Hy-Vee Triathlon (Page 4)

I volunteered at Pigman.

Cool.  I was the really slow girl But it was a great race, so well organized, so punctual.  As for the volunteers, you guys were awesome!  Seriously I've never seen so many people willing to stand in the sun so that other people could have a good time.  Just out of curiosity, where were you stationed?  As to Hy-Vee, I really hope they work things out so that you guys can race given all the time, money, and effort you've put into this thing.

I was the guy on the out side of the rumbly part of the bike course - so when you were going up the hill - I was the last guy you saw and when you were coming back into the park, I was the first guy before the rumbles.

I know where you are talking about: thanks for looking out for us!  I remember that the rumbly stuff wasn't actually as bad to ride over as it looked, but it went on longer than I expected it to. 

Yeah - the site will be valley Southwods School - which is a 9th Grade Junior High.  No details on the course yet.  I will say that, in general, this will be a more hilly bike ride than the original course, just by where it is located and the fact that to the West of this location is Interstate 35.  All of the route will have to go North or West first before it can go anywhere else.  North will take it back to intersect with the original bke route, East will take it back towards downtown too.  Valley Southwoods is on top af a hill, so coming home on the bike is going o be uphill.

I'll try to lay the course out better when we get more details. 

Drew- good news is, that is very near the hotel I told you about.  You will go from having a good hotel that is a distance away from the course to a good hotel tht is less than a mile or so from the course.  Man, I'm so good to you

Yikes!  I thought I was undertrained before...........................

I will just Du the best I can! - pun intended

I'm curious, what are they going to do about the OTs?

I'm really sorry for you folks that got rained out of Copper Creek and are being cheating out of another tri thanks to the weather.  Why is it raining right now? 

wait, that just registered - the 10k first?

ok, I will really need to think about a strategy - not sure I have one, seriously I am so weak in the run - I've made a lot of progress but.................

wow

well, I'll do the best I can

No decision as of yet.  They are going to wait a little and see what hapens with Easter Lake and Copper Creek Lake.  I am going to try and get fairly near Gray's Lake and take a picture tomorrow.  It is mind blowing.

Well, at least I don't have to make room for my wet suit in my suitcase!!!  (Trying to see the bright side here)!

Beth...I think having the 10k first is better for you!!  You know you can run that, so just gut it out and get that done.  Then do your thing on the bike, and when it's time for the 5k, just do what you can do.  You might feel like you can run it! Or at least to some walk/run.  But at least you know you only have 3 miles left....and not a daunting 10k as the final leg.  I bet you will do better than you think!

good point!  and thanks

Wiil you marry me?

My opinion....from having done a couple of Du's in my lifetime...

Hold back a little on the first 10k.  Transitioning from RUN to BIKE is a lot different than Swim to Bike.  Cramping is a huge issue, not just to me but I've seen several athletes have this problem after sprinting a 10k then jumping on the bike.  Best bet is to do a short warm up before the race, then run the first 4-5 miles hard and back off the last mile or so to allow your legs and HR to recover.  Keep your Run cadence HIGH, just as if transitioning from T2 to the run.  T2 to the final 5k should be Ballz out.

Good luck everyone.

Official info is now up on the hy-vee triathlon website.  They say course maps should be up tomorrow.  They also said that they had not yet eliminated the swim for the elites.

http://www.hy-veetriathlon.com/ 

By the way....anyone from the Des Moines area able to tell me what major roadways are closed due to flooding?

I'm staying at the Hampton at 5001 Fleur Drive.  Any idea if I can get from the hotel to downtown and to and from the new race site?

I've called 15+ hotels on the West side and Urbandale and ALL are sold out.