MedExpress Mountaineer Triathlon - Sprint Distance : Official Thread (Page 3)

Thanks for the update on the distances.  A friend of mine did her first sub 3 hour oly and we are really excited for her.  Even at 24.x miles, that would still get her sub 3 hours even with the extra mile added.

Did anyone post their race to mapmyride or garmin connect?  I'd like to look at the elevations and such.  I didn't take the time to use my garmin.

I did have sighting problems in the water but I followed others and usually ended up around the buoy.  I was happy with the water support, especially with the hot bikini college women. :-)

At the back end of the bike course, the aid station guy didn't make it clear that Heed was available.  He kept asking "water?" and I said yes, then he gave me a water bottle with the cap still on it and I couldn't get it off.  He did that on both loops.  I just about broke my teeth trying to get that thing off.  The aid station near the transition, had the caps off already.

The volunteers were generally wonderful, you can't do much better than they did.

Oh, I hear you on that achievement.  My one and only Olympic was Columbia in MD and I went 2:59:59.  Phew - just snuck in there!  I was so excited about it and don't want to do another Olympic in case I go slower LOL

There were no hills on the sprint so anything from us would be worthless!

And Diet Coke, my weakness. :-)  Later in the day they set out some pizza that was left over from the volunteers, that was wonderful.  In general I think they cut back on expenses this year.  No bibs, no different colored caps, no money for pros, little food.  The expo was also pretty tiny, but that is probably a factor of how many are registered.  I did notice the local newspaper was touting the wonderful expo where even the local public can have the chance to buy the same pro triathlon gear that the super triathletes will be sporting the next day.

Great job on your sub 3 at Columbia! Columbia's pretty tough.  The friend I am talking about, did like 3:25 at Columbia (3:40 the year before), and near 2:56 at Morgantown which really threw us off. :-)

I do that too, but it's good, keep doing that.  As a volunteer, you like to know that what you are doing is even being noticed.  It's surprising how few athletes even make one move when a volunteer does something or cheers them on.

Thanks.  I still consider it to be my best race ever, even though I have plenty of AG awards from the local sprints.  One of my friends PRd the Oly yesterday by 10 minutes.  She was stoked.  I hate PRing and then finding out the course was short.  They should have to be certified if they are USAT sanctioned races.  But of course your friend should still be proud!

It is kind of sad, and I wondered if that would be an issue.  I wonder if anyone else missed it.  I can see how a pro (or otherwise fast person) might take this race in stride and not care about the course in advance, but otherwise, it was pretty clear and easy to remember how the course was laid out, and I was worried about that spot but I thought it was pretty obvious.  It seems like they should've had mats at the turnarounds especially when you consider that everyone out there are doing different distances.  But then again, there was no money for winners so you could say why is it needed.