Georgia Veterans Triathlon : Official Thread

Doug and I did the race the last two years.  We saw no snakes but did see a lot of antpiles at the start area, so watch out for those.  Very flat and fast.  A good race.

I'm IN!  Doug registered me.  : )

I want to do this race. Does it sell out?

You never know, but I doubt it. 

x2 on the snake.  It was looking for cover in a crowd of swimmers.  Some guy picked it up and moved it before the start. 

see you there

I choose to believe that snakes in the water won't bite you because they will drown if they do. There are only 4 posionous snakes in the US/Ga. Of course two of those do tend to favor water--copperhead and cottonmouth and both are found in south Ga.

Is this race an overnight stay or is it morning drivable from ATL.

We are driving down in the morning, but that is because we have no place to drop the girls off.  I think it is about 3 hours from Roswell.

... and what are the ones in Georgia?  I thought there were more poisonous snakes than that in GA.

  I do not know which two you are talking about.  I am not an expert and anyone is welcome to disagree with me but I think that all of these except the Coral snake can be found here although they may not be that common here.  All but the Coral snake are in the same family and can be found around Atlanta.

1)  Coral Snake do not live around here. They are in South GA though.
2)  Pygmy Rattlesnake 
3) Canebreak/Timber Rattlesnake
4) Diamondback Rattlesnake
5) Copperhead can be found here
6) Cottonmouth (venomous watersnake)

Cotton mouth, coral, copper head and rattle snake. I have had encounters with all but the coral snake in Ga. Coral snakes are very timid and rare and often mistake for --I think--King snakes. Bands are different. I just avoid both since I don't remember the distinction.

I have never seen a rattle snake in metro area but I did almost step on one hiking in North Georgia. I see copper heads frequently out at the Big Creek Grn way. Once when I was running and the kids were riding my son toldme "Mommy I just ran over an orange snake." Upon further discussion I figured it must have been a copper head and then we had to have the discussion about avoiding snakes.

Cotton mouths I've seen less frequently. But I have seen them here and in south GA.

That was actually why I asked the question.  I was wondering if you were grouping the three species of rattlesnakes into one group "rattlesnake".  The copperhead also belongs in that group.  They are all in the same family "viperidae". 

The coral snake is sometimes mistaken for a Scarlet Kingsnake or a Milk snake.  Their is a saying to tell which is poisonous.  "Black on yellow kill a fellow..."  I do not know the rest.

Cornsnakes which we also have around here are very orange, but they are not poisonous.

Here ya go:

I'm in, although I have to wait to register until I get down there. For the record, I've done this race (or volunteered because of a random injury last year) since 2005, and I've never seen a snake. But I have stepped in a lot of ant piles. And almost in the duck poop. I'd be more worried about picking something up from that.