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Staten Island Triathlon 2017 – Race Report 1

Aug

14

2017

A few weekends ago, a bunch of friends and I took part in the 9th annual 2017 Staten Island Triathlon held at the Midland Beach, Staten Island, New York. Held in honor or Rocco Laurie , this race raises money for the Rocco Laurie Foundation. This is a convenient local sprint race plus this year ...

2017 Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes Triathlon

Jun

19

2017

This weekend I took part in the 2017 edition (35rd Annual) Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes triathlon. This is a “Sprint-Lympic” distance race. Its a 800m swim, 17 mile bike and 5 mile run. Weather conditions were overcast and foggy at start, but overall comfortable. This years event again was less crowded and did not sell out less than 500 ...

2016 Wyckoff Triathlon

Jun

19

2016

This weekend I took part in the 2016 edition (34rd Annual) Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes triathlon. This race is somewhere between a sprint and Olympic distance race. Its a 800m swim, 17 mile bike and 5 mile run. Weather conditions were perfect , clear blue sky in the low to mid 70’s , virtually no humidity or wind. This years event ...

2016 Portugal Day 5k Ironbound

Jun

13

2016

Today myself a bunch of other runners took part in the 2016 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 ...

2016 Lap-the-Lake Swim 2.4mi

Jun

12

2016

This weekend I took park in the 5th 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 2015 Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes Triathlon (usually the following weekend) . The event has three distances 2.4mi (2-laps) , 1.2 and .5 mile (same exact swim ...

Nave-e-sink or Swim 2016

May

31

2016

Today, I took part in the 11th 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 ...

Book thoughts: Our Final Invention – the coming AI-pocalypse 2

Dec

8

2014

I recently just finished reading (listening to…) Our Final Invention – Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by James Barrat . I was intrigued by this book when I saw it come across my Flipbook newsfeed. The book deals with a topic of particular interest to me being in the IT realm. The premise is that ...