Subject: RE: Coastal Carolina sprint It was a fun race, I think maybe 75-80 people total.
For the pool swim they had people "estimate" their 300yd time and started the fastest "estimates" first. That put me as the 16th starter, and some people really overestimated their swimming ability because I caught the guy ahead of me on the second pool length and passed 4 or 5 people overall.
Transition area was set up as you would expect at any tri, no problems.
Bike course was flat with lots of turns, as people have said. I was one of the first bikes on course, and they didn't have anyone directing people at the first U-turn, so I missed it. Probably lost 45 seconds to a minute before I figured out what happened. When I came around for the second lap they had someone holding a big U-turn sign, that would have been welcome earlier!
The run was fast and flat and the weather was perfect.
Overall I thought the race was run nicely and everyone was friendly and helpful. Perfect early season workout, I'll do it again if I'm down there in the future. |