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Michael-I am signing up today.  The event is run by "Team Magic" and there is a bunch of info on their website including course profiles.  We spend a good bit of time in Chattanooga since our son goes to school there.  I have not done the race before but finally feel that I am close to getting in race shape.  The transition/main area is downtown next to the river.  The swim will be downriver/with the current in the river so times should be good depending on the flow that day.  Bike will be on two lanes of four lane separated highway-pretty much out and back.  No real steep climbs but some long gradual ascents-this is my concern as we have very few hills down here in South Alabama.  Run will be through part of downtown and along sidewalk that runs along the river-a few challenging hills.  The downtown "Riverwalk" area of Chattanooga is really nice and the transition area and activities will be there.  Lots of shops, restaurants and parks.  Did a tri put on by Team Magic at the Gulf last Sept and they did a good job.

Will look forward to meeting you there!  Let me know if you need more specific info about the area-hotels etc..... Any other takers??? We love Chattanooga and the city has done an outstanding job of revitalizing the downtown/riverfront area. 

Randy

Congrats Sylvian.  Isn't finishing just a wonderful feeling.  Are you hooked?

4th in your AG that is wonderful.  Look forward to reading your Race Report.  Nice Job!!!!!

Sylvain-great job!  Looking forward to the full report.

Michael-look forward to seeing you in Chattanooga.  If you are still having hip problems and cant run I'll volunteer my son to do the run in a 2 person relay.  He would probably go 34-36 for 10k   Hopefully, you will be well healed before the race. 

Good training week for me.  8100 yards swimming; 83 miles biking at moderate to hard intensity and 21 miles running.  By far the best week I have had since the hamstring problem that popped up in Jan.  Now, if it would just cool off down here!  Too many days of 95+ degrees ans heat index at 105+.    

Randy   

Michael-that is an outstanding result given the hip injury.  Glad you are not in my AG for Chattanooga.  Maybe I will do the relay with my son as the I could pick up 20 minutes on the run Chattanooga is a qualifier for Age Group Nationals-with the numbers you hit today you have a good chance to qualify with a solid race.

Everyone-if you are looking for swim or bike workouts take a look at www.tripower.org Its free.  This is a site run by Mike Plumb a run/tri coach.  Under the "forum" section Mike posts weekly swim and bike workouts for anyone to use.  Typically he will post 2-3 bike workouts and now posts 3 sets of swim workouts for different distance levels.  The bike workouts are better suited for trainer/rollers given the intervals.  

Hope everyone has a good week.

Randy