Lake George Triathlon 9/3
This weekend, we had Shane McCarthy, Nick Matook, Kevin Miao, Nathan Vaughn, Kayleigh Rowan, and Michelle Marini representing the team. HUGE congratulations to Miao for completing his first ever triathlon -- even after getting a flat -- and to Michelle M for completing her first Olympic distance triathlon. A UGE shout out to Kayleigh for breaking the 2:50 mark for the first time!! It was a great way to kick off the collegiate season, way to go N.U.T.T.s!
Posted on 06 Sep 2011 by kelly
Timberman 70.3
There were 5 racers representing NU at the Timberman Half Ironman yesterday and a N.U.T.T. parent (none other than Mr. Sean McCarthy, Shane's dad) raced the sprint the day before. We had Shane, Danny, Pattie, Kelly and Katie racing and what an amazing job they all did. Shane and Danny SMOKED the swim and Katie was BEAST on the bike, actually making grown men angry as she picked them off one by one. Pattie and Kelly braved the elements (UGE thunder & lightening storm) on the run to cross the finish line. Katie placed 2nd in the age group and possibly qualified for the half ironman national championship in Las Vegas on Sept. 11th. Congratulations to all the racers who did an excellent job and can now say they are half man, half iron. A special thank you to all the parents who made it to the race, we had the McCarthys, the Jinks' and the Walsh's all out there cheering on our Huskies!
Posted on 06 Sep 2011 by kelly
NU Tri Team Serves Dinner at Boston Rescue Mission
Kayla and Danny recently took a trip over to the Boston Rescue Mission to help prepare and serve dinner.
"We showed up at the BRM around 6, helped the cook, Junior, prep for dinner which consisted of some chicken, steak tips, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, and salad for about an hour. After prepping, we served the food and conversed a bit with the tenants who were passing through the program and spending the night. It was interesting to learn how the Boston Rescue Mission provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, post-detox support, meals, and a few other services. Finally, around 8:00, we cleaned up, wiped down the tables, and put the food away. Nothing was wasted and it was quite a smooth event overall and moreover it was a pretty powerful experience. "
"We showed up at the BRM around 6, helped the cook, Junior, prep for dinner which consisted of some chicken, steak tips, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, and salad for about an hour. After prepping, we served the food and conversed a bit with the tenants who were passing through the program and spending the night. It was interesting to learn how the Boston Rescue Mission provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, post-detox support, meals, and a few other services. Finally, around 8:00, we cleaned up, wiped down the tables, and put the food away. Nothing was wasted and it was quite a smooth event overall and moreover it was a pretty powerful experience. "
Posted on 21 Jul 2011 by kelly
FLORIDA IRONMAN RECAP -- Michael Abbene:
Although this race was in Florida the weather was not indicative of being in the south. The morning started in the 30's with 15mph winds, and since I had to check in my morning closes early I spent the hour before the race walking around in a wetsuit
Swim (1:04) The water temperature was around 75 degrees, and since this was twice the air temperature jumping into the water was actually very nice. This feeling was short lived as I did not anticipate how rough the first few hundred yards were going to be between the waves and huge amount of races piled one on top another. During this time I must have gotten punched, pushed and clawed at 100 times. Thankfully I put my goggles below my swim cap or else I would have lost them.
After jockeying for a decent position, I got into a rhythm and swam around 1:40/100 pace for the first loop. I couldn't help but think how long the day was going to be so I just took it one buoy at a time and before I knew it I was running into the transition area with my parents screaming in the background.
T1 (6:00) the transition "room" or warehouse was much different than I had expected as it was packed with people by the time I got into it. Nonetheless I took my time and made sure that I was fully prepared for the long bike to come.
Bike (5:13) the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of this bike was a bunch of freight trains on one flat highway in the freezing cold. One again I was ill prepared for how cold the weather was as I only put on arm warmers and gloves at the beginning of the bike. I paid for the mistake of not putting on an additional layer by freezing my @$$ off for the first 30 miles of the bike as the air temperature was in the high 30's low 40's and the wind was in my face. For the rest of the ride it was actually quite pleasant in the low to mid 60's. Additionally, since the bike is one large 112 mile loop on very very flat roads, people seemed to congregate in groups of 5-20 riders with a good amount of drafting going on in the middle of the packs. Since I was out there to see what I can do from my training, and not hop on a train, I decided to use these groups as an excuse to stand up and push for a few minutes. Every time I would become the caboose of one of these trains I stood up and pushed to 25+ mph giving me the illusion that I was climbing a hill and giving me an excuse to stand up during the bike (advice Andy Potts gave me at Timberman). I would then proceed to pull a few people in the group to the next train -- unless they were in my age group : ) Thankfully the motorcycles did a decent job of enforcing rules.
Overall I felt that Dr. Bob did a phenomenal job at preparing me for this bike ride as I started to fade right at the end of the ride at mile 105. For the first 105 miles I rode very consistently and averaged around 21.7, thus I was able to take it easy for the last 7 miles at around a 19ish pace as a way of preparing for the run brining me to a 21.5 mph pace overall.
T2 (2:30) Nothing special here except for the fact that I forgot to take off my gloves and arm warmers so I was forces to throw them away at the first aid station :(
Run (3:18) : The run was broken down into two half marathon loops with the out porting of the loop going with the wind and the back coming against the wind. Since I entered the bike with the expectation of biking 20.5 mph and I ended up averaging 21.5 I was a little worried that my marathon goal time of 3:30 was not going to come to fruition. Nonetheless I ended up running the first 6 miles at a 6:55 pace and felt phenomenal. After this split Dr. Bobs advice of "everything is temporary in an Ironman" repeated in my head and I pulled back for the second half of the first loop. I ended up finishing the first half of the marathon in around 1:34 (7:11 / mile pace). At this point I was still feeling great but I was waiting to hit "the wall" as I did not think it was possible to maintain my pace for the rest of the run. To my disbelief (and with the aid of eating around 3000 calories on the bike and 100 calories per mile on the run) I held my pace up until the 19 mile marker, which is when I felt that walking the remaining portion of the marathon was inevitable. Thanks to the wonderful support and great placement of my parents on the run course and the knowledge that people like you were tracking me online, I decided to try and hold a sub 8:30 pace despite my desire to start walking. At this point each mile felt like a 5k, but then I received news that I was currently 5th in my age group and the two people in front of me were running slower marathons. Since I thought that they only gave awards to the top three I decided that it was important to maintain my pace for the next few miles despite my body screaming at me. Around mile 24 I saw someone in the distance in my age group so I picked up the pace to a 7:15 and blew past him, and once he was out of sight I slowed again to 8:30. Finally right after the 25 mile marker someone in my age group who I just passed without noticing ran passed me and asked if I was going to "make this an interesting finish." Since I felt that I had nothing left I let him pass and gain about 15 yards on me. One again the thought of you all watching me online pushed me to pick up the pace and catch him. As we ran together for the next quarter mile I somehow progressively picked up the pace to a 6:30, and just when I thought that I couldn't go on anymore I heard him say "you got this man." At that point a surge of adrenaline want through my veins as I could hear the volunteers saying "half mile to go." Although I had gained at least 30 yards on him I kept running at a sub 7 pace all the way to the finish line (which is why I almost ran into the camera for those of you that saw me finish). All and all I ended up catching two people in my age group in the last 2.5 miles bringing me to 3rd place in my age group (18-24) out of 49 competitors for the best performance yet in my 2.5 year triathlon career.
Total Time (9:44:52)
Swim (1:04) The water temperature was around 75 degrees, and since this was twice the air temperature jumping into the water was actually very nice. This feeling was short lived as I did not anticipate how rough the first few hundred yards were going to be between the waves and huge amount of races piled one on top another. During this time I must have gotten punched, pushed and clawed at 100 times. Thankfully I put my goggles below my swim cap or else I would have lost them.
After jockeying for a decent position, I got into a rhythm and swam around 1:40/100 pace for the first loop. I couldn't help but think how long the day was going to be so I just took it one buoy at a time and before I knew it I was running into the transition area with my parents screaming in the background.
T1 (6:00) the transition "room" or warehouse was much different than I had expected as it was packed with people by the time I got into it. Nonetheless I took my time and made sure that I was fully prepared for the long bike to come.
Bike (5:13) the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of this bike was a bunch of freight trains on one flat highway in the freezing cold. One again I was ill prepared for how cold the weather was as I only put on arm warmers and gloves at the beginning of the bike. I paid for the mistake of not putting on an additional layer by freezing my @$$ off for the first 30 miles of the bike as the air temperature was in the high 30's low 40's and the wind was in my face. For the rest of the ride it was actually quite pleasant in the low to mid 60's. Additionally, since the bike is one large 112 mile loop on very very flat roads, people seemed to congregate in groups of 5-20 riders with a good amount of drafting going on in the middle of the packs. Since I was out there to see what I can do from my training, and not hop on a train, I decided to use these groups as an excuse to stand up and push for a few minutes. Every time I would become the caboose of one of these trains I stood up and pushed to 25+ mph giving me the illusion that I was climbing a hill and giving me an excuse to stand up during the bike (advice Andy Potts gave me at Timberman). I would then proceed to pull a few people in the group to the next train -- unless they were in my age group : ) Thankfully the motorcycles did a decent job of enforcing rules.
Overall I felt that Dr. Bob did a phenomenal job at preparing me for this bike ride as I started to fade right at the end of the ride at mile 105. For the first 105 miles I rode very consistently and averaged around 21.7, thus I was able to take it easy for the last 7 miles at around a 19ish pace as a way of preparing for the run brining me to a 21.5 mph pace overall.
T2 (2:30) Nothing special here except for the fact that I forgot to take off my gloves and arm warmers so I was forces to throw them away at the first aid station :(
Run (3:18) : The run was broken down into two half marathon loops with the out porting of the loop going with the wind and the back coming against the wind. Since I entered the bike with the expectation of biking 20.5 mph and I ended up averaging 21.5 I was a little worried that my marathon goal time of 3:30 was not going to come to fruition. Nonetheless I ended up running the first 6 miles at a 6:55 pace and felt phenomenal. After this split Dr. Bobs advice of "everything is temporary in an Ironman" repeated in my head and I pulled back for the second half of the first loop. I ended up finishing the first half of the marathon in around 1:34 (7:11 / mile pace). At this point I was still feeling great but I was waiting to hit "the wall" as I did not think it was possible to maintain my pace for the rest of the run. To my disbelief (and with the aid of eating around 3000 calories on the bike and 100 calories per mile on the run) I held my pace up until the 19 mile marker, which is when I felt that walking the remaining portion of the marathon was inevitable. Thanks to the wonderful support and great placement of my parents on the run course and the knowledge that people like you were tracking me online, I decided to try and hold a sub 8:30 pace despite my desire to start walking. At this point each mile felt like a 5k, but then I received news that I was currently 5th in my age group and the two people in front of me were running slower marathons. Since I thought that they only gave awards to the top three I decided that it was important to maintain my pace for the next few miles despite my body screaming at me. Around mile 24 I saw someone in the distance in my age group so I picked up the pace to a 7:15 and blew past him, and once he was out of sight I slowed again to 8:30. Finally right after the 25 mile marker someone in my age group who I just passed without noticing ran passed me and asked if I was going to "make this an interesting finish." Since I felt that I had nothing left I let him pass and gain about 15 yards on me. One again the thought of you all watching me online pushed me to pick up the pace and catch him. As we ran together for the next quarter mile I somehow progressively picked up the pace to a 6:30, and just when I thought that I couldn't go on anymore I heard him say "you got this man." At that point a surge of adrenaline want through my veins as I could hear the volunteers saying "half mile to go." Although I had gained at least 30 yards on him I kept running at a sub 7 pace all the way to the finish line (which is why I almost ran into the camera for those of you that saw me finish). All and all I ended up catching two people in my age group in the last 2.5 miles bringing me to 3rd place in my age group (18-24) out of 49 competitors for the best performance yet in my 2.5 year triathlon career.
Total Time (9:44:52)
Posted on 07 Nov 2010 by kelly
Buzzards Bay (9/26/2010)
The team had a great showing at the Buzzards Bay Triathlon, we had 5 racers and 5 volunteers. Amber, Lauren C. and Jess F., 3 of our newest members, came to volunteer and check out their first triathlon. Our racers put on a good show for them! Our first finisher of the day was Dan Bertelleti who came in 26th over all (out of 605 racers!) and won his age group. Dan was followed by Liz Ostaszewski who had a great race and was only 2 seconds off her time from the Cranberry Triathlon a few weeks ago. John Furtney came out for his first triathlon and had a stunning race! He finished just 4 seconds before our own Pattie Lin who won her age group by an awesome 6 minutes! Nate Vaughan improved his race time from last weeks Buckman Triathlon by more than 20 minutes. Overall it was a great day for racing, way to go N.U.T.T.s!
Posted on 27 Sep 2010 by kelly
Cranberry Trifest (8/28-8/29/2010)
We had a fantastic weekend of racing and NU had nothing but great finishes. Saturday was the sprint triathlon and we had Dan, Andrew and Liz out there racing strong. Liz had a great showing coming in at 1:24:25 to take 2nd in her age group and 123rd overall. Dan, in only his second race ever, came in at 50th overall (nicely done!) 1:16:47. And the best was watching Andrew compete in his first ever triathlon after only 3 months of training and come out swinging! He finished in 1:43:37 at 283rd and had an amazing day of racing. He came out of the swim only 2 minutes after Dan and then had a great ride on his new bike before hitting the run course. Congrats to Liz, Dan and Andrew for a great day!
Sunday was the big one, the Olympic tri and collegiate race. We had Tims and Nick out there representing NU against BU, West Point, Columbia, MIT, Stevens, Coast Guard, Vermont, and Wesleyan. It was a hot day for racing but both guys did great. Tims came in at 2:17:21, finished 22nd overall and was hot on the heals of Colin from BU. Tims will get him next race and Colin even said he got nervous towards the end knowing Tims was right there. Nick was amazing in his first Olympic, second race ever! Out of almost 700 swimmers he had the 11th fastest swim time. He came in at 2:34:51 and placed 123rd over all. This guy's going to be a big threat this season so look out Tims, he's gunning for you!
In the collegiate male race West Point took 1st, Coast Guard 2nd and BU (Colin) 3rd
In the collegiate female race West Point took 1st and 2nd and MIT took 3rd
Over all is was a fun time racing and everyone did awesome, truly a great way to start off the racing season!
Sunday was the big one, the Olympic tri and collegiate race. We had Tims and Nick out there representing NU against BU, West Point, Columbia, MIT, Stevens, Coast Guard, Vermont, and Wesleyan. It was a hot day for racing but both guys did great. Tims came in at 2:17:21, finished 22nd overall and was hot on the heals of Colin from BU. Tims will get him next race and Colin even said he got nervous towards the end knowing Tims was right there. Nick was amazing in his first Olympic, second race ever! Out of almost 700 swimmers he had the 11th fastest swim time. He came in at 2:34:51 and placed 123rd over all. This guy's going to be a big threat this season so look out Tims, he's gunning for you!
In the collegiate male race West Point took 1st, Coast Guard 2nd and BU (Colin) 3rd
In the collegiate female race West Point took 1st and 2nd and MIT took 3rd
Over all is was a fun time racing and everyone did awesome, truly a great way to start off the racing season!
Posted on 30 Aug 2010 by kelly
Mass State Triathlon (7/18/2010)
Katie, Nick, Shane and Kayleigh all did amazingly well! Great job to Nick and Shane for placing in the top 4 of their age group, and congrats especially to Katie for not only finishing her first tri, but placing at the top of her age group!! Thank you to everyone who went for volunteering! Special thanks also to Dan for expertly rolling up all the blue things, and Kayleigh for her wonderful parking jobs of the big red van!
Posted on 19 Jul 2010 by kelly
Ironman Rhode Island 70.3 (7/10/2010)
Congratulations to Julie Tracy who completed her first Half-Ironman triathlon with an amazing time of 6:08:44 on a very difficult course! This time landed Julie with an 8th place spot in her age group at a very competitive race with over 1200 overall competitors!
As for the day before the race, Mike, Julie, and Tim Glickman arrived on Saturday morning to find out that not only were the logistics of this race quite difficult (the T1 was 45 miles south of T2 which was located in providence), but that they were forecast for some pretty nasty weather for race morning (50 percent chance of rain / scattered thunder storms). Most of Saturday was spent checking in, pretending to be aero in all scenarios (swimming, eating, drinking etc) and dropping off our run gear in T2 and bikes in T1.
Race morning was an early 3:45 waking since there was a 35 minute drive to the race start and had to worry about parking. Since traffic was a little worse than expected they got to transition 10 minutes before it closed (good thing bikes got dropped off the day before)!
Mike ended up finishing 8th in his age group and 126th out of over 1221 competitors with a time of 5:06:44. All and all this was a much more difficult race than it was expected it to be. Mike went into the race thinking it was going to be a semi flat ride and run with overcast weather, but instead it was a very wavy ocean swim, followed by a hilly 56.6 mile ride with a headwind the entire time for the point to point ride, and a hilly double loop 13.1 mile run in the blazing heat. Thank god for the awesome race support crew -- the ice water sponges were a big hit!
Below is a link to the race results:
http://ironman.com/assets/files/results/rhodeisland70.3/2010.txt
As for the day before the race, Mike, Julie, and Tim Glickman arrived on Saturday morning to find out that not only were the logistics of this race quite difficult (the T1 was 45 miles south of T2 which was located in providence), but that they were forecast for some pretty nasty weather for race morning (50 percent chance of rain / scattered thunder storms). Most of Saturday was spent checking in, pretending to be aero in all scenarios (swimming, eating, drinking etc) and dropping off our run gear in T2 and bikes in T1.
Race morning was an early 3:45 waking since there was a 35 minute drive to the race start and had to worry about parking. Since traffic was a little worse than expected they got to transition 10 minutes before it closed (good thing bikes got dropped off the day before)!
Mike ended up finishing 8th in his age group and 126th out of over 1221 competitors with a time of 5:06:44. All and all this was a much more difficult race than it was expected it to be. Mike went into the race thinking it was going to be a semi flat ride and run with overcast weather, but instead it was a very wavy ocean swim, followed by a hilly 56.6 mile ride with a headwind the entire time for the point to point ride, and a hilly double loop 13.1 mile run in the blazing heat. Thank god for the awesome race support crew -- the ice water sponges were a big hit!
Below is a link to the race results:
http://ironman.com/assets/files/results/rhodeisland70.3/2010.txt
Posted on 19 Jul 2010 by kelly
Escape the Cape (6/12/10)
We could not have asked for a better day in Onset, MA this past Saturday for a sprint triathlon. Our team sent six racers as well as a team of ten enthusiastic volunteers who were commended by racers for their help at the start and finish of the race! Julie Tracy finished 5th in her age group, F20-24. Andrea Hart, Kelly Madigan, Shane Mccarthy, Dan Berteletti, and Nathan Vaughan also finished with great race times. This was the first triathlon for both Shane and Dan. COngratulations to both of them! Escape the Cape was a part of the Max Performance race series and we look forward to racing and volunteering with them in future events.
Posted on 15 Jun 2010 by kelly
Pocono Run For the Red Marathon (5/16/2010)
Andrea Hart and Mike Abbene from Northeastern raced in the 2010 Pocono Mountain Run for the Red. The weather was perfect for this scenic point-to-point hilly course in the pocono mountains. Andrea Hart and her randomly chosen teammate ran a 3:36:51 Relay MarathonTime (13.1 miles each) which placed them as the 5th place female relay team. Additionally, Mike Abbene ran a 3:06:20 Marathon (7:06 pace) which was 44th out of 667 marathon competitors. This time gained him a spot in the 2011 Boston Marathon.
Posted on 15 Jun 2010 by kelly
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