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I am looking for a sprint tri within a 1-1/2 hour drive from N.Y.C in mid
to late July
Richard Barrer

writes:

I'd suggest the Westchester Triathlon...well organized, w/a relatively
late start (~9:00am) and only a 40min drive from Manhattan. Race
distances are 1/2 mile swim, 14 mile bike, and around a 4mile run.
Swim starts at Rye beach, the bike/run transition and the finish are at
White Plains HS (so the only downside is the start/finish aren't at the
same location). Contact 'Westchester Road Runners' for race info and
details.

In response to Richard Barrer's question about sprint tri's within 1-1.5
hour drive from NYC, Linda Serenson Colet replied:

I agree that the Westchester tri is a great race -- I did it last year --
*BUT* they have cancelled it this year.  The rumor I heard was that
some of the police depts. of towns it passes through asked for a bunch
of $'s, they didn't have the sponsorship they wanted, and they decided
to cancel it for this year and wait to do it right again next year.
Incidentally, they changed the race so that both transitions are in the
same area by Rye beach.

Two other sprint races I'm doing that are within an hour of NYC are:

8/6 Greenwich Cup Tri (never did this one before)
8/13 Harriman St. Park (nice race, but be forewarned it is a fairly
        challenging bike course)

-Rory

If you have web access check out the listings I have for New England.
If not, here's a short list of CT tris.  Most of these are about 2hrs
from NYC, except the Danbury and Greenwich tris.  

Connecticut Series (Derby Savings Bank)
July 12-Griskus Tri, Middlebury, CT (.5m S, 10m B, 3m R) Ellen
Restivo/Doreen Tarascio,(203) 290-5440 Wednesday, about a 6pm start

Southington, CT Camp Sloper Tri (.5m S, 12m B, 3m R) John Myers, (203)
621-8194.

August 6-Cancer Society Tri, Danbury, CT (.5m S, 12m B, 3m R) Doug
Brittinghan/Donna Mazur, (203) 748-2803. **close to NYC**

Aug 6-Greenwich Cup Triathlon, (.5m S, 15m B, 3m R), Threads 'n
Treads(store) 17 East Putnam Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830, (203) 661-0142.
**close to NYC**

August 20-Milford Tri/Du (1K, 19K, 7K) Brian Newman (see above)

SeptemberChuck's East Coast Steak House, Danbury, CT (olympic
distance), Peter Perkins, (203) 792-5555.

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Westchester was cancelled for this year

Tried to reply to you but AOL said cms is not a valid screen name
Richard Barrer

July 22 Bridgeton, NJ- Tri-Fed Mid-atlantic Sprint Championship. Contact
Bruce Willson at 609-696-3924. A well organized race.