Hey folks,
I just relocated from Sao Paulo to NY and need some tips from you experienced new yorkers triathletes:
Thanks a lot ! Any help is very much appreciated !
you’ll want to hit up Davews09 or whatever his U/N is, but he’s probably on a flight down to Sao Paulo right now.
Make sure that you go to Le Bernardin for dinner.
Plenty of folks more experienced than myself on here I’m sure but below are a few thoughts… feel free to ask on here or PM me if you have any more general questions about the city, and welcome!
Not related to your questions, but i just flew back from nyc yesterday and this place is awesome.
http://www.nyrr.org/nyrr-runcenter-featuring-the-new-balance-run-hub
Free locker use for your central park runs! Cant beat that. Although depending on where you live in manhattan, it may be easier to use your house.
Another place to check out is Finish Line physical therapy. My only warning is that the way they work with health insurance is a bit confusing even for Americans who are somewhat used to our crappy healthcare system.
2&3) these are question for your HR department. Every company offer different plans, most offer more than one option and it all depends on their offering to what works best for each individual. The only thing I will say is that if you are becoming fully localized, the HSA option is great for active healthy singles/families with no children. It is also a great savings option that allows for growth via investment, the benefits are much more longer term for that piece so unless you are planning on planting here for the rest of your life, you may be better off with the traditional insurance plans
Ditto on Central Park early in the morning on weekdays. From April through September it is very crowded with cyclists from 6am onwards, from March through October it can get crowded with runners but they don’t usually get in the way of cyclists unless they run in huge groups. If you haven’t found a place yet, shoot for upper west side as it gives you easy access to both Central Park and west side path to get up to the 9W route. Unfortunately, 9W is pretty much the only route that allows for fairly good consistent cycling (lack of street lights) as some people do ride in Long Island but it’s hardly consistent unless you run all the red lights. One extra bit about 9W is that while the route on the road is generally great, I find the best section to be the Henry Hudson Dr which is right by the river. it is 8 miles of challenging and generally traffic light roadway.
When you do cycle in CP, if it is after 7am on any day of the week, go slower and beware of police. Because of a spate of cyclist/pedestrian crashes and even a couple deaths, police do meander around the park to ticket cyclists blowing through red lights. They Don’t care before 7am because there aren’t enough pedestrians and the runners out there are generally careful but once the tourists start to flood the park, it gets hairy. If you run around CP in the evenings, beware of tourists on foot, tourists on bikes and horse shit.
As far as swimming goes there are I think only two 50m pool options, one on the far upper west side, Riverside park. the pool is shallow and literally, hairy… the other option is on the upper east side (easy to get to through central park if you’re on UWS) called Asphalt Green, which is where i swim. 50m on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings along with 2 hour stints on Sat/Sun morning (other times they divide it into two 25 yard pools). During the summer they have it as 50m a lot more. Aside from that, if you’re fine with 25 yards, there are tons of pools around the city. When the summer hits and you want open water practice, I find the best place to go is connecticut but that is really only because my fiance’s family is there.
Finishline is the PT place to go. Clutch Physical therapy is also good, but not as many facilities.
There is a lot of overlap in the TW/Finishline crowd as tailwind started in extra space that Finishline had.
TW also has 16 computrainers, a fit bike, swim classes for members (indoors during the winter, outdoor during the summer)
for swimming, there are several masters teams (but yes, limited 50m options)… Astoria 's outdoor pool is also an option, I believe.
re: masters teams you can check out:
Red Tide (Definitely a 4 stroke, swimmers team, but partnered with Empire Tri)
Bearcat Masters
Hydras
Asphalt Green
Also, Asphalt Green has a full offering and starting this coming season is partnering with QT2 for coaching… though members are still waiting to learn what that means.
One more… If you are going to use finish line for pt, they are out of network with everyone.
They will use your deductible up , then you’ll have a 25 dollar copay.
All the good pt spots operate this way.
Make sure you have good out of network coverage
Thanks a lot for the tips Folks !!! I will definitely take a look at those.
One additional question, any suggestions for bikefitters and a good bike shop ?!
In Manhattan, nycvelo is a really great shop
As you ride in the city, you’ll start going over the gw bridge to nj. Strictly bikes is right over the bridge and is a fantastic shop.
For users to find items, r&a bikes in Brooklyn has everything, but most don’t venture there unless they really need something fast.
Hey folks,
I just relocated from Sao Paulo to NY and need some tips from you experienced new yorkers triathletes:
Thanks a lot ! Any help is very much appreciated !
can’t help much with the city, but if you are ever up for some morning group rides about 35 min away hit me up. We usually roll about 6AM on saturdays North Shore Long Island.
oh, and sign up for American Zofingen