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APRIL 2008
TCSD Contacts Volunteer Members Board Members Event Calendar Race Discounts
TRIATHLON CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
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Weekly Workout Calendar 5 REAL Beginners Bike Ride 6 Ironman Conversation 9 Recipe of the Month 17
Stretch of the Month Application
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Tr i News
WILD TALES AT WILDFLOWER TRIATHLON Wildflower is touted to be the Woodstock of triathlons, a set of three races in one weekend that take place in the coast range of central California in early May. By Barbara Javor
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The setting at Lake San Antonio is beautiful —the swim is smooth, the ride passes through open countryside, and the run takes you on trails and roads near the lake and campground. Most participants choose to camp for the weekend. The volunteers are largely students from Cal Poly, and they can be a bit wild. On the run course, you might find a volunteer woman or two lifting her shirt to give you an eyeful, and for you men, taking your breath away—if you weren’t already panting from running. The downside of Wildflower is the sheer number of participants racing and camping (I think the organizers should limit it to about half the number). With poor marshalling during the bicycle portion of the Olympic distance race (a crowded, out-and-back course) and riders cycling and chatting two and three abreast at times, I felt it was very unsafe (something others have also complained about). Because of the multiple wave starts, masters women started long after nearly everyone else. While cycling, we shared the last, steep downhill stretch towards the transition area with runners who sometimes
blocked the road rather than staying to the right. I was hoarse from yelling “Bike back!” Again, because we started so late, there was no free food left when I finished my race. Be prepared for long traffic jams trying to leave the venue on Sunday in the single lane of traffic. Ann Leath’s saga—One year I arrived early, found much of the desirable camping already taken, and ended up in a spot near the Team in Training site. I unloaded my cooler and camp stove, got set up, and went off to do a little ride and check out the lake. On the bike, I suddenly experienced severe pain in my scalp just above the hairline and I had to come to an immediate stop (scary enough going fast on a downhill). A big bee had stung me through a helmet vent! Wow, it really hurt, so I rushed back to the festival area near the finish line looking for some first aid and found they didn’t show up a day early. I hoped that sting would be the end of my bad luck. That evening I had just settled in my van to sleep when someone knocked on my car. They said that wild pigs roamed the campgrounds during the night looking for food and I had continued page 7