1st race Sunday!

Absolutely drive the bike course. It is always helpful to know what challenges are where on the course. Believe me, there is nothing worse than pounding out miles in the flats only to find yourself at the bottom of a climb right after that. Plus the safety factor of knowing about any strange or tight corners, etc. Definitely great for the peace of mind.
If you do a couple of bricks, make sure you only run long enough to get rid of the "heavy leg" feeling. Any more than that will not help for this weekend but can wear you down.

Most important --- HAVE FUN!!

Edited by Tri-Wog StL 2004-04-26 5:58 PM

Thanks for the feedback! My plan is to go early in the morning of the race and check everything out. According to the race website, the run portion is completely flat, while there are "rolling hills" on the bike route. I definately want to check the "rollers" out as the bike is my strength and will be able to really rock-n-roll, but don't want to be surprised with anything.

I'm doing a couple of very low key bricks this week and hopefully that will be enough to carry me through!

Thanks for the support!

Good Luck!! Don't worry, you won't die on the transitions, but will your legs will feel like BIG OLE LIMP NOODLES!!!! Have fun. :-)

Lori - you're doing the Swing Into Spring Du? Me too. See you there!

Triman50 - I see that this race is in your backyard - have you raced in this before? Now I'm gonna be even more nervous, someone might know me! haha I was gonna be incognito for my first ever race! I just won't tell you what I look like, except from the entry list it doesn't look like too many women are signed up so you'll probably figure I'm one of 10.

See you Sunday!

P.S. How "rolling" are the hills?

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Good luck! Let us know how it goes! And did you get in that brick?

Lori - no, have not done the race (but I'm really looking forward to it) and have not driven the course, but I think I will Sat afternoon when I go out to pick up my packet. I'll definitely look for you to say Hello. Good luck!!

COgirl - am doing the brick tonight, just a short easy paced ride/run. Thanks for the encouragement!

Triman50 - I'm not picking up my packet until Sunday - so I'll see you then! This should be fun! What's the weather supposed to be doing up there Sunday?

Lori - I'll know the hills better after Sat., but most of the hills in these parts are similar - rolling usually means long, gradual hills, some a bit more steep than others, but mostly long. The best part is the long ride down. Hoping to hit 35 mph if we get a big enough hill. And the last weather I saw had us at sunny but cooler. S'posed to be in the 80s this week and high 50s by Sunday. I'm planning for a coolish start.