Yes its race week, which means the anticipation can start to build. I have a feeling this week I am going to experience slightly more just because I am admittedly pretty excited about this race. More so than I have been of really any race prior.
This weekend I am doing an Olympic distance triathlon in Kemah, TX. Its not as long as the Half Ironman races I have done with the distances for this weekend being a 1500 meter swim, 25 mile bike, 6.2 mile run. The thing that I am most excited about is the swim start. This will probably be one of the most unique swim starts you can do in the sport of triathlon, and the number of races where it is done can be counted on one hand.
Starting at 5am Sunday morning they will start loading up the 800 registered Olympic distance athletes onto "The Colonel" which is a paddleboat.
Once loaded it will proceed to paddle us out nearly 1 mile away from shore. Once the gun goes off the entire boat will unload in under 10 minutes as every athlete jumps off the front and takes off swimming for shore.
This method of swim start has been made famous by the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, and since this race is a qualifier for it, it only makes sense that the Kemah triathlon would do the same.
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