St. Anthony’s Setup

Ready to go for tomorrow.  Below are some photos of the race setup, a great area in downtown St. Petersburg.  This is a cool downtown area and will be great for tomorrow.  We will be hitting the road around 5am tomorrow, so shooting for anything from 2:32 to 2:35 to get AG Nationals Qualification.  Weather will be warm in the 80’s and the swim is not going to allow a wetsuit.

This is a view of the city and course from the north end of the run course and also the swim course from the exit angle.

Swim Course

Transition

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Big Transition

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Expo under the trees

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Check In

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2011 Season Kickoff

This weekend marks the 2011 kickoff and the St. Anthony’s Triathlon in St. Petersburg Florida.  Heading down tonight and will be a fun race with 4,000 of my closest friends Sunday.  This years running races produced another 10K Best of 45:42 in the Chattahoochee Challenge in February and a Half-Marathon of 1:47:00 in the Publix Georgia Marathon. 

In attempting to qualify for USAT Age Group Nationals later this summer I have picked two regional qualifiers over the next two weeks in St. Anthony’s and the Peachtree City International Triathlon.  To qualify, I need to finish in the top 1/3 of my age group in these two very competitive fields.  Based on past years and field histories, it looks like a 2:35 should get me there.  That’s going to take a solid (21mph avg) bike split with a sub 50 minute 10K off the bike.  I will update and see how the race goes!