• Atlantic Duathlon – April 19, 2025

    Atlantic Duathlon – April 19, 2025

    A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Rockaway…. There was a duathlon (run, bike, run) held next to a time trial bike race (ride, ride, ride) starting in opposite directions on the same flat, straight, cement boardwalk along the Atlantic Ocean beach of Queens (New York). I got there at 6:30 for a…

Dawn at Lake Welch, Harriman State Park, NY.* It is much harder to write about the races that don’t end on or close to the podium, and to find victory in them anyway.   I had downgraded first from the Toughman 70.3 triathlon to the Olympic distance (because weddings and other family travels had prevented sufficient…

Dawn at Lake Welch, Harriman State Park, NY.* It is much harder to write about the races that don’t end on or close to the podium, and to find victory in them anyway.   I had downgraded first from the Toughman 70.3 triathlon to the Olympic distance (because weddings and other family travels had prevented sufficient…