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2008-03-04 11:13 AM

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Subject: no set up invitational
I guess I am a little surprised that there is not going to be an invitational race due to lack of interest and participation.

Anyone ever raced in the event? Was it indeed poorly attended?



2008-03-04 3:27 PM
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Sadly, it was poorly attended.  Only about 150 participants in each of it's two years (if I remember correctly).  It's too bad because it is a BEAUTIFUL course!  I would definitely race there again.

2008-03-05 4:29 PM
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Yes, I raced in the invitational last year and it was very poorly attended.  They had 800+ slots open and of those I believe less than 200 raced last year.  I believe last year was the second year that Setup had provided and invitational.  Two years ago it was only NCTS and last year it was open to all 4 series, but obviously the bulk of participants were from ETS and NCTS.

It's a good concept, and personally it gave me a goal to strive for to be near the top of my age group so that I could get invited, but in the end I think Setup wanted to concentrate on the Beach2Battleship HIM/IM as their marqee event this year.



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2008-03-05 6:55 PM
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Subject: RE: no set up invitational

I participated the first time in 07 in this race and loved the course.  There were 37 athletes who qualified in my division but only 6 showed up.  I had this as one of my goals for this year.  I liked the idea of having to qualify for a race and then going up against the best from all 4 series.  It seems like we don't have anyone to blame but ourselves, and the other invited athletes who chose not to attend.

I also think the championship went away because of the time conflicts.  The end of the season was already packed with Wilmington and Pinehurst and now the addition of B2B.

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