Keith Elisberg - Bio

Age: 42

State: New Jersey

Fire Department: Fort Lee

History:  I started racing my bike when I was younger. I stopped racing after a bad crash on a BMX jump. I knocked myself unconscious. I got back into it years later with mountain biking both downhill and cross country. I received a road bike to train on and entered the Staten Island Duathlon. I placed raced home found another multisport event, never got back on a mountain bike and have been addicted since then. After being an initial responder I established a team to race in memory of the 343 FDNY Firefighters that made the supreme sacrifice on 9/11. I race these days to push my body beyond what most people consider impossible. I will not be part of any negative statistic. 

Current Goals: to maintain my current heathy lifestyle of training and eating. I try to avoid high saturate fat, salty and processed foods. I wanted to race successfully even if I don't make the podium. A long term goal is maintain and improve even further my lifestyle and match my resting heart rate with my age when I turn 45. My rest pulse is 48. BP 108/60 Cholesterol at 188 with HDLs at 58.  

Podiums, PR and Favorite Races. 

Race Results 2012 as of 6/29

Escape the Palisades 5K

overall 8/99

age group winner

Run the Palisades 5K

overall 29/370

age group 8th

Demarest Sprint Triathlon

300m Swim - 12m Bike - 5K

overall 12/115

age group 5th

PR on run at 6:39/pace

GWB 5K Challenge

overall 12/1148

New Milford Fire Department 5K

overall 41/381

age group 5th

firefighter division third place

2011

Armed Forces Day 5K

2nd Overall winner age group

Leonia 5K

2nd place age group

Leonia 1mile

3rd place overall

Pascack Valley Triathlon

6/8 elite

PR on time at 1:04

NMFD 5K

3rd age group

2nd firefighter class

Teterboro 5K

Winner Emergency Services Team

Scleroderma 5K

2nd age group

10th overall

Keith's race results