HOLY TOLEDO TRIATHLON CHALLENGE

VII

A kinder, Gentler HT(heh-heh)

 

1-mile swim   40-mile bike    10-mile run

on TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR near MANY, LOUISIANA

April 1, 2012

"THE COWARDS WON'T SHOW, AND THE WEAK SHALL PERISH"

(NOT just a slogan, it's a scientifically proven fact)

updated 2/4/12

Questions? Comments?  Hate Mail?  E-mail  BOZO BOBO

 

RACE SCRATCHED, CANCELED, 86'd, FLUSHED

Water WAS too low (probably fine now) SRA said "Not a good idea"

All 7 official (ie paying) entrants will be issued refunds when we get our check from Active.  All hoodie receipients who sponsored my Jazz-ness will be graced with their hoodies, everyone else, sorry.

 

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Jim Hawkins is once yet again the first HolyT entrant, you'd think he'd have learned by now...sadly, no.  He gets the honor of picking his own #, he chose 60, for all the old guys.

 

 

RACE INFO
FAQz
(Muy Importante!)
Online Registration for 2012
Print&Mail Entry Form (save that pesky Active.com fee)
Welcome to the Holy Toledo Triathlon VII, the 2012 version of fresh hell.
First a BIG THANKS to those HolyT'ers who sponsored me in my own pain-fest, the Jazz Half, where I raised money for the Children's Hosp Cancer program. And hurt-ed like a mutha.

Those who sponsored me for over $100 will be getting an heirloom quality HolyT hoodie, and the first 3 nabbed free entries into HTVII.

Top 3:
John Fell
Ali Aldridge
Nolan Thompson

Tri-Cajuns, Brady Paddock & Barry Bryant got an entry via super secret dealings.

Hoodie winners:
John Chauvin
Jane Kang
Ben Hawn
Susan Wallace
Jamie Scott
Lee Stevens
Jim Winter
Tim Hutchinson
Will Jones
 

 

 

 

 

OLD STUFF

 

REVIEWS AND RACE VIDEO!!!

COURTESY OF LAFAYETEFITNESS.ORG

SMITTY SMITH'S REVIEW

JOHN FELL'S REVIEW

HOUSTON JONES' REVIEW

BEN HAWN'S REVIEW

HOT!!  VIDEO BY TREY STOLZ & LIZ HALL

(8 mins., your boss isn't looking!)

 

'04 Reviews by Kristin Bernick & Ben Hawn

 

 

 

Bobo,
It doesn't matter when you have the race, it just matters that you have the race. I did the race last year and it was far and away the best tri I have ever participated in. I'm in for whenever you want to have the race.
Thanks,
Scott Guidry
Lafayette, LA

Bobo,

            This sucks… I always look forward to bring new people to this race to suffer…  I hope to see you and the fam this year at the HOLY T gauntlet.  I think it may rain on Oct 4st…(SLOP FEST 2)  

Later from you Holy T loyal fan,

Chad Boudreaux of Belle Chasse,la

BOBO,

The show must go on. I don't care when you have the race, I will be there.
I do like the event being the first race of the year but now it will be a
good finale. Keep us posted on the website. The more epic the better.
Why not a January race or February?

Will Jones
2 time survivor

 

 

  NEWZ FLASH!!        NEWZ FLASH!!  

Yes, rumor has it that the Holy Toledo was voted 2007 USAT-SMW SMALL TRIATHLON OF THE YEAR!!  (I guess it's safe to say that Sperrier didn't get a vote).  

Anyhoo, I didn't even know there was such an award or I would have done the Louisiana thing and paid people to vote for us, but this is even better 'cause it's FREE!   We're honored that anyone who survived our ordeal would still be coherent enough to vote for us, and would do so.

 

SO...WHEN TO HAVE THE RACE????

 

 

Answered!!!

 

Negotiations should be finalized this week as to when the park is available in the late Sept.-early Oct. timeframe, as well as reserving a block of rooms at the Cypress Bend Resort for the sissies that can't/won't camp out ("It's too cold" "There are mosquitoes" "We have newborn triplets"  wah-wah-wah, blah-blah-blah).

I know that there's an LSU game the last weekend of Sept., and there are a couple of large Tri's in Texas the first weekend of Oct., and there are lots of other reasons not to show up, but we're trying to find what works best for everyone (okay, it's really what works best for me, but I will consider the opinions of others, particularly paying customers).

For those doing IMFLA, this timeframe would do wonders for your fitness, race Sat and hit the hills again on Sunday a.m.  I knoweth, I used to do this for a living.

 

 

 

SUNDAY April 1th 2012   7:30am

Cypress Bend State Park 

on Toledo Bend Reservoir

Near scenic Many, LA

Questions?  (337-378-7455)  or e-mail

What John D thought of the course variations (and the race director) 

(He's coming back for more this year!)

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