Cycle for Life at The Training Room – Save the date!

Cycle for Life – Spinathon to support American Cancer Society’s Bicycles Battling Cancer

 

Please join TEAM G as they host a charity Spinathon at THE TRAINING ROOM to raise money for the 3rd Annual Bicycles Battling Cancer Ride.  http://community.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=34536&pg=entry.

Unite with fellow cyclists and the American Cancer Society in our effort to save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.   With this event, we’re hoping to help people stay well and get well, raise awareness and funds, and contribute to finding cures and fighting back against cancer.  Team G was formed in honor of a cycling enthusiast who recently lost her battle with cancer.

Options- to participate, or just come by and donate.

When: Saturday, May 7th, 2011 from 1pm to 5pm
Where: THE TRAINING ROOM
691a Somerville Ave.
Somerville, Massachusetts 02143

Spinathon participants can ride any length of time – from 1/2 hour to 4 hours.
Suggested donations: $15 for each 1/2 hour slot, $25 for each hour.
Checks are to be made directly to the American Cancer Society.

Bikes are limited so register early!  Event day registration welcome if slots remain open.

To pre-register: Go to www.thetrainingroomboston.com, click RESERVATIONS, scroll down the class calendar for the May 7th event, and then pick any 30 minute segment  (you’re welcome to sign up for as many time slots as you’d like).  If you have registered for a class at The Training Room before, just sign in with your username / password and if you haven’t, create an account (just follow instructions listed).

Together, we can contribute toward a world where cancer doesn’t steal another year from anyone’s life.

If you have any questions or if you are interested in joining TEAM G please contact:
Suzanne Schwartz timsuz@rcn.com
Cindy Ditullio caditullio@comcast.net

5-week Cycling Intensive: 2 new start dates!

Suzanne Schwartz, local cycling instructor and avid triathlete, is teaching two more 5-week cycling intensives at The Training Room in Somerville!  The classes, 105 minutes each (90 minutes on the bike), are geared toward outside riders and triathletes. Participants work on cycling fitness, progressing though workouts each week to improve strength, endurance and power on the bike.

Week one focuses on form and technique on the bike, with an eye toward understanding different tempos/cadences. Participants also establish a base level of fitness by the end of the first class, checking perceived or actual exertion with both a set of intervals and an endurance climb.  (So, if you’re a returning participant, you can compare your new base level of fitness to your previous one.)  All classes have a combination of endurance, speed and interval training.  As the classes progress, the strength exercises increase in intensity and Suzanne lengthens endurance efforts.  The classes build toward longer intervals at higher exertion with less recovery.  The final class returns to the same set of baseline intervals and endurance drills as the first class in order to evaluate the improvement in perceived exertion and fitness.  Heart rate monitors are highly recommended.

Cycling Intensive Details:
The Training Room
691a Somerville Ave.
Somerville, Massachusetts 02143
Monday Session: 7:15PM-9:00PM, February 28 – March 28
Sunday Session: 9:00AM – 10:45AM, March 6 – April 3
*participants must register for either the sun. or mon. session
sign-up now
cost: $99

13 Relay: Team TR prepared for the long haul

On Saturday, May 1st at 11:30am The Training Room ultra relay team will begin the 13 Relay, a 200 mile adventure beginning at Squantum Park in Quincy, MA, traveling past beautiful beaches, coastlines and some of the most quintessential New England towns, before hitting the finish line in Provincetown.

Most of the participating teams will consist of 12 members – each running three non-consecutive legs varying in length and difficulty. Each leg of the 13 Relay ranges from 1.7 miles to 10.3 miles; this equates to each teammate running an average of 16.85 miles.

Unlike the 195 teams that consist of 12 runners, Team TR is one of 10 “ultra” teams that consists of six runners, which on average will run 33.71 miles each.

Let’s introduce Team Training Room one last time with the mileage they are each responsible to cover in a 24-hour period.

Marc Blandin (3 legs totaling 36 miles) – his competitive nature drives him to run 100+ road races a year always striving to beat his best time.  An avid cyclist and assistant coach for the New England Chapter of Team Challenge Crohn’s & Colitis, Marc has completed 12 marathons in 5 years and aspires to qualify this coming fall for the 2011 Boston Marathon.

Derek Christeler (3 legs totaling 33.8 miles) – cycling instructor at The Training Room, Derek started his quest to become fit after topping the scales in college at 225lbs.  Never participating in organized sports, Derek found his place training for triathlons which has helped him to shed 40-50lbs.  Derek has completed two marathons and numerous triathlons in the past two years.  Derek will be competing in his first Half Ironman this summer, and he hopes to qualify for the 2011 Boston Marathon this fall breaking three hours and 10 minutes.

Maren Kravitz (3 legs totaling 37.7 miles) – co-owner of The Training Room, Maren became addicted to endurance events when she realized it helped to release her endless energy and provide a means to concentrate better in all areas of her life.   Focusing her endurance training on cycling and running, Maren has completed 8 marathons in 3 years, qualifying for the Boston Marathon two years in a row.  Maren is hoping to take her endurance training to the next level by participating in her first solo 50 Mile ultra running race this November.

Chris Mullins (3 legs totaling 36.6 miles) – newer to the racing scene, Chris has caught the “runner’s high” participating in his first half-marathon in Hawaii while helping to coach the New England chapter of Team Challenge Crohn’s and Colitis.  Chris quickly moved up to the marathon distance running a solid three hour and 17 minute race at the 2009 Lowell Bay State marathon.  Chris is determined to shed the last few minutes off his marathon time this fall and qualify for the 2011 Boston Marathon.

Marisa Nucci (3 legs totaling 32 miles) – youngest member of Team TR, Marisa was a Division One recruited soccer player for Stoneybrook University.  An avid runner and cyclist, she has completed three half marathons with a personal best one hour and 41 minutes at the Chicago Half Marathon in August 2009.  That same year Marisa ran her first full marathon in Hyannis, MA.  Marisa will complete her next full marathon this fall in hopes of running a solid qualifying time for the 2011 Boston Marathon.

Roz Puleo (3 legs totaling 30 miles) – cycling instructor at The Training Room and veteran endurance racer, Roz has won two national championships on the bike (in the mountain bike discipline of Super D, a mass start downhill race in 2007 and 2008).  She also qualified as an elite in the 2004 24-Hour Solo Mountain Bike World Championships and placed 13^th out of 21 women.  Competing at this level means a lot to Roz as she weighed over 200 lbs 13 years ago and was really out of shape. As the last racer to cross the finish line for Team TR, this particular finish line will put a drastic pause to Roz’s endurance racing and active lifestyle – donating a kidney to her father the week after the relay.  Pending a strong recovery, Roz will focus on completing her first Half Ironman this fall.

Team TR will be posting updates to their Facebook page throughout the race at: www.facebook.com/thetrainingroom
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