan's 800 Record

BEIJING, China, August 16., 2008

IT took nearly two decades for it to happen, but the last world record from before the turn of the century finally fell in the women's 800 free. Rebecca Adlington became the new distance queen when she knocked off Janet Evans' 1989 mark of 8:16.22.

Read more at Swimming World

See Janet's race videos:

New Racein NJ!

Pascack Valley Triathlon http://www.pvtri.com/

Hillsdale, NJ - September 7, 2008, 7:45 AM
300 Meter Pool Swim, 10 Mile Bike, 5K Run

Register at RaceForum.com ($30 or $40 Day of Race)

4x100 free relay, underwater!

Click on the image to go to NBC's Video page and view the Men's 4x100 freestyle relay.

Phelps takes about 32 strokes to go 50 meters (less when he dives from the blocks)... How many do you take?

Waking up the Blog

SO with tonight's posts (see above) we're waking up the MetroTri.com blog to post the stuff we want to share between newsletters, which have not been as frequent as we would like.

So many links, so little time... so we will once again try to use the blog to keep the world (or at least the NY region) up to date while we work on the next newsletters...

- WebMeister Rich