Tawas Triathlon Festival - HIM : Official Thread (Page 3)

Good luck to everyone this weekend - hope everybody reaches their goals!  It should be a fun weekend and hope to meet some of you - I will be in a red LG top and probably a Zipp Visor.

I am getting in friday evening about dinner time and then heading to PPU.  I will probably taka a quick tour of the run route but the bike route will remain a mystery until race day I guess.

Ryan

I loved the swim and the bike was alot more challenging than I thought it would be - definitely underestimated that portion.  I should have driven the course before so I would know what to expect.  I pushed the bike a little to hard and paid for it on the run course.  I thought the run course was a little disappointing as well - I do not mind 2 loop courses - the area is so beautiful I thought they could come up with something better than that - even an out and back on Monument would have been better.  Also was surprised there was not an aid station at the Turnaround - we went about 2.5 miles without an aid station which about killed me!!  I struggled through the run big time but overall I thought the venue was great and Tawas was great.  I will probably not do this race next year but possibly sometime in the future.  I ended up well but my run time was 10 minutes slower than I was targeting - did not pace the bike very well.  I am definitely ready for a break to recharge the batteries....long season for me.

Ryan

Wish I could've met you guys and your fam's beforehand.  I really enjoyed the race and all ready signed up for the HIM next year and the wife is convinced she'll do the Oly instead of the Sprint next year.  We camped in the city campground and enjoyed the convience.

If you guys didn't know the half run course was over .75 miles off, and I mean as in long!  I had 13.86, and went over the course this morning with two Garmins and came up with 13.89 and 13.92.  Kenny from 3D was an arse hole when I asked him at the after party last night and said he confirmed it four times with his Garmin 410.

The run course was lame indeed, but worked well for what I need for the full iron at B2B.  I think I was more pissed that there weren't officicals on the course, as I witnessed a huge arse pace line and other blatent drafting issues. 

Enjoy your time off, I got 8 more weeks of work to do

I spoke to someone who had their Garmin and got a 13.8-9 reading too.  If you look at the times for the 1/2, they are all unusually slow. 

I was disappointed in the run course.  Too much sun, gravel roads,  uneven grass, and that time between the aid station at the turnaround took a toll on me.  I probably won't do the 1/2 again but will consider one of the shorter distances.

fsr, if you want mine I'll be more then happy to send it your way.  PM me your address and I'll send it your way.  I highly doubt if you'll ever get it from 3D.  My wifes sprint and my HIM are exactly the same.  I don't tend to hold onto medals so if it means more to you then me it's yours!

Danny when you swam at Steelhead you guys may have had a breeze pushing the current from the south.  They set that swim up so the current favors the swimmer, thus the two different start spots depending on current.  I read some race reports this year that stated the swim was fast due to the current.  They've been doing that race for awhile now, so I doubt it was short by much.

With the effort I put out on the swim and taking my wetsuit off in the water for a quick rinse off before exiting the water, I actually think the HIM swim may have been pretty close, thou I normally find 3D swims long.  I think Karens sprint was long as we swam part of the course on Friday and it seemed long.

Next year I'll be going up on Thursday to camp in the city park and hopefully we'll have some type of Wifi to send out messages or exchange numbers beforehand.  I met up with two other BT'ers I knew from before, but was disappointed that I didn't exchange numbers with the rest of you.  My weeks have been real busy of late.  I won't let it happen again next year.

We were there around that time and may have talked to the same couple as we spoke with a couple when we were leaving, but didn't run across anyone when we went into the water.

And if anyone else out there had similar Garmin readings on the run please pester Kenny with an email.  Apparently I'm the only one that complained and his latest email still makes it sound like there course was correct, checked and double checked.  I know we all have to do the same course I just like it when the course is measured a little closer to the advertised distances.  The extra minutes could be the difference someone is looking for when attempting a PR.

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