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 2008-09-02 1:10 PM in reply to: #1643684 |
Sneaky Slow  8694       Herndon, VA, |  Subject: RE: Patriot's Halfturtlegirl - 2008-09-02 2:06 PM Oh boy. The joy of Sept races. This is why i do no beach races!! did you hear they chopped Diamondman from 56 to 39 miles? crazy... I'm praying for you guys. I know its lots of folks' first half... I just don't want them to make it an effing duathlon. |
| 2008-09-02 1:12 PM in reply to: #1643702 |
Elite 3770 | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half newleaf - 2008-09-02 1:10 PM turtlegirl - 2008-09-02 2:06 PM Oh boy. The joy of Sept races. This is why i do no beach races!! did you hear they chopped Diamondman from 56 to 39 miles? crazy... I'm praying for you guys. I know its lots of folks' first half... I just don't want them to make it an effing duathlon.
that happened in my first half. They had to cancel the swim at Diamondman due to a sewage leak. Oh, after I had swam in the pond for 30 min the day before. Changed it to an 8k followed by the 13.1. Brutal. |
| 2008-09-02 2:03 PM in reply to: #1643714 |
Master 1826 | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half turtlegirl - 2008-09-02 2:12 PM newleaf - 2008-09-02 1:10 PM turtlegirl - 2008-09-02 2:06 PM Oh boy. The joy of Sept races. This is why i do no beach races!! did you hear they chopped Diamondman from 56 to 39 miles? crazy... I'm praying for you guys. I know its lots of folks' first half... I just don't want them to make it an effing duathlon.
that happened in my first half. They had to cancel the swim at Diamondman due to a sewage leak. Oh, after I had swam in the pond for 30 min the day before. Changed it to an 8k followed by the 13.1. Brutal. I would prefer 5k |
.. 8k/13.1 is a boat load of running .. if I wanted to do that I would sign up for a marathon | 2008-09-02 2:05 PM in reply to: #1615569 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half Oh this race is starting to go from "[relatively] easy flat HIM" to having EPIC written all over it. I hope we get in all 3 disciplines at the right distances. As long as I still get that, I say bring it on Ms. Hannah! Edited by JoshKaptur 2008-09-02 2:14 PM |
| 2008-09-02 5:41 PM in reply to: #1615569 |
Veteran 145 Williamsburg, VA | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half This will be my first HIM also. I don't care much about the weather, but having the winds hold off till the bike/run would be nice. I dread the idea of a HIM duathlon. I would rather swim though the hurricane and have a great story to tell. But I also don't want anyone to get hurt. On a slightly different note, Hanna seems to just be meandering around down in the Caribbean so maybe it will delay it a bit. |
| 2008-09-03 9:44 AM in reply to: #1615569 |
Veteran 185 Grass Valley | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half What hotel are people staying at? |
| 2008-09-03 9:50 AM in reply to: #1615569 |
Royal(PITA) 14270 West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half I'm volunteering for the HIM...staying at Wolf Lodge cause I'm doing the oly on Sun. |
| 2008-09-03 10:17 AM in reply to: #1615569 |
Veteran 240 Northern Virginia | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half I'm at the Embassy Suites. Wolf Lodge looks way cool, btw.  |
| 2008-09-03 10:25 AM in reply to: #1645953 |
Elite 3770 | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half Anyone going to be there saturday that wants to get together for dinner? |
| 2008-09-03 10:34 AM in reply to: #1615569 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half Well the predicted temp is almost 10 degrees cooler than the scorching 94 that was predicted for saturday earlier this week. That HOT day is now on Sunday (sorry oly runners). I think the storm is stalling a bit, though frankly we don't need to be in the epicenter of it to get some nasty weather. Fingers crossed. I'm staying at the Comfort Inn if I'm not mistaken. No idea where that is. I'd love to meet up for dinner with anyone who's interested on Friday night. |
| 2008-09-03 12:14 PM in reply to: #1615569 |
Extreme Veteran 981 Maryland | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half I'm at the Comfort Inn too, it's not too far away if I remember correctly, just a few miles. 706 Bypass Rd. US 60 Meeting up sounds fine to me. |
| 2008-09-03 12:56 PM in reply to: #1615569 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half I'm going to have dinner Friday night at Sal's by Victor I think - lots of pasta choices and reasonably priced... I was thinking around 6:00??? This assumes there is not a race-sponsored pre-race dinner. I haven't heard about it, so I assume there isn't one. If any BTers and family/friends would like to be added to the reservation, list your name and number attending here... I'll call and make a reservation Thursday evening: Josh Kaptur + wife (2) |
| 2008-09-03 3:51 PM in reply to: #1645982 |
Master 1826 | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half turtlegirl - 2008-09-03 11:25 AM Anyone going to be there saturday that wants to get together for dinner? you do know the race is saturday.. so it would have to be a post race meal |
| 2008-09-03 5:58 PM in reply to: #1615569 |
Royal(PITA) 14270 West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half I leave Richmond around 5 on Friday, won't get to Williamsburg till late. I'll be there Saturday morning wearing a pink baseball cap with a white ribbon tied on back. Just yell Zipp and I'll be answering. (my daughter ...a spitting image of me) is also volunteering so if you see a 12 yr old with braces near you it's mini-me (Carrie) |
| 2008-09-03 8:37 PM in reply to: #1647047 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half slake707 - 2008-09-03 4:51 PM turtlegirl - 2008-09-03 11:25 AM Anyone going to be there saturday that wants to get together for dinner? you do know the race is saturday.. so it would have to be a post race meal She's doing the Oly on Sunday (I have a sneaking suspicion we are all going to get an email any moment that the Oly and HIM will be run simultaneously on Sunday due to weather on Saturday... no facts to support this whatsoever so don't assume I know anything... just what I would do if I was R/D and the host city government was willing to be flexible). |
| 2008-09-03 9:09 PM in reply to: #1643910 |
Extreme Veteran 423 Frederick, Maryland | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half Though I'm not racing in this event, there are a few of my tri club members who are. So, I'm watching the weather closely for them. And unfortunately at present, Tropical Storm Hanna is forecast to be over the SE VA area at 2 PM on Sat. If the storm follows the forecasted track, the forecast weather graph for race day has rain, heavy at times, with possible thunderstorms and winds out of the east at 20 mph. Those winds increase to 25-30 mph with gusts to 40 come near 2PM. Epic - yeah, but hazardous too. With an east wind like that, you can expect wind waves with whitecaps on the James River, not the best swim conditions. The bike and run won't be much more fun either. As I'm telling our club members participating, be safe and make the smart decision. There will be other races. I'm sure the race directors will also be closely monitoring as well. For those that wish to follow Hanna's progress, forecasts are available at the National Hurricane Center website - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml. Forecasts are updated every six hours. Hopefully, Hanna will recurve earlier and not affect the race. If that happens, good luck to all and wish I was there with ya! |
| 2008-09-03 9:17 PM in reply to: #1647949 |
Sneaky Slow 8694 Herndon, VA, | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half sbrdave - 2008-09-03 10:09 PM Though I'm not racing in this event, there are a few of my tri club members who are. So, I'm watching the weather closely for them. And unfortunately at present, Tropical Storm Hanna is forecast to be over the SE VA area at 2 PM on Sat. If the storm follows the forecasted track, the forecast weather graph for race day has rain, heavy at times, with possible thunderstorms and winds out of the east at 20 mph. Those winds increase to 25-30 mph with gusts to 40 come near 2PM. Well, glad I'll be done by 2 PM, then. Seriously, thanks for the update. I keep checking NHC's website at 11, 2, 5, 8, each time they have updates, basically. I noticed that Setup closed the race for registration... the cap was 800, they closed it at 620 or so. Not sure what that means... |
| 2008-09-04 4:25 AM in reply to: #1615569 |
Extreme Veteran 346 Honolulu, | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half From the website. Note: On-line Registration for this event closes on 09-03-2008 at 7:00 AM. On-site registration MAY be available during normal packet pick up hours. Please review this event site for more details regarding on-site registration. |
| 2008-09-04 4:26 AM in reply to: #1648355 |
Sneaky Slow 8694 Herndon, VA, | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half adameldridge - 2008-09-04 5:25 AM From the website. Note: On-line Registration for this event closes on 09-03-2008 at 7:00 AM. On-site registration MAY be available during normal packet pick up hours. Please review this event site for more details regarding on-site registration. ah, right. |
| 2008-09-04 5:27 AM in reply to: #1615569 |
| Regular 105 Maryland | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half Latest weather update: 90% Precipitation, 45 MPH winds! This is from weather.com. Not looking good! |
| 2008-09-04 6:30 AM in reply to: #1615569 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half Since I leave for a 3 week backpacking trip right after this race (where I will lose a ton of bike fitness), this is my shot to get in my 70.3 this year... so I'm really praying on this one as even a postponing of the race won't work for me. If not, the wife and I have already begun plans for me to do the three disciplines/distances from home on saturday in my own little personal race with her as the race director. Anyone up for Odenton-Man Half? Hey Mr. race director - why don't you run them both (HIM and Oly) on Sunday???? |
| 2008-09-04 7:10 AM in reply to: #1648357 |
Extreme Veteran 423 Frederick, Maryland | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half dnp72178 - 2008-09-04 6:27 AM Latest weather update: 90% Precipitation, 45 MPH winds! This is from weather.com. Not looking good! I forgot to mention that if you want to see the NWS forecast for Williamsburg and the hourly weather graph I mentioned, go to http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/akq/. Then click on the dot marking Williamsburg on the small map. That will get you the text forecast for the day. To see the hourly graph, scroll to the bottom of the Williamsburg forecast page. You'll see an area labeled "Additional Forecasts & Information" and click on the "Hourly Weather Graph" link. You'll get a 2 day graph of various weather elements. There's a button in the upper right that allows you to go 2 days forward. That will get you to Sunday's forecast. You can also click on the "Tabular Forecast" link instead of the graph link and this will give you raw numbers/text of the weather elements. You can move ahead 2 days with this one as well. BTW, the links are having some problems this morning, perhaps due to increased interest. NWS typically also updates about every 6 hours as well unless conditions warrant otherwise. This morning's forecast track has Hanna moving a bit more east than the last I saw but not by much and that's just the projected center of the track "cone". Hanna's still having some problems with organization but it's been tenacious in staying together. Plus it's got a fairly large circulation. But, it's not expected to intensify much before reaching the US. Well, keep watching and again, hope for the best for all who signed up! Edited by sbrdave 2008-09-04 7:19 AM |
| 2008-09-04 8:46 AM in reply to: #1615569 |
Master 3546 Millersville, MD | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half Latest from the VA page of setup events (no updates are listed on the actual race page)...9/3/08 - Tropical Storm Hanna UpdateWe are still monitoring the progress of this storm and we realize that the current projected path takes it over our race area Saturday evening. Things can change and we be meeting with local officials tomorrow and will have more information online tomorrow evening as the situation develops. Please use this site as your official source for the information regarding this triathlon. This is what we will use to distribute information to you.Please note I am out of the office and am not responding to emails at this time. |
| 2008-09-04 8:49 AM in reply to: #1646388 |
Veteran 245 Nevada City with my BABY! | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half JoshKaptur - 2008-09-03 1:56 PM I'm going to have dinner Friday night at Sal's by Victor I think - lots of pasta choices and reasonably priced... I was thinking around 6:00??? This assumes there is not a race-sponsored pre-race dinner. I haven't heard about it, so I assume there isn't one. If any BTers and family/friends would like to be added to the reservation, list your name and number attending here... I'll call and make a reservation Thursday evening: Josh Kaptur + wife (2) If the race is still on we will be at dinner Friday night....2 seats for us please |
| 2008-09-04 2:24 PM in reply to: #1615569 |
Veteran 205 Fayetteville, NC | Subject: RE: Patriot's Half The event details have been posted on the Setup Events website for the half. I am not sure if this means they are still planning to have the race as scheduled on Saturday morning, but it looks like it. |
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