Patriots Sprint : Official Thread

Sharron -

WELCOME!  Patriots will be my first triathlon in 2 years.  It is a very fun, easy race.  I would be glad to help you out with training if you are slow and not very dedicated, I am very much a casual athelete.

As for rides, Bike Beat (on Monticello by Target) has several women's only and mixed rides a week.  Tuesday is a Womens "hammerfest" at 6 pm and Thursday is a more comfortable ride (20ish miles, 16-18ish pace) at 6.  The shop has rides on Wed evening and Sat AM as well.  The weather is already nice enough to practice swimming...the currents are brutal!

Congrats on your first tri!  Feel free to PM me, as I don't often check this race board.

I have done this sprint the last two years and love it.

The only negative to the whole race (and it is a small negative) is the run from the swim to T1. depending on where the start is you eitehr have a long run or a really long run through the woods.

The race is very well run and very organized.

there is a woman named Miriam Trujillo (Sp?) that will be about 90 years old. she has done this race for years. she is like an eel through the water but slow on the run.

The last two years the crowd has gone absolutely bat poop crazy when she comes in to the finish.

I jokes with a friend of mine last year that she found the secret to getting tot he podium every time "she out lived all her competition.

I will be doing either this or the HIM the day before. good luck with your training and race. 

I have done this course several times. It's a great event for a first time tri.  Swim is generally minimal current, the bike course is pretty flat and the run course is nice with the use of the trail now (used to be a death march on the parkway an unshaded mess)

I live about 45 minutes from Williamsburg so I  don't go down there to train much but if a group is getting together I could possibly try to make it.

Welcome to BT!!

judi is LYING. 

I would never say Judi is lying (Mainly because I am terrified of her).

2 years ago it worked in my favor, last year it worked against me.

Lets me count the ways: You out swam me, biked me and out ran me. I got triple chicked before I got out of the blocks. BTW your e-mail got bounced back my wife is going to try sending the pics through the BT

I was #398 if you saw me out there.

That swim course change completely sucked.

I was #398 if you saw me out there.

That swim course change completely sucked.

What did they do to the swim?

Saw someone on the course that looked like you, Nicole!  She had a hot chili pepper visor on for the run and her body size / what I saw of her face looked a lot like you.