Wildflower Triathlon - Long Course : Official Thread (Page 8)

So I have looked and looked and cant find any info, If you didn't pay for the pasta dinner friday night can you buy a ticket at the door or do I need to shop for dinner that night?

You can buy it on the spot. But advance warning - it's really atrocious (or at least it was last year). I ended up throwing mine away and buying something else. It's also run by (and benefits) a church group, so if you aren't into that sort of thing...

x2 on the atrocious food.  that was my experience 2 years ago.

Funny, I was just reading the athlete update email, and thought it odd that they stated something like "don't count on teh pre race dinner to be enough or to your liking" 

LOL! The crepe booth saved me the night before the race last year with MUCH better food than the pasta dinner.

Holy crap, there are CREPES? If I had any doubt if I wanted to show up on race day, that just made my decision. ;-)
I'm so excited, 4 days, some-odd hours!!!

Not only crepes, but big hionking ice cream cones too 

two observations
1) NWS now says no rain, partly cloudy, 77 degrees (but check back in 2 hours )
2) My coach jsut told me not to use a HRM on the course.   Weird, but it makes sense, especially on this course.

that is all.

If I am orienting myself right, that wind would make for a very fast backside though, eh?

Hmm...I know fairings aren't allowed, but can I perhaps unfurl a SAIL for Nasty Grade...?

Can I attach a little motor to my bike? for nasty grade? I think I am going to take my big ring on the front crank and make it the big ring on my cassette and the small ring on my cassette and make it the small ring on my front crank just for the grade.

I think.... cash only for the food tents...  but goood question!    Pretty sure the tri vendors take CC

I know I've bought food, but just small stuff so used cash.

 

lookin more and more like some rain friday into saturday, but they say tapering early saturday

hope it doesn't rain enough to change the run course.  I've heard they did that once to all pavement but it was a beeyatch, 2 up beach hill.

Meh.  I definitely would rather my first tri in the rain not be WF.  (Not even so much for the race as the camping...)

If it rains, it rains. That's my attitude.

Until I get there. ;-)

Yup, it's gonna be what it is.

Here's a more detailed forecast from NWS.  Northern Cal is def. getting rain, guess they're just not sure how far south it's going to go.  Sure doesn't sound like much.

Tell you what, I'll take a few passing showers and 74 degrees over 115 (two weeks ago) and 25 mph winds (last weekend) anyday


CAZ516-300415-
SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-
300 AM PDT WED APR 29 2009

.TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING WEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
HIGHS NEAR 80.

So it couldn't possibly be worse than that... a t least it will be too warm to hail.

Current forecasts (yeah, i cycle through them all ,,,,, about every 1/2 hour ) now show rain starting anywhere b/w 6-8 pm Friday, but tapering off anywhere 3-5 am Sat, then partly cloudy, hi 60s. 70 after that, with a passing shower, very little wind prior to noon.

I am thinking positive and believing that the campground will be a little wet in the a.m. but that the racing conditions are going to be epic, and that we see some really fast times out there (well, not from me )

Just spoke to a friend that went up yesterday.   Weather is great now he said the lake water is kinda gross and mucky right now though

did everyone have fun out there?  at least it didn't rain on race day!

Fun?  Hmm.  I guess everywhere but on the run course...

Hard as it was, I loved it.....   Donato - do you ride a P3 with a disc????