Redondo Beach (Page 2)

IMPORTANT LUNCH/GET-TOGETHER INFORMATION

We will be meeting at the ROCKY COLA CAFE on 1025 Pacific Coast Highway, which is 1.5 mi north of the tri site. We will be meeting at 10:30 a.m. If you get there earlier, you are welcome to begin a table under the name "B.T." if you wish.

Let's say eight. *shrug* ??? I figure you, me, Faeron, I dunno about Matt, and no one else has replied, but I figure a few extra plus sig. others will show up.

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GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!!! Have fun at brunch. I'm so freakin' jealous! I should be doing my last minute transition packing and going to bed. Grrrr. Oh well...this race wasn't meant to be.

I'll be thinking of you all tomorrow! Go kick some !

Congrats to all the BT Redondo Beach Tri finishers!

 I was part of the volunteer traffic control/cheering squad located along the bike path (after the swim, before the stairs). Later on I was stationed at the food table- sorry if any of you confused the salsa for marinara sauce. It was beyond my control.

 You guys tore it up! See you at Camp Pendleton...

Hmmm, my wife is in charge of that area, and I was traffic control at the actual crossing of the bike path up to the stairs.... An almost BT encounter

Saw Yanti and PJOinSM, also saw duggar and was going to get over and say hi but got called in on other duty.  After all these tris we've done togeher, never officially "met".  And sounds like it was worth it to stay around, as he got AG second (i think?)

Congrats to the BT finishers!  Looked a little chilly but good racing weather.

I wish training was by osmosis.  Of the 5 top 40+ male finishers, I train regularly and irregularly with 4 of them.  Or, at least try to

Hey everybody,

Sorry I couldn't brunch with you all...had my ex with me and that would have felt weird.  Nice tho that he came and watched with my little one.  We had to be up at the top of Topanga by 12, so I had to skee-dattle.

Glad to meet a few of my cyber buddies from BT!  There's still a few of you out there I need to find!

Good race, but I coulda lived without the long run betw ocean and T1!!!  Holy cow!

Dana

Pete - I hope you at least stayed around for awards...

Far as I know.... That's the info they were using to pass out awards.  I didn't hear the Clydes announcing as I was off emptying trash or something, so I didn't hear who they called, but looks like it was you 

Bask in the 13-min run glory for a while first, Pete!

FWIW, last year I raced Redondo and had no results at all. Contacted RD, but nothing ultimately came of that (was hoping at least for discount to this year's race). A few weeks ago I rode the PV switchbacks with RD Rick, and he said that my problem was not unique but that they were using the same timing company this year. It's a shame that the chips (from whatever company) still have so many glitches.

Anyway, I hope it all gets straightened out, and even if you "lose" your podium finish, you still rock.

That's good,..... not that you ran slower, but that you didn't miss a podium opportunity. 

Congrats Doug!  Awesome race... sub 50 next year?  Surprised at the swim cuz the conditions looked good for a swimmer, and it looked like maybe you had a current?

I am also glad Rick bought 5 splits.  I gave him a rash of sh** over that last year.

If anyone has complaints, suggestions, etc you want brought to the RD, let me know, we're having a recap meeting next week and I'll bring it up.

Whoa, wait, you're kidding, right? Uhhh ... cause I really tried to aim ... ummm ...

Ah, can't help it, either I pass out dead next to just anybody/anywhere after sprint tris, or I yak.

Congrats on your super accomplishment and a great PR! As you know, ANY time cut off a race this short is a big deal.

I love this race, too. I had such a wonderful time.

Chris, it would take a looooong time to list all the stuff I loved--this is a CLASS ACT. (To which you just added more classiness. It was a joy to see you there. Thank you again for volunteering.) I was especially thrilled at how well-marked and well-staffed the run course was, since I would probably be in San Diego by now if it hadn't been.

The few quibbles I had: bottlenecks coming out of T1/into T2. The "fork" for 2nd lap/Transition came very quickly after a 90-degree corner and the signs were small.

That is really it. What an amazing race.