Lake Pleasant Training Session Saturday 9/27

I would feel bad having everyone sit around waiting for my fat _ss to get up those hills.  Just tell me what the course is and I'll make it   Thanks though, I really appreciate the support.

As for swimming...Since the repurcussions of "not making it" are a bit bigger than on a bike, I like the idea of hanging together.

 BOOOOO!!!!!

I should be able to come out. I have some wetsuits I want to try out some more!

Here are some directions and information I posted for the last training session.  Let me know if you have any other questions!

We will meet at the north end of the parking lot by the four lane boat ramp at Lake Pleasant at 6:45am.  To get there, take Rt. 74 West (Carefree Highway), which can be accessed from either I-17 or Lake Pleasant Rd., to Castle Hot Springs Rd.   Take a right on Castle Hot Springs.  Castle Hot Springs meets a T-intersection stop sign where you take a right on Castle Creek Dr.  This is PAST the first entrance to the park (pass Lake Pleasant access Rd.).  You will see a guard shack where you pay park admission ($5).  Proceed past the guard shack and continue on the winding road into the parking lot.  We will do a 30-45 minute open water swim by the north end of the lot.

After the swim, we will ride the Tribal Sprint course and return to the parking lot where we started.  At each intersection, the riders in the front will wait for everyone to catch up so no one gets lost or misdirected (no drop).  The course leaves the parking lot, returns along Castle Creek Dr. and turns left at the guard shack at Castle Hot Springs Road.  We will make a left at the main entrance to the park on Lake Pleasant Access Rd./North Park Rd.  At South Park Rd., we turn right and continue to a turnaround at Overlook Rd.  When we return to North Park Rd., we take a right.  We'll continue along the ridge making a right onto Peninsula Rd. and down a healthy downhill by Scorpion Bay Marina to another turnaround on Operations Center Rd.  We'll then return up the hill and back along Lake Pleasant Access Rd./North Park Drive.  We'll continue onto Castle Hot Springs Rd., onto Castle Creek Dr. and back to the parking lot where we started.  I know this may sound confusing, but it's much simpler when you are there - and we'll make sure that no one is left behind.

I have also included a link to the park maps below if you want to make the written directions make more sense.  The Lake Pleasant Regional Park 3D map is the most thorough on the list.

http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/lake_pleasant/Maps.aspx

I know. It sucks. And not in a good way.

I would like to break out my new wetsuit as well since I have only swam in it once!

I think it's high time you change some days around.  Thursday nights are starting to get to dark to soon.  So you need some OWS time with a brick.  I'm just saying!

ME TOO! I have two Xterra suits that I am going between of course the one I like better, I don't think fits me as well. So more swims!

You could just swap the 75min run with the bike ride and on Sunday just do a 105 min run!

btw I was joking.

Crap, what did I sign up for.  I grew up in New Orleans and moved to Phoenix. I'm not really experienced with hills.  This will be interesting.

a) So that means you talk all fecked up? Even more reason to flip you crap! SWEET!

2) HAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHA!

c) Ummm.....yeah.....have fun.  (Damn I wish I could be there to laugh in person).

WARNING!!! 

The hills are that bad!   THEY ARE BRUTAL!  But I will be there trying to not die.  Feel free to join me.  I am the guy the makes up the chase pack all on my own.  It will be nice to have company this time.