Bronx Duathlon?

I did this race last year, you can see the report in my races but the reason I'm not planning on doing it again is that I didn't care for the bike course. below is the excerpt. As for hotels, I don't know, but probably look into Westchester county. The area surrounding Orchard Beach isn't chock full of hotels and manhattan will cost a fortune to stay/park. I really like the race directors though and they put on a bunch of small races in the area. Have a great race if you do it.


6 "loops" mostly in the park. There were 3 sharp turns you had to slow down for. And the kicker was a toll booth with gravel and a speed bump. Not a course to PR on, but okay.

Cool thanks. The short multi-loop bike course actually interests me. Seems like a tri/crit.

I'll go dig up your full report. ::thumbs::

Had a great time at this event. Turnout was low, but that's a reflection of multisport as a whole right now. I got there a few minutes before the advertised start of packet pickup (6:15) but they didn't open up until about 6:40. Thankfully we were able to rack early and set up as they had posted the bib numbers ahead of time. The weather was cool and overcast with a chilling wind from the west.

The first run started out a bit clogged up until it emptied onto the "board"walk (actually large asphalt pavers... not very easy on the feet and ankles). I settled in a few seconds back from the first chase pack, but should have pushed earlier. Came into T1 about 10th? and put up the fastest T1 time with 21 seconds. Stripped my jacket, kicked off my shoes, and snapped on my helmet. Not much else to do in there?

The bike course was not nearly as crowded but far more technical than I had expected (mind you, there are no course maps available... I made one on RideWithGPS.com afterwards for everyone to see). Also, I had not had time to ride my bike on my race wheels recently and had forgotten they are narrower than my training wheels... so when I came up to the first hairpin turn I found I had very little rear brake and no front brake. This caused me to take wider lines for the rest of the course, and probably actually resulted in carrying faster speeds. I thought the bike course was quite fun and a neat departure from the long, rural, open-to-traffic single loop courses that we're accustomed to in VA.

The second run met me with heavier legs than I am used to. I usually feel great in the first two miles, and then bonk. This time, I felt like lead from the first step off the bike. I was able to hold my average pace down under 7, picking off one guy in the first mile. I knew I should have been in the 6:20s, and reached that late on the course, but the next guy ahead was picking up speed just as I was. I crossed in 6th, only to find out one of the guys ahead of me had flatted and skipped a bike lap, and hopped onto the run anyway.

I took 5th overall and 1st in Age Group. I was very happy with that... until I saw that I was not even a minute off the overall podium ;p

I had a super time, and it was fun to race a small local event, despite the snags and lack of security of a non-sanctioned event.