Jerseyman tri this Sunday

Half here.

How will you guys handle the weather? I've ran races in bad weather, but never tri-ed.

I've done all three in the rain, but like you, never in racing mode.  It'll be interesting if nothing else.  I'm more worried about freezing than falling on the bike.

Despite all this weather, I'll also probably go light. There might be moment in the wind gusts when I'll hate it, but over so many hours I don't want to get too hot.

And is that Renee from Sandy Hookers?

Is there any BT meeting planned? I'll be the tall guy in a yellow Jersey Shore Tri Club jersey who can't swim :-)

Results are up

http://www.lin-mark.com/NJmanhalf08.txt

I did the HIM.  Blew the run and was to reserved on the bike because the rain.  Oh well next year, maybe.  I did still place 25^th overall and 4^th AG.  Not bad after 19^th away from the sport.

good race, but they have some things to work on

i did the half — check my report for my thoughts  

My report is at:

http://runningfort3.blogspot.com/2008/09/jerseyman.html

I'm very happy with how I did, but it was the worst organized race I ever did.

Great write up, and I could not imagine what it felt like coming in from the HIM and no one was around.  It was desolate enough after the sprint.  Of course the weather did not help for people hanging out either.  I'm also sure lots of racers with small children, like me were there solo, as their families said, "you might be crazy enough to not come inside from the rain, but we are not!"    With no friends or family there, I finished, walked to transition, packed my stuff, and walked to my car to go home.  I was gone within ten minutes of finishing my race.  Weird.

I actually felt bad for the RD, as he looked very stressed, and I learned today about 40 volunteers bagged the race on him.  That's a lot of adversity to overcome on the day of the race.  As far as the race itself, I enjoyed the swim, bike, and run...well, maybe not the run so much.