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jfs

HEAT is Victorious at NE Championship at Cranberry

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(08/24/08 16:18:20)

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HEAT won its first N.E. Club Championship at the popular and sold out Cranberry Olympic triathlon. A huge showing of HEAT members, new and old, assured victory in a highly competitive division. Race conditions were close to ideal, with clear skies and calm waters. Kudos to the race director for allowing the clubs to have their own areas in the transition. (I will send the race director a note of thanks. He pulled a lot of my buds off the waiting list.) Although some of us placed in our age groups, (and many were near placing), we won because we showed up to race in a BIG way by our numbers and talent. Our club president, Dean, bore his usual Cheshire cat grin upon receiving the club award.

I had a great time seeing the HEAT Team on the course, and hanging out with my friends at the HEAT Tent. We have a strong, healthy, and growing Club!

Shall we head to the Nationals!

Jamie

Last Edited By: jfs 08/25/08 04:15:42. Edited 1 time.

cannondalejim

Congratulations Jamie

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(08/25/08 05:28:06)

the victory is largely attributable to your nagging, err, encouragement, of maximum participation.
Congrats to the many Heatsters who competed.
I'm sure the wake up time and drive on Sunday morning was the hardest part of the race for many people.
Great Job all around!

Now please sign up for Nutmegman

kanastas

Congratulations HEAT

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(08/25/08 06:26:52)

Great job everyone! Looking forward to hearing some race reports.

Fishrocker

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(08/25/08 06:44:45)

Wow! That's fantastic, congratulations to all for competing and being the best triathletes in all of New England! Wooooooooo!!!

Doug

smc67

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(08/25/08 07:40:08)

Great job everyone!

trigabe

We rock

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(08/25/08 08:08:18)

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This was a great accomplishment and was truly a team effort. We edged out the team from Bay State Triathlon Club by a mere 4.5 points, indicating just how important it was to have members show up and race regardless of ability. It all fits with the theme of the club--everyone is welcome, just come and have fun. Sitting around eating from the great spread in the perfect weather with the team afterwards was a highlight of the day for me. I agree with Jamie on the racking method--it was so nice to have all of us together on two racks and to be able to joke around with people I knew while getting ready for the race. As for the race itself, the swim was a little "thick" at times due to some extremely shallow sections that had a gross amount of debris kicked up from the bottom, the bike was fairly flat and fast with a couple of really rough sections of road, and the run was similarly flat except for that stinkin' hill at mile 5. Nothing too major, but insulting at that point of the race. As mentioned previously, the post-race spread is always impressive at this race and is one of the best scenes on the circuit. As far as my race, I had one goal in mind from the beginning of the day--do whatever you can under the circumstances to get points for the team. If that meant pushing for an age group place if I was having a good day, or just finishing in some way even if I had some mechanical or physical breakdown, it did not matter where I was individually at the end of the day as long as it resulted in points for the team. That mindset really made the whole day fun. Congratulations to all of us!!

trlrnman

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(08/25/08 08:39:21)

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What a beautiful day for a race! The course on the roads was shaded and really nice even on a warm day. The swim involved some bottom crawling and substantial full contact in the over 45 corral, but was otherwise nice. This has now become my favorite Olympic course. There were a lot of good performances which led to our victory, and numbers do make a difference. The only question I had dealt with the scoring which appeared to be rather random. I did learn that we all need to race in our age-class wave to get points since none were awarded for Clydes, Athenas or for Bill in the Elite wave. Then again, Bill Schumann and Jon Reik did not score anywhere for us, despite finishing as 4th overall and 1st in their age-class respectively. Anyway, my understanding of this type of scoring is drawn from FIRM races where the scoring is done only for Team athletes. After the results are complete, all team athletes are grouped in a spreadsheet and points are only awarded for those on teams. The system used by this race included .5 points for Diane Stuart who earned 6 by finishing as the first person on a team in her age class. She was second overall age class so at least 5 points were the minimum. Giving points to all teams for Clydes and Athenas, adding in Jon and Bill and correcting the rest of the scores to include only team members changes things a bit. So here are the corrected results for what it's worth. We actually outscored ALL other teams due to our superior depth. Lessons learned: get the full roster in early and understand the scoring rules. Anyway, great job everyone!

Team ---------------------Official-----Corrected---Division


Tri Fury	32	36	1
HEAT	35	67.5	2
Bay State Tri	21	27.5	2
Shoreline Sharks	2.5	7	2
Team Psycho	56.5	48.5	3
Wheelworks	35	39	3
Boston Tri Team	22.5	25	3
North Shore Tri	10.5	15	3
AIM	9.5	9.5	3
Granite State Tri	2.5	1	3
Minuteman Road Club	48	56	4
Team Envision	8	9	4
Green Mt	7	6	4
N Medford Tri	0.5	0.5	4
Infinitri	24.5	27	5
Landry Tri Club	13	17	5
DreamFar	6.5	10	5
ATA	6	6	5
BVHP	5	6	5
Cape Cod Athletic	0.5	0.5	5

Last Edited By: trlrnman 08/25/08 08:41:41. Edited 1 times.

cannondalejim

scoring system

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(08/25/08 10:56:15)

who thought up the scoring system, the IRS?
sounds like the capital gains calculation on porkbelly futures held in a foreign country!
I was thinking about trying to get them to put in aquabike for next year, but it doesn't seem like it would count

fftri

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(08/25/08 14:38:19)

Yes as others stated it was a great day to race and great to be part of HEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was the first race I've done where I did not preride the bike and run.
I was able to pace off of Ray on the bike though. Thanks RAY!
I am embarrassed by my drafting penalty.

I got stuck in a group that I came up on fast and there were two guys who were
blocking the left of the other cyclists, so I could not safely pass as cars were going by. I started to drop back just as I heard a
motorcycle come up, which I now know was a marshall. Guess I did not drop back quick enough. And yes I should know better

!!!!!!!
For me the race was mentally not there. I just wanted it to end.
It's been a long season for me,
and it is time for a long break from structured training.

Congratulations to all HEAT members who raced!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mark

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(08/26/08 05:14:27)

I had a great time hanging around and listening to the music and stories post race. Wish i could have earned more points in my A.G. but as it turned out it was a pretty competitive age group to be in on Sun. The drive home was kind of hard as traffic on I90 backed up 10 miles before the exit, but all in all a very good day. The bonus was my bike was totally uneventfull!!! I think I had my best ride of the year (MPH wise). Now i'm resting up for the 5K race in Hartford Thursday evening. That's going to hurt.

offroad

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(08/26/08 17:49:35)

I wrote a whole long post and the program didn't ^$(@#$%* post it. Ray I'll try again when I'm not so PO'd.

ctvinman

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(08/26/08 18:41:10)

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My type of course. 1st time in years I was over 20mph on the bike, even with people flying by. The swim seemed a bit short, but with only the elite wave in front it wasn't crowded in the old guys wave.
Mike -- thanks for the ride. I needed a few more on the long ride. That ride took more out of me than the race.

Here are the results. It includes the TEAM scoring but it's impossible to figure that one out. We're lucky that Kathy Scotti showed up because she brought home 6 points

Thanks to the official team and support crew that made the trip -- Bill., Dean, Ray, Dan, Mike, Mark, Kelly, Jamie, Ray, Ken, Raf, Diane, Dave, Aubrey, Marisa, Erica, Gabe, and Kathy.

We didn't get to round everyone up, but here are some pictures:

NE Divison 2 winning team:

Gabe and his bloody shoe (from Niantic)

Raf -- THANKS for the early tent set-up and beer!!! Now get some REST....

Kathy, Ken, Dave -- setting up

Kelly and Aubrey

Dave and Ken

Time to eat --- Marisa, Gabe, Bill, Dan, Jamie

Last Edited By: ctvinman 08/27/08 04:43:06. Edited 2 times.

fftri

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(08/27/08 01:50:10)

The results link you put in is for 07 race :-)

Thanks -- I corrected the link above.

Last Edited By: ctvinman 08/27/08 04:43:40. Edited 1 times.

offroad

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(08/27/08 15:10:17)

OK, I'll try again. I had a great time at this race. I love being a part of this club and team; it's like high school cross country again only better. After my dismal result at HealthNet I wanted to contribute as much as I could at this race, so I was happy to get a decent result. Even after arriving late and being in the porta potty for the anthem and not getting to warm up. The team racking was fun and seemed really pro. A note of appreciation to John Pugmire- Twice I was stopped and complimented on our uniform and our t-shirts. So it's not just us who like them.
It was fun to race on a fast course. The swim was a little odd, but fun. Dave Dyson, Mark Flynn and I all came into t1 within seconds of each other ( seemed like Winding Trails all over again ) and Dave was encouraging us all on as we headed out on the bikes. The rough roads were a little surprising to me for such a well-known race. I was riding well, but worrying I was going to flat one of those skinny little tires....
I was able to run ok at the beginning but ran into some stomach iissues around halfway which kept me from hitting that hill as hard as I might have. I had to back off and just get in at that point.
Hanging out after was a highlight for me as well.
A note to Mark - sometimes there's not much you can do when you come up on a group like that. You just got unlucky. I twice had to cross the yellow line ( Horrors! ) to pass groups three abreast and was lucky enough that I could see there was no traffic and there were no marshals. I have to wonder if they were tagged for blocking when you got tagged.
I'm glad that we were able to put such a team in the race and it is like Jamie and Gabe have already said, But it bears repeating- this club is about eveyone getting out there regardless of ability and doing the best you can.
I didn't mind the traffic on the way home because two fillet o'fish and a large decaf iced coffee works for me.
Ray

fftri

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(08/28/08 04:04:54)

Thanks Ray.
I did see you crossing the line a couple of times...The groups ridng three abreast were frustrating
as were the guys riding right on the yellow line/weaving acrossed the lane.
But that's racin'....
Sometimes stuff just happens...Fortunately for me it was not an "A" race.
I too thought of you, Dave, and me coming into T-1 as a Winding trails deja vu.

orbeachic

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(08/28/08 06:43:45)

Ray- you aren't supposed to stop and get compliments on the uniform while your racing. That'll slow ya down.

It was a great race and course. For me personally everything came together really well. It was different starting so late- 30 minutes after the first wave. Women 34 and under were the 2nd to last wave (only athenas, clydsdales and relays were behind me), so I was chasing down women and some men who started 5, 10, 15 minutes ahead of me.

Funny/frustrating incident on the bike- I was about 5 miles away from T2 when this truck with a U-haul on the back of it, pulls across the road to start backing into a driveway. The guy directing the Uhaul looks right at me and motions for the truck to start heading back. Now the truck is taking up the entire road. I yelled at him and told him off and then looked up the road, saw it was clear, crossed the yellow line and continued racing on.

It was a great time hanging out with the club afterwords. I enjoy being part of such a great group of people. It's also a nice bonus, when you pick up an award, and beat your boyfriend too!

dysman

HEAT Rocks

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(09/02/08 19:44:58)

Sorry for the delay with my report from Cranberry...after the race I headed down to the Cape for a week of much needed rest and relaxation....and that's exactly what I did...what a beautiful week I picked.

Anyway, What a great race it was and being in the team atmosphere made it even better. Aubrey it was great to meet you and way to beat up on Ken! Erica, way to go for your first Olympic! That we were all racked together was really cool...as Mark and Ray said...it seemed like Winding Trails. And hanging out afterwards in the tent chowing on the food from the barBQ made for great camaraderie.

As for my individual race, this was my target race for the year. I had originally intended this to be my first Olympic race (but I caught the team bug and decided to do Healthnet, even knowing I wouldn't be in peak condition for that race). Well all the training I did so far this year paid off. In the swim I was able to keep a strong steady stroke for most of the course, despite getting boxed in at the first buoy, having someones hand hit my goggles and knocking them askew at the second buoy...I just stood up, fixed them quickly and swam off. But from then on I seemed to have pretty clear water, but of course I kind of took the scenic route...there was some magnetic force that kept pulling me towards the shore between each bouy...or maybe I was trying to sight see...whatever it was I didn't exactly go in the straightest line...despite all that I was still 4 minutes faster that the swim in Shelton. Once out of the water I got up the stairs OK and sped off to transition...except while trying to navigate those 90 degree turns in the chute on wet grass my feet kept going straight while my body tried to make the turn and down I went but scrambled right back up, laughing. Saw Mark and Ray in transition and sped off on the bike. The bike course for me actually was kind of a disadvantage being that it was so flat and my strength is in climbing hills, but I still managed a decent 21.5 mph. Then came the run, and what a great run it was for me. For me, the run is just the opposite of the bike...I excel on the flatter courses. This was a perfect course for me. My legs felt very fresh getting off the bike, despite feeling like they were on fire the last few miles on the bike. There was a nice line of runners ahead of me, so I started picking them off one by one and before I knew it the first mile had gone by and there seemed to be no let up in how I felt....normally I can't keep a fast pace up after the first mile and start fading, but not on this day. I had ridden the run course the day before, so I knew where the inclines were and how big they were...I knew that the only one that might pose a problem would be the one at mile 5. But thanks to Dean...spotting him up ahead shortly before gave me the extra incentive to get up the hill strong and catch him...I made it up without any problem and continued on picking off runners. In the end I must have passed at least 20 people on the run which is a switch for me...I usually get passed on the run...and only one person passed me...a college kid from Syracuse. My run ended up being 43:14 for a 6:58 per mile which is awesome for me....That's a 10K PR for me, and not just for a Tri 10K. I'm very satisfied to have finished 80th overall in 2:22:31 in just my second race at this distance, and glad I was able to perform as well as I could for the team in earning my half point. WAY TO GO HEAT!!! WE ROCK!!!

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