Well, it's been a couple of weeks since the last W.I.R., and we have many results to report! Rookie Steven Wall has been on a tear the last few weeks, competing in the Essex County Velo TT Series on May 27th and June 10th, which is held in Hamilton (is that even considered part of MA?). Steven also took the podium at Ludlow (FIRM) with a 3rd place AG finish. The younger of the Haynes Sisters, Regina O'Toole, continued her post-Kona stealth mode by winning the Spring Fling Triathlon in Tyngsboro (again...is that really considered MA?). Krista Schepanovsky (ed. note: I swear I have to look at the spelling of her name at least 3 times before I get it right!) took her long distance running skills to Pineland Farms again for a short 50 mile jaunt. Rumor has it that during her 9+ hour run, she saw a wild Woody squatting in the woods....but it may have been dehydration setting in! And, Jay Higginbottom and Nicole Kimborowicz ran the Get Your Ya Yas Out on the Charlesriver. Lastly, Brian Quigley finished first overall (Cat4) at the Connecticut Stage Race (ed. note: Geeze Bri....with all that road riding, you'd think your handling skills would be picture perfect;)
Now, onto Mooseman....our first big ("enhanced") tent race of the year. First of all, thanks to all that participated. It was a fun weekend. It also was a precursor to Timberman, which I fully expect to be an even bigger showing.

We had a huge turnout for the Olympic Distance Race. 17 BTTers in all (too many to mention). I believe we had 6 podium finished (although not everyone that reached the podium has posted their results!!!!). Pat Dwyer (me), Jorge Martinez, Rachel Saks, Trish Weston, Janice Biederman and Laurie Damianos. Rumor has it that Jorge (aka Speedy Gonzalez) is doing a reverse acclimatization, so he can get used to the cold temps of NH. That way he won't lose huge chunks of time putting on his winter jacket in transition next time. We also had a first place relay with DJ Brip Kearney, Quigley, and Noah Manacas....despite Quigley crashing. Brian, inquiring minds want to know how you run into the back of someone on the bike?
For the Half, we had 9 BTTers competing in the full and 4 competing in the Aquabike. In a very competitive race, we had many solid finishing times (many who will go on to kick some arse at LP). However, our lone podium finish was Matt Pokress...who just seems to have a knack for

This was my first time up at Mooseman and I will definitely be back. It was well run with tons of aid stations, a great course, the temperature this year was ideal for racing and there were tons of BTTers and friends up there. My only regret is that I didn't get up there until Saturday afternoon and missed cheering for everyone racing the olympic distance; in the future I'll definitely make a whole weekend of it. My 'A' race this year is Lake Placid so Mooseman was a training race for me, and my second ever half iron. Earlier in the year, given the volume of training I was doing, I was sure I would definitely improve on my 1/2 iron time, but I started having knee pain in early May (a chronic problem). The doctors suggested no long runs, so I hadn't run longer than 6 since May 3rd. I'd also had only two 56+ mile rides since that date with pain at the end of both rides. So my confidence level going into the race was low, and in my mind this race would tell me whether or not Placid was still an option.The swim: The water was cold as the racers from the day before had warned me, but cold early morning

We also had 2 relay team in the half. Our teams went first and second overall.
