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2007 May 19 7th Annual Beast of the East Spring Tuneup Half Ironman Distance: Swim 1.2 Miles. Bike 56 Miles, Run 13.1 May 20 9th Annual Lake Chatuge Challenge Sprint Triathlon Swim 4/10, Bike 16 Miles, Run 3 Miles |
For GPS Directions to races: 47 Clay County Recreation Park Rd Hayesville, NC 28904 |
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Race Results: Beast of the East Spring Tune-Up Age Group 06 Beast of the East Spring Tune-Up Overall 06 |
Beast of the East Half IM Spring 05 Age Group
Lake Chatuge Challenge Sprint Triathlon Overall 05
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Beast of the East Half Ironman Spring Tuneup Race Report BY Ken Mantei Beast of the East, that is how the race director was pushing the course.
And to be honest it is a very fair assessment. Wow, this bike course is relentless. Some very nasty elevation changes,
very few times when you could catch a breath, I had no idea what I was getting into. By 20 miles or so I realized
that hitting my goals were not going to be possible, so I tried to settle in and pass all the racers I could. |
T1: 1 minute |
Luckily we got to do that twice. I just baby stepped up the hill trying
to keep my Hr under 6000!! After that climb you get a nice long flat section to catch you breath before you go
up some more. I came to the end of lap one and felt good, right around 45 minutes, excellent. At that out and back
I had raised the gap to 6 minutes on the guy behind me, the next closest guy was 10 minutes, then Doug at 18 minutes.
At mile 7.5 I saw Doug, I was going up and was starting to feel the climbing. I crossed the damn again, looked
back and saw no one. I knew then that the guy behind me was done. I kind of relaxed at that point and put it in
cruise control, I knew I had no chance to catch the guys in front of me so I just decided to shut it down, no sense
in killing myself. At the last turn around I had 10 minutes on the he next closest guy, so that race was over.
Climbing the hill again I just cruised up, tried to help motivate all the people still doing their first lap with
some words of encouragement or pats on the back. Hit the tape with a half marathon PR even with going into cruise
control with 5 miles to go. Excellent sign.Finish Time: 4:49, 3r overall, 1st in my age group. |
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Racers enjoying the newly paved run course for the Sprint and Half Ironman
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Half Im Distances: Swim 1.2 Miles. Bike 56 Miles, Run 13.1 Sprint Triathlon: Swim 4/10, Bike 16 Miles, Run 3 Miles |
The hunt for the win at the Chatuge Challenge Sprint Triathlon
Page Sanderson is still looking fresh even after her finish! |
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Beast of the East Spring Tuneup Half Ironman May 19th starting at 7:30am Location: Clay County Recreation Park, just 5 miles from Hiawassee Ga Packet Pick-Up starting at 5pm Friday night and 6am Saturday Morning Awards ceramony will start at 4pm All Registration Fees include a 1 day ($10.00) USAT Ins charge that will be refunded Special early sign up prices offered on registration page or active.com Sign up Before May 1 Single : $140.00 Relay: $180.00 After May 1st or day of race: Single: $155 Relay: $195
www.active.com Put in key words: triathlon, May, Ga or just put in Beast of the East Half IM Triathlon |
Lake Chatuge Challenge Sprint Triathlon May 20: starting at 8am Location: Clay County Recreation Park, just 5 miles from Hiawassee Ga Packet Pick-Up starting at 6:30am Sunday Morning All Registration Fees include a 1 day ($10.00) USAT Ins charge that will be refunded
Sign up before May 1 Single: $65.00 Relay: $90.00 After May 1st of day of race: Single: $75.00 Relay: $110.00
Sign up on Active: www.active.com Put in key words: triathlon, May, Ga or just put in Lake Chatuge Challenge Sprint Triathlon |
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To sign up by mail, go to the front page of this web site, page down and click on Registration Form, download, print it out and send it in.
Wet suits will be allowed if the water is 78 or less. No wet suits if above 78. Any racers that want to use a wet suit even if the temp is above 78 can do so, but they will not be eligible for awards. Age Group Awards: 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70 up Clydesdale, Athena, & Relay Teams We will have 3 bottle exchange tables for the bike portion of the Half IM race and 4 water tables on the run portion of the race. (we will have Gatorade, Powerade and Water at these tables) The run is a 2 lap course and racers will be passing the water tables two times, so there will be 8 chances to get water on the 13.1 mile run We will have some Gatorade bars at water tables and fruit on the bike race. Some Hammer Gel and energy bars will be offered to racers. |
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Cherokee bottled water. Only water from the mountains could taste this good. |
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Results are posted for the Half IM and Sprint Triathlon races below the great story. I want to thank everyone for all the great emails about the race. It was a real pleasure to have you all come
and join us here in the North Ga and Western NC mountains. In the meantime I am going to post a very well written
and humerous accounting of the race through the eyes of one of our Half IM racers. Enjoy! |
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2003 Lake Chatuge Challenge Half Ironman Triathlon
Andrew Johnston: 31 Atlanta Ga 4:31:37 Jason Morris; 28 Atlanta Ga 4:39:30 Galen Holland: 26 Asheville NC 4:39:56
Martha Dudley: 39 Orlando Fl 5:14:22 Catherine Fuss: 29 Atlanta Ga 5:17: 19 Jerrifer Petosa: Whittier NC 5:29:34
Lake Chatuge Challenge Sprint Triathlon 2003
Chris Hartfield: 40 Suches Ga 1:12:07 Sam Krieg: 27 Knoxville Tn 1:12:29 Rob Blaszkiewicz: 38 Monroe Ga 1:15:14
Carrie Brady: 26 Atlanta Ga 1:17:58 Abagail White: 27 Atlanta Ga 1:19:40 Beth Goetz: 28 Atlanta Ga 1:26:56
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Chatuge Challenge Sprint Triathlon 2002 Male Overall 1st Place: Andrew Johnston, 30; 53:36:21 2nd Place: Damian Walsh, 26; 55:14:87 3rd Place: Tomas Lauer, 18; 56:08:51 Female Overall 1st Place: Carolyn Peacock, 34; 1:06:37 2nd Place: Kathy Smith, 34; 1:06:39 3rd Place: Leslie Crawford, 33; 1:06:48
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| The swim times below were taken as you were leaving the transition ares. Most of the times were recorded. The few racers that don't have a number beside their times were missed. I appologize for that, but most racers will have times. |
The bike times were taken when leaving the transition area and reflect an accumulated time from the beginning of the race. |
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A Racers Story Jeremy Dando Lake Chatuge ½ IM 02 June 2002
Long version |
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Chatuge Challenge Half Ironman Triathlon 2002 Overall Male Winners: 1st Place: Andrew Johnston 30 4:32:08 2nd Place: Jeff Gibson 29 4:43:38 3rd Place: Ty Cheek 39 4:53:05
1st Place: Sara Speck 30 5:23:43 2nd Place: Jennifer Simpson 34 5:31:54 3rd Place: Mary Gorhan Rowan 35 5:36:57
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The times below show the swim and exit of the transition area and the accumulative time of the bike and transition out onto the run. |
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Chatuge Challenge Half IM |
71 187 42:45 |
Chatuge Challenge Half IM Bike & Transition
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66 253 3:49:07 |
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June 2nd Sprint Race: 2001 Results 1/2 Mile Swim: 10 Mile Bike: 3 Mile Run Overall Male Winner: Thomas Cason: 56:21 Overall Female Winner: Jill Hendrickson: 1:04:56
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First Annual: Chatuge Challenge Half Ironman 2001 Results Overall Male Winner: Allen Hurd: 4:50:01 Overall Female Winner: Lisa Browning: 5:13:35 There were several time cards that were not handed in. If you don't see a final time by your name, email me and let me know the time and I'll make sure the change is made.
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