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Unbelievable PR at the Long Branch Half Marathon by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon On Sunday May 6, 2012 I ran the Long Branch Half Marathon (part of the New Jersey marathon Festival) for the 4th time on the row. This time I was on a charity team, the Kick ... Read on »

Empire State Building Run Up by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon On Wednesday, February 8th, I did a very unique race: the Empire State Building Run Up (ESBRU). Well, the timing is unique in itself: mid-week, at night (8:30pm). But it's ... Read on »

Xterra Trail Race at Hickory Run State Park by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon I spent this weekend in the Poconos, and at the last moment I noticed there's an Xterra race next to where we're staying. Since Xterra is quite a famous organization, I cou ... Read on »

Hazlet and Eatontown, two 5K's, same results by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon The off-season is over! Like I said before, I'd been in "vacation" made, waiting for the stork to come, and planning to go back to racing once the baby agrees to it. Colin ... Read on »

Belmar Duathlon for Autism by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon This Sunday was the 2nd annual Tri/Du for Autism in Belmar. I liked a lot the inaugural race last year, so I went back this year. The course is along the beach in Belmar, L ... Read on »

NJ State Triathlon by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon I've been doing the NJ State Triathlon (Olympic distance), for 4 years, practically from my first year as a triathlete. I have improved a lot over the years (from 3:24 in t ... Read on »

Sheehan Classic 5M in Red Bank by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon The 5 mile race through Red Bank, celebrating the memory of local runner George Sheehan, is still one of my favorite runs. While I do it for the fun of running with 2,000 o ... Read on »

Black Bear, Part I: The Sprint by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Yesterday, after the Black Bear Sprint, I just stayed at the house and chillaxed. Got a fistful of vitamins and amino-acids, kept eating and drinking, and tried not to move ... Read on »

Pier Village Duathlon by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon The day after my 10k PR in Colts Neck, I went to Long Branch for this very fun duathlon staged near Pier Village. It's a short, fun event, where I can always see many famil ... Read on »

Colts Neck Gallop 10K by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon On Saturday I picked a very low-key 10K race as a hard training run before my 2 triathlons next weekend. Colts Neck Gallop 10K advertised itself as a 1st time event.... How ... Read on »

Long Branch Half Marathon by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon There's not much to be said about this event, so I'll be brief. I was well trained for this race, so I had high hopes of beating my PR of 1:52:37. I even lined up with t ... Read on »

New Season is Starting Fast by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Over the past 8 days, I attended three races, and they were all very good experiences. While not technically the first races of the year (I did a low-key 5K in chilly Januar ... Read on »

FARC Winter Series 5K by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon My first race of the year was supposed to be more of a fast training run, but ended up with a totally unexpected result, my only 3rd time ever under 23 minutes! Last time I ... Read on »

Navesink Challenge 5K by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Well, coming back to this race... 5 years ago, this was my first ever race (finished in 30:01), so it will always be special for me. It was never a great race for me, but it's ... Read on »

Navesink Challenge 5K by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Well, coming back to this race... 5 years ago, this was my first ever race (finished in 30:01), so it will always be special for me. It was never a great race for me, but it ... Read on »

Run with Dennis 3.5M by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Sunday I did the already traditional Dennis Zilinski race at the PNC ArtsCenter in Holmdel. This race was started 4 years ago as a tribute to this soldier who died in Afghanis ... Read on »

Run with Dennis 3.5M by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon Sunday I did the already traditional Dennis Zilinski race at the PNC ArtsCenter in Holmdel. This race was started 4 years ago as a tribute to this soldier who died in Afghan ... Read on »

BassMan HIM by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon BassMan Half Ironman Bass River State Forest, NJ October 4th, 2009 1.2mi swim / 58mi bike / 13.2mi run Intro After 3 failed attempts, this time I was really dete ... Read on »

BassMan HIM by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon BassMan Half Ironman Bass River State Forest, NJ October 4th, 2009 1.2mi swim / 58mi bike / 13.2mi run Intro After 3 failed attempts, this time I was really determine ... Read on »

Looking Forward to BassMan by Chris Fotache Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon There are only 3 days left till the BassMan HIM, meaning I'm in the last days of tapering and carbo-loading. It's the last tri of the season and only the 2nd A race of the yea ... Read on »

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