Galena Triathlon : Official Thread (Page 2)

Pfft... I survived Spirit of Racine last year.  I can survive a little swim in Galena. 

Actually, if I get a change to get acclimated for a little bit, the cold doesn't bother me. Heck, it makes me swim a bit faster so I can get out of the water faster. 

Pfft.  It's a short swim, just hammer it and you won't have time to get cold. 

It's a fun race, I'll do it again sometime.  Somehow I managed to be in 2nd overall position out of the water ( 1st wave ) when I did it.  Nailing the turns around the buoys is key.  That was a pretty cool freakin' experience ( to be up at the front on the pointy end of things ).  Had a couple people go by on the bike, but held my own pretty good.  Sadly, it was a planned DNF since I had an achilles problem so my race ended at T2. 

Stayed the night before at one of the B&B's in the area.  It was perfect, and a great little weekend escape. 

Oh I'll definitely be hammering it.  Shooting for 10 minutes, if I can.

That's what the wife and I are doing.  Although we are actually staying at Eagle Ridge till Sunday.  Making it a nice 3-day weekend get away.  I'm going to be taking advantage of a massage on Sunday myself.

Hiya folks.  Looks like we might be in for some interesting weather on Saturday. 

Oh, and water temp is now at 62.  BALMY! 

Scott Goehner, In Laws In Lena IL, M 25-29, blue and white Cervelo P2K with tri-spoke and disc cover, Tri Donkai race uniform. 

Looking forward to the race, Hope to be out of the water under 9, so hopefully I won't be too frozen.  Weather Channel is calling for 50% of isolated storms with high of 71 and low of 44, so we will see what we get.

With the water temp as it is now, I'm not that worried about it.  Now, though, it is the rain.  I'll be driving the bike course Friday so I can get a feel for it.  I did SoR last year on wet pavement.  Actually did a fishtail through one turn.  Scared the bejeesus out of me.

Either way, I'm looking to make the most of this race.  Going to be the hilliest I've ever done. 

Was thinking of rolling down some arm warmers and have them ready on the bike if it is cool that morning.  But if it is raining, it would be kind of a waste of time, don't you think?

I don't know if it would be a waste of time to have the armwarmers, even if they are wet they will probably help keep you warmer than if you didn't have then. 

Good point.  And at least they are easily removable IF it gets warmer. 

Well, after a slightly cool ride the other night, I think I've decided I'm going to wear arm warmers on the bike.  At least I can always roll them down and take them off if I get too hot.

I'm pretty excited about this race.  I've heard so many good things about it AND how hard it is.  I'm no rookie (12 tri's under my belt) but I'm starting to get that rookie feeling.  Which I love.  Probably why I keep putting myself through this pain. 

But by tomorrow night, I'll have calmed down.  I'll start my pre-race routine tonight (yep, I start two nights before by packing), and all of that will have me ready and focused come Saturday morning.  I do the same thing every time before races and it helps me get rid of any jitters. 

Looking forward to meeting y'all.