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 2008-09-11 2:21 PM |
Veteran 145  |  Subject: Here's one to get the opinions going ...Sunday's Women's Tri at Winding Trails Originally they posted that wave 1 - would be 35-44 - makes sense - 2 a/gs - very fast, winner will likely come from here. Fast ladies get to race on a course with no one ahead of them. Today they send out new race details. Wave 1 is now 35-41. Yes, 41, you read it correctly. The rest of the 40-44 a/g gets to wait 6 mins and start 2 waves later and then fight their way past ALL competitors 41 yrs and younger. Is it just me, or is this just not right? (BTW, I am of course in the higher end of the 40-44 a/g). I know that a tri is basically an individual time trial but it would be nice to be able to literally race against the people I am competing against rather than wonder what they are doing 2 waves ahead of me. Interested in what peeps think. Any other races do anything wierd like this? |
| 2008-09-11 3:11 PM in reply to: #1668133 |
 New Haven, CT | Subject: RE: Here's one to get the opinions going ... That is really weird if I was as crazy fast as you I would want to be able to see, hunt down and pick off somene in front of me or at least know that I couldn't... it is a race afterall. Does this have any affiliation with the WT series? In any event, best of luck. |
| 2008-09-11 4:21 PM in reply to: #1668407 |
| 25 | Subject: RE: Here's one to get the opinions going ... jsklarz - 2008-09-11 3:11 PM That is really weird if I was as crazy fast as you I would want to be able to see, hunt down and pick off somene in front of me or at least know that I couldn't... it is a race afterall. Does this have any affiliation with the WT series? In any event, best of luck.
If the winner is in wave #2, she will never "pick off" the 2nd place person. This has been billed as a cuddly race for first-timers, so my guess is the #1 priority was to get the waves even numbers wise.
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| 2008-09-11 5:03 PM in reply to: #1668133 |
| Subject: RE: Here's one to get the opinions going ... setting the cutoff at 41 is really odd to me. Is it your actual age? Or your USAT age? Or just a typo? |
| 2008-09-11 7:22 PM in reply to: #1668133 |
| Veteran 145 | Subject: RE: Here's one to get the opinions going ... a/gs for prizes will stay the same usual 40-44 etc I would presume but it seems wierd to not keep a/gs inclusive within waves - I'd rather have 3 waves and split the a/gs than have 2 waves - one 35-41 and one 42-49. I guess have to just go as fast a friggin' possible. :-) |
| 2008-09-13 2:10 PM in reply to: #1668133 |
Pro 4672  Nutmeg State | Subject: RE: Here's one to get the opinions going ... They're also have Athena's start with their AGs in stead of all in the same wave, which creates the same problem, you really don't know who you're racing against. |
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