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| The Heart O Dixie Triathlon took place
last Sat. The race starts at Lake Teokata in Louisville Ms. It's
a 1/2 mi. swim. Most folks can do it in 14 min. The bike ride
leaves the lake and heads down to Philadelphia Ms. 27 mi. You
then get off the bike and run (they say 7 mi.) out to the
fairgrounds. I say they say because it's only about 6.6 mi. to
the finish, Thank God! I say that cause by then it's hot and the
course has lots of hills. Anyway after you finish. You get a
shower and the usual post race goodies. Then
you can walk around and look at the cabins and junk they have
for sale. Then you can come back and sit and wait for the
awards. After that they give you a ride back to Louisville where
your car/truck/SUV awaits you. Oh,
they will also haul your bike back for you. They loaded it on a
flatbed truck and you pray it doesn't breed with all the other
bikes and produce tricycles while it is being bounced around and
scratched while they haul it back to the start. I elected to
leave mine and pray that I could get back and pick it up before
they abandoned it. They said security would stay with them till
1:30. I got back at 2 p.m. and they were still there. I
recommend getting some one to drive your car/truck/SUV down to
the finish. However my wife went with me a couple of years and
said never again. I don't blame her I said that 10 years ago
also. however I broke down and relented this year cause a friend
of mine wanted to do it cause he had
relatives up there and he said he would drive and pay for the
gas. The race cost me $75. $55 for the T-shirt {ugly lime green}
and $20 bucks for the supper at Lake Teokatta. I bought my
buddy's supper. BTW the supper was the best thing about the
whole race. The race officials were very kind and helpful plus
Terry Wese and Co. did a great job with the timing and posting
the results. Check um out at the Mederian running clubs web
site. ©
Bob Clark See Results (Dave Beckett, Jerry Keywood, and Steve Phillips also went) |
