Greensboro Triathlon Preview

This will be the first year for the Greensboro Triathlon at Hagan Stone Park. Although the park isn't extremely large, it does have a small lake and excellent running trails. The one advantage I have in this race is that I'm very familiar with the bike and run courses. The bike course is exactly the same as the duathlon race I have participated in the last several years, and the run course incorporates part of that same duathlon as well. Based on that knowledge I can expect some challenging hills on the bike and shaded trails on the run. The swim part is a little bit of an unknown. I'm expecting the swim to be wetsuit legal with the water temp being warmer than my last race. I don't anticipate the water being too choppy, but the swim will start in groups. Also, there appears to be a longer jog to transition than I'm used to experiencing. An early weather forecast shows a 30% chance of rain and a high of 80. I think the rain will probably hold off until after the race is over, and the temps should feel pretty comfortable early in the morning. When I last checked there were around 200 people already registered and 15 were in my age group. I'm really looking to have a good performance in this race because of the training I've done. I don't know how good a lot of the people are in my age group, but my goal is to finish in the top third of the group.