Tri For Sight, Lexington

My wife and I are gonna do the Du together. I've done the tri twice before. That pool swim is hectic, but I liked the bike and run. Signing up is on the to-do list for today.

Either this one or the one in Danville.  Don't know as of yet.

I have done this one a few times and it is a great race once you get out of the pool! It is crazy packed in the pool and just not a lot of fun, but the bike and run are great.

I think I am going to skip it this year and do the Morehead Eagle Tri at Cave Run Lake... don't get too many open water swim opportunities around here so I am going to take it.

Good luck

The pool swim part of it is why I'm on the fence.    I've only done 3...all OWS. 

Edited by M-shell 2009-08-24 11:31 AM

I did the Tom Sawyer and Tri Indy and am done Tri racing for year.  My training now is focused on the Louisville Half Marathon in about 6 weeks, and staying in shape for Old KY home bike tour and Hilly Hundred tour this fall.

The Tom Sawyer was a pool/snake swim and I found it much easier than the psuedo OWS at Tri Indy.  I'm a slow swimmer and seeded myself accordingly, leading to my only complaint - the amount of time I had to wait to start. 

Chris

Since its an 800 swim, there is 2 way traffic in each lane and you snake. So down, back, under is the progession obviously. You start about every 3-5 seconds. If everyone seeded themselves accordingly, it would be a breeze, but thats not the case. Its a fun race and I would definitely do it this year, but I haven't been in a pool in 3 months.

I watched this race last year.  A pool swim is always a bummer imo.  The run from the pool to the bike area has to make this one of the longest T1's around.

But, based on what I saw and everyone I spoke with, the race is a lot of fun and VERY well organized.

I should probably do one in a pool just for the experience, but I really prefer the open water swims too wiky.  Good luck to you in the IM by the way.