Subject: RE: Official Nation's Triathlon Threadxeon - 2009-09-15 10:29 AM
Interested in people's opinion and experiences from the race. Seems like there was some angst pre-race from a few people wondering how the 6K was going to affect course congestion, especially on the bike. This seems like a cool race to do given the backdrop... strong maybe on my list of races next year as I plan on doing more Olys, maybe a HIM next year.
Full story is in my race report, but I thought it was organized very well, given the size and challenges of a big city race. Start was a little rushed, but kudos to the RD for keeping it on time. I started in the 14th wave and had some crowding on the swim, had to brake 2-3 times due to congestion on some of the 1-lane areas during the bike. Run and bike did not overlap at all. I didn't have any crowding on the run.
Bottom line in my opinion is there was really no more crowding/wayward swimmers/drifting bikers than I experienced at the Culpeper Sprint (which you also did, right? ) The upside was having a big race with a lot of fanfare, and riding freely on streets that usually have me stuck in traffic. That was cool.
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