{"id":1330,"date":"2025-08-08T18:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2025-08-08T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:35:09","slug":"for-the-birds-j-hawk-earlybird-5-4-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocrappyexcuses.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/for-the-birds-j-hawk-earlybird-5-4-25\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Birds (J-Hawk Earlybird) (5\/4\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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(Photo courtesy of Scott)

“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” – Clark Gable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we almost went with the wind, I thought I’d use that quote. I’ll get to the wind later\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the race series I found early on was the J-Hawk series (Early Bird \/ Late Bird). While I had wanted to do the early race for years, the timing hadn’t worked out prior to this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a 2 – 2.5 hour drive, we got packets and set up the transition. One of the first things I noticed after leaving transition is that I should have invested in sandals. Let’s just leave it at the walk out of transition. It was very painful and several people said ‘yeah, I learned that the hard way after my first race too.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The swim was a pool swim, set up with seeding (based on your swim timing), with people starting in that order as lanes freed up. While there were a couple of points that weren’t “fluid”, I was still out of the pool within a minute of where I intended to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a reasonable T1, we headed out on the bike. And it was at this point where things got a little scary. We had a 30+ mph headwind for 9+ miles of the 20K bike, with gusts at times. As I told Scott a couple of times, I was really uncomfortable with it being that windy. Even with all those challenges, we did make it back safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a normal T2, we headed out on a winding course through the neighborhoods, finishing at the gazebo area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it wasn’t an ideal race because of the weather, I would still do it again. Hopefully the timing works out for 2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to everyone who helped make the race possible, to Scott for guiding, and to both Scott and Nanci for all their support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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