Pterodactyl Tri – 6:30 PM - Wednesday July 22

smoak - 2009-07-13 10:24 PM the swim course is out and back keeping the pink dinosaurs to your left. 440 out 440 back. the last race (late june and i can't remember which dinosaur) was 95ish degrees and was tough. if i remember right the water was about 76 degrees and about 1/2 the people wore wetsuits. at this point the weather calls for low 80's on the 22nd.

kzoojason76 - 2009-07-21 1:59 PM I'm swinging by to do packet-pickup after work (~4:30ish).  I'll ask if they have the water temp reading yet, and also about a "foul weather" plan.

AeroBaldness - 2009-07-22 8:01 AM

I had the chance to race in the rain a couple of times (once in a heavy mist and once in a complete downpour).  Thought I share some advice I received & things I learned.

First, double up on the Body Glide and think of anywhere that would rub.  I still have some rubs from Anchor Bay 10 days ago.  Not much to say about the swim, other than you may have to site a little more with dark skies (I never swam at pink dinos, might be easier than orange & yellow buoys).  There are a few things on the bike:  Wear your glasses if you can, rain drops hurt like heck on the skin, even worse in the eyes.  Stay off the painted lane markers, etc, they are like ice on skinny tires when wet.  If you drop down to the bottom part of your bars on a road bike be careful of slipping.  My wrap became slick and cold wet hands were a bit tough to keep in place.  Ride on the higher side of the road, which is usually the middle section as vehicle tire will have compacted the two outside portions.  Even at three bike lengths back, you'll gat a ton of spary off the rear tire of a bike in front of you.  For the run, I go sockless.  If you wear socks, think about some Vasiline in the toes of the socks to avoid blisters with wet feet.  For transition, I'm bringing a rain coat to cover my shoes & mat.  A garbage bag would work as well.

That is all I can think of for now, anyone else have wet weather advice?