Congratulations to the Full Throttle Endurance Racing team for another amazing finish at the 2011 RJA Mighty Montauk Memorial Triathlon! Team members grabbed 9 podiums, including the top 3 overall finishers to make the 8th consecutive year one to remember.

Laurel Wassner took the overall win at 1:53:25.3. Dave Powers and Coach Andrew Kalley – last year’s overall winner – followed closely behind, respectively. William Kelly closed out the top ten, finishing just under two hours and claiming second in the M45-49.

And the medals didn’t stop there! In the 25-29 age group, Kyla Burress claimed first place while Mark Guay took second amongst the men.  There was a complete sweep in the F30-35 category with Melanie Wolff leading the pack, Maria Mahn and Elana Iaciofano finishing second and third. Tom Slon took second in M50-54.

Congratulations to the team and best of luck to Andrew Kalley this weekend as he sets out to defend his title at the Stamford KIC It Triathlon in Stamford, CT. We’ll be cheering!

Are you made of IRONSTRENGTH?

Try this workout of intense plyometrics and strength exercises designed for runners and triathletes. Taught by Dr. Jordan Metzl, sports medicine doctor at the Hospital for Special Surgery, medical columnist for Triathlete Magazine, 8-time Ironman finisher and 28-time marathon runner. Allow Dr. Metzl to show you the proper exercises to make distance running more safe this season.

Sunday, April 17

6:00pm - 7:00pm in Studio A

Please RSVP to ironstrenghtraining@gmail.com

Triathlon Level 1 training began today! If you've ever thought about training for a triathlon, Level 1 is the perfect place to start.

You'll learn from the experts at the only USA Triathlon certified training facility in the Northeast. Level I meets three days per week for one hour. Each day focuses on basic fundamentals of the three components of triathlon: biking, swimming or running.

Choose from 3 schedule options:

Group A:
Tue. and Fri.: 6:00am and Sat.: 7:00am

Group B:
Tue., Thur., and Sat.: 7:00am

Click for more information and to register.

The Full Throttle Nation continues winning, even after the 2010 racing season is completed!

Congratulations to:

Stacy Creamer (New York, N.Y.) – Named Women's Masters Duathlete of the Year

and

Doug Clark (Morristown, N.J.) - Men's Masters Triathlete of the Year (Honorable Mention).

Looking forward to our 2011 season!

The Sports Center congratulates 36-year-old Jack Chen on completing his first Ironman competition in Florida this past weekend. He completed a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and topped it all off with a 26.2-mile run.

Jack Chen, blind since the age of 16, has competed in many marathons and triathlons, but this was the longest and hardest race he has attempted. Jack has spent hours in the Sports Center pool training for the swim portion of the race.

“The conditions were tough – the current was pretty strong, and there was a headwind for a solid 1/3 of the bike at least,” Jack says. “The temperature at the start of the swim was 42 degrees and 48 degrees when the bike leg began. In a word, it was cold!”

Jack is only the 13th blind person to ever complete an Ironman race. Congratulations to Jack on finishing with a time of 13:45:32.