WHO'S RACING THIS WEEKEND?!

Race Name:  Tejas Triathlon

Location:  Sugar Land, Texas

Distance:  Sprint - 1/2 mile swim; 14 mile bike; 3 mile run

Goals:  I'd like to win the Clydesdale division, but who knows who else will show.  So my true goal is to finish in about 1:15 or better. 

Prerace jitters:  No.  Of course, I may have used up my yearly quota of jitters in April in Tempe.  And put it this way - If I do poorly in this race, it will most certainly *not* be on account of overtraining. 

I'm getting a good case of pre-race jitters.

• Lake Macatawa Tri
• Holland, MI
• .5mi swim, 22.8mi bike, 4.8 mi run
• Goal- not to make a fool of myself- my secret goal is to finish in 3 hours, but my realistic goal is to just finish.

The race is near my parents' home- 6 hours from here.  It's a real test of my organizational abilities to make sure I don't forget anything.

Race name:  King's Trail Triathlon

Location:  Maui, Hawaii

Distance:  Oly

Goals:  Finish!  I'm really hoping to finish around 2:45 or so...but we'll see how the heat and humidity play out. 

Do you have the prerace jitters yet?   Not about the race.  But I'm anxious to get to Maui and enjoy the warm weather!

Race Name: Thundergust Triathlon
Location: Parvin State Park, Pittsgrove, NJ
Distance: .4 mile/16 mile/4.5 mile
Goal: 2 hours

This is my first race, so I'm both excited and nervous. 

Race name: Great Midwest Relay
Location: Madison, WI to Chicago, IL 
Distance:  190 Miles (I will only be doing 3 legs of 11.2 / 6.2 / 11.9 )
Goals:  Run each leg at or below a 10:00min pace and not get injured.

Do you have the prerace jitters yet? Yes and No, I have signed up to run this for a team who had two women drop out last minute.  I have no real pressure since the run is part of my Taper for IMCDA.  I DO NOT want to get injured though and one of my legs is run at midnight on the bike trail so I have been a little nervous.  It is all good though. 

Good luck to all those triathletes who are racing this weekend!!

Ditto!!!

Add'l goals:

1) Don't DNF due to hamstring issues.

2) Check out the IM run course to find out how much lack of hill training is gonna burn me 7/24. 

ME ME ME!  I get to race Saturday!  yippee!

Saratoga Splash Triathlon

Saratoga Springs, UT (S of Salt Lake City a bit)

300 M swim, 13.1 Mile bike, 5K run

Goals:  Finish and not walk during run

Jitters?  No

Remember:  Suck it up, Buttercup!

• Race name: Reebok Women's Triathlon
• Location: Naperville Illinois
• Distance: Sprint
• Goals: Improve over last year's time. (1:41) so I'd ideally like to be in the 1:30's someplace. Anyplace. It's also my goal not to crash, because I'm going to be riding my bike hard... I'm going to try to build up a decent bank on the bike so I can take my time on the run and still (TRY) to meet my goal. (!!!)
• Do you have the prerace jitters yet? YES! Gastrointestinal distress! Already! I don't know why... I'm usually a bit freakish the week before the race... I'm oddly calm on race day.  Ugh.

Good Luck Everyone... Illinois girls, see you out on the course!

Whizzzzzzzzzz

That's going to be hot with all that fur, bear.

Whizzzzzz

You forget I shave everything not covered by my tri shorts. Of course, you can't really tell when I take my trishorts off...

I have a race tonight and a ride (non-competitive) this weekend.

Race name: Boulder Stroke and Stride
Location: Boulder, CO
Distance: 1500 m swim, 5k run (but due to injury, I'm skipping the run and DNFing)
Goals: Stay calm on the swim, improve my mental/emotional response to OW
Do you have the prerace jitters yet? Absolutely. I'm very nervous about OW, so I'm working on getting myself pumped up and excited for it.

Race name: Tour de Cure
Location: Loveland, CO
Distance: 75 miles biking, but more importantly, 3500 ft gain in the first half...
Goals: Get up there without dying, get down without crashing. I already reached my goal of raising over $500!
Do you have the prerace jitters yet? Yeah. I slacked off on biking last month, so I'm worried about how much it's gonna suck to get up there, though I know I'll make it.

Good luck to everyone racing!!!