Wilmington YMCA Triathlon : Official Thread

Ive done the swim before, the exit is at Seapath Towers, where is the park in relation to it. Im not familiar with it...

i got this same advice last year, probably from Nick, but kept getting pulled to the right by the current and never got near the red buoy.  However when I got between the red and green buoy I really felt the current.  So aim a little further left than you think you have to if you want to get to the red buoy and get the most help from the current.  I usually swim that distance in 40 minutes but it only took me 30 minutes due to the current and I was having hamstring issues that day and limped around the bike and run course.  THis year I wanted to redeem myself but it turns out that I'll be out of state that weekend.  I'm substituting the Shipwreck Sprinternational at Holden Beach.  The Wilmington YMCA is a great race, enjoy!

There's still some time and space to get into this race. I love the swim here. Looks like water temp is 79-81, I suppose a fluke in where they measure could show wet suit legal. http://www.cormp.org/ I'm kind of hoping not, but I definitely don't want to get surprised race morning.

Even though it hasn't filled, this will be the biggest race I've done sice doing this one in 2009. Not looking forward to getting up at 3am to drive down, but I can't wait to start the race.

I wonder how much cutting the corner at Wrightsville Ave is going to shorten the bike course. Water temp is 80*, I don't see it honestly dropping 2 degrees, but it really depends on where they measure it so I'll take the wetsuit just in case.

My race numer is 183. I'll be driving down race morning and racing with my niece (adult) doing her 1st race.

ETA: Woo hoo! I don't start until 7:10. It doesn't sound like much, but having missed my start time here, I can use an extra 10 minutes.

It looks like the 2012 bike course about 3/4 mile shorter than in past years.

The swim is actually pretty fast if you factor in the current. I went out this am and went from the Elbow (by the turn to the Oceanic) to Blockade Runner at 6:30. Low tide was at 5:35 (ocean side) this am so it wasn't pushing us too much. Hopefully it will be a bit better tomorrow, especially considering the fact that we'll be going across the channel and not parallel. 

Watch that water/air temp though. It was freaking cold this am!! Water felt good though once we got going. 

Does the shirt say 20K? We should just go with that, because then I made my goal.  Even calling it 12 is fine.

My Garmin is still in the car, but I'm going with 11.32 based on mapping it here for lack of anything better: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/map.asp?routeid=181397