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I'm tempted to sign up. 

I haven't done the race before, but I've ridden on many of the roads around there, and they're fairly good for cycling.

I raced it last year---it was in June though not July...  I really enjoyed it---pretty small race (might be more "popular" this year due to being the club championship).  The swim was fine, longish run up a hill to transition, bike was good (nothing that stands out to me...), run course was nice---little trail section but it was solid ground.  I would do it again---I liked the June date for my race schedule but...  Oh and it's a Set Up race so organization wise it was just like any of their other races---well done.

I'm in for the International .. did it last year and had a great experience!

They just posted the water temp from a couple days ago - 86! A full 10 degrees warmer than last year.  Thanks to all this heat we've been having I guess.  I am now trying not to freak out about doing the swim without my wetsuit   I've only done a few tris and all of them were wetsuit legal - this one was expected to be when I signed up, given previous years, but no one knew we'd have this crazy heat wave.  I'm doing the sprint so it is not a very long swim, but I'm still not too comfortable in open water yet (working on it!). I'm also concerned about the heat.  On Sat the forecast high is 104, with a heat index at 112!!  That is dangerously hot.  Sunday's supposed to be 97, with a heat index over 100.  Any chance they let us defer our registration to the October race at the same venue like they let people defer until next year at the Boston Marathon this spring?  The races are early in the day, but the overnight lows aren't much better than the daytime temps.

If you are really concerned about the heat, contact the race director and see if a deferral is possible. Otherwise, plan to hydrate well, starting Friday and continuing through to race time on Sunday. Make sure to drink well on the bike so that you'll be in good shape for the start of the run.

Wasn't last year's race in June? Between that and the warm temps I'm not at all surprised by the warm water. I was hoping for wetsuit legal because I'm quite a bit faster that way.

Did you see that they've revised the swim route a bit and moved the transition area closer to the water? I'm pleased by that!

Hopefully I can meet some of you BTers at the race.

See you there!

Nicole

I'm actually kind of excited that it's no longer wetsuit legal. I like to swim without it more than with it; I feel too restricted with it on.

I agree with Nicole; hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Good luck!

Oly:

1 8:00 Men 34 & Under

2 8:03 Men 35-44, Military Men

3 8:06 Women 34 & Under

4 8:09 Women 35-44, Military Women

5 8:12 Men 45+, Clydes/Master Clydes

6 8:15 Women 45+, Athena

7 8:18 Novice Men, Novice Women, Relays

Sprint:

1 9:00 Men 34 & Under, Military Men, Clydes/Master Clydes

2 9:03 Women 34 & Under, Military Women

3 9:06 Men 35+

4 9:09 Women 35+, Athena

5 9:12 Novice Men, Novice Women, Relays

As a heads up for anyone who was planning on doing the Sprint tomorrow, if you haven't heard by now, it's been cancelled. RD's original plan was to shorten the distance of all three legs and to start 30 minutes earlier than planned, and EMS was apparently on board with this idea. State of MD (along with Charles County) stepped in and say "no" because too many EMS were used during today's race. 

What'd everything think about today's race? I only did the swim, as part of a relay, and was happy to be out of the 90 degree water (a teammate was pulled out of the water and the people on the boat said it was 90 deg, not the 87 from yesterday). That said... it felt like it was longer than 1500m.

Good job out there in the heat today!

Sorry HillSlugger. It seems that the decision was made for MTS around 1:00. The RD made the announcement at the end of the awards, after he disappeared for a few minutes during the club championship awards. My guess is that he was told then.

A couple of my teammates went to talk with the RD and they said he wasn't happy about it, but there was nothing he could do since the state shut down the race. My understanding is they're offering entry into Watermans in October. Not sure of other options.