Sunday June 8th-OWS and Ride Iron girl course

I'm in.  Let's start a list:

Jamie Cornelius
Lisa B
Cat (not BT person)
Chris (another non BT person)

All - we need to change the location of the swim.  I was the one who researched this location through the US Army Corps who manges the lakes.  I called back this morning to verify that this was a good place to swim and actually spoke to a ranger who told me that it is not.  I then called a friend who took me to Buford Dam once last year to see where he swims and it is West Bank.  He was there a couple of weeks ago and it is fine to swim - it is in a cove.  I called back and talked to the Ranger and he said yes - this would be a good place to go.  Also found out that where this is is on the back side of the Iron Girl Course so if we have our maps we can just start the bike here and not have to drive. 

Address is: 3500 Buford Dam Road, Cumming, GA
Directions if coming from 400:
Exit 14 and you will veer right
Turn LFT on Market Place Blvd (I think it's first light and there is a Home Depot there)
Turn RT on Buford Dam Road and follow signs to West Bank Park

I'm in.  I will probably on do one loop as I have not sat on my bike for more than 30 minutes all together in close to 4 weeks. 

Ninja 

Updated list

Jamie Cornelius
Lisa B
Cat (not BT person)
Chris (another non BT person)
Jamie76
Jessica71980
ADavidson
Amy Potter
Nora

Per Lisa's request, I have mapped out the IG course as a Garmin Course.  West Bank Park is 4-5 miles from the course so depending on how far you go into Lake Lanier Water Park, it makes for a 20-25 mile ride.  For those with Garmins, the file is attached.  The instructions are:

• Save Irongirl.zip file to your desktop
• Unzip file (should just be able to double click on it) and save IronGirl.tcx to your desktop.
• Open Garmin Training Center
• Import IronGirl.tcx file
• Synch Garmin Training Center to your device and select IronGirl as a course to synch to your device.

I plan on being there to supervise the swim.  I don't want anyone drowning before race day. 

If you can't get the file to load, I'll load it for you on Sunday morning. 

JC

J22 - thanks so much for doing this!  I actually got it to work and loaded onto my Garmin.  what happens if we end up not going into Lake Lanier?  Will the garmin realize we skipped it and pick up where we turn around?

Nothing happens. The course is a dark line on your Garmin that you follow. 

Maybe I didn't ask that right.  Will the course pick up in the right place if we skip some or will in no longer work?

It'll still work. 

Did you get to do this OWS and ride?  West Bank is NOT close to the Irongirl bike course.  It is a good distance (and one SERIOUS climb away).  West Bank Park is in Forsyth County.

I did the "My First Tri" this weekend.  The bike route is very simmilar.  Good news:  it's pretty fast and flat.  There is one moderate climb on New Bethany Road.  Everything else is rolling.  Bad news:  There is a lot of construction at Lake Lanier Island Resort.  We had to ride through about 400 yards of crushed gravel.  Several people slidout (including a 60 year old woman) and ended up with flats.  Be prepared to do a little off roading!  BTW, I put the route in at mapmyride.com so that you can see the elvation changes:http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ga/buford/842487785132

Please try to do this again!  I would love to get some group swims in before the race.  I also am trying to find an Olympic length race in late summer or fall.  Anyone know of a "newbee" friendly race in Georgia area?

We did do it and it was close to the IG ride.  We picked the course up in the middle on Buford Dam road.  Ended up with about 20 miles without going into Lake Lanier Island.  And West Bank was a great place to swim.  There were a couple of buoys to swim around.  Probably 300-400 years one trip around.  And we all did two.   It was fun!

Ha Ha!  You guys thought I was sneaky, but here I am What a GREAT time/workout.  We definitely need to do that again!  Count me in any time!  Thanks Lisa and Jamie...Oh and thanks to the male sherpas for being our heros!!!

AMY