On March 11, 2012, 4 NEMS members competed in the team competition at the Blue Steel Indoor Time Trial at Milly’s Bar and Tavern in Manchester, NH. Jim Petersen, Greg Indruk, Richard Hostler, and Colin Cook competed for NEMS. Unfortunately Greg forgot his shoes so he had to be taped down to the pedals as you will see in the video below. Despite that issue, NEMS did a great job of staying together and all 4 of them finished with 2 seconds on one another. Unfortunately a very skilled cycling group managed to beat them by a little less than 7 seconds. Considering how strong of a group the winning team had, NEMS is very happy with their 2nd place. Here is some video from the event:

NorthEast MultiSports inaugural Indoor Time Trial went off without a hitch on January 28th, 2012. Nearly 80 competitors competed in this 10K bike time trial that was ridden on Computrainers. This year’s course was Central Park, NY. The last heat actually went off a few minutes early and NEMS was very happy to keep all the heats on time. There was some stiff competition out there, but the eventual winners were Greg Larkin for the men’s side and Jana Richtrova for the women. The premier sponsor of the event, Shimano, offered some great prizes and it had a 10 x 10 booth setup at the event. Goodales provided food to all the riders and it was a great day.
NEMS members represented the club very well all day. Nate Thomas took home 3rd overall, Jim Petersen was the 29 and under age group, Brent Osborn won the 30-39 age group with Richard Hostler taking 2nd in that division, while newcomer Kris Homoleski took 1st on the woman’s side of that age group. Michelle Poublon won the female 40-49 division and Lynn Luts took home the win in the 50-59 age group! NEMS also got excellent efforts from Andrew Levine, Chad Quinlan, Greg Indruk, Chris Veilleux, John Caswell, Michael Thompson, and Floyd Kemske. A special thanks also goes out to everyone that helped volunteer throughout the day! The event could not have gone so well with without you! Greg Indruk also took pictures all day which can be found on the NEMS TT page.

Special thanks to all out sponsors: Profile Design, Tifosi, CPTE, H2Audio, Sun Multisport Events, FuelBelt, Road ID, Peak Triathlon Coaching, Chunky’s, FxD Coaching, and Speed Merchant Aero. After the success of this year’s event, we will be doing the event again next year. Here is some video from the day:

On Thursday, January 19th at 7:00pm, NorthEast MultiSport will be having it first club meeting of 2012 at Goodales Bike Shop in 2012.  The meeting topics will include discussions of changes for 2012, the NEMS Indoor TT, general discussion, and a minimalist running discussion with NEMS Coach Jay Francis.  Come join the fun and see some teammates you may not have seen for a while!  Please email Info@NorthEastMultiSport.com if you have any questions.

There are also still a few spots left if you would like to participate in the NEMS Indoor TT on Saturday, January 28th.  Click here to register!

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On October 27th, 2011 Nate Thomas, Chris Poulos, and Colin Cook headed down to Wilmington, North Carolina to compete in the Beach to Battleship Iron Distance race.  The race featured an ocean swim with the current which translated to very fast swim times, a very flat bike course, but on a very windy day, and a lightly rolling run course.  This was Chris and Nate’s first attempt at the Iron distance, but they did not disappoint!

Chris Poulos had an excellent swim and was amongst the front pack coming out of the water.  Chris followed his great swim by battling the cold and wind and had the 24th fastest bike split on the day.  As mentioned above, this was Chris’s first attempt at this distance and still ran the 32nd fastest marathon of the day to finish in a total time of 9:56:09 to finish 23rd overall!  Absolutely incredible Chris!

Just topping Chris was Nate Thomas.  Nate took advantage of the current and had a very respectable swim split.  Nate then turned to his strength on the bike.  Despite his arms turning blue from the wind and cold, Nate did a 5:07:16 bike split which was the 6th fastest on the day.  Nate then followed up his great ride with a sub 4hr hour marathon for a total time of 9:52:43 to finish 22nd overall!  You killed it Nate!

Colin Cook had a stellar day as well.  Although Colin did not have his best swim, he was able to put in a very respectable bike split and ended up with the 16th fastest on the day.  Colin then went on to PR his marathon with a time of 3:22 which gave him the 10th fastest run split.  This cumulated to a total time of 9:27:09, a 7th overall finish, and an age group win!

NEMS is extremely proud of the effort of all 3 members.  To have all 3 members finish in under 10 hours, especially considering 2 of them were completing this distance is amazing.  This was an outstanding way to cap off the season for NEMS. Here is some video from the day:

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On October 22nd, NEMS members John and Audrey Caswell hosted the 2011 NEMS end of the year party at their beautiful home in Merrimack, NH. There were between 30 + 40 NEMS members and family members that were able to attend the party and it was great to see everyone. Thanks to all the members that brought the terrific food. It was delicious! It was nice for everyone to get together in a non triathlon environment, although, I’m sure triathlons dominated most of the conversations. There were some great discussions about what can be done to improve the club for next season. Thank you very much to everyone that came and a special thanks to the for Caswells hosting the party and Kara Andersson for helping to organize the event! Here is a quick video from the party:

On September 24th, NorthEast MultiSport competed in the New Hampshire Clubs Championship. The race was the Pitch Pine Tri in Ossipee, NH, which consisted of a 1/3 mile swim, 13.7 mile bike, and 5K run. Despite a lot of rain the day before and the morning of the race, the weather cleared up for the race and it ended up being a beautiful day.

NEMS had 8 competitors enter the race. Colin Cook ended up winning the race and getting his first overall win with a solid swim and the fastest run split of the day. Not far behind Colin was Nate Thomas who finished 2nd overall recording the fastest bike split as usual. NEMS newcomers Jim Petersen and Richard Hostler also had excellent races and finished in 6th and 7th overall while both winning their age groups. Chad Quinlan battled hard to finish 3rd in his very competitive age group. Nancy Epstein also had a terrific race and was the 6th overall female while winning her age group. Jan Andersson helped out the club with a solid effort despite injuring his foot. Eddie McCormack had very respectable splits all around and finished 7th in a stacked 50-54 age group.

Despite only having 8 members competing, NEMS took 3rd in the club standings for New Hampshire! Considering how many competitors a lot of the other clubs had, this was a tremendous showing. Hopefully the club will have more members compete in the race next year, but everyone from the club should be very proud! Here is some video from the race and the awards ceremony after:

NEMS is happy to have Bigelow Chiropractic as a sponsor.

Hello fellow endurance athletes,

As the new england triathlon season winds down and your training and competition schedule changes, it is a great time to get a chiropractic spinal examination and address any injuries or sore body parts. For the month of October all NEMS club members are eligible for a complimentary consultation and spinal examination, and brief introduction to chiropractic adjustment/manipulation. If it is determined that there are any areas of the spine that need would need a treatment program, that will also be addressed at the time of this visit. This would be approx. a thirty minute appointment. Just call Bigelow Chiropractic Center at 603 883-8971 to schedule your complimentary exam. The latest sports medicine research shows that endurance athletes under chiropractic care can expect to receive up to a 17% improvement in performance as a result of the chiropractic care. That benfit would certainly be worth it since you have devoted so much time to training and conditioning your body for competitive events. Enjoy the off season and good luck with your base training or other cross training activities.

Brian Bigelow DC

Despite some very cold water and conditions throughout the day, NEMS members Michelle Poublon, Richard Hostler, and Frank Mulcahy competed in the Wallis Sands Sprint Tri in Rye, NH on September 18, 2011. Michelle Poublon used her strong splits in all 3 disciplines to win the women’s 40-44 age group by a mere 10 seconds . Way to push Michelle! Richard Hostler used his strengths in the bike and run to take 3rd in the always competitive men’s 35-39 age group. Newcomer Frank Mulcahy continues to have a strong first season and finished another race in a very respectable 1:28:37. Great job all 3 NEMS members! Here are some pictures of Richard and Frank:

CarolAnn Caron, Nicole Caron, Jan Andersson and Kara Andersson took on the challenge of the Whaling City Triathlon at New Bedford, MA on the warm morning of July 30th.

The swim started on the bay of Fort Taber Park followed by with a short run to transition area to T1. The bike course was a double loop figure 8 with some technical turns and windy conditions, forcing hard work on the way out in each direction, but a nice tailwind on each way back. The scenic run went out of the park, out to the pier where it turned back into a Fort Taber Park. The warm conditions made the run extra tough on all.

All 4 members of NEMS had a great race! Kara Andersson placed 2nd in her AG by setting the fastest bike split of the day in her AG.

Congratulations of all NEMS racers!!!  Here is a picture of Kara on the podium!