PennState - 2009-07-27 1:12 PM
cusetri - 2009-07-27 1:05 PM
PennState - 2009-07-27 12:58 PM I'm glad for everyone who got in, but my question is how many people did they let in for 2010?
2258 raced this year with 2051 finishing this year
*my* guess is that they increased the number of entrants this year as their were HUGE lines here.
Guess will find out next year huh?



does it matter?
if so, why? my thoughts would be the bike is not a draft issue due to the hills breaking it up, and as far as the swim, 2250, 2500, does it matter? washing machine either way.....serious question....
Yes it does matter. The swim is already a big problem... Let me know what you think of it after next year

There was a LOT of drafting on the bike that *I* saw as well.
It's absolutely NOT up to me... M-DOT decides the numbers. Whatever I think is irrelevant. I do think it impacts the race and safety as well. But I did sign-up for 2010 so obviously I am accepting their decision.
*My* worry is that with new ownership the brand is looking at growing revenues. This can be done in a number of ways, but increasing the entry number is probably as easy a method as there is... but this may not be in all the athletes best interests.
For example, at IMKY they are letting in approximately 3,000 entrants this year
(that's what the RD said
)... but they have a time-trial swim start. At LP there are TWO loops to the swim and a TT start would not be possible.
Truly I'm happy for anyone that got in... just a little concerned that there is a limit to the total # of entrants that is manageble at LP.
I just checked number of finishers from yesteday vs. last year and interestingly there were almost 200 more people that finished in the pouring rain than finished last year.