Ironman 70.3 Eagleman Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 8)

l am coming up from Hilton Head, SC. l have bad Achilles tendons and am doing the aquabike. 

l was going to post tonight to look for a bed. l do not think my wife is going to make it either.

email me and we can talk.

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Thanks,

Bubba Gillis

My training today was the Columbia Triathlon.

It went really well.  

I am very pleased with the effort and results.  I felt that I followed my race plan which was to get through the swim, not over bike, run well, and practice drinking/nutrition.  Met all of those goals.  These are my basic goals for Eagleman.  Although the run part will probably be changed a bit...like to "run sort of well".

Swim was in a yucky lake.  Bike course was very hilly, challenging, and thrilling.  Run course was partially in a park and partially through a neighborhood -- some good hills here too.

Given the course and other really fast women AG'ers, I did really well.  Here is my report.

The race has great race swag (it should given the registration fee).  A new tri duffle (it's so perfect), visor, bottle, shirt, and performance food samples.  I'm most excited about the duffle.  It's just perfect and will replace my daughter's swim backpack that I'm using.

This is a good boost of confidence leading into the last few weeks before Eagleman.

l am coming up from Hilton Head, SC.  Looking for someone going up from down here to share ride. Straight up I-95. Anyone from Fl, Ga, SC or eastern NC. 

Drove over 6 hours this past weekend each way for race and decided l can not handle 11 hours by myself each way. l do not think my wife can make it, so l am reaching out to all the wonderful triathlon people that might be in my same boat.

So...what is best sunscreen for jellyfish?  I have used SeaSafe on my kids.  Seems to work ok.

I swam face first into a big jelly two years ago in the Delaware Bay during a training swim.  Really, really startled me.  So much so that both calves cramped up for several minutes and I just had to tread water.  Headed to shore right away when I could.  Had stings across shoulders and arms.  Luckily my face hit the top hard part.  So it was just tingly for about an hour. That was the end of my training swims in the bay.

I tried Sea Safe a few weeks ago in the Gulf of Mexico; seemed to work, while not perfect, was a lot better than without.

I'm in one of the last waves, so maybe everyone else will clear a path?  Maybe this is one advantage of a late wave?

I was wondering the same thing.  Hopefully the waves in front of me clear some of that out of the way.  Does anyone remember the temp last year?  High 70s or 80s?  I can't remember. 

Well..... all the work is done.... Time to rest and recover for two weeks! OLE!

I think last year was right around 82 degrees. 

Science geek time:  Last year the bay and the tidal rivers were very fresh from lots of snowfall and a wet spring - keeping the nettle population low and delaying their arrival.  It's been pretty dry this year so far (and no snow) which usually means a good year for sea nettles.  Unfortunately this species of jellyfish also has the ability to encapsulate itself and sit on the bottom and wait for suitable conditions for at least a year, all the while reproducing - so wet, low jellyfish abundance years really means that the next dry year will likely see a large bumper crop of them...

http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/forecasting-sea-nettles//

Not too bad so far...