The swim format was an improvement over the 2008 race, but many of us still had to stand in line for 1-2 hours waiting for our turn to start. There were people finished with the race before the last of us started.

9/31 in AG and 17/140 overall

T2 was a disaster. The bike rack was sagging, and there were other bikes in my way. I tried 2 or 3 times before I was able to get it racked, then I had trouble with my race number, because I forgot to take a race belt, and tied it on with a piece of ripped up t-shirt that was in my car.
20/31 in AG and 77/140 overall.

Remember a race belt. Try to get a spot near the end of a row if the racks are sagging.

Run was not bad considering that I was still having problems with a compressed nerve in my right foot from the Spirit of Morgantown HIM on Aug 9.

Lack of training between HIM on Aug 9 and this race.
Foot injury.



This is a fun small race, but the bike course would be challenging for someone who has not trained on hills.