anyone doing any of the elite energy tri's

Hey mate,

I did my first Sprint race ever at Forster on Saturday (and all my swim squad pacing went out the window as I got caught up in the moment and went flat out in the first 200m...that was a mistake!!! lol

Watched my mate race the Ultimate and Sunday was a perfect day, except for a bit of wind.  I havent been to Huskisson, but they are talking it up as another Huskisson. It had about 870 registered for both days and believe next year will be bigger and better.  Its definitely a good course!  Am looking to do another 1 in the next couple of months and possibly travel to Huskisson as well.

On an organisational note they are definitely well organised (although there were a few issues at the bike turnaround points.) but overall pretty well organised.

Nice work on your first tri mate.

I'm doing the races in Nowra, Wollongong and Port Stephens organised by Elite Energy, their events always seem well organised. I'll be doing the Sprints in Nowra and the Gong, and Olympic in Port.

I was down at Huskisson as the support crew for the brother-in-law who did the Olympic distance. Looked like a great event, I'll add that to the calendar for next year.

Any more planned?

ill be doing the club distance at callala and have entered the oly at port stephens.

Dextro ITU sydney opens for entry on the 29th Nov so will try and get a place for that.

Akuma, - where are you based out of mate?

Yeah Callala was just a bit too early for me this time with such a late start to the seasons training, to be honest Nowra probably is too but I'll give it a shot. I'll be lining up at Port as well, looking forward to that one.

Neil - I am based out near Camden, Sydney ... outer south western suburbs, where are you?

doing both. The sydney oly is expensive but cant wait to swim round opera house and cycle over the bridge... 

I signed up for my first triathlon (Sprint distance) yesterday at Batemans Bay which is an elite energy one.

Im REAL excited for it and have been browsing various triathlon sites and forums all day.

Hope to catch ya there

Hi all,

I am living in NYC at the moment but am coming home to Oz for December and decided have entered the Calalla beach tri. I entered the sprint distance cause it is only 4 days after i get there and I was not sure how i will go after the jet lag etc. I am really looking forward to it - what a great area! A couple friends wll be doing it too so a little reunion as well!

One thing I do want to ask is if anyone knows of a place that rents road/tri bikes? (either in sydney or surrounding area). I am still tossing up whether or not to fly with mine... If i can just rent one then that would logically be a better option. So if anyone knows of a place I would love to hear from you!

looking forward to getting my feet bac on Aussie ground!

cheers,

Kylie

I did my first sprint Tri in the Women's regatta at Penrith in Nov (I think).

Its a great event, well organised and no current. Will probably do the same event in April to gauge any improvement. There was easily 1-2mins I could take off the swim, because I am so used to the still water swimming for some reason I panicked when I couldn't see the line at the bottom, even though I was aware of it. So now I have been entering a whole bunch of OWS so that I can get my head around it.

I will be bringing the whole family down from Newcastle again.

I agree the womens race in Penrith is fantastic... I have done it 3 times I think and been out there twice as support crew for other girls... wonderful vibe, well organised and hugely supportive environment...

Also as a step from the pool to OWS its easier than the ocean thats for sure! Good luck! You will LOVE it!

Just to clarify - the All Women's Tri in April (Elite Energy) is different to the one run in October/November (Tri NSW) - I have done the Tri NSW one at Penrith for the last 3 years and it is an amazing event - one which I ALWAYS pen down in my diary.

The one upcoming in April is a new event being run by Elite Energy, so will be a different organisation running it. But I have no doubt it will still be great and yay, it's on my weekend off work! I didn't get to do Orange or Husky II but looking at doing Port Stephens.

Yes I did see it was a different group running it, but I think the course will be the same or similar, so that will give me a guide as to how I am going as the one in Nov was my first ever Sprint Tri. Hopefully the course maps will be out soon and I will have a look at them..

I drove past the Port Stephens bike leg on Saturday,and that looks like a pretty good course. So I will probably see you there!