2007 Races - BTer's - who's doing what this year?? (Page 2)

Milton Try-a-tri, June
Niagra Sprint, July
Toronto Island, Aug
Montreal, Sept

Can't wait!

I'm considering the Muskoka course too! Just as a confidence builder before the Peterbourogh 1/2 IM.

Anyone have any info on the Muskoka course?

..timmy

I personally love this race and will be there this year too.  Its my hometown course, which may be why I like it so much.  You can expect a nice swim (conditions vary depending on the weather/wind) with a mass start (by gender and age group) from a sandy beach.  Comming out of the water is a (brutal) run up a grass hill to T1.  The bike is hilly and an out and back course (watch out for the speed bumps)  The run has a few small inclines with one larger towards the end of the course.  No traffic to worry about on the run as its the conservation area on a paved path..  Great police on the bike course and its very well run, staffed and food is super.  Quite a few people on here have done this race in the past so they may be able to add more than what Ive written.  Generally a very popular race.

Its not that bad   Not pancake flat, but not climbing mountains either   Just try to work on using your gears to your advantage (spinning up hills) and do a few bike-run bricks before race day and you'll be great!  If you are still concerned check out the race website, look at the bike course map, go to Guelph and ride the course.  You might even be able to get some elevation info by putting the route into G-maps (or something similar) and then you can compare the hills to ones in your area. 

Have a great race!  Let us know how things go.

So far only signed up for and completed Victoria's Du. Was my first Du this season and I found it tough. I had a great time though. Great weather and a great event, well run and supported. Finished way back in the pack, had some challenges in the transition and the bike segment was hillier than I expected. Overall a great experience thought.

 I am thinking about doing the C3 Brampton Sprint at end of June as my first Tri of the season. Have already done a 1/2 Mara, a 10k and 8k and a 5k runs this year, so am now getting ready for the Tri's.

Thanks. I wrote up a race report that is in the race report section of the forum.

 Basically I had some issues with having to put on a long sleeved shirt (it was cooler out) and them with cycling gloves in the first transition. The second I had similar problems with the gloves (getting them off) and then having to undo my running shoes so that I could get into them properly. It's all good experience, so if I can help, that's good.

Oh yeah, definitely agree on that one.

 A question though: I passed a guy on one of the downhills on the bike and then on the uphill he shouted as he passed "sure way to go pass me on the downhill". Am I being overly sensitive or is there and etiquette thing that I violated here? It sounded like he was little peeved with me, so don't know if, due to the drafting rules, it's an etiquette rule that you don't pass on the downhills?

 Just a thought.

 Thanks,