Same Reason, New Event!

It's been a nice week off from training, now my knee is all better time to get back. Except, now I have a yucky cold, so we'll see how I feel...

I've decided to change Events to the Philadelphia Triathlon, which is this June 28, 2009 (my mom's bday!). May is an incredibly busy month with my cousin's wedding, in North Carolina and Melinda and Greg's wedding. When I found out I was still able to change my event I jumped at the chance to be able to stay at home.

Now I'll be biking on the trail that I practice on, twice around with some extras including Lemon Hill. Swimming in the Schuylkill River, and running down Benjamin Franklin Parkway!

Here's a description from the Philly Tri web site:

THE OLYMPIC COURSE
1.5K swim 40K bike 10K run
This exciting course will travel through some of the most historic and picturesque sections of Philadelphia. The start/finish area and the transition area will be located just off of Martin Luther King Drive, near the base of Black Road – it is a beautiful part of Fairmount Park, complete with statues, trees and grassy fields.

SWIM
The 1.5K swim will be a point-to-point course, with athletes entering the water from the dock at the St. Joe’s Boathouse on Kelly Drive. Athletes will swim downstream, staying to the left of the island and heading under the second opening at the Columbia Bridge. The swim will conclude with a right hand turn to the swim exit which will be right in the belly of the transition area.

BIKE
After exiting the transition area, athletes will start the two loop, 40k bike course through Fairmount Park. Each loop of the bike course includes a portion of the COMMERCE USPRO CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP and combines the flat & fast Martin Luther King Drive and Kelly Drives with four several short technical climbs and descents, including Lemon Hill.

RUN
After exiting the transition area, athletes will head north on the Martin Luther King Drive (towards Falls Bridge) and reach a turnaround roughly one mile from the run start. They will then run south on Martin Luther King Drive back towards transition. When reaching transition (after approx. 2 miles of running), athletes will loop behind transition on the grass before rejoining Martin Luther King Drive. They will then head to the front of the Art Museum, one of the City's most famous landmarks, where they will turnaround and head back on Martin Luther King Drive for a photo finish, a short distance from the transition area. Roughly 4/10 of one mile will be on grass. The course will be extremely well-marked for directions.