Official Gulf Coast BT Meetup thread

I would suggest an early ocean swim to get acclimated to the morning water temps. as far as the ride, we could ride the run course and get a nice 10-12 mile ride in.

 There is a great seafood dive past the resorts that has awesome food and cheap beer...I'll get the name of the place. and post it today.

Alright, Y'all. It's race week. I will suggest that we meet up at the swim course start on Friday morning at 9am (rather than 10); that way, can get a quick swim in and then ride the run course down through the state park and still be back in time for packet pick up @ noon.

There is a pre-race pasta dinner on Saturday night (5:30pm); beachside at the Boardwalk.

 David

Yep - Pancakes are still on! So fill up your belly, and then we can swim afterwards (don't tell my mom, shemakes me wait 30 minutes after eating to swim!!!)

David

 I noticed in the email too that they said that the registration starts at 9:00 on Friday, but I checked the website and the event schedule there still says registration (package pickup) is from 12-9 on Friday.  If everything is the same as it has been for the past 2 years, then my guess is that you can't really register until noon.  Of course, I'd be happy if anyone wanted to write the RD and find out for sure.  I sure would like to get my package early!

Also, I'm definitely interested in swimming, but am thinking that I will be out there more in the 6:30 - 7:00 am range because I want to really get a feel for what the sun is like at the actual time that we are going to be taking off.  The past two years, I did a practice swim later and ended up with unexpected sun glare.  You would think I would learn.

As my group will be arriving late on Thursday night, I think I will opt out of an early swim. We'll still be swimming at 9am (although the point of race conditions swim is smart!) and then riding the running course.

David