Over 20 team members attended this year's 2014 Lake Placid training camp in preparation for the 2014 Lake Placid Ironman. Everybody had a great time, especially eating at one of the last remaining Howard Johnson's.
Great start to 2014, 35 members in 5 races
Within two weeks, we've had over 35 members compete in 5 races! With a great showing at Rev3 Quassy, to the Raid Rockingham, White Mountain Half, USAT Long-Course National Championship, and finishing strong with the local Greater Nashua Y Tri. Several members grabbed...
Cook Wins His Age Group- Qualifies for Kona + Tremblant at St. Croix 70.3
NEMS President Colin Cook started his season off very well by winning the 30-34 age group at the Captain Morgan's St. Croix 70.3 on May 4th. Cook was 3rd coming out of the water, 6th coming in off on the bike, and then had a very strong run which included a sub 6...
NEMS Annual Indoor Time Trial a Big Success
For the 3rd year in a row, Goodale's Bike Shop in Nashua, NH was the stage for the NorthEast MultiSport Indoor Time Trial. This event gives riders a chance to test out their winter legs as they compete against the clock for tons of great prizes. The January 25th race...
Chad and Andrew Earn Huge PRs at Ironman Arizona
Race report by Chad Quinlan Ironman Arizona was the second try at the full distance for both Andrew Levine and I (both did Lake Placid last year), and we were both looking forward to making some big improvements. Racing in November definitely makes for a long season...
Big Day for NEMS at Monster Dash Duathlon
Monster Dash is a late-season sprint duathlon in Lowell/Tyngsboro that can be hit or miss as far as the weather is concerned. (It was snowed out in 2011.) This year was a big hit weatherize, and NEMS was there to make the best of it. Five club members raced, and all...
2 First-time Ironmen Make Fast 140.6 Debuts
Shorter days and cooler temps mean one thing in NH: another triathlon season is coming to a close. That didn't stop 2 of our own from chalking up speedy first-time Ironman finishes, even if they did have to do some traveling to find more favorable race conditions. In...
Colin Cook Throws Down a Monster PR in 2nd Trip to Kona
After qualifying by winning the top age-group spot at Ironman Mont Tremblant just 2 short months before, Colin was once again rubbing elbows with the pros in Kona as he prepared for the 2013 Ironman Wold Championship. This was his second trip to the big island in the...
Chris Poulos Competes at World Sprint Championship in London
Chris Poulos represented both NEMS and the USA at this year's World Age Group Sprint Championship in London. Here's his account of this once-in-a-lifetime (or maybe more if he keeps getting faster) race experience. If someone said I would compete at a world...