2011 has certainly been a big year for BTB Athletics. On the roads and in the water we have been quite competitive and have had great fun swimming, biking and running.
Early season bike races and duathlons were highlighted by Randy winning the NYS Cat 4 Championship, Randy winning the Bloomfield Spring Classic with an off the front solo breakaway and Randy’s 2nd place effort at the American Zofingen a Duathlon in the Catskills consisting of hilly 5mile run, 84mile bike, and 15mile run (rumor has it the 3rd place finisher from a Philadelphia endurance sport team had to spend 3 days in a Philly hospital after the race from dehydration due to length and strenuosity of the race).
Mid season bike race and triathlons produced good results for Bob, Rand and Wes. With a 2nd place finish at the Caz triathlon elite division Randy beat stud Jim Eagen for the first time ever. Bob came in 2nd in his age group at the Delta Lake triathlon. And Wes finished in 46th place at the awesome Blackfly Challenge. Wes also upped his cyclocross performances now riding many of them on his sweet single speed Kona.
Toward the end of the season BTB success continued with Randy finishing 2nd overall and first in his age group at Powerman Muncie duathlon. In September Bob had a super race at Ironman Syracuse 70.3 finishing first in his age group. As a result of this win he was given an invite to the 70.3 World Championship in Henderson, Nevada, September 9th, 2012.
As a result of his duathlon point totals, Randy has qualified for the Powerman World Championships in Zofingen, Switzerland, September 2nd 2012. The distances for Powerman Zofingen are 10k run, 150k bike and 30k run.
It is amazing to think that 2 of us will be competing in World Championship events the same week in September 2012!
Before I sign off, I want to send a big shoutout and thank you to BTB sponsors , friends and family;
Bill and Kim Gilberti
Eric Lankford and Wool Sports
Paul Lewis and Jane Shannon
Mello Velo Bike Shop
Dan Ganley
M and J Coaching
Curtin and Hadzor
Variety Studios
2012 is going to be awesome. All of us will be taking our training to the next level. Training smart and hard! Hope to see you on the road, in the gym or at the lake in 2012