Subject: RE: When T1 and T2 are in different places? I did the 2015 HITS Marble Falls 70.3 and the 2016 Ironman St George 70.3 races and they both had the T1 a half-hour away from the T2. Both of those races had a Suttle from T2 to T1. Both of those races had required Bike check-in by 7PM the night before the bike race and had race security to watch the bikes through the night until the race the next day. Both of those races also have a Shuttle from T2 to T1 on race morning. The first shuttle left T2 about 2 hours before the T1 closed. and the last Shuttle about an hour before T1 closed (getting athletes there with about 30 minutes to set up T1 before it closed. Don't leave things that you need in T1 at your T2. I left my Wet suit at T2 at the HITS race. I got ride back to T2 from T1 when I made the discovery but made it back to the start about 20 minutes after the T1 was supposed to close. They were relaxed and hadn't kicked people out of T1 yet so I was about to slip back in for one final check on things but it was cutting things really close. One guy left his bike shoes in T2. He didn't go back for them and ended up riding 56 miles barefoot. The impressive thing was that he had the overall fastest bike split riding barefoot and won the race (which proves that bike shoes are not doing as much for your speed or efficiency as all the hype on the equipment reviews claim). Both races took everything from T1 to the flish line. We were given wet bags to put our wetsuit in. We had a race number sticker like the ones that go on the bike to put on the wet bag and as long as we had our name on the wet suit and the bag and got things anywhere close to our transition area the volunteers were able to things int he bag for use. We picked up the bag with our wet suit, googles, swim cap, towles, etc from a truck at the finish line. They didn't allow bike pumps in the T1 but the Bike Techs were there on race morning to get the air pressure set for us. At the HITS race I didn't have time to get the air pressure set before the race due to running back to T2 so again make sure at 5:15 in the morning you are awake enough to get everything in the right spot. They will probably give you three bags so that you can pack everything the night before for each section of the race and keep things straight it not you should consider the three bag method with your own bags. It keeps things simple. The two transitions it more difficult for spectators but for the athlete, I like the two transitions. You get to a clean T2 and don't have to move stuff from T1 around to find what you need for the run. |