July 5, 2010

10. The views – lighthouses, ocean, bay, dunes, and woods

9. Clam fritters

8. The CCAC Winter Grand Prix

7. Racing in one of the oldest continuous triathlon series in the country

6. The CBI wine stop just before mile 5 of the Chatham Harbor Run

5. Spring and fall

4. Salt spray from the waves at mile 5 freezes when it hits you. 15 miles to go!

3. Getting blown across a parking lot by a Nor’easter

2. There’s a race every weekend

1. Getting your butt kicked by that tourist who is ‘just down for the weekend and thought the race looked like a fun thing to do.’

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Over 30 athletes and their families gathered at Camp Nan-Ke-Rafe over the Father’s Day weekend to train, learn, relax and race at the 2010 Cape Cod Triathlon Team Training Camp. Nestled at the back of Nickerson State Park, Dream Day on Cape Cod’s wonderful camp provided athletes with immediate access to ponds, roads and trails for working on technique and skills. Expert coaches Craig Lewin (Endurance Swimming), Ali Winslow (Boston Performance Coaching) and Geof Newton (Athlete’s Companion) presented seminars and guided athletes through workshops on all aspects of triathlon. And after a day packed with workouts (and a peaceful night’s sleep deep in the Nickerson woods), the participants got to put it all together at Long Pond Practice Triathlon 2. There is nothing better to jumpstart your racing season than a spring boot camp so be sure to pencil this in to your 2011 calendar! [Long Pond Triathlon #2 Results] [Long Pond Photos] [Training Camp Photos] [Long Pond Race Schedule]

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The weather obliged with Chatham Harbor Run tradition and greeted runners and walkers with hot and humid conditions at race time on June 27th. Despite the heat, Taylor Burmeister repeated his 2009 performance with a second win, 45 seconds off of last year’s time in a nevertheless impressive 33:30. Second up was visiting Otis Ubriaro in 34:45 followed by undefeatable master Mark Clifford of Osterville in 35:20. Recently relocated from Connecticut, Mark is now potent competition for Cape Cod Master runners. The women were led by Karen Friedman of Brewster in a time of 40:57 who strung out the women’s field by several minutes; Katherine Schock who netted first Chatham Resident honors posted second in 42:40 followed by Dover’s Laura Soriano in 44:38. The CCAC’s Rick Heath was on-hand to photograph the event and you can browse or purchase photos from his SmugMug site. [Run Results] [Walk Results] [Photos]

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