Foothills 1/10 Iron
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Foothills 1/10 Iron - TriathlonSprint
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Comments: Because of the poor race organization, folks did not seed themselves well at all on race day. Event times that were submitted were not enforced. I ended up in a crowd of folks who would not let me by. What would you do differently?: Maybe just wait instead of getting upset and getting the heart rate up Transition 1
Comments: Very quick transition time even though I doubt that there will be a transitin time shown. What would you do differently?: Arrive earlier to get a better spot. Bike
Comments: Again, poor race organization. Lots of slower racers who did not know the rules. Rode in middle, on left, etc. Traffic control was okay but got behind a truck that was behind a slowere rider (who started in the pool ahead of me) and had to pass to the left of the yellow line to get around it all. What would you do differently?: "Cheat" on the seeding to make sure that I was not trapped behind slower swimmers and bikers. Transition 2
Comments: Wow, helmet off while running to rack, shoes on quickly, passed a ton of folks in transition, even the person in my agegroup that I caught in T! and played leap frog with all through the bike course. He took off while I was getting on top of my shoes and when we got to T2 entrance, he tried to ride in too far and jammed up the entry but I shot right by him What would you do differently?: Nothing! Run
Comments: Good run, can't wait to see the splits What would you do differently?: Attack a little harder on the way back. Post race
Warm down: Cheering on the others, stretching, shower What limited your ability to perform faster: Poor taper (three days putting shingles on a church member's house) Event comments: Race was poorly organized. Maps did not show up until week before on the website and then the bike course changed a week before the event and the run course was not the posted run course. Ran out of T-shirts for registered participants, swim start was chaotic and unfair to folks who seeded themselves correctly, awards were given out incorrectly because a 30 yr old was in the wrong division, awards were late being given out because "too many people signed up on race day." water bottles ran out before all registered participants received one, the bike and run courses over lapped each other with cyclists turning left in front of other cyclists and cyclists leaving in front of the finishing runners Last updated: 2007-05-17 12:00 AM
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2007-05-30 4:39 PM in reply to: #822872 |
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73F / 23C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 21/251
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 4/28
Breakfast at 5:30, Mixed cut fruit, bagel, water, gel
Arrived a late, bike together, 3/10 mile bike warm-up to test set up and gearing