Subject: RE: Memphis in May Triathlon : Official Thread It was a good race, I enjoyed it at Harrah's. Plenty of activities for the kids, etc. I was one of the last one's in at 975, but we did get most of the swim in before the rain and lightening started back up. I was swimming the last 200 meters pretty fast, trying to get out of that water because of the lightening. It was a downpour for most of the bike course on us. The headwinds were pretty bad heading out, but that tailwind on the back was nice. There was some lightening on the bike course about 1/2 way thru our ride, and it was about 2 miles away. One guy pulled up and went back. I'm surprised more people didn't do that. I considered it, but the lightening didn't seem to be very frequent. The run course was pretty good. It was a bit long, according to my Garmin GPS. I clocked the run course at 6.73 miles, which would put it a full 1/2 mile over a 6.2. Not sure what was up with that. I following the course as it was marked, so I would imagine most everyone's recorded times appear to be a little slower than they would have liked by the final results. I clocked a 9:45 pace on my garmin, my official time was a 10:45 pace. Overall, I enjoyed the race. Start2Finish does a good job with the organization and support. |