2014 ← ABrandão.com ← Page 3

2014 Sunset Classic 5mi

Jun

27

2014

Today a few friends and myself took part in the 26th edition of the Bloomfield Sunset Classic 5 miler. The race is held in my neighboring town in the early evening on a weeknight typically in the humid and hot weather of a NJ summer. This year proved very hot and humid.. true to form.. ...

2014 Philly TriRock Triathlon 1

Jun

23

2014

Today I took part in the 2014 edition (10th Annual) Philly TriRock triathlon. Its very popular ( 1000’s of participants ) regional triathlon held in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA. The race has two races, Saturday the shorter Sprint and Sunday the longer Olympic. Day 1: Sprint The Sunday Race features a deep pro-field and is ...

2014 Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes Triathlon Race Report 2

Jun

14

2014

Today I took part in the 2014 edition (32st Annual) Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes triathlon. Its very popular ( usually over a 1000+ participants ) local triathlon held in the Franklin Lakes/Wyckoff area. The race itself is a somewhere between a sprint and Olympic distance race. Its a 800m swim, 17 mile bike and 5 mile run. Weather ...

Portugal Day 5k 2

Jun

8

2014

Today myself and a group of friends took part in the annual Portugal day 5k. This race has special meaning to me, its in my old neighborhood of the Ironbound, and it was the first organized race I did back in my younger days ( it used to be a 2-mile and 10k back then), ...

Lap the Lake 1.2-mile Swim

Jun

7

2014

Today I took park in the 3rd Annual Lap the Lake Swim in Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes held at the Indian Trails Country club. This is a terrific venue and the site of the 2014 Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes Triathlon (which is Next Weekend!) . Today would only be an open water swim . The event came in 3 flavors ...

Photos: 2014 Mayor’s Trophy 5k Run Rahway 2

May

27

2014

Today a some friends of mine took part in the 2014 Mayor’s Trophy 5k Run Rahway held at Rahway City hall Congrats to all the winners and finishers! It was a fun event, and below are a few select photos from the event . See all the ALL the race photos here to my Google+ Albums ...

Nav-e-Sink or Swim 2014

May

25

2014

Today, I took part in the 9th annual Nave-sink -or- swim, it’s a an open water swim race and festival held in Rumson, NJ at the Navesink cove at Victory Park. Again this year , like the last few years the weather was perfect, and the water was calm and myself plus around 500 swimmers, got ...

Why are we alone? the Fermi Paradox

May

25

2014

I came across an interesting read the other morning on my Flipboard news stream.. From Gizmodo The Fermi Paradox: Where the Hell Are the Other Earths? . Basically the Fermi Paradox in a nutshell says, in such a vast universe such as ours with so many potential stars and planets why haven’t we seen evidence of ...

Jerseyman Triathlon Sprint : race report 1

May

19

2014

Today I took part in the annual JerseyMan Sprint triathlon held at the Spruce Run Park in Clinton, NJ . This was my triathlon of the 2014 season and my first on this course. It was a sprint distance event although the the bike portion was extended because of some road work so it wound up ...

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30