Bob Hadzor
Musselman 70.3 : 2nd age group
Randy Hadzor
minimussel sprint : 4th overall
Musselman 70.3 : DNF
this post will be updated soon, including more pictures (that aren’t upside down like the silly iphone photo above), event details, valuable lessons (that you would probably like better to learn from reading rather than experience) and more !
Just registered for Black Water Duathlon, just over a week away..
10k run, 70k bike, 10k run
Blackwater Duathlon is the USAT National Long Course Championship
Should be pretty awesome!
shout out to WoolSports! only the finest of merino sheeps get to donate their wools to become high quality apparel fabricated in the good ol’ US of A .. just rode in a little rain storm last night in one of my wool jerseys and I am routinely amazed at the properties of wool.. look it up.. it’s not just for old time hockey jerseys.. WS has some top secret prototypes in the works.. very exciting stuff!
The Tour de Syracuse was only a road race this year. Though we missed the awesome all day picnic feel of the crit in onondaga park the road race was still a blast. With all 3 Hadzors racing, many of the usual cast of characters, with a couple fun tweaks to the rr course made for a fun day.
BTB Tour de Syracuse results:
+ Randy Hadzor won the 55m cat 3 race
+ Wes Hadzor survived the 55m cat 5 race
+ Bob Hadzor doin’ work in the 27m cat 5 40+ race
Complete Results:
Syracuse12Results (5/21/12 from www.tourdesyracuse.com)
Great job racers, bell ringers, cookie makers, and hecklers. Thanks to all the volunteers!
Saturday May 12th… option: Du the Lakes or Fly by Night.. Two great races, one runbikerun with a nice trail run around the soft and scenic greenlakes. Another, runbikerunbikerun on an international speedway, decent inclines and tunnels…
Bob was all signed up for Fly by Night.
I opted for Du the Lakes.
We went, race was good. Though it was kind of weird to start in the 5th / last wave and have to navigate through the crowds on the first run. It was fun slipping in between groups and dodging trees and such… sorry if you were wearing headphones and I scared the mess out of you when I came by… Headphones aren’t allowed in races.. you can’t hear things around you, otherwise you would have probably heard ‘on your left, right or something of the sort’ and probably not been startled.. though your reactions were a little entertaining. After dipping and dodging and not knowing how the 1st wave was fairing I ended up 3rd, and main mission accomplished of keeping the ol’ hamstring intact and running surprisingly decent run splits.
There was solid NWT contingent at the race, sportin’ sweet kits and solid results. It was nice seeing those guys and fun to see the logo everywhere that varietystudios designed for them. Also in attendance were a bunch of the local dudes; Ken Hammond rode in raced, rode home with some hardware, Jamie Campbell reppin’ bikeloft, Eric Hinman and Mike Corona both top NWT finishers and many others, the winner was a dude named Treadwell who was rockin’ some sweet team usa shorts, very shiny bicycle and nice cycling jersey sleeve length tan line to match… see the results and other info.
Great job all!
So we loaded up and took off so dad/Bob could get his stuff together to head down to Watkins Glen.
When we arrived, as Bob checked in there was no line at day of registration… I had my bike and all my gear in the car.. the energy of the event was good… since the race in the morning I had had a decent lunch, a little nap, and my legs felt pretty good.. so… I filled out the form and as I helped get my dads tires all aired up I got my stuff ready as well… still wanting to take it easy on the hamstring I promised I’d take it easy on the runs and try to push it on the bike, as my bike average from the morning was sub-satisfactory, and if I felt anything weird with the legs I was going to bag it.
The race was great, with the course and the people and the transition and the race track, the announcers and everything. It went great, hamstring remained intact, dad and I were able to yell encouragement at each other during one of the bike laps .. it was a blast.
Bob Hadzor finished 2nd in his age group, besting his last Fly by Night time substantially.
I ended up 9th or 10th overall, Travis Kuhl took the win for his 7th consecutive Fly by Night win, continuing his unbeaten streak. See the complete results here.
There was a great BBQ post race, that perfectly filled that usually annoying post race linger time.
Finishing up under the lights… all in all, a nice day of racing, good workouts, great fun.
Tour de Syracuse next weekend. post race potluck BBQ at BTB2611 (bicycle art gallery, Fine Carpentry HQ, and home of Wesley Hadzor) see you all there.
rsvp by facebook or to wes/randy
It’s official…
(source)
Randy Hadzor will be representing Team USA at Nancy France, 2012.
Here is the official email from USAT:
The 2012 ITU Standard Course Duathlon World Championships will take place September 22-23, 2012, in Nancy, France.
Nancy France is just 20 or so days after the Powerman World Championship in Zofingen Switzerland, perfect timing for fitness and transportation potentially. Giving ample time to get acclimated and being that Zofingen is the longer distance, the training taper will be spot on.
Now it’s just a matter of financing the trip, WoolSports, Mello Velo Bicycles & Café, M&J Coaching continue to be invaluable supporters making training and racing at the current level possible. Randy could still however benefit from local personal and corporate support.
(pronounced yerp)
We’ve set up a donation page with the funds going to race fees and travel expenses helping Randy get to and compete in these World Championships.
Randy is open to advertising interests and other various arrangements ie; get your company logo on the uniform worn in Switzerland or more locally at another race; also possible is advertising right here on btbathletics.com!
In France he’ll have to wear the Team USA uniform which will be available to Team USA Nancy athletes sometime this summer, but other races are open for discussion, with the new Variety Studios silk screen capabilities virtually anything is possible!
Thanks to all for your support! It’s an exciting opportunity!
2012 is going to be a big year for BTB !
