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NEWS SUMMARY (Details of events in “RACE/EVENT NEWS”)
· Team Comp has a banner awards evening at Lowell Beer Works as “JP Super-Speedo” John Peters and Cheryl “Rockstar” Alden walk away with Tri top honors as MVPs, and Steve “Pursuit” Pelletier, Scott “Omniumman Wooly-Wilson”, and Ken “Crit-Crazy” Thoman grab top cycling honors. See Attached for full list of awards. Kudos to the Captains 4 (Kurt, Jen, P, and Kosmo) for hosting a beer-licious Comp gathering.
· Capt “Elmo-Olmo Ironmuppet Hippy” Kurt Maw goes under the knife on March 30th for a hip re-build and repair. We can make him, faster, stronger, he is the 6 million beer guy. We all wish you the best my friend, and a recovery that has you fit and ready for the first Cross race.
· Comp/DRR takes on the snowshoe finale at the Granite State 10k Championships, Led by Capt P in the 18th in the 10k and a team of 6 that dug deep for the Team Bronze as DRR claims 3rd overall in the final team series standings for the GSSS. Capt P and Iron-Jay finish at 12th and 17th to claim top 20s in the final GSSS standings. Huge Kudos to Sal “Panama-Jack” Genovese and Steph “Superlicious” Cooper for joining the DRR Captains (Jay Curry, Dan Cooper, Bill Morse and Capt P) in this late season race to make the DRR 3rd place possible.
· Capt P leads Comp with a 16th overall, 2nd place podium finish at the Olde Salem Greens 5k XC race, with Dan Super-Cooper and Tim “Slim-Speedy” Clarke close behind in 34th and 50th in the field of 361. New member Colin Doherty makes his Comp debut with a nice 73rd.
· Big Stu Greeley adds a new Charity as he takes on Ironman Lake Placid in memory of his brother Ron for the Leukemia Research Foundation. See the Charity section for details and donating.
· Jen’s Comprehensive Racers riding the Tour de Cure supporting the American Diabetes Association is building steam with 20 riders and $2,500 raised. If you can’t join please consider making a donation on behalf of one of the many Comp riders. See charity section below for details.
· Road Bike Rider (RBR) tid-bits returns, Why Can't Climbers Go Faster on the Flats? Why do powerful sprinters suffer so much in the mountains? See below for answers on power-to-weight ratio .
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 (March/April):
Mar 26th – April Fools 4 mi Road Race (Salisbury, MA) www.runthecircle.com
Mar 27th (NEW DATE)- Stew Chase 15k (Lynn, MA) www.stewchase.com/
Mar 27th – Eastern States 20 miler (Kittery, ME) www.easternstates20.com
Apr 9th – Merrimack River 10mi Trail Race (Merrimack, MA) www.rivertrailrace.blogspot.
Apr 10th- Salem Wellness Fair 5k Roadrace (Salem, MA) www.salemroadrace.com
Apr 17th – FIRM Wrentham Duathlon (Wrentham, MA) www.firm-racing.com
Apr 18th – Boston Marathon (Hopkinton to Boston, MA) www.baa.org
Apr 23rd – FIRM Rockbuster Off-road Duathlon (Ashland, MA) www.firm-racing.com
UPCOMING Cycling RACES/EVENTS (March/April):
Mar 27th – Marblehead Michael Schott Circuit Race (Marblehead, MA) www.bikereg.com
Apr 3rd – Myles Standish Road Race (Plymouth, MA) www.bikereg.com
Apr 17th – Fat Tire Classic EFTA NECS #1 (Farmington, CT) www.bikereg.com
Apr 23 – Root 66 Massasoit Lung Challenge (East Taunton, MA) www.bikereg.com
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. We already have 20 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! If you can’t ride it, consider donating to one of your fellow B&O riders, we don’t care who you donate to, just support the cause if you can.
Stu Greeley Charity in memory of his brother Ron for the Leukemia Research Foundation - Ironman Lake Placid (July 24th)
As most of you know Stu’s brother Ron lost his battle with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) after a courageous 13 month long ordeal. AML is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. In his memory Stu is doing the Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon, this July 24th, to raise money for Leukemia and Cancer research. Ron was an avid team sports athlete growing up, Baseball, Hockey, Track, whatever the season, there were games to be played. He then moved into coaching his son’s teams in Little League Baseball and Youth Hockey. If you’d like to donate, Stu has set up a fundraising page at: http://www.firstgiving.com/
Mar 20th – 4th Annual Comprehensive Racing Annual Awards
Great turnout by the team at the 4th annual team awards night! Great company, great chatting, graeat food & drink, great awards presentation by the captains 4 ( Kurt, Jen, Patrick, and Kosmo Dave). All agreed it was a fabulous time full of black & orange passion. Congrats to all that won awards and congrats to the whole team for making 2010 a big success and spreading the B&O in races covering 49 of the 52 weeks in 2010. For those that missed it, here are the awards recipients:
Team MVP Award (all around racer/teammate/sportsman/
Inspiration Award (exceptional qualities) – Roz “spinerval” Puleo
Kosmo Spirit Award (pushing the limits) – Artie “one man party” Gray
Most Improved (on the rise) – Jay “Gunship” Miller & Bob “Blackstone Valley” Marsh
Consistent Force Award (best exhibits core values – min 5 year teammate) – Admiral Bill “Bucketlist” Morse & Disney Dawnie Desmarais
Outstanding Charity & Community Service Award – Nancy “Wrapper-happy” Hatfield & List “Swim-girl” Freed
Ironman Finishers Award – Jodi “All-Iron” Frank, Peter “Stealth-warrior” Wronski, Tim “Slim-Speedy” Clarke, Jamie “Jetboy” Crowley, Tara “Jetgirl” Crowley, Kelley “Rungirl” Philbin, Seth “Agassi” Hanapole
Rookie of the Year Award – Sonya Majstoravich, Nancy Hatfield, Emily O’Brien, Nancy Boren, Andrea Barlow, Debbie Lewis & returnee Renee Maxwell
Velodrome Bike Award (excellence in track) – Stephen “Pursuit” Pelletier
Holy Cowbell Bike Award (excellence in Cyclocross) – Scott “Wooly” Wilson (and U19 winner Madeleine “Wee” Wilson
Rubber to the Road Bike Award (excellence in Road racing) – Ken “Crit-Crazy” Thoman
Mud/Snow Trailblazer Award (excellence in snow/mud running) – Iron-Jay Curry
Asphalt Wonder Award (excellence in road running) – Team Incredibles (Dawnie, Bob, Bryce, Briana Desmarias)
Aqualung Award ( excellence in swimming) – Tracy “Mermaid” Grilli
Platinum Plate Award (Characteristics of leadership, mentorship, sportsmanship and commitment to building the Comp Racing Balck & Orange reputation) – to be given out annually starting 2012. The Captains challenge the team, go out and earn it!!!!
Mar 13th - Granite State Snowshoe Series Championship 10k (Mt Washington -Gorham, NH ; Website ; www.
The venue at Mt Washington again is the best of the season with plenty of snow, as 60 shoers take on a 10k course that includes a 5k sprint through rolling groomed XC-ski tracks, thru a tunnel under Rt 16, and a hilly 5k finish that included 3 climbs (one a 700ft lung/leg burner), a long ¾ mile decent the had racers tumbling from 2-3ft post holing, and a finish designed by the DRR Captains that just could take the easy way back as it re-ascended only to go back down, snaking back and forth across valley-way in Cyclocross style fashion. The difficult finish did not sit well with some racers, but DRR loved it! The entire team was stupendous as DRR earned a 3rd for the day and retained 3rd in the series standings, edging out the 4th place team by a scant 18 points. DRR was scrambling to fill the team as many had to cancel late, but Sal “Panama-Jack” who just returned from a 2 month trip to Panama and Jamaica (talk about a temperature shock), and Steph Superlicious” Cooper brought her heaping mound of school project work to ensure we had the racers for a full team. The DRR racers finished: Capt P 18th (1:00:19), Iron-Jay Curry 25th (1:06:09), Sal “Panama-Jack” Genovese 27th (1:08:11), “Super-Cooper” Dan 33rd (1:11:34), Admiral Bill Bucketlist Morse 35th (1:12:37) and Steph “Superlicious’ Cooper 49th (1:34:39). For the season, the fantastic “Captains 4” kept the team high on the charts with final individual series results (min 5 races) of: Capt P (12th), Iron-Jay (17th), Super Cooper Dan (24th) and Admiral Bucketlist Bill (26th). Thank you all that snowshoed with us this season to help ensure we had a season to talk about.
Mar 20th – Olde Salem Greens 5k XC Race (Salem, MA)
This race had a mere 70 runners back in 2006, just 5 years ago. This year 400 registered, 361 finishers. Where are all these runners coming from? The decade is the new running boom of the 70s. The XC race is one hilly bastard, and this early in the season, many were cursing the skies to the finish. Cold temps (below freezing) kept the ground from being too muddy, so the traction was good. All Comp runners finished in the upper 40% of their age groups for a banner black and Orange day. Comp finished: Capt P 16thth 12/49 (22:59), Tim “Slim-Speedy” Clarke 56th 2/38 (20:52), Dan Super-Cooper 34 11/38 (24:54), and Colin Doherty 20/49 (26:04).
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