2016 70.3 St. George Introductory and Admin Thread

Brenda Ross

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Gabe Peterson

Hey team...this will be my third year racing St George. I live in Utah near SLC, and plan to go down to St George the weekend of April 22-24 for a tri camp put on my my local super active Salt Lake Tri Club.

This is my favorite HIM course. But as Rich said last year, it's more like a 3/4 Ironman. It's a beautiful but tough course, especially the run. I love having it to open my season because it scares the sh*t out of me to train hard. Feel free to hit me up with questions.

Dana Burns

So I guess it's time t register since I have my room reserved, oh and I need to submit my 2016 race plan. Yeah, my new job is keeping me busy!

This is a challenging race, but so fun looking forward to a repeat memorable experience.

Dana

Brent Bills

Gave, let me know when you get to st George. I would love to hook up for a bike or run.

Michael Quinton

Looking forward to this race! A late addition to the '16 race plan but it seems like a great way to open the season and take advantage of the awesome AZ weather to train in this time of year. I used to visit this part of the country when I lived in Park City 5 years back and look forward to taking the awesome views this course has in store.

Gabe Peterson

Brent...I'll be down in St George Friday, April 22 through the weekend for a tri camp.  Below is the info if you're interested in joining.  I believe the Southern Utah Tri Club is one of the sponsoring clubs, if you're a member.  I'm joining via SLTC. 

http://www.saltlaketriclub.com/2016-utah-tri-club-camp/

Brent Bills

Gabe, I am not a member of SUTC. I work at T2, and have a state park pass for Snow Canyon and Sand Hollow. Would love to join up for the Snow Canyon loop, and course run. They are my lunch time pricatice ride and run. If you need to put something in the fridge or freezer let me know.

Gabe Peterson

@Brent, great riding with you!  And special thanks for the bag of ice!  That was one HOT run.  By the halfway point, it was just a bag of water.

A couple of my observations from the tri camp this weekend:

• This race is still all about the run.  We did it Friday evening with the mercury pushing 87F.  I haven't run when the temperature was greater than 70F is several months.  The ice at the aid stations every mile on race day is so money.  I carried my own nutrition and a bag of ice from Brent.  I had smoke pouring out my ears my the end.  It took a milkshake from Iceberg to revive me.  Hope everyone has been running hills -- down hill too.
• The first 7 miles coming out of T1 has new chip seal.  It was very rough.  I didn't feel very comfortable in aero because the front was buzzing.
• Let's hope it isn't windy.  We had 30+ MPH winds Friday and Saturday.  It was all I could to avoid getting pitched off my bike descending back into town from Snow Canyon on Friday afternoon.  I bailed on that part of the ride on Saturday because I didn't think it was worth risking crashing.  Sand Hollow turns into a real adventure in the wind.  It was tough slogging through the chop.

The good news is the way-to-early weather forecast predicts race day temperatures in the low 70F range.  The last two years it broke 90F on the run.  Let's hope that forecast holds.

Gabe Peterson

Are there plans for a dinner Friday night?

Brent Bills

I can geet reservations if there is interest.

Alvin Hom

Hey guys! Ok looking at the weather forcast it looks to be cooler. Yay! Last year was so hot! I'm wondering if you guys are doing for prep for this race? Should I leave the wheel cover off? Should I pack a rain jacket for the bike?

I'm renting the same house again this year a couple of blocks from the village with a few other non-EN athletes. A meetup before andor after would be great! (House has a pool for after race plunge... if it's not too cold!) I think we are going to BBQ after the race there if peeps want to come over. This is the link to the house we are staying: http://www.greenemanor.com/

Last year we missed out on the EN prerace meal and went to Chuck-O-Rama for pre-race. I know what you guys are thinking, buffet not a good idea.... but it was great! Picked smart stuff like fish, chicken, rice, fresh baked rolls, pasta, etc. I liked it better than a heavy pasta meal at an Italian place.

Gabe Peterson

@Brent, it would be great to have an EN meetup. I'm not sure I'm on-board with Alvin's recommendation of Chuck-O-Rama though. Perhaps you know a good place, since you're local. It doesn't look like we have quite the team of EN all-stars that we had last year, but it would still be fun to meetup. Early is better.

@Alvin, it would be great to hang after the race and re-hydrate. I'm guessing it's a bunch of the PTC crew.

Alvin Hom

Well let me know what you guys do and if it's Thursday or Friday.

Brent Bills

Alvin, I drive past that house every day back and forth to work. If anyone wants to drop buy and say high I will be at the school district office until 2pm tomorrow ( t2 is in our parking lot) and at the tri kids fun run booth until 4:30.
If anyone is interested in dinner Friday night their is a pizza pasta place just east of the st George boulevard exit called Brick Oven. I can get reservations for 6:30.

Gabe Peterson

@Brent, that would be great! I saw Coach P setup GroupMe for texts this morning. You might want to send a note out there.