Monaco Tri: September 2, 2007

OK, OK so this is NOT your usual view while competing in a Tri but if you're willing to travel to the kingdom of Monaco -- what you see is what you get. A beautiful view but hills for biking like you can't believe!

The Swim Start in Monaco -- it looks just like West Neck Beach right?

Greg was up before dawn on September 2, 2007 and ready to go -- even though some of his neighbors were partying through the night (an occupational hazard when living in or visiting Monaco).

Greg is sprinting into the finish line, (note the cheerleaders -- this is Monaco afterall), enroute to his 3rd Place finish for an American. If you get a chance ask Greg how jet-lag effects Tri performance!

Brooklyn Bridge Swim: September 8, 2007

September 8th, 2007 marked the second annual Brooklyn Bridge Swim and conditions couldn't have been better -- at least for the swimmers. The water temperature was in the low 70's and the currents on the East River seemed calmer than the previous year. Air temps were in the mid to high 80's and with the high humidity and bright sunshine at 2PM it was a pretty hot time for the spectators -- so our thanks go out to all who showed up to cheer us on!

As mentioned, the water temperature and and calm (relatively!) currents made for a great swim for the 123 swimmers who entered the East River at Dover Street -- a bit north of South Street Seaport and just under the Brooklyn Bridge. Of the 123 swimmers, 117 finished the race and made it to the Brooklyn side unassisted.

And how about the Huntington duo of Rob and Mike?

Pretty good -- both finished FIRST in their Age Groups and Rob finished 6th Overall and Mike finished 31st Overall out of the 117 swimmers completing the swim.

Mike's time was 17:55 and Rob's time was 14:49.

The boys from Huntington were smokin!

Mike is up for his First Place Award in the 60 plus age group.

Rob rceives his First Place Award in the 40-49 age group. You can "click" the arrow link in the video below to watch and hear Rob walk up to receive his award -- what will they think of next!

Open Water Swimming in Cold Spring Harbor 8/27/2007

The sun hadn't even come up yet but that was OK -- nobody was in the water yet. And who would be the first to brave the rocks at low tide? It's not a fun walk!

If this works, the picture box below (hosted on YouTube) should actually be a video of a few of the Huntington Masters Swimmers leaving the water. To activate, just "click" the start arrow in the middle of the screen. Neat -- if it works!

Monday, August 27, 2007 around 7:15am: The water in Cold Spring Harbor was flat. The tide was dead low and there were patches of seaweed and jellyfish (harmless kind). All in all, a great way to start the work week EXCEPT for the walk up the "beach" -- to many rocks at low tide!

Even Armand showed up -- we just forgot to tell him we were swimming NOT biking!

Armand... bring your wetsuit and goggles on Wednesday. See you then.

Results of Tobay Triathlon and Tri-Relay: August-19-2007

Name / Place overall / Place Age group / Time

Greg Linakis 30 6th 1:10:18

Don Bond 35 3rd 1:10:37

Lynn Perzeszty 66 2nd 1:14:02

Rich Young 86 15th 1:15:35

Roger Levin 104 18th 1:17:14

Steve Albright 117 19th 1:18:01

Lisa Kristel 146 2nd 1:19:26

Billy Wendt 164 30th 1:20:43

Traci Lorenz 287 9th 1:25:08

Orlando Rodriguez 301 45th 1:25:37

Paul Dyckes 322 43rd 1:26:42

Heather McCormick 332 1st 1:27:00

Tom Finnegan 333 46th 1:27:01

John Furlong 365 5th 1:28:15

Meredith Emsden 374 13th 1:28:29

Mike Smith 386 52nd 1:28:58

Janette Newell 394 1st 1:29:11

Jim Imhof 480 30th 1:32:04

Leslie Levchuk 502 19th 1:32:41

Julio Velez 547 15th 1:33:45

Liz Donroe 627 22nd 1:36:57

Yolanda Velez 670 6th 1:38:20

Caroline Reilly 684 5th 1:39:04

Horst Rhein 769 2nd 1:42:23

Dawn Desimone 834 42nd 1:45:19






Relay Teams:

Rob Ripp 2 1st 1:02:35

Donna DeSoussa 10 1st 1:08:51

Bob Miller 12 1st 1:12:06
Jimmy Deegan
Kim Solomine

Rich Huminski 15 1st 1:13:27
Austin Huminski

Colleen McManus 20 3rd 1:15:26
Steve Schmidt

Mike Edebohls 37 6th 1:25:44

Tobay Tri: Sunday August 19, 2007

"Girls... my goal is to be in as many of these pictures as I can. Bully for me!"

TobayTri -- More Pictures!

Oh .. the 10K Swim

Well.. thought I would make a few comments on the 10K this year. First the results are in:

Winner completed the two 5K laps in 2hrs 53 mins. The longest was 5hrs 13mins. A large spread and just finishing was an emormous accomplishment. As most know there was a bad current on the west leg.

Local swimmers results ( or by a nickname sometimes used : the merpeople :)

Anne Marie Bischofberger : 4:34
Rob Martell: DNF ( I made to the 4mile mark before stopping )

See you all in the water.

The 5K / 10K In The Bay: Saturday July 14, 2007 in Huntington Bay New York

Results of the 5K and 10K National Championships in the Bay

(for Huntington Masters Swimmers and Friends)

Name Event Place / age group Time

Ann Bischoffberger 10K 5th 4:34:51

Rob Martell 10K DNF

Cathy Kabat 5K 1st 2:47:16

Carol Moore 5K 1st 3:33:47

Rob Ripp 5K 1st 2:18:23

Steven Albright 5K DNF

Carol was first in her age group!

Rob -- happy before the race -- how was he to know that a migraine would strike within the first 15 minutes of the race forcing him out of the water and the race. 2008 here we come!

More Pictures from the 5K / 10K In The Bay

Even More Pictures from the 5K / 10K

Rob was first overall Masters male!

Rounding the "Salty Dog" at the 5K / 10K

Coach Sal and the 2007 Rattlers

I'm not sure if this picture of Sal is BEFORE or AFTER the big game but either way, our congratulations go out to Coach Sal and the 2007 Rattlers who -- after a tough season of losses made it into the Minor League Championship Game. Coach Sal was heard to say to one and all that, "despite losing a close game we showed true heart and passion throughout the game". Well, that's not to surprising looking at who the Rattler's coach was this year. Way to go guys!

OWS at West Neck Beach: July 1, 2007

It was a little after 7am on Sunday morning, July 1, 2007 and the tide couldn't be any lower. How low was it? Well, all the rocks in the picture above -- including that high group in the middle ground are BELOW water at high tide! That didn't make the swim any shorter, it just made the walk to the water that much more painful.


What a large group! But remember, that there is plenty of room in the water if you want to join us some morning


Coach Bob, bum shoulder and all, kicks his way out after the swim.

Rob and Ken were there as well -- but they are at West Neck Beach more days than not as Rob is getting ready for the 10K Open Water Championship in Huntington Bay in less than two weeks. Ken will be working as Rob's Kayak Guide. FYI, Rob logged a "short" 3.5 mile swim this Sunday morning after doing 6.5 miles yesterday.

Complete Huntington Area Tri Results from the Montauk Triathlon on June 9, 2007

Thanks to Bob Miller for the complete (we hope) list of Huntington atheletes who competed in the Montauk Triathlon – Olympic Distance – on June 9, 2007:

Name Time Place-A/G Place-overall

Scott Kessler 1:56:00.6 2 11

Don Bond 2:07:42.8 5 62

Greg Linakis 2:09:37.2 21 71

Steve Uresk 2:16:06.2 24 113

Lynn Perszesty 2:17:00.9 3 123

Lisa Kristel 2:18:53.1 2 141

Greg Petryk 2:21:28.5 43 168

Steve Kristel 2:22:19.6 12 177

Steve Albright 2:22:37.1 21 185

Alfons Haffmans 2:29:03.5 31 251

Victor Rivas 2:35:17.1 71 308

Heather McCormack 2:37:25.3 14 326

Armand D’Amato 2:42:50.6 6 372

Yolanda Velez 3:03:44.0 7 473

Katie O’Shea 3:12:31.4 19 484

Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon: June 3, 2007

On Sunday, June 3, the Accenture Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon was packed with heart-pounding action featuring a 1.5 mile swim through frigid waters from Alcatraz Island to shore,

a grueling 18-mile bike race...

and a demanding 8-mile run through the rugged trails of Golden Gate Recreation Area. Set against the natural beauty of San Francisco, this thrilling triathlon is a virtual postcard of the City by the Bay......and who was there seeing it ALL the way through, why it was our own Greg Linakis. Congratulations Greg. Great Race and GREAT Pictures.

Swimming and Tri Results

The season continues with many events over the past few weeks. I only know of these three but if there were others please let Mike or I know.

Accenture Escape from Alcatraz
First, our travelling triathlete Greg took on San Fran June 3rd , the sharks , the current, and the mighty cold water. Greg LINAKIS with a time of 2:52:50 finishing 86 out of 239 in his age group.

NYC Lady Liberty Swim
Second, Rob ( that would be me ), started the OWS season with a swim up the Hudson on May 25th. A mile race in rather cool water racing from Battery Park to the North Cove Habour. I finsihed 9th overall out of 153 ( 6th place male ) with a time of 25:55

25th Annual Mightly Montauk
Lastly this Saturday was the Mighty Montauk. A lovely day for a race. Although not there last year or this, I think it was better weather this year.

Results of the people I know that raced. Over 600 people were in the race this year and our training peers did very well.

11th Scott Kessler 1:56:00.6
2nd age group

62nd Donald Bond 2:07:42.8
5th age group

71st Greg Linakis 2:09:37.2
21st age group

123th Lynn Perzeszty 2:17:00.9
3rd in Age Group


Let me know if there is anyone I missed.