Subject: RE: Chesapeakeman Ultra Distance Triathlon : Official ThreadYou can typically sign up as close to about 3 weeks out. I did the AV back in '07 as part of my build up to IMFL. Very low key event if you've ever done any of the other CTA races. This one was really chill and a good time. But be prepared to be lonely out on the bike course. I'm a crappy swimmer but very strong cyclist so once I got out of the water and passed most of the people that were not strong riders on the first loop I had a stretch on the second loop after going through the special needs area at the high school (which I didn't use ) where I literally did not see another cyclist AT ALL for well over a 1/2 hour. No one in front of me and no one behind me. I thought I was off course! Plus it was the year they had a brush fire and re-routed the bike course. Which totally sucked because they let the fast swim/ride group go through the fire but later turned people off that portion cutting the route by about 5 miles. It sucked because I was one of the few people stuck in no man's land. They did not make me turn off but would not let me go through the fire and made me turn around. When I got back to the future turn off they were re-routing people left. People I had passed well over 20 - 30 minutes before. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. So the top people and I ended up riding the full 112 (with my 5 mile out and back ) while the majority of the field rode 107 miles. Be prepared for wind and possibly high heat. |