The keys to kick-charging your training, balancing your metabolism and making your endurance 2014 season your best one yet. Dr. Jeff Donatello is holding a FREE WORKSHOP At Fit Werx in Peabody, MA Tuesday, February 4th 6-7:30 p.m. If you are a cyclist, runner or triathlete and have been struggling with weight, sleep, digestive or…
2013 Jamestown Classic – Masters 35+ Field – 2nd Place The Jamestown Classic is the last road race of the season. I’ve been enjoying good form on the bike the last few months, so it was easy for me to stay motivated despite the days getting shorter and darker as we transition into fall. The…
2013 Green Mountain Stage Race – Cat 2 Field – 80 Riders Stage 1 – Time Trial – 5.7 miles The time trial course starts with a 500-ft vertical gradual climb, then a fast flat/descending section, and finally finishing with a short uphill section. The finish line is 350-ft higher elevation than the start, so…
Norwell Circuit Race – Pro-1-2-3 field The race was 13 laps of a 2.3 mile circuit on closed roads with nice pavement. There’s a quick decisive big-ring finishing climb, but the rest of the circuit is rolling and downhill. We only had 30 starters in the field, so we expected an aggressive race from the…
Fit Werx to Fit Werx ride canceled Dear Riders, I am writing to let you know that we are canceling the Fit Werx to Fit Werx ride scheduled for July 27th. Due to low registrations and cancellations by a number of riders in the last few weeks we have to cancel the event. We know…
Please note that Fit Werx 2 in Peabody, MA will be closing at 3:00 p.m. on July 3rd and then closed on July 4th and 5th. We will resume normal business hours, 9 to 5 on Saturday, July 6th. Happy 4th of July!
Purgatory Road Race / Pro-1-2 field We had about 70 starters with all the big regional teams there. Our field did 7 laps of the 11-mile circuit for 77 miles total. The key section on the circuit is a 200 ft rise steep climb just before the finish. The rest of the course was rolling…
First race of the season despite barely getting outside recently. 19 laps of a 2.2 mile rolling circuit around Marblehead Neck. I lined up at the start with teammates Victor Taormina and Gerry Harris. Our goal was to ride safe and fight the urge to try anything until the later stages of the race. This…
Prominent multisport website Slowtwitch.com has released its list of the top 50 multisport retailers in the U.S., the Slowtwitch 50, and Peabody based Fit Werx 2, Road and Triathlon Cycling Specialists, has been named to the list. According to Dan Emfield, Slowtwitch’s Publisher, “It’s a list of the top 50 retailers in the United States…
Here's Rich pre-Swim at the USA Triathlon Nationals August 18, 2012 As many of you may know the Fit Werx family was hit hard by the drowning death of our friend Rich Angelo at USA Triathlon Nationals in Burlington, VT on August 18th. It was his Wedding Annivesary that day. Rich’s goal was…
Dean’s Green Mountain Stage Race Report – Cat 2 Field – 91 riders. I kept them all on one long report so you only need to click on one link! Stage 1 – Time Trial – 5.6 miles I came to this race specifically to hammer this stage; confident I could get into the…
Dean's Mt Washington Race Report 8/18/12 1:04:47, 372 avg watts. 23rd overall, 1st place Clydesdale (190+ lb riders) First off, I can't think about this day without remembering my good friend, customer, and training partner Rich Angelo, who died tragically during the swim leg of the USAT National Triathlon Championship this same morning in Burlington,…