Big Foot Triathlon : Official Thread

tpero - 2010-06-25 6:23 PM Picked up my packet today, and there was nothing about how the race is being timed, no timing chip/band, and no information about body marking. Actually, no information whatsoever; just a cap, bike jersey, bib, and bike number...Does anyone have any information on this?

Shooter40 - 2010-06-27 4:42 PM Finished the race today, not the greatest conditions, but finished and made for an interesting run.  Overall enjoyed the race.  the shallow start to the race is a little odd, the bike loop was great, a person directing at every single turn (I think, sure seemed that way), and the trail run would have been fine except 2 stops got horribly muddy, (later finishers basically had to walk through them to avoid slipping) with some rain.  

Here's my big thought onthe race, and could be applied to all races.  How come peopel don't seem to take any responsibility for things themselves.  I'll explain.   The sprint run course is a 5k loop on the trail. The Olympic run is the same loop, only done twice.  100 yards or so before the finish, the path forks, finish line to the left, 2nd loop if you go right, if you are doing the Olympic, you run by the finish line once then go left to the finish line when you see it again.  Apparently that is too hard for a lot of people to figure out, as there were lots of people who didn't know where to got and seemed to get frustrated witht the volunteer who was standing at the fork for 90 minutes yelling " finish line to the left, 2nd loop to the right"     Just saying, read the course map and know where you need to go, the volunteers aren't there to hold your hand.

Minus the muddy sections of the run , i had a very enjoyable time.

rosalestri - 2010-06-28 10:26 AM - swim was short, I have no doubt about that... (I was sub 17 mins, and I usually swim 18 low)
 
- big signs? oh wow I really missed those, also I missed the pace car for the race leader (spray paint on the road? really?) I dunno you, but I like to look ahead when I'm riding 30 mph, kind of a safety issue. 

- I even saw one person with no helmet, yeah no helmet.... USAT sanctioned race? oh boy, so many abandoned equipment violations, and yet no penalties (where was the race marshal?) so many people going by the dismount line (where is the penalty for that?)

- once again USAT race with no race marshal, I just don't understand it.

- a lot of details to work on thats for sure.

- What about a course map? go and look it up online, yeah thats not what I was looking for an answer.


 

tmoran80 - 2010-06-28 5:19 PM No offense dude - but you are on beginnertriathlete.com complaining about not having a pace car for the leader.  I wouldn't even know what a pace car would look like - but then again that is why I am on beginnertriathlete.com. 

I didn't have any issues with the signs on course - yeah agree they should have provided a better bike race course map.  But each turn and intersection were well staffed and informative.

The helmet thing I just don't understand.  My wife was by the transition area and said she say several people leave without helmets.  She said one guy even left transition area with his swim cap still on -lol.   Supposedly they took thier bib numbers but like someone else mentioned there were no penalties issued.

Overall I think it was a good race and fairly well organized for the conditions.  I will do it again next year.

tmoran80 - 2010-06-29 12:05 PM Just not used to seeing people on this website who actually win races-lol  Anyways it is actually interesting to see your perspective since you probably gauge a race way different then I would.  Like I said overall I was pretty happy with it minus the mud  - I was also wondering about the swim being short too - I usually pace around 1:32/100Y and was 1:27.  Even on the turnaround one guy made the comment "too short!".

Checked out your blog too - congrats on the wins this year.  Good luck with the rest of the season.