ADPi-athlon: A Unique Triathlon Challenge : Official Thread (Page 3)

 Bike route is NOT blocked off but a good course, nice rollers, etc. They do the best they can to control the traffic but the roads are not closed, you have the standard Police assistance, etc.

LOoks like they reversed the direction of the run this year as compared to last.. looks the same otherwise though.

Pretty smooth operation last year though.

Musicman, how many halfs have you done?  What shape are you in?  How competitive are you?  Do you want to have fun or post really good numbers at your first tri?

ADPiathlon is a great first tri if you aren't really trashed by a half.  My running chops have improved to the point I can do a half and not feel like it the next day.  If that's you, then standing and watching others do this tri will make you wish you'd participated.  But if you're going to beat yourself up mentally if you don't do your best or have good times, then just come watch and cheer us on! 

I'm confused.  According to the MTSU REC-Center website, the pool is 25 yards long and 36 yards wide.  I assume each lane would be about 3 yards wide making 12 lanes total.  If it's a snake swim this would be exactly 300 yards (25 x 12).  Where do the 28 more yards come into play? 

I think you should go for it!  It's a small crowd, it's very flat, and the distances are shorter than some of the other local sprints.  Just stretch out well after the Oak Barrel (I hear there's a sizeable hill), do you do the ice bath thing (?), and wake up Sunday and say to yourself "Self, I think I'll go for a little swim today, then maybe I'll ride my bike a bit, then perhaps a 3.14 mile jog to finish my day!"

It'll be a nice way to get your feet wet in this whole tri business. 

Looks like we are rolling down there and bringing a couple people with us. 

Are we going full mankini's for this early season race? 

Thongs.  One criteria - you must be 60 to 100 lbs overweight to wear one.

Now I have a question about the bike course.  Is the first half mile of the bike course the same as last year?  What I'd like to know is how they handle the outbound and return traffic on the same road for the last half mile?  Since the basic loop is clockwise, that means that if the cyclists are staying to the right they cross each other at the intersection of Alumni Dr and City View Dr.

The fastest riders should take about 25 minutes to finish.  That would be somewhere around 29 minutes after race start for the first rider.  The swimmers, if they start 5 seconds apart can go 12 per minute.    Perhaps the last athletes will be out of T1 and past the 1/2 mile mark before then?

Right now it looks as if the weather is going to cooperate with us.

Day
Partly Cloudy High 73°F Precip 0% Wind: From SSE at 11 mph Humidity: 56% UV Index: 7 High   Sunrise: 6:29 AM CT Avg. High: 66°F Record High: 84°F (1957)

Not sure, but you've also got to show a Photo ID.  The only thing I can think of is that they want to be sure the same person who picked up the packet is the same person who's racing. 

it's to get your chip. Raceday events doesn't give out chips the day before.

It'll probably be warmer than it was last year coming out of the water.. I remember driving over there on 840 and was hitting some areas where it was in the low 30s.. was like WTF!

fingers crossed.

Well I ran Oak Barrel today, 1:57:53, which is a PR. I'm thrilled. I'm feeling pretty good so unless I wake up in the morning unable to move, I'll be there. It may not be pretty but I'll finish.

Will be in a a red/white shirt.