Tom Sawyer Sprint Triathlon

Great! thanks.  That is exactly what I was looking for.  I will go ride it this weekend sometime. 

I am also trying to figure out where to sign up.  There is no link on the Tom Sawyer web site.  My brother is coming in town from Atlanta to make this his first event as well and I need to pass this on to him.

Being that this is your first as well, what motivated you to do this?  Where are you training at? 

Thanks again...I talked to them at Tom Sawyer just prior to noon today and they told me the same thing.  Registration will be available sometime next week after they finalize the course.  I had forgotten about those newly installed speed bumps in Anchorage, however, I am on a mountain bike this year so I say keep it the same.  Perhaps it will give me a slight advantage.

I am training mostly at the Northeast Y and also Tom Sawyer.  I honestly have no idea what I am doing.  This plan came into effect after watching an episode of Biggest Loser.  They ran a Marathon on the 17th week of that show and I thought...holy cow, if they can do a marathon in 17 weeks surely I can prep for a sprint in 16.

I had been working out but no real plan or anything just kind of going through the motions.  Having that carrot out there has got me really motivated and I am pushing harder than ever before.  Additionally I have always wanted to do one and since I have dropped about 90 lbs in the last year plus I figured what the heck.  I still have about 25 lbs to go to get to goal but this last push should at least get me close to that.

Anyway, working on my swimming mostly and since I do not have a good road bike so I am taking a spinning class 2 times per week for now to get ready.  I know I will not be competitive or anything but I figure this is my first and I really am only racing myself this time out.  Maybe next year I can look to be compete in my age group.

I printed mine out to send in this week.  I spoke with them on the phone regarding the course and it sounds like it is the same.  They were looking into moving it out onto Westport Rd. and looping around there somewhere but the cost was going to be very high to shut down Westport on a Saturday.  I am not even sure that is possible...