Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread

I'm doing it. I had a blast last year.

I'm considering it. 

Any reason why that don't make it a true olympic length?  It drives me nuts that so many of the swims are reduced for no apparent reason.  Heart of Dixie comes to mind...

Ha!  The first triathlon I did was Dragonfly-I did pretty well in the water, yet because of that I did not pass a single person the rest of the day.  Wasn't fun!

Planning on it being my first oly distance...well at least for the bike/run distances anyway.  Started week 2 of my training plan today!

Hold your horses till later in the summer, we are trying to put together a true Olympic distance in Vicksburg to benefit our local swim team.

I am racing Kansas the week after the heatwave and my boss wants to do a relay team so I am going to bike for the team this year.

Yes-I agree.  I'll sign up now for a fall Jackson-area olympic.  Preferably one with the full swim...

Do you know what our area REALLY needs?  A FALL HALF-IRON DISTANCE. 

That would be jam up.

Glad to hear it.  We've developed a nice little group of triathletes up here in the Delta-I think we would have 5-10 people interested in completing a local HIM.

An organized OWS would be great.  I'm sure somebody is doing it somewhere, I heard about some last year. 

I would do it.  I've never done one but I'd sign up without hesitation.  I say that now... 

This is a notice from the group 'Mississippi Heat Regular Workouts':

We had a great first week of scheduled group workouts!  We had a much larger than expected 
group at Reunion for the swim last Monday, working on sighting and getting comfortable in the 
water.  Last Tuesday\'s track workout was fun with running a few 800s, based on fitness levels.  
On Thursday\'s group ride we had over 10 people, from the first time rider to some fast athletes!  
We had something for everyone!

The Thursday ride will change to 5:30 to allow those beginner riders more daylight to complete 
the route.

Weather Note:  If there is lightning, or conditions that could produce lightning, the workout will 
be cancelled.

1.  Open Water Swimming    We\'ll work on either endurance swimming, developing speed in open
     water, or just being comfortable in open water if that\'s your struggle.
  
    When:  Monday evenings, 5:45pm
    Where:  Reunion Lake

2.  Track/Brick Workout on Track.  We\'ll either do a track workout or you can bring your trainer 
     and we\'ll do a brick repeat workoutt to help train your legs to make the adjustment from 
     cycling to running faster. 

   When:  Tuesday Mornings, 5:15am
   Where:  Madison County High School Track*

*We could move this to Jackson Prep if there are more people in the Flowood/Brandon/etc area 
that would like to participate than from the Madison/Ridgeland area.

3.  Group Brick.  Starting out we\'ll do the Soulshine-Pocahontas out-and-back route, but may 
     make modifications to keep it fresh.  I will provide route sheets for the new people.  Optional 
     run afterward will range from 10min-30min.  

    When:  Thursday Evenings.  Meet at 5:15, wheels down at 5:30.  
    Where: Soulshine Parking lot (south end of parking lot)

Might try to make it out there on Monday nights.  Thanks for posting!