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Up & Running: Returning From An Off-Season Break
Published: Jan 26th 2012 12:56 PM UTC by TriEurope
You don’t have to swim, bike and run year- round to have success in triathlon. In fact, you’ll probably be most successful if you take a short break from training
once a year to let your body recuperate and recharge your motivational batteries. Six-time Hawaii Ironman champion Mark Allen used to do nothing but surf for five or six weeks between his last race
of the season and New Year’s Day.
Written By Matt Fitzgerald
Riding your trainer this winter?
Check this out before you spend your money......
For $10 a month you can use your laptop to measure your wattage.....better then spending $1,500+ on a Computrainer. Check out what you need to make your training pay off this winter.
Spin-Plyo-Core
One More Reason to Love Chocolate Milk
Drinking chocolate milk not only makes you feel like a kid again, it has everything you need in a recovery drink as an endurance athlete. Click on the link to read the University of Texas study on the benefits of Chocolate Milk.
Running and the 10% Rule
Stay healthy this season and run smart
AS THE new season begins and you have a renewed sense of determination to reach or exceed your personal best times or to reach the new goals for the new season, you need to approach your training with a bit of restraint. Triathlon training, especially when it comes to running, requires an approach that is calculated.....Click to read more
It was a Great Start to 2012....Thank You for Making Week #1 Great.....Thursday Spin and Saturday Plyo-Spin-Core.
Spin Class Starts Thursday January 5th and runs through March 22nd.
Therapeutic Fitness 6:45 p.m. warm up, 7 p.m.
Click on the directions page for a map and driving directions.
USAT All American Team
USA Triathlon is set to announce the 2011 Age Group All Americans in early 2012, but after looking through the rankings we would like to congratulate the following BPC athletes on another great season. We had All-Americans in Triathlon, Duathlon, and Aquabike including two athletes ranked #1 in their age groups.
Caitlin Dorgan
Brian Norling
Joe Donahue
Carrie Slavinski
Glen Thompson
Dave Slavinski*
Matt Kemple*
Joe McMahon (Honorable Mention)
Gary Smith (Honorable Mention)
Iain Alexandridis (Honorable Mention)
* Denotes #1 ranked athlete in the age group
Poster Boy!
USAT uses Dave Slavinski crossing the finish line at Duathlon Nationals in Tucson, AZ where he won both the age group and overall.
BPC Triathlon: Champions are made here!
Race Results......
George Nugent Buffington Wins Kiwanis Adventure Run
Dunedin, FL! Check out the Garmin file here too.
Dan Oldroyd runs 13.1 and 26.2 in one weekend and hits a Personal Best marathon in Disney.
Caitlin Dorgan 2nd, Dawn Wilcox 5th and Joe D. 8th on the women's and men's side of the Polar Bear 5 miler. Check out Joe's Garmin file here http://connect.garmin.com/activity/137821137
George Nugent Buffington with a 3rd AG finish running 10k at 7:06 pace!
Glen Thompson with a 2:44 marathon in Kiawah Island, SC to finish 9th overall and 2nd in the AG!
Joe Donahue finishes 3rd AG at the USAT&F NJ 10-mile Championships. 58:42
Joe Donahue Takes 3rd at the Freehold Born to Run 5 miler.
Loretta Hoffman and Blaik Slavinski Win Therapeutic Fitness Turkey Toss. BPC Sponsor Peter Wright earns a 3rd place!
Michelle Laughlin 4:01 at the Philladelphia Marathon 11/20
Jesse O'Donnell takes 2nd at NJ State Cyclecross Championships.
Glen Thompson Wins Miami Man Duathlon and Sets New Course Record 11/13
Loretta Hoffman with a 13-minute PB at the ING/NYC Marathon. Hal Soden runs 4:01. 11/6
News and Announcements....Joe Donahue and Dave Slavinski Earn USAT National Crowns at Long Course Nationals.
Joe Donahue and Dave Slavinski won their respective age groups at the USA Triathlon Long Course Nationals in Myrtle Beach, SC in October. For Joe D. the founding member of BPC Triathlon, it was his first ever National Title. He won the 45-49 age group and finished 3rd overall.
For Dave, the other half of the BPC ownership team, it was his 3rd title of the year and 4th overall. Earlier in 2011 he earned both the USAT Long Course and Short Course Duathlon titles. Slavinski won the 40-44 age group in SC and placed 2nd overall.
Jesse O'Donnell placed 4th in the 25-29 age group while Gary Smith palced 5th in the 55-59 division. All earned spots on Team USA and the right to represent the USA in their repective age group in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain at the ITU Long Course Triathlon World Championships.
While the USAT Nationals consisted of a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run, the ITU Worlds is a 2.4 mile swim, a 76 mile bike and 18.6 mile run. Theorteically the race will be 2-3 hours longer then the 70.3.
Welcome to BPC Triathlon, we are triathletes! No matter what your level of experience and whatever your goal, the coaches at BPC will help you. We help athletes who are getting in the water and on the bike for the first time to the athlete who is turning professional and everyone in between.
Conveniently located in the heart of Point Pleasant, BPC Triathlon provides the latest in multisport training techniques, group runs, rides and swims, as well as fitness classes with a personal touch you just won't find anywhere else. We are your one-stop multisport choice. We partner with experts in fitness, health, nutrition, and multisport products. No matter your goal, we have the people who will help you get there.
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