Kansas 5150 (Page 3)

Got an email that the athlete guide will be out sometime tomorrow. 

Leavenworth Tri Club is going to be doing an open water swim practice on the 11th down by T1 around 1 pm I think. Might be worth emailing them/checking out the website.

I know I'll be there freezing my everything off, hopefully it will feel good after Running with the Cows 13.1 that morning!  Got to know what I'm in for with this water temp...

LOL We will be okay. A little cold water never hurt anybody . . . wait, um.

It's going to be fun, and it has to warm up a little, right?

1)  The new run course makes sense and will be much easier only going up the hill once, but will be pretty crappy for spectators to have to lug down there to see the finish.  Might take away from the number of spectators in the campground area that makes it so cool.

2)  If they remove the swim, I might go postal.  

Fingers crossed that they don't cancel the swim. or even shorten it. I don't care if it's cold. It's got to be warming up a little. (The Clinton Lake page still says 48F for water temp).

I would be happy to have to run up that hill only once. Just saying.

ETA: Reece -- what facebook page are you looking at?

Search Kansas 5150 on facebook. Its only a few days old

Found it. The first time I looked, I didn't see it. Thanks!

So.... looks like 1 transition area?

That's a narrow road for all of the bikes coming in, runners leaving and 2nd loop runners coming and going.  Transition will be a zoo for that little access road, but it was a zoo at Longview Lake for that access point as well.  However, the run exit was on the opposite side of transition so less congestion at the bike in.

I do enjoy the "about" section on the facebook page;

"The 5150 and Sprint Triathlon has moved" - so the KC Tri didn't move, just the 5150 and Sprint.  Ha.  Good stuff.

This will be fun, still no athlete package as of 8:00 am, all those Facebook comments from the race planners about the water temp. So do you think 1) It's going to be a duathalon or 2) They are making changes to the swim course to keep it along the shore in shallow water so it's warmer?

Discuss! 

I recall racing Heritage Park triathlon in Olathe in early May a couple of years ago and I'm pretty sure the water was in the 50's.  It was a smaller event, but I would think they would hold the same standards for safety and they kept the swim, but it was only like 500 yards.

I couldn't feel my feet until about a mile out from the finish line.  That was a cold suck day.  Hopefully the swim stays.

But, since I'll be in Iowa for the USAT level 1 coach certification the 16th through the 18th at 5:30pm, I will be out of town for all of the packet pickups.  I'm a little nervous that I won't be able to work something out to get my chip and race number.  I've started the process trying to get a hold of someone through FB page and Ultramax web site contact form, but it's discouraging to see the smattering of posts of people not getting answers from race organizers.

I was wondering that as well, Longview has to be having the same temp. problems, wonder if they will make a change. 

At this point, I think you have to assume they are changing it up, if not, why no race guide yet?

I'm a couple hours west, but it's sunny, clear, and warm (78) right now here, so the warmth is heading that direction (if it's not already there).

I never had a thermodynamic problem in school to estimate lake temp based on ambient temperatures over a period of time but my gut tells me if these temps hold true, we should be over 60 deg F by race day.  With the swim Patrick crushes me by 10-15 minutes w/o swim only 5-10 minutes :P

The numbers in % are chance of rain.

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