Looking for possible fill-in for nations tri relay

Yeah I could run also, you are probably faster though : )

Great, I will let you know ASAP.

Yeah Judi!! 

I'm volunteering, so I'm heading to the race.  Depending on what time you guys are looking to get there and what time I need to get there you guys can carpool to my place and I can drive down to DC.  I'm used to the traffic and even better - I know a lot of back roads  

Either way this should be an interesting scene getting downtown.  I belive they have 3500 entrants which is 3x what they had last year  Not sure where they are going to park everyone.

i know.  and i haven't heard anything about the metro opening early, has anyone else?  that would be a smart way to help get people down there. 

Maybe.  I think I'm driving up on Saturday and staying overnight with a friend, so I don't know how that would work.  

So the metro won't be open that morning?  That's lame!! 

It will be open, but probably not as early as is really necessary. It opens later on Sundays. For "big" races like the Cherry Blossom 10-Miler and of course, the Marine Corps Marathon, they open it early. Hopefully they'll do that for Nation's, since the event is gaining popularity.

Well, good to know it will be open for Marine Corps.  I guess if it's not open for the tri my husband will have to drive me to transition and then go back with the car.  I kind of just assumed it was always open. 

yeah, i wish it was open 24-7 like in nyc.  but it opens at 7am on the weekends unless it's changed, which is just too late for competitors.  i don't see why they won't open it early though. 

Probably because it is not cost-effective.  For MCM, you've got how many, an event cap of 30,000 or so.  I don't know how large the event cap is for Nations Tri, but I doubt it is much more than 1,000.  and how many of those 1000 would schlep their bike on Metro?

I'm not saying that if I was doing the race, I wouldn't want Metro open, but that is probably why. 

3500 I believe, they said they had 3x the entries from last year.

Wow! That's big! And cool, for a city like DC to establish a triathlon like that Now if only the Potomac weren't so nasty...

Eh...after my swim in the Hudson earlier this summer, I really don't think it can be that bad.   

This is true. I would NEVER EVER swim in any body of water remotely near NYC.

It was worth it, though.  The NYC tri was so much fun.  

LoL, yeah I was thinking, what other gross body of water can Jen swim in this year...