OFFICIAL Hawk Island practice day (Page 2)

Absolutely!  Just let us know what you are driving, so we don't randomly introduce ourselves to everyone that drives into the park! 

http://www.hawk-i-tri.com/site/images/parkmap.jpg

It looks like the south parking lot (with the bath house) is nearest to the beach, and should be where they are setting up the T-area for the race.  Lets use that as the meeting spot.   

I hope you feel better, and I hope you can make it.  The more the merrier.   

SweetP - 2008-05-23 1:34 PM I'm planning on being there too! This will be my 1st swim in a wetsuit. We did Hawk last year - but didn't need a wetsuit. These temps are bumming me. The bike course was slightly different last year too - I assume they changed it because of construction on Collins Rd. Trust me it's MIGHTY difficult to ride the wrong way on a 1 way with barrels and a drop off on one side and cars coming at you 2inches away on the other. I tried it last weekend - wasn't pretty,fun or fast. I like the slow swimming - actually I like the slow everything idea. LOL! I don't know if I can do the whole tri - we'll see. P

Alright!  Now let me see if I have this straight.  You are married to brickey, and already know trixie.  Is that right? 

Wow, we have quite a crew this weekend.  Here is my count.

1. moi (matt)
2. runnergrl (jenniferlyn)
3. sushigirl (jaclyn)
4. rgr375 (dave)
5. sweetP (polly)
6. jhagerman (jeremy)
7. pegasus (melissa) ?
8. bckirkland (brad) ?
   
9.  jogo (joanne) ?
10. brickey (david) ?

By the way, I'm not a stalker.  I just clicked the profile button to see if your name was there.  I'm really bad with names.  The sooner I start to learn them, the fewer embarrassing moments I have.  I've gone over a year, calling someone by the wrong name.... 

The water today was nice (& cold), probably will want a wetsuit for tomorrow. I was the only person there today, but i warned the lifeguard a crew will be coming. Have fun!

 -Cameron

Sushi and I are carpooling (yeah for being neighbors!) so we will be coming in a tan Ford Taurus.

I will be bringing my swimming gear and wetsuit, but am prepared to not swim if it is terribly cold - supposed to get really cold tonight! 

We will see you all at 8AM - but Matt, like Sushi asked, is there a particular place to meet?  I assume at the beach somewhere... 

What a blast today!  Oh my goodness!

Thank you all so much for the wonderful supah-brick.

Here are some pictures of the day for ya'll:

Good job everyone!  And good luck at H-I-Tri next weekend!!!

I had a great time too.  My camera is flaking out on me right now, so I'll post up my pics later.

It was great to meet a bunch of new BT pals.  I think this just about tripled the number of MI BT'er that I've met! 

Train hard this week and I'll see everyone next Sunday.

Dudes, its cold.  Are we sure we want to do this?

Stalling, stalling, stalling.  My feet are cold.

Fine, lets go.  Jeez. 

This isn't so bad.  Has anyone turned into an ice cube yet?

Look, we know how to swim.  Big mean lifeguard hasn't kicked us out yet either.

We made it to the other side, sweet!  Wanna go again?

The Gang.

Water temp was 61 here on Holloway yesterday, what was the temp at Hawk Island?

Joe

I'm guessing it was about the same temp.  Maybe a little warmer.  It wasn't brutal.

If I didn't have a suit, I could do the 400 without much problem, but I'd do my best to acclimate to cold water through the week.  Stuff like ICE cold showers, perhaps taking a cold shower then jumping on the bike for a ten miler... stuff like that. 

Man, I love this sport!

No go on Wed, sorry.  We'll figure something out for Sunday so you know who to look for.