Beach 2 Battleship Iron Distance : Official Thread (Page 31)

From what I heard it's a copyright issue which Ironman holds the right's too, so halfs and fulls can't use 70.3 or 140.6, thus the reason they left off the .3 or .6

I had posted way earlier in this thread with the tide being so close to 7 am that the push wasn't going to be any where close to the last two years.  Hope this doesn't make a reason for folks to knock the race.  Reading some of the race reports I saw some of the same minor complaints that I had last year.

Not sure if I'll do another full there or not but I'd really like to go back some year and volunteer and hang out in Wilmington again.

Hope everyone enjoys there recovery time.

I do think it's amazing that they pull off all the logistics.  But most of the points here are valid.  The wiggly man wasn't at the turn, I didn't know finisher shirts were available until hours later.  Those things are minor.  About the only thing I would bring up was T2 where we had no idea where we were and the volunteers didn't seem to know either.  I actually got frustrated and got snippy, which is unlike me and felt bad about it later.  Someone was yelling out numbers, but no one was helping me find that number.  I asked someone else where I was going and she pointed to the tent.  Ugh, no bags in there.  Back out, look for my number again.. oh it should be somewhere over there.  It felt like it took forever.  And I'm sure it's obvious where the bags are when I haven't done 114.4 miles thus far.  It just wasn't registering.  Everything in that area was new, and I was tired and rushed.

Nope, I sure didn't, that's a good point.  I can't remember specifically why I didn't, but thought it wouldn't be a problem because my experiences at long distance tris are that the transition area is a mindless experience where everyone is really good at directing you.

I had never done a non-WTC 140.6 so I didn't know what to expect, I could've been proactive there.

Not being as structured as WTC has its pluses and minuses, and that contrast was interesting.  I was really impressed with the run, I saw little difference in the run between a WTC race and this one.  This race is also a lot more flexible with bag dropoff, and they would even let you bring your own bag, but didn't advertise such. I saw one guy left his morning bag on the rack the day before, that was an interesting idea.

We also had a cheaper race, and could include family members to events without breaking the bank.  The dinner and cruise here was $15 where WTC dinners are $35.  And who else offers a cruise?

The bike special needs area was interesting, it felt like a century ride aid station, with people racking their bikes and such.  Were people going inside to use the restroom?  It seemed really laid back.

I for one like the comments here, positive and "negative".  I get to see that I wasn't going crazy with things that caught my attention, like the crazy bike finish.

Good job bt_bt, you had guts to do this race with only an Oly under your belt, and you proved your mettle last weekend.  Your warming tent story is awesome, that makes a great addition to your race story.  I too am glad that the swim turned out to be a normalish type of swim.

Speaking of the swim, am I the only one who didn't hear the start?  Maybe I was goofing off too much.  I thought we were still just walking through to the beach to get set up, and I see people swimming already.

Here is my recipe for no more flats! After having 2 long rides messed up with flats I was not armed to deal with! I now have a pump, 3 CO cartridges, 3 tubes, 1 tire and a box with patches under my , have not had any flats since of course!

Thanks.  Yeah I must've been goofing off too much.  I really should've been out near the beach.  I bet it was pretty obvious from there than back further.

Yeah I wonder what that did to the race.  I am sure the RD freaked out when he saw that happen.  Things happen.  Earlier this year, I did a HIM where the county highway folks went out and put chips and tar on much of the bike course the day before packet pickup.  They had to reroute the entire bike course beyond mile 13.  Pretty crazy.  Makes life fun. :-)