Well, hello everyone!
The meat of the triathlon season has now passed us, and most people are
seeing their race schedule winding down.
The weather will soon start to cool off and football season will be in
full throttle. However, there are many
who still have their “A” race looming in the near future. It is a very exciting time for many of the
TriAttic family.
Seventeen TriAttics will be
participating in this weekend’s Beach Blast Triathlon. Some will be competing in the Sprint while
others will take on the intermediate (similar to Olympic) distance. This race series is always popular with
triathletes in the Big Bend region. It is within a 2.5 hour drive of Tallahassee , located at beautiful Mexico Beach Gulf of Mexico and the run just off of the beach. The awards and party after the race are
always a good time, too.
Many of the TriAttics are in final
preparations for the fourth edition of Ironman Augusta 70.3. For some of them, it will be their first race
of this distance. Augusta is the perfect race to be a
triathlete’s first 70.3 distance. The
swim is lightning fast pretty much guaranteeing a personal record swim time for
everyone. Supposedly, the flow of the Savannah River
is fast enough that a floating log would make the swim time cutoff. Additionally, it is rumored that the nuclear
power plant upstream can provide extra powers through the water (kidding). The bike crosses two states and passes
through beautiful farm pastures while providing some challenging hills similar
to parts of Leon and Jefferson County Augusta with legions of fan support. It is pretty cool when you can say that your
race finished at a statue of James Brown (aka The Godfather of Soul, aka The
Hardest Working Man in Show Business).
And the town goes all out for this race, even dying the fountains purple
to match the race theme colors.
Then there are a few who will be
taking on the full Ironman Florida in Panama City Beach Tallahassee is well represented at this race
and the always-large support crew creates a party atmosphere at the Sunset Inn
located on the run course. It is a fast
race and a great experience for racers and supporters alike.
Lastly,
there is Coach Sandy Holt. She will be
competing in the Ironman Augusta 70.3 and Ironman Florida , but has one “little” race prior to
those. That “little” race is Ironman Wisconsin this weekend
on Sunday. It will be the first of seven
full Ironman Triathlons within the United States in which she plans to
compete over the next year. The race is
in Madison , Wisconsin Sandy
has taken on this feat to show that many things are physically and mentally
possible. Through this process, she will
be spreading the word of living a healthy lifestyle among other things. To track her race, on Sunday, you can go to www.ironman.com and get updates as she moves
through the course.
So to go
with the great race venues will be great race efforts put forth. All of the training everyone has dedicated
themselves to is now going to start paying off.
All the early mornings and late evenings of hitting the pool, biking on
roads and trainers, and running the tracks/trails/roads will show up in the
form of great results. As has been said
many times, “…it isn’t the destination, it is the journey…” That is so true for the sport of
triathlon. We all have days where we
might rather be doing something else than putting in the training hours. But when you look back on what you’ve
accomplished and how far you’ve come, it makes it all worthwhile. Everyone have great races, and most of all,
HAVE FUN! Good luck!
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