Let's make a triathlon - CANCEL. (Page 9)

Don't worry...we'll take care of you.  And, your wife looks great, but Gawd Damn your daughter is a cutie pie!!  What a beautiful little girl!  You should be so proud.  : )

Ride / Suggestions: Two rides are laid out for you peeps, one 12.6 mile-loop, and one 24.8 mile loop, both fully contained within IRLA.  Again, you can ride wherever you want, but this will come close to being a real tri distance.   

·         Again, first and foremost, all riders need to observe park rules (e.g., speed limit, signage, etc) as well as the State of Michigan cycling laws. Links to each are here and here.

·         Always ride on the right hand side of the road, no more than two abreast.

·         You may draft if you want to cheat. Just kidding, draft if you want.  

·         For the 12.6 mile course:

1.    Leave the parking lot (0.2 mi).

§  NOTE: There will be other cars in the parking lot, PLEASE be careful as you navigate your way through the parking lot.

2.    Turn left. Ride until the end of the road, approximately 2.1 miles

§  NOTE: about 100m before the end of the road, there will be train tracks.  

3.    Go to the end of the parking lot, turn around.

§  NOTE 1: There will be other cars in the parking lot, PLEASE be careful as you navigate your way through the parking lot. 

§  NOTE 2: the pavement is notoriously lousy in the parking lots…for both Note 1 and Note 2, it’s worth NOT coming into these areas like a bat-out-of-hell…use caution.

4.    Ride approximately 4.6 miles until you reach a stop sign (at the guard’s shack at the entrance to IRLA). Stop, and turn right.

§  NOTE: This is a dangerous intersection, please do not do a rolling stop through this.

5.    Ride approximately 1.5 miles until you get to the parking lot; ride all the way to the back of the parking lot and circle the dumpsters, going back out the way you came.

6.    Ride 1.5 miles until you get back to the guard shack, and are at a stop sign. Take a left.

7.    Ride 2.5 miles back to Spring Mill Pond.

8.    Turn left.

9.    Ride the length of the parking lot (carefully) until you get to transition. Dismount.

·         For the 24.8 mile course, do steps 1-7 above, but when you get back to spring Mill, go straight – don’t turn into the spring mill parking lot. You will then circle back to step 2 above, and complete steps 2-9.

Run / Suggestions: Two runs will be laid out for you peeps, one 3.3 relatively flat run, and one 6.2 mile-loop with a little more hillage. Sorry that the 3.3 isn’t 3.1, but I had to extend it a 10^th of a mile to avoid a turnaround on a relatively sharp curve. Again, runs are on pavement and fully contained within IRLA.  

·         Again, first and foremost, everyone needs to observe park rules (e.g., speed limit, signage, etc) as well as the State of Michigan DNR rules.

·         Always run on the right side of the road, running WITH traffic.

·         For the 3.3 mile course:

1.    Leave the parking lot (0.2 mi).

§  NOTE: There will be other cars in the parking lot, PLEASE be careful as you navigate your way through the parking lot.

2.    Turn left. Run approximately 1.45 miles to the Fluorescent GREEN MARK on the side of the road. Turn around.

3.    Run the 1.45 miles back to Spring Mill Pond. Turn right.

4.    Run the 0.2 miles back to transition. Done.

·         For the 6.1 mile course:

1.    Leave the parking lot (0.2 mi).

§  NOTE: There will be other cars in the parking lot, PLEASE be careful as you navigate your way through the parking lot.

2.    Turn left. Run approximately 2.1 miles to end of the road; turn around at the END of the parking lot.

3.    Run the 2.1 miles back to Spring Mill Pond but do not turn into the parking lot – run another 0.8mi to the Fluorescent GREEN MARK on the right side of the road. Turn around.

4.    Run the 0.8 m back to Spring Mill Pond. Turn Left

5.    Run the 0.2 miles back to transition. Done.

matt3liv - 2009-05-15 8:47 AM RE: Jen - You guys might want to change the time, and not tell trix ... 








 ...just kidding, love you trix. 

Wow, I CAN behave you know....kinda. I'll just not talk.

Why aren't we just a bunch of people getting together to train? Not sure the difference here....Greyhounds meet to do it. I think as long as we don't LOOK like we are actually racing what does it matter. I don't think it was meant to be a real race situation anyway.

I say we still meet. We still do the distances, but we don't "race" it. we finish the distances, BS in between and then it's like an other day out there. No?  There are too many people planning to come and the training will be to good to pass up.