White Lake Results - Stories?

This year the wind was coming from the SW, so we had a tailwind for the first few miles, but then a crosswind from the right as soon as you turned onto 210.  Towards the end of 210 you turned straight into the wind.  Once you turned onto 53 to head back to the FFA you got a crosswind to from the left, though every once in a while you would turn north enough to get a little tailwind.  But hey, it's white lake.  It's going to be windy.  And hot.

The snakes were funny.  I think I saw three, two of which looked to be sizeable copperheads, though it's tough to tell at race pace.   I almost ran over a little one close to T2. 

Loved the new run course.  Sooooooo much better than last year.  Mostly single file the whole way.  In previous years it got to be a real mess by the time I started my second lap with all the congestion.

Also, anyone else think the refs were out in force this year?  It seemed unusually strong.  Loads of race number violations on the run in both races.  More "unauthorized accessories" than I ever recall seeing, too. 

That was supposed to be a DQ, and the only DQs I saw were from the sprint for chinstrap & bike spec.  I think they may not have enforced that one very rigorously.  Going outside the cones used to be a big problem on the old course, but didn't seem as bad this time around since it wasn't as congested.

What's up with the lack of photos from the half?   I can't believe they only had one photographer for each section.  I was expecting at least 2 more out on the bike course and just as many on the run.  Very disappointing!

I got two photos from each sport.  For the swim finish & bike, that was two too many.  And for one of the run finish photos, I'm pretty sure it was of someone else b/c I would never act that way. 

Really, how many pictures of you riding along could you want?  How different could they be?  I liked the picture a few years ago from transition, but apart from that the pictures are pretty much:

1) whew, I sure am glad i'm on the {bike/run}

2) whew, I sure am glad I'm almost done with the {bike/run}

3) In another 10 meters I am going to spew (this may just be applicable to me and nuthouse)

In other words, I feel like I got plenty of pictures.  In fact, I got pictures of things I'd rather not remember.  So what, in particular, were you expecting to capture for posterity?