St. Anthony's Triathlon : Official Thread

I think less likely this year, though. Since it's going to be part of the new 5150 series, they'll probably go with the new WTC temperature standard of 76.1°. Additionally the race is a week later than usual to avoid Easter weekend. It may be tough for them to find a shady spot that cool, no matter how hard they look.

YES! Get up early (or stay up late) to get signed up for the race the day registration opens. I am always on the computer at 8:55 am on Dec 1st and I know I have LOTS of company at that time

But well worth it. This is one of my all time favorite races. Great expo, well managed race, good scenic route for the most part. The only downfall is the long wait for your wave to start and the other long wait to get your bike out of transition. Other than that I can't say enough good things about St Anthony's! Have fun!!!

This is a fantastic race.  Lived in FL for years and have done this for the last 4.  I now live in TN so my St. A's will be few and far between, but I highly reccomend it if you want a big, well run race experience on an amzingly fun course.  The swim is challenging and unpredictable, the bike just kicks butt and is such a blast and the run is scenic and flat, but HOT...  I highly doubt it will be wetsuit legal by May, but it will be super, super, super hot by the time you run.

I would not worry too much about the race leadership changing, not a big coincidence that the St. A's race director is named Philip LaHaye and the Director of Social Media for WTC (Ironman) is named Blair LaHaye... (husband/wife).  The race management has overlapped for St. A's and Clearwater 70.3 Worlds since they brought that race to Clearwater (and until they take it away in 2011).  St. A's and WTC has been joined at the hip for years, Steve Meckfessel (COO of WTC) was the RD for St. A's for years.  I really think this is all a good thing for St. A's,  Philip puts on a great race and WTC has the dough to make it better assuming they do not jack the entry fees...  Wish it fit into my schedule and travel budget this year!

PS - It should be open season to b!tch slap any person sporting an i-dot tattoo after any of these 5i50 races... just sayin'...

Yea, it's crazy.  I just "can't" miss any of those events.  And there is a sprint tri at Crystal River on the 28th...  hmmm....  DOH! 

I can't recomend St. Anthony's enough though.  Some people questioned (slightly) my decision to do it as my second tri, but I'm really glad I did it.  And I can't wait to do it again.  This time it will be the warm up for the main event instead of the main event though.  My heart rate is up just thinking about it. 

Jay