Paris Mountain Triathlon (Page 2)

after thinking about this a while, if it was guaranteed to be a duathlon id probably sign up.  i was hesitant on the tri because of the cold water to begin with; plus getting rid of my weakest leg wouldn't hurt my chances any :P

If you have not done this race before stick it out even if it is a duathlon...it is worth it.  It is a big test for your bike/run skills. 

As i said, I have only done it once the very first year...the swim was so short it might as well just been a duathlon.  It really is a fun race though, the bike section is tough until you get the Altimont Dr. then is is ROUGHT!.  The run portion is nice and smooth the first 1.5 miles...then it gets ROUGH!  We did not get into this sport to take the easy way out...GO FOR IT, CRUSH IT, HAVE A GREAT TIME and report back with results!!!

Funny, I was thinking the same thing in your case.

If you decide not to do the race but still want to ride Paris Mountain let me know. I was planning to start at the Caine-Halter Y around 10:30 once it warms up a little and then do a short run on the SRT after the ride. I am going to be at training pace since I have Charleston coming up in 2 weeks and don't want to beat myself up too bad at this point. You can feel free to drop me anytime.

Don't worry about it.  This would not have been a good swim to judge your hardwork off of if you ask me.  It is too short and very shallow at the beginning...you could wade out a decent ways....

Kust use Clemson, that is going to be my first race of the season.

Yea, I'm definitely still in.  This may be better for me anyway, as I'm still getting over a cold and struggling with allergies, so 60 degree water followed by a soaked bike ride wouldn't be the best for me.  At least this way I can bike warm.  I've wanted to tackle this course for a couple years and especially now since this will be the last year this is the last shot.  A 500 yard swim doesn't add a whole lot to the challenge, so adding 8 minutes of swimming to the beginning wasn't going to change the rest of the race.  

Should be a hell of a challenge that I'm looking forward to!

didn't they do it in july last year?  was cancelled then too....

did they mention if it would be a r/b/r or just a b/r duathlon?

"As of right now we expect the event to be held as a Bike-Run time trial start duathlon. As mentioned above, there is a strong possibility both the sprint and international distance events will be changed to a Bike-Run Duathlon time trial start event.  If water temperatures do not rise above 61 degrees by 7AM on Saturday we will change to this format.  All athletes will start numerically with the international distance starting at 8AM and sprint distance athletes starting at 8:15AM.  Open athletes will start first in each distance followed by age group athletes."

The bike isn't too bad, there are some steep parts, but they're short, so you can make it, no problem. If you have the day free, it should be fun enough. 

Agreed, you can make it through the bike.  The climb is 1100' feet over 2.2 miles.  Rough yes but still achieveable.  The run is the same.  The first 1.5 miles is small rolling hills.  I used to run that park twice a week including the trail during cross county in high school.  It is a really nice run the first 1.5 miles with the climb starting at Sulfur Springs.  It is worth the time.

It is a bummer that they canceled the swim this year but with the lower then normal temps we are experiencing you run that risk, especially this early in the season.

Good luck to everyone racing!