Revolution3 Triathlon - Quassy 70.3 : Official Thread

Strangely enough, so will I.

I try to be honest and open to help myself in the future, as well as others -- as I've learned A LOT from other's Race Reports!!   

Don't worry Jeff-y. It will be fun. 

I'm planning on doing the race as part of my IMLP build. 

I'm also very tempted to sign up for the weekend double and do the Olympic the day before. Is anyone else doing this?

The double would be quite the weekend.

I'm in as well...lots of familiar faces in this thread which is awesome.  I was just down in Austin for a week of training, my bike's been taking off this offseason which I'm pretty psyched about.  Can't wait for this race!

Hope everyone's having a great offseason, spring is almost here, just a few more weeks! 

sjwwebster - 2011-02-25 11:09 AM Doing well Jay, thanks. A bit fat and lazy right now but gearing up for training. No Timberman for me this year, trying to keep it local, just changed jobs here in NYC so I'm trying to feel my way into it and balance some training. Many congrats on your daughter that's great news .  Interestingly when I added Quassy to my race list, the Racetalk took me to another Quassy thread and Ray Brown is on there, doing the race also.  Great to see you're doing well hope we did not hijack Dream Chasers thread too much.......

Hey Simon and Jay!  Awesome that you're both doing this race this year, I'm pretty psyched for it after a few friends had nothing but good things to say after last years Quassy.  Simon - I'm sticking with this thread.  For some reason the RaceLink was taking me to that other one, but now it's taking me to this one...so I guess I'm sticking here :).  Also, there's tons of time to get back into shape, once the spring hits and you're outdoors for long rides again you'll be right back on form.  As I said above I was just in Austin and it's amazing what some warm weather will do to your training!

Jay, congrats on the baby!  That's gonna make for an interesting/hectic couple of weeks, huh?  It'll all be worth it though, and as I said I've heard nothing but good things about Quassy.  Actually, my two friends who did this race last year did it as part of a buildup for LP and they said it was perfect timing and a suitably hard course to really get some grueling race 'training' in. 

 Oh, I'm also getting a new TT bike...well, not really but kinda.  I'm selling the 56 frame I was put on last year and picking up a 54 (same year/model) as I've found I'm much better suited.  Can't wait to see what a PROPERLY fitting bike will do to my power/speed!

I'm in!

Super excited as this will be my first 70.3, on the way to my first 140.6 at the end of July. Hoping the hills here in West Virginia will get me ready for the course, and hoping the drivers here in West Virginia don't knock me off course.

How many of you will visit the amusement park on Saturday? I know, time on one's feet and all that, but maybe just for a little while??? I mean, free tickets, right?

Its not really an amusement park -- more like a kiddie park, pretty low key (although I love the arcade and the corny prizes). 

Welcome aboard Ray, I have to sign up.  I don't want to miss the boat!  Soon I will.  Thanks on the congrats.

How's training going this winter? 

I'm doing this as a buildup to LP also, so should be good.

You still 30-34 Ray?

Hey Ray, welcome to the (hopefully official ) thread. Great to hear you're training well and looking forward to getting a new ride. Your week of training must have been awesome!

I'm tipping along on the training, first longish (2.5 hour) outdoor ride on Saturday with some decent hills. It was just nice to get out on a decent day and enjoy some sunshine! There was still some snow mountains on 9W and a nice 10 degree drop in temp going down to Piermont which made me wish I'd brought a wind breaker.  

I've read Bobby's (Dream Chaser) report from last year and it seems like this is a tough course and that the bike is a hilly beast. It looks significantly hillier than Timberman. Anyone on this thread done both Timberman and Quassy 1/2's who can comment? I'll be at race with wife and 9 year old daughter so the amusement park is most definitely on the cards.