Luray Sprint Triathlon?

Hi,

Yes, of course you can sight up and do the AG. This race is just like any other race from the VA Triathlon Series. From what I've heard these races are superb. I just completed Reston Sprint Tri (my first) and it is also part of Virginia Triathlon Series.

You can sign up for a clinic here:  http://www.enduranceworks.net/clinics.html

DavidGlover, Local Tri celebrity, great athlete and the race director is teaching it. I know him personally, he is truly a great coach.

Z.

Any time! This community does grow on you overtime!

Where in Northern VA are you from? 

This sounds like a nice challenging race.  The hills out there may be telling me to sign up for the sprint distance.

-David

I did the Luray Tri Clinic today, hosted by David Glover, the race director. Basically we did each piece of the Sprint race, with a 1/2 hour or so break in between each for questions, etc. It was a lot of fun, and a great workout.  Oh, and it is a noncompetitive thing.

If you are going to do this race, I highly recommend it, if only for the bike portion. The course is very hilly and challenging... I have to disagree with the fellow who said there weren't any that were too hateful. There is one hill in the 16th mile which for me at least, was really tough. Especially since it comes at the end of the bike, the part where you are supposed to be spinning to loosen up your legs for the run. We were all commenting on how brutal it was.

The run course was pretty easy, but the one we did was not on dirt/grass... was on asphalt. The swim was in the lake, approximated the race course.

If you are doing the race, get in some hill work on the bike.

He is doing the same clinic two weeks before the race. There is a link on enduranceworks.net to it. It costs $60.

Hey Tim,

 so how was the OWS?

Don't give up too quickly.  I did my first race a couple of weeks ago and I'm hooked on them. I was very nervous wondering if I would finish it and it was not as bad as I imagined.  I saw your logs and you are doing great.  This website and the BTer's are very helpful and encouraging.  Just go out and have fun.

oooppps

what the hell is geaux   War Eagle!

Just signed up for this one today. I've never done it either, but Set-up always does a great job with their races.

Good luck everybody.

I rode what is supposed to be the course at a clinic ran by the RD a couple of months ago.  There is one hill, in the last mile of the bike, which is a 20% grade.

Yes, 20%.

It is the hill that you fly down at the beginning of the race and think to yourself, "oh s**t... I will need to go back up this hill in about 16 miles."

I might do this race.  We're having a baby on 8/3.  If my mother-in-law can get 3 weeks off from work, I'm in.  We shall see. 

you won't be alone (re: 5 MPH up the hill).

I've seen you post elsewhere that you might need to back out of the race. OK, that is enough of that, young lady. You'll do the race and you'll do fine. Time to suck it up buttercup.

Capisci?