Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 Triathlon (Page 7)

Freakin' beautiful out.  I'd take a replicate of today.  Which, is pretty much exactly what it was like last year.

I would like a venti mocha latte, paulie, is that ok?

btw, i have no idea what that means up there, I don't do coffee. 

I find it ironic that the ferret doesn't do coffee.  

I've been informed that I'm leaving really early so we can be there to swim on Friday. Thank god, that's the one thing I can do without training.

And I'll watch you all drink the coffee, Vaya Con Cornholio style. Heh.

Oh, don't kid yourself. I'm caffeinated...but by cherry pepsi, leaded please 

 Rockstar with a Cherry Pepsi mixer?

I dare ya.... 

I was out at lunch. It's hot, but no different from last year.  I'd say its a typical midwestern summer day.  Very little wind.  It will be in our face if it's out of the S, SSW or SW.   We'll just have to see come race day.  Although the predictions lately have been 8-12mph.

Here are some photos I took during my lunch hour at the race site - to get you all psyched up!!!

umm, ok, yeah.  Now I know I just felt that growing ball in my stomach tighten....

The pic's are great, can't wait to see it in person tomorrow. 

Hi-

I'm a beginner and finished my first sprint earlier this month.  I live in the St. Joe/BH area...you guys need any kind of area information-decent hotels, restaurants, etc.?

And you guys rock...I hope to do an Olympic someday but have a lot of work to do

Are we meeting up at the site for the swim/bike tomorrow?  If so, I would assume the swim finish so we don't need to walk to the start.

We are leaving at 6 central time, so I will hopefully be rolling in around midnight.

Looking forward to meeting all of you since this is the first race I have done that I dont know at least 5-10 people doing the race.

I did do the Firecracker...it was my first.  The swimming is my worst part...lol  I didn't have a wetsuit (my friend was going to mail me hers and it didn't get there).  Wow was it cold!  So a pathetic second to last after the swim, but I passed people the rest of the way to finish.  That uphill sand at the end was mean-LOL.

I did it on a $100 Mt. Bike and had no specialized equipment.  (I wanted to make sure I liked it before I bought anything major.)  I finished 10 min. faster than my goal.  I'm hooked.  I'm also doing the Super-Sprint in Niles (really little) on Aug 30.

I'm hoping to work on my swimming this winter to gear up for next year.  I'm also going to work on some more weight training to strengthen my core.  I think that will help to make my run faster.   I also got a faster bike.  I average almost 4 mph faster than my tri.

I think triathletes are the nicest and thanks so much for the support. 

Friday, August 1 Pre-race Info 

11am - Swim:   Meet on the West (beach-facing) side of the Gazebo on South End of Expo.  This is where body-marking takes place.

Noon - Short bike ride:  Meet at the volunteer parking lot near the park entrance (gatehouse).  This is the grassy lot just North of this year's transition area.  This was the T-area in 2007.  We'll then be "wheels-up" at 12:10 to ride the run-portion of the course.  See the green dot on this map: Steelhead Transition Area

6:30pm - Dinner at Papa Vinos 1332 Hilltop Road St. Joseph, 269-983-9900:  This is a confirmed reservation for 8 people under "Beginner Triathlete."  kdogtoo (2), BamBam, McFuzz, pshorty are all "in" with room for 3 more.