Bath County Tri questions...

I've never done Smith Mountain Lake, so I can't tell you how they compare. The bike course for Bath County has one or two short but kinda steep hills in the beginning (and then at the end, since it's an out and back course), and then the rest of the way out, it's basically a false flat, which kinda sucks. But then on the way back, you regain all the time you lost since it's all downhill. The run course is out and back and it's loooooong rollers. Definitely challenging if you don't run that kind of terrain all the time. The lake is nice and clean and although I wore a wetsuit for extra speed, you didn't necessarily need it b/c the water was too cold. I think the water was low to mid-70s. Not bad at all. If I recall, SML is much earlier in the year - that probably makes a difference.

No, not this year. Haha, my race report is deceiving, because I'm a craptacular cyclist. But what I said about the course is true - it's basically a false flat on the way out, except for the first bit, and so consequently downhill on the way back. You can REALLY fly. If you run long, gradual rollers a lot, you'll be fine. I'm a better runner now than I was then, but I will still say that if you don't run hills, it's challenging. Luckily, it ends on a downhill