Tri-Historic McKinney Triathlon

I did this last year - the bike has some hills - the issue is coming down some then turning 90 degrees to climp another - not bad.  The swim is a 25m lanes - difficult to pass.  The run is nice, not allot of hills.  I would do this but it is the day after the Jimmy Buffett concert - sorry.

I am considering signing up today...Brian will be out of town so I would be racing solo.  I don't know if I can do that!

I'll be there.  (In my green/black Javelin outfit.)  I raced it last year also.

Comments about the bike course so far are fair -- half country roads, half regular.  There's one particularly gravelly/bumpy road out at the furthest portion of the course.  The 90-degree turns are there, so be careful -- because they are country roads, they can be gravelly in the turns.  I'm usually pretty aggressive in the corners (hence my broken elbow in a race last year), but I took it easy on this course.

I actually thought the run was a little hilly.  Not hard or particularly steep, but more consistently rolling (or at least inclined), until you got to the last 3/4 mile.  One (minor) warning - if you are a taller athlete, the run goes through a  foot tunnel under a street in the last 1/2 mile.  It's only 30' long or so,  but I remember it being a little short, height-wise.  I didn't have to hunch as I went through, but I think some did.

Wind might not be a terrible issue.  A lot of the roads on the bike course is tree-lined, which breaks up the wind a little.  Also, it's pretty windy, so you won't be battling the same wind for a long stretches of time.  The run course is through neighborhoods and tree-lined greenbelt, so same thing.

Tonight, I registered for this race.  See you guys there.

TJ