Subject: RE: Silverback? Originally posted by Danmartinids
How was the race atmosphere compared to the Topeka Tinman?
I actually thought it was alot better, but I also wonder if part of that was my severely lowered expectations (I literally had none: most were free entries and Silverback has created a certain lack-of-expectation in my mind ). They had an announcer who was OK and I thought that helped (let's face it, the Ultramax guy is loud and obnoxious and even when he's just hollering "you've got 5 minutes to get out of transition, mooove!!"....it creates a certain feel ).
The Baker cross country team was there doing the water stops, so they were well covered. Overall, I thought it was ok, but again...it was a free entry for me (and probably most everyone there ). They ran out of size Large shirts (which is a pet peeve of mine ) but doesn't make too much difference...I have plenty of shirts.
I heard some complaints about lack of communication about the bike course, but they sent out at least 2 emails and also facebook posts...so I'm not sure what else they really could have done apart from them getting out and paving the road themselves.
If I had paid $70-100 for that race, I'd probably really be griping...but I thought it was fine overall. |