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Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: waskelton on 2011-03-07 9:58 AM
Who's racing this year?
Edit: I may have created this for last year's race.
Edited by waskelton 2011-03-07 9:59 AM
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: Curtisb on 2011-03-07 2:11 PM
I'm doing it. I had a blast last year.
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: ColdBrew on 2011-03-07 9:03 PM
I plan on being there, I have never run it before -
RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: msteiner on 2011-03-08 4:40 PM
I'll be there. Looking forward to blasting my time from last year. -
RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: rowotter on 2011-03-09 7:53 AM
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...
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: mashmead on 2011-03-09 10:47 AM
I'm planning on racing it. It'll be my 2nd oly and the first time at this particular race. Seems like a pretty straightforward course, anything unique about it other than the swim being shorter than most olys? -
RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: waskelton on 2011-03-09 1:15 PM
rowotter - 2011-03-09 7:53 AM
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...
I'm sure it is to not scare away too many non-swimmers.
I agree though, If the swims were longer I might not get passed quite so soon on the bike by the rest of my wave!
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: waskelton on 2011-03-09 1:18 PM
mashmead - 2011-03-09 10:47 AM
I'm planning on racing it. It'll be my 2nd oly and the first time at this particular race. Seems like a pretty straightforward course, anything unique about it other than the swim being shorter than most olys?
The swim is in the aptly named... "Muddy Ross" Don't expect to see anything underwater, not even your elbow.
The bike is pretty fast, depending on the wind, and the run is an out and back with the "out" being, overall, slightly uphill. That makes for a nice "back"
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: rowotter on 2011-03-09 3:47 PM
waskelton - 2011-03-09 1:15 PM I agree though, If the swims were longer I might not get passed quite so soon on the bike by the rest of my wave!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!
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: Mary A on 2011-04-04 12:47 PM
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!
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: peewee on 2011-04-05 8:18 AM
rowotter - 2011-03-09 7:53 AMI'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...
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.
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: sesh on 2011-04-05 8:36 AM
peewee - 2011-04-05 8:18 AMrowotter - 2011-03-09 7:53 AMI'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...
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.
Awesome. We need a true OLY in the area.
I also dropped some strong hints to a buddy that works for Start2Finish that our area lacks a true OLY and some late season events. I hope he was listening. A fall OLY in the Jackson area would get a lot of participation. -
RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: waskelton on 2011-04-05 8:42 AM
Mary A - 2011-04-04 12:47 PM
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!
Awesome!
Hope it's going well! We'll need to organize an open water swim closer to race time if there aren't any already happening.
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: waskelton on 2011-04-05 8:44 AM
peewee - 2011-04-05 8:18 AM
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.
Sounds great! With the addition of one more good race we'll have a good local tri season!
Let us know when you get more details!
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: rowotter on 2011-04-05 10:59 AM
sesh - 2011-04-05 8:36 AM Awesome. We need a true OLY in the area.
I also dropped some strong hints to a buddy that works for Start2Finish that our area lacks a true OLY and some late season events. I hope he was listening. A fall OLY in the Jackson area would get a lot of participation.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.
Edited by rowotter 2011-04-05 11:01 AM
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: peewee on 2011-04-05 1:02 PM
rowotter - 2011-04-05 10:59 AMsesh - 2011-04-05 8:36 AM Awesome. We need a true OLY in the area.
I also dropped some strong hints to a buddy that works for Start2Finish that our area lacks a true OLY and some late season events. I hope he was listening. A fall OLY in the Jackson area would get a lot of participation.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.
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: Mary A on 2011-04-05 2:36 PM
Yeah, i'm not to HIM status yet, but I'm game for a fall oly! -
RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: sesh on 2011-04-05 3:52 PM
rowotter - 2011-04-05 10:59 AMsesh - 2011-04-05 8:36 AM Awesome. We need a true OLY in the area.
I also dropped some strong hints to a buddy that works for Start2Finish that our area lacks a true OLY and some late season events. I hope he was listening. A fall OLY in the Jackson area would get a lot of participation.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.
It's been an idea tossed around by the Heat. It's just too big of an animal for the club to take on at the moment. It would be freaking awesome though, and it's in the back of our minds. -
RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: rowotter on 2011-04-06 10:12 AM
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.
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RE: Heatwave Classic Triathlon : Official Thread
BY: mashmead on 2011-04-06 1:11 PM
waskelton - 2011-04-05 8:42 AMMary A - 2011-04-04 12:47 PMAwesome! Hope it's going well! We'll need to organize an open water swim closer to race time if there aren't any already happening.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!
An organized OWS would be great. I'm sure somebody is doing it somewhere, I heard about some last year.