Weekly Update!

NEWS SUMMARY

• Bill “Bucket-List” Morse qualifies at the Snowshoe Northeast Regional’s and will attend his 6^th US National Snowshoe Race in Syracuse NY. Can he top his 2003 Bronze?
• Sal “Aqua-Lung” Genovese misses the Snowshoe Regional’s start by 9 minutes but “Cowboys-Up” and catches-up to qualify for Nationals. But will he go? How late will he be?
• GSSS Exeter NH snowshoe race is cancelled for Feb 6^th, but WMAC (www.runwmac.com) at Northfield, MA is on!
• Comp Cycling gets in gear at the Harpoon TT
• Capt Jen kicks butt at the Harpoon TT by cutting off 2+ minutes from last year’s effort, now there’s some giddy-up!
• Newcomer Matt Sullivan clocks in the top Comp Cycling time at the Harpoon TT for the men, edging out Warren “Flash” MacPhail by 6 seconds! Rene “Nay-Nay” Maxwell is back and strong in the saddle with the top time for the Comp women.
• (Final Reminder) Vescio MPS is looking to get your swim on track with a 10% Comp Member discount for their winter Swim Prescription Program (still time to sign up!). Led by Uber-swimmer/coach Mike Ross, this program starts Feb 6^th. Go to http://sites.google.com/a/mpstraining.com/services/12-week-swim-prescription-program for details on how this program will benefit You!.

UPCOMING RACES (Jan/Feb):

Feb 6^th –WMAC Northfield Mt Snowshoe Race (Northfield, MA) (GSSS Exeter NH Race CANCELLED)

Feb 6^th – Weston Ski Track Winter Tri, (Weston, MA)

Feb 6^th – VESCIO MPS starts Swim Prescription Program (Session 1 – WPI Worcester, Session 2 - Sudbury)

Feb 6^th - Fit Werx 2010 NE Triathlon Symposium(Fitchburg,MA): http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1800584

Feb 7^th – Great Stew Chase 10 miler (Lynn, MA) www.stewchase.com

Feb 12^th – Patrick’s knee surgery (bummer!)

Feb 13^th – GSSS Horse Hill 7k Snowshoe Race (Merrimack, NH)

Feb 13^th – Martha’s Vineyard 20-miler (You people are nuts!)

Feb 14^th – GSSS Frosty’s Snowshoe Dash for a Cure (Atkinson, NH)

Feb 20^th – GSSS Kingman Farm Moonlight Snowshoe 5k (Madbury NH)

Feb 21^st – King Pine Winter Tri (East Madison, NH)

Feb 28^th - Sheraton Hyannis Marathon/Half-Marathon (Hyannis, MA) www.hyannismarathon.com

Snowshoe Races/Results/Standings

GSSS - http://hstrial-cdunn9.homestead.com/GraniteSeries.html

WMAC - www.runwmac.com

Winter Tri Series Races/Results/standings

www.wintermultisport.com

RACE NEWS:

Jan 30^th - Snowshoe Northeast Regional Qualifier for Nationals, (Center Sandwich, NH )

Last Saturday was supposed to be the Sidehiller 4-miler in Sandwich NH, but poor snow conditions turned it into a circuit race of 3 laps in-and-out of the fairgrounds for 5.2 miles. The course lacked the extra hills but there were no bare spots to be found on this fast course. With Nationals so close-by this year (Syracuse, NY), the Center Sandwich race had a record turnout of 91 finishers even though temps hovered around ZERO for the whole race. This race had the cream of the crop of New England’s finest trail and snowshoe runners. Two Comp Racers made the race and two Comp Racers qualified for Nationals. Bill “Bucket-List” Morse finished in 50^th on the redline-cardiac course, qualifying for his 8^th? 9^th? Nationals, and this will be the 6^th Bill attends. His best finish? Bronze in 2003 at 9,000ft in Salt Lake City. When the conditions are tough, there are none tougher. Sal “Aqua-Lung” Genovese turned the race into a duathlon, a race to get there, and a race to finish, as his “human” garmin was a little off on the travel time estimate. Sal jumped on course 9 minutes after the start, proceeded to pass 32 racers and finish in 59^th, still qualifying for nationals. I’m sure Sal’s heart was pumping at threshold all the way up Rt 93 and through the finish. Mocha-Frenzy supplied the post race tasty soups and baked goods. Congrats Bill and Sal. www.dungeonrockracing.blogspot.com

Jan 30^th - Harpoon Brewery Indoor Time Trial, Boston, MA

Comprehensive has started early and often this season and this weekend at the Harpoon ITT, was no exception. The opening round of TT's saw newest recruit Matt Sullivan clocking a blistering 21:55 and briefly holding the lead in his heat only to be caught on the hill. The next round saw IronMuppet Maw and another new recruit David Sullivan hit the "road". Doing his best to improve his time from last year, the Muppet turned in a marginally quicker performance that was 15 seconds faster than last at 23:45, while David S suffered through, but made up for a tough day on the computrainer with a few delicious Harpoons. In the next TT, Eric "The Silent Assassin" Whewell, with a little encouragement from the Muppet, clocked in at 23:42ish. Next up were the ladies, and what a show they put on, each one going up against, not only the brutal mental conditions that come with pushing on a Computrainer, but also having to go up against the Elite Women! Our ladies didn't disappoint, and like a phoenix, coming out of the ashes, Renee “Nay-Nay” Maxwell clocked in a fast 24:40.30 for an average wattage of 203! Look out ladies, she's back! Not to be out done, were Heather "Ironmom" Mackesy and Capt Jen "TTing on a 'cross bike" Linnane. Heather, fresh off a September Ironman, turned the pedals in anger to clock in at a solid 132 W effort and Jen, crushing her time from last year, knocked off 2 minutes from last year clocking in a 140W effort! And finally, while most of the support crew had to leave due to excessive consumption of sponsorship goods, Warren "Flash” MacPhail (aka “You may think I'm only fast on the run MacPhail") stomped out a 22:01 (missing Matt’s top mark by 6 sec) to round out the day! A great day by everyone that made it and if you haven't put this race on your calendar for next year, you just don't know what you are missing!

UPCOMING RACE NEWS

· Feb 6: Comp Tri-sters set out to the Weston Winter Tri (Weston, MA) for the 3^rd of 4 in the race series. JP, Nan, Clyde, Mr. Winthrop? Daughter Winthrop? More?

· Feb 7: Comp runners looking to the Great Stew Chase 15k in Lynn MA for a long winter run. Bundle-up 10-degree temps expected.