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I am doing the Oly.  Many ESKCTC'rs will be racing....so look for our black, yellow and orange uniforms.  I also think we will have an easy up tent for the Sprinters to hang out in while they wait for the Olys, so keep a look out!

I will be there early Saturday also. I have to get things set up for the church service on Sunday. The church service will be at 5:50am-6:00am at the FCA Endurance tent.

I'll be there at about the same time. How long is the athlete's meeting? I might be able to stay for a little bit but probably not long. I've got a lot of crap to do afterwards.

Are you guys dropping your bikes off before or after packet pickup?  

Thanks Cody! I was planning on being there around 9am.

 does the expo have good stuff. Everyone seems to be pretty pumped about the shopping!

Question:

Next to my bike are two other bikes. They're both facing the sam direction and hanging by the seat. I also hung my bike by the seat but I put the seat directly on my rack number which means that our three bikes are all facing the same direction. Shouldn't every other bike face the same direction? Is there a polite way to suggest this while prepping transition tomorrow morning?

Also, how on god's green earth are you supposed to setup transition? There doesn't seem to be much room. Do you do it between bikes or in front of your tire? This was the only thing that kind of freaked me out and since this is my first triathlon I'm a little worried about it. I'm sure I'll just copy the format of those around me but I want to make sure my stuff is there when I exit the water and the bike.

Thanks for the advice!

I'm pumped for this!!! 

So the handle bars should be on the same side at the rack number? If that's the case then I might be the yahoo that needs to flip my bike around. Oh well, I can do that in the morning.

All I have for transition is shoes, race belt, helmet, sunglasses and hat. I think I can make that fit.

How early do most people show up? I'm getting up at 4am to eat and I should be out the door by 5am.

Edit to add:

I just did a google image search and found some decent pictures of what it should and should not look like. Thanks for the tip Tanya, I'll get mine or the other bikes switch around and I'll be good to go.  

It's ok to either have the seat on the rack, or the handlebars....however your bike fits.  But your bike should be on the side of the number.  So going down the rack it should be every other side.  (I cannot rack mine by the handle bars because of my aero bottle.  Plus, having it hung by it's tail, it is ready to just be unhooked, and go! No need to turn your bike around to get it going in the right direction).

Some people actually figure out transition and practice it BEFORE a race. Haha!

They said that the water was about 82 degrees and that the even would not be wet suit legal. They did say if you decided to wear a wet suit that you would eliminate yourself from being eligible to receive an award in the event that you podium but that you would get your split times.

I recall that you're doing the OLY so you'll be in wave 4 which starts at 6:42am. I just checked the site and it looks like the information on start times has been updated.

Yeah, that would have been nice but this is my first race so I didn't know what the setup was going to be like. I'll just have to turn my bike around in the morning