Rockland Horsemen ride to a couple of third places
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- July
- 31
Rockland masters racers Eric J Goldstein of New City (pictured), Dave, Hoechster of Congers, Frank Priest of Nyack and Frank Finochio of New City who call themselves The Four Horsemen rode to two third places at the Hudson Valley Triathlon in Kingston July 13th. In this sprint triathlon Goldstein took third in the 45-49 age group and Finochio took third in the 50-54.
The race included a 1/3rd mile swim, 18 mile bike, and 3 mile run. Goldstein said this about the race, “Tough uphills coming out of T1 and T2 putting your run on a half mile 7% grade to start.â€
Since I’m not a triathlete I wasn’t sure what Eric meant by T1 and T2, so I asked him to make sure it was transition.
Eric added these notes as well. “Right out of the chute to the course start was a half mile uphill at about 7% grade which is semi steep. This then leveled out and is followed by 2 more steeper but shorter sections. You had to hit those sections on the run start and bike start.â€
“The bike course was great despite the hill climb start. It was a rolling loop with great wide shoulders and decent roads. I pretty much blazed on the bike and in fact the guy who took second ahead of me was four minutes slower on the bike. There was some wind but I was on my Time Trial bike and knifed right through it in a full aero position.â€
They have two big races in August, The Timberman in New Hampshire followed by West Point.
The Four Horsemen will keep us updated on their future races. Please send your own race results and we’ll post them as well.
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on Thursday, July 31st, 2008 at 1:30 PM by Randall Wolf. 
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