Missing soMe gear?
New York City offers plenty of shopping options, including specialty triathlon, running
and cycling shops. Many of the stores also organize group training sessions, so be
sure to check their websites for details.
• SBR Multisports* • The Running Company
http://www.sbrshop.com/ http://www.therunningcompany.net/
• JackRabbit Sports* • Frank’s Bike Shop
http://jackrabbitsports.com/ http://www.franksbikes.com/
• Urban Athletics • Toga! Bike Shop*
http://www.urbanathleticsnyc.com/ http://togabikes.com/
intangibles
• Super Runners Shop • Gotham Bikes*
• It’s New York City – there’s always
http://www.superrunnersshop.com/ http://www.gothambikes.com/
something happening.
• Slope Sports • Conrad’s Bike Shop
http://www.slopesports.com/ http://www.conradsbikeshop.com/
• Many people don’t equate NYC with
• Tri and Run for Your Life!* • Strictly Bikes
great training. However, you can easily
http://www.triandrunforyourlife.com/ http://www.strictlybicycles.com/
find a training routine that works for
• Quantum Athletics
you. Central Park can be a challenging
http://www.quantumathletics.net/
* denotes USA Triathlon
run, especially with the rollers on the
• Paragon Sports
Certified Multisport Shop
West Side and Harlem Hill. You can easily
http://www.paragonsports.com/
escape the concrete jungle and within 30
minutes hit areas of Connecticut for great
hilly rides or take long rides in Northern
New Jersey or even in the Bear Mountain
area.
• There are restaurants on every block, so
there’s plenty of places to re-fuel without
having to stop at a chain.
You Might buMp into…
• Former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer runs in
Central Park … Howard Stern and his wife … Twin
triathletes Rebeccah and Laurel Wassner, who are
from New York and have been featured in the Nike
Livestrong campaign (Laurel is a survivor) … Just
about everyone wears a hat and shades, so don’t
assume they’re all celebrities … Keep your eyes on
the road, stay aero, and stop people watching!
ChiMe in
Do you have something to add to On the
• Toga Multisport
Road?
http://togamultisport.com/Welcome.html
Email communications@usatriathlon.org
• Enhance Sports Triathlon Team
spots to avoid
with “on the road” in the subject line. We’ll
http://www.enhancesports.com/
• Running alone in the dark is almost never
add your suggestions to our online version,
• Aqua Skills
safe, so stick with a partner or a place with
which will be available on usatriathlon.org.
http://www.aquaskills.com/
plenty of people around.
Contributors: John Korff, Justin Model
• New York Tritons
http://www.nytritons.org/
• The East River Path is all concrete, full of
• Tri2B
walkers and tourists and not fully connected.
http://www.tri2b.org/
• Green Storm Racing Team
• Governors Island is pretty small.
http://www.greenstormracing.com/
• Team Dream Women of Color Triathlon Club
http://www.teamdream.org/
• TriLatino
http://www.trilatino.org/
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