Dear All,
I can’t believe it, but I have a few more days until the big race day. I’ve been training for more than five months with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training and I’m feeling well prepared to tackle this event. I wanted to pass some information along in case you are in NYC on Sunday July 16, and would like to watch me and hundreds of others participate in the Nautica NYC Triathlon. It is an early event, but this is a fun race to watch and I would love to see you all there for some moral support! Since I’ll be pretty absorbed with race day events during the race weekend, I wanted to send you this information!
Here are some viewing details:
SWIM:
I will be entering the Hudson River at 99th Street (in the Riverside Park area) at either 7:24am or 7:28 am (heat 20 or 21) with the 25-29 year old males. I will be wearing either a orange or a yellow swim cap. I will send more exact details on Friday night. I exit the Hudson River at 79th Street. During the entire distance of the swim, viewers can walk along the river walk to cheer on the participants. This is a fun part of the race to watch. I’m hoping to be out of the water in 40 minutes (by approximately 8:05am-8:10am-ish)!
Transition 1 (T1):
Once I exit the Hudson River, I will be taking off my wetsuit while simultaneously running to my transition area. There are 2 transition areas, and mine will be located closer to 79th Street Ball Fields. No one will be able to enter the gated transition area, but it’s amazing to watch the athletes (especially the elite athletes) quickly take off their wetsuits, put on their bike shoes, helmet, and glasses, grab their bikes….and take off.
Hopefully, I will be out of the transition area by 8:15am.
BIKE:
Unfortunately, this is the most difficult portion to watch since we head up the Henry Hudson Highway to Yonkers and back. However, this may be a good time to start walking over to Central Park to view the beginning and end of the run. I highly recommend walking to 72nd Street and Central Park West and enter the park from there. By staying near the entrance of 72nd and CPW, you can cheer me on when I enter the Park for my run! The bike portion should take me approximately, 2.5 hours or less, so hopefully I will be done with biking and in T2 by 10:45am.
Transition 2 (T2):
During this time, I will be returning to my transition area at 79th Street Baseball Fields to take off my helmet, and sunglasses. Subsequently, I will be putting on my running cap and heading out of the transition area to begin the run portion of the event. Hopefully, I will be out of T2 by 10:50am.
RUN:
Once I leave T2, I will be running across town on 72nd Street for about one mile. Therefore, I will be entering 72nd & CPW at approximately, 11:00pm. Running is my weakest part of the race, and it would be great to see people cheering me on as I enter 72nd & CPW. At this point, I will run the large loop in the clockwise direction. I’m hoping to finish the running portion within 1.5 hours. The race ends close to the entrance of 72nd & CPW. In order to see the race finish, walk into CP on 72nd Street and continue walking onto 72nd Street towards Bethesda Terrace. Before you get to Bethesda Terrace you will see the run finish on your right hand side at Dead Road. Hopefully, I will get to the finish line in under 5 hours at approximately 12:20 pm. I hope to see you at the finish line. I will also have my cell phone (917-468-7552) at the finish line, if you lose track of me!
Also, feel free to look at the NYC Tri website at: http://www.nyctri.com for more information! On the website, you can register with Accenture to track my progress throughout the race by getting an e-mail at home, a live voice call, or text message on your cell.
Lastly and most importantly, I’m hoping to raise at least another $1410 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by this Sunday. Please consider making a 100% tax deductible donation at:
http://www.active.com/donate/tntnyc/tntnycSim
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