Emerald Pointe Triathlon (Page 2)

No replies yet, Ive tried this website, active.com, the race coordinator email and phone (no response) and roswell cycles

NO LUCK!!!

HELP NEED NUMBER WILL PAY (someone did ask me if I was looking for a free race, duh--NO)

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I guess you can use them if the race is not USAT sanctioned.

Race directors mostly dislike them in road races - I can see why if people have them blaring and can't hear the finish line instructions (i.e men to the left, women to the right, tear off your number strip, etc.), but I always have mine low enough to hear what is around me and I rip them out as I approach the finish...mostly so nobody can sneak up on me!

Skigator, I feel your pain.  Unfortunately there is no way to monitor how loud each person listens to their tunes so the safest bet is to not allow headphones across the board.  One bad apple....

 As for the weather; I am loving these Fall temps but I am concerned that we might NEED wet-suits. I hope to get by without as I don't own one.   Any thoughts out there on this?  

Thank you so much!!!, call or email.

Side note: I'm not wishing you injured, you understand.

Hooray it's (almost) the weekend.  That means 1 week and 2 days till EP!  Crap.  I better get training!  (Is cramming as effective for a triathlon as it is for a physics exam?)  On the flip side, how do you taper from nothing?

I suspect that tapering from nothing would require a lot of beer.  Hmmm, almost an incentive not to train.

Hey, I'm looking for a number to buy off someone too.  Pick me, pick me!  haha

 BTW, good luck with the race director. I emailed him a few times, then I saw him in person at a race and without me even mentioning my emails from weeks prior...HE brought it up and told me to my face that he would let me into the race even though it was full.  I followed-up by email after that to confirm and give him the necessary info...and he said he could not help me out...as if he had not just told me to my face a few days earlier that I was IN!  The one race I really wanted to do after just starting my season not long ago, and I got the big fat carpet yanked out from under me when I got my hopes up.

 Thanks for listening to my vent!

You are not allowed to wear headphones.   Both of the races you mentioned are put on by the same person.  He does not enforce the rules the way they are supposed to enforced.  Examples:  Headphones, wet suits in the middle of the summer, drafting...   Those races are fun but not legal by national standards.

You will find that this race is run a lot different.

OK, first time user here.   This reply is to the use of headphones at Calloway and Carrolton.  After posting it I realized it does not go next to the blog you replied to.   Sorry!

Looking forward to EP.  I am doing it for the 2nd time.   Last year it was only my 3rd race.   I am very excited about this year.    I want to see if my year of training will pay off.

Weather forecast for Sunday morning per weather.com:

Sunny. High 76, Low 57.  Chance of Rain 10%.  Wind from the East 8 mph. 

It'll be brisk, but not freezing; not a bad early October day!

FYI...the website now states that there are no bib transfers after 9/29....hope you'all got one before the deadline.  See you there!

Great race spoiled by poor planning...

2008 Emerald Point Triathlon, Oct 5, 2008
Will trade a Medium race shirt for a Small

I am looking to trade a Medium 2008 Emerald Point Triathlon race T-shirt for a Small. I ordered a small when I entered but when I went to retrieve my prize, they had run out. All I was given was a Medium. (It is down to my knees) I would really like to get the shirt I worked hard for.