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NEWS SUMMARY (with a short week for me, the news is out early, short and sweet, enjoy the race of the week)
· A dozen Comp Racers tear up the Olde Salem Greens Snowshoe 5k placing 4 in the top 20. Sister Club DRR takes lays out a top-notch course as all 100 shoers have a blast in the snow.
· Comp sends to 2 to the Weston Winter Duathlon kicking off the Winter Triathlon Season, as always, they perform very well.
· ESPN 8 (the Ocho) catches up with correspondent Disney Dawnie Desmarias at the Disney Challenge in Orlando where 6 Comp Racers gathered to test their endurance in the sunshine state.
· News from FIRM Racing, no more team Grand Prix series, its done. Individual awards only for 2011. Where to turn? Max Performance?
· GS Snowshoe series gets its first race going this weekend following the cancellation of the first 2 due to lack of snow. Snow will not be a problem this weekend at Feelgood Farm 8k!!!!!!! DRR will be there, will you?
· For those that attended, the YESS (Y Endurance Sport Series) was great triple header of speakers. For those of you that didn’t go, and are planning to undertake a winter mountain climb or excursion to Antarctic and are wondering who to train or what to wear/eat, your loss.
UPCOMING TRAINING/EVENTS
Bike – Salem Cycle/comprehensiveracing Group Ride is suspended for the season. Look for us starting next April for another season of riding roads.
Run – Join the Tuesday/Thursday 5:30am 5-mile runs in Salem starting at Front Street.
Swim – No swims scheduled this weekend.
UPCOMING Tri/Du/Run RACES/EVENTS (Dec/Jan):
Jan 15th - Feel Good Farm Snowshoe (Lydneborough, NH) 11:30am start: Website ; Snow Conditions: 12" of new powder! www.
Jan 23rd - Greater Derry Track Club 16 miler (Jan 23rd) www.gdtc.org
Jan 23rd – Gunstock Winter Triathlon (Gilford, NH) 10:00am start www.WinterTriathlon.org
Feb 5th - Exeter Snowshoe Hullabaloo (Exeter, NH) 11:00am start: race Website : www.
Feb 6th - Stew Chase 15k (Lynn, MA) www.stewchase.com/stewchaseroa
Feb 12th – Horsehill Showshoe (Merrimack, NH) 11:30am start ; race Website ; www.
Feb 13th – Massachusetts Winter Triathlon (Weston, NH) 8:00am start www.WinterTriathlon.org
Feb 19th - Beaver Brook Snowshoe (Hollis, NH) 11:30am Start ; race Website ; www.
Feb 19th - Kingman Farm Moonlight Snowshoe (Madbury, NH) 6:00pm start; race Website; www.
Feb 26th - Northeast Snowshoe Championships 10k (Northfield, MH) ; www.runwmac.com
Mar 6th – Black Cat 10 & 20 miler (Salem, MA) www.bnsfitness.com
Mar 13th - Granite State Snowshoe Series Championship 10k (Mt Washington -Gorham, NH ; Website ; www.
UPCOMING Cycling RACES/EVENTS (Dec):
Feb 6th – Vescio MPS 8mi TT (further announcement to come)
UPCOMING CHARITY EVENTS (Comp Mission Statement, Article IV, Participate/Donate in Charitable Events)
Tour de Cure to benefit the American Diabetes Association (May 22nd) – TEAM “Jen’s Comprehensive Racers”
The team site for the 2011 Tour De Cure to benefit the diabetes foundation is up and ready for anyone ready to join. I know its early (ride is May 22nd), but if anyone wanted to take advantage of the bike raffle we wanted to have a site for you to go to. We already have 7 signed up and are looking for more.
The Team site for registration is: http://main.diabetes.org/site/
To view the main site go to; http://main.diabetes.org/
Good luck and welcome aboard the B&O Train!
Jan 8th – Olde Salem Greens Snowshoe Race (Salem, MA) www.salemroadraces.com
Fabulous Comp/DRR showing at the Olde Salem Greens Snowshoe race as 100 shoers kicked off the season. With thin cover threatening the race, our sister snowshoe club DRR Captains (me, Dan Cooper, Bill Morse, Jay Curry and Mike Doyle) stepped up the work on the course and spent 3 days (Wed, Fri PM and Sat pre-race) shoveling, grooming and marking to ensure all had a happy race on the 90% covered snowshoe course. And the survey said “We loved the course! Great mix of flat and hills! DRR did a great job with what little snow you had”. A nice pat on the back to DRR! And great organization of the race by Comp member and race director, Eileen Dunn. The Comp Orange (as DRR Orange) was all throughout the field, but heaviest at the front as 4 placed in the top 20 (5 if you include friend-of-Comp and DRR member Chris Smith with the fastest DRR placement of 9th overall. Following Chris was Capt P Smith (11th), Matt Garceau (12th ), Jay Curry (16th), Dan Cooper (18th), Art Gray (26th), Bill Morse (32nd), Capt Kurt Maw (35th), Richie Lewis (40th), Stu Greeley (60th), Tayler Smith (61) (yes that’s 3 Smiths so far, feels like a Matrix movie), and Heather Mackesy (83rd). The big effort goes to Matt Garceau, who after rolling his ankle in the first half mile still held a blistering pace for a 12th overall and just missed beating the Master Snowshoer (at least in age), Capt P. Big thanks to the Comp volunteers, Denise Murphy, Steph Cooper, Andrea Barlow and Capt Jen Linnane (and her cowbell).
Jan 9th – Weston Winter Duathlon (Weston, MA) New England Winter Triathlon Series www.WinterTriathlon.org
What would a winter Du or Tri be without some Comp blood in it?, just another race. But there was Comp blood so it was a banner race as 65 runner/XC-skiers took to the Weston Track. JP excelled again placing 18th overall, but if you asked him he would call himself….. slow. Come On! You’re a stud! As JP re-caps “ The race was fun but tough, I raced to my training level, which continues to be slow..” He’s just too modest, its tough to be in the top 20 in these races. Nancy Thompson finished 41st which has me thinking she was not no her ‘A’ game since she’s typically a top finisher at these things. She’s probably just warming up for the big Gunstock Winter Tri coming up in a couple weeks. Good luck Nan! I have a feeling big Paul Penaskovic may make a showing at Gunstock as well.
Jan 8th & 9th – Walt Disney Half, Full and Goofy Marathon Events (Orlando, FL)
So, Comp had some racers retreating to the warmth of the southern states……… Thanks Dawnie for the posting. If you missed it, here’s how Dawnie recapped the Disney Challenge and our Comp racers Dawnie, Bob and Bryce Desmarias, Jodi Frank, Peter Wronski, and Jonathan Mangsen,
“What a great year in Disney!!! The Incredibles started out by watching Bryce run the 5k in a lightning fast 24 minutes!!! They don't keep official records for the race but we believe he was in the top 10 kids and top 5 in his age group ... next on to the 1/2 ... bob and i ran this one with the kids getting up at 3am to cheer us on ... I of course was dressed in our orange and black and TIGGER outfit ... went out too hard following Bob but was able to hang in there for a PR of 1:38 good enough for 10/1800 in age; 103/12500 for woman and 500/22000 overall ;-) ... Last I volunteered for the full to see my college roomy complete not only her first full marathon but the Goofy Challenge - what a great day to cheer on the racers at the finish as I was able to see many locals I recognized including our own Jodi and Peter!!! Jodi did the goofy for the 5th time and this was Peter's 3rd both looked great coming through the finish. The last person we ran into wasn't at the race but at Epcot the next day - another B&O Jonathan Mangsen and Erin. All and all the week was a nice way to start off 2011 now looking forward to some snow-shoeing (okay not really cuz we all know I'd rather have stayed in FL!!!!
TRAINING PROGRAMS:
(Stay Tuned!)
· DRR! DRR! DRR!
RACE SERIES SUMMER LINKS
FIRM Tri/Du Events www.firm-racing.com
Max Performance Tri/Du Events www.maxperformanceonline.com
Tri Find (Tri Events by State) www.trifind.com
Tritanium Sports Events www.tritaniumsports.com
Sun Multisports Events www.sunmultisportevents.com
Time Out Productions Events www.timeoutproductions.com
North Shore Trail Series www.northshoretrailseries.com
BikeReg Races/Results www.bikereg.com
RACE SERIES WINTER LINKS
Winter Wild Uphill Series (run/snowshoe/ski) www.winterwild.com (starts Jan 15th)
Acidotic Snowshoe Series www.granitestatesnowshoeseries
Western Mass Athletic Club WMAC Snowshoe Series www.runwmac.com (Starts Dec 26th)
Winter Triathlon/Duathlon Series www.WinterTriathlon.org (Starts Jan 9th)
Olde Salem Greens Snowshoe Race Jan 8th www.salemroadraces.com (is on Jan 8th)
WINTER Run Events
Stew Chase 15k (Feb 6) www.stewchase.com/stewchaseroa
Greater Derry Track Club 16 miler (Jan 23rd) www.gdtc.org
Black Cat 10/20 miler (March 6th) www.bnsfitness.com
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