Team Fit Werx Fall is here – where did the summer go? I’ve been back to teaching at school for nearly five weeks! Between heading back to work and focusing on getting ready for the Gloucester Grand Prix, aka New England CX Worlds, I have been remiss in my race reporting duties. I’ll do my…
At Fit Werx in MA and VT we often get questions about what our resident Cat 1 racer and ’14 Masters National Champion on the track and in the TT is riding. The short answer is that Dean rides a host of bikes. These range from his Seven 622 SLX that he stacks on the training…
The 2014 USA Cycling Masters National Time Trial Championships were held on Antelope Island in Ogden, Utah. The course was a 21-mile out and back route along the exposed shore of an island nearly completely surrounded by the Great Salt Lake. I knew wind would be a factor, and also had to adjust my pacing…
This past weekend I competed at the USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships in the 3000 meter Individual Pursuit. For my many non-track-cycling friends this is basically a 2-mile individual time trial on a fixed gear bike in a banked velodrome from a standing start – yet dig down a little bit and there’s a…
News & Events – Active Times Best Bike Shop in America – In 2013, you helped Fit Werx earn the number one bike shop in the country designation in an Active Times poll. This was a great accomplishment for us. Thank you again to everyone who voted for us last year. The Active Times held…
We just received a great follow up from Marianne after her first weekend with her new Gunnar gravel grinder bike from Fit Werx. Marianne’s Gunnar Gravel Grinder from Fit Werx will likely explore many New England and New York roads the rest of the season; maybe she will even ride her Gunnar gravel grinder…
Rasputitsa Race Recap – April 2014 Brian Irwin, Team Fit Werx When you host an event in April, in Northern Vermont, you should expect the unexpected. When Anthony and Heidi, of “Dirty 40” fame, decided to “listen” to our requests to do a spring version of their “Dirty 40 Gravel Grinder”, that is when…
Myles Standish Road Race – P123 Field – 7th place It was another perfect Spring day for bike racing. We had about 60 starters and would ride 7 laps of the 5-mile course through the winding and punchy roads of Myles Standish State Park. There were a handful of the usual teams at the line and…
Michael Schott Memorial Marblehead Circuit Race – P123 field – 84 starters – 1st Place! The course was 19 laps of the 2.2 mile Marblehead Neck circuit. The weather turned out great – sunny and breezy conditions but still chilly enough where I covered by arms and legs. I’ve had a solid winter of training…
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…
Former-Runner “Syndrome” Jason Gootman and Will Kirousis | Tri-Hard (www.tri-hard.com) You’ve been a runner for as long as you can remember. You’ve got several marathons under your belt. You’re lean and mean and proud of it. You’ve worked hard to be in this good of shape. You did your first triathlon, a local sprint, and…
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…