Novi Sprint Tri - Did you think the run was long?

I agree! I'm not a fan of the trail run though. You have too many things to worry about. I've been running around a 9 minute pace lately and today was much higher. I think it was longer than a 5K. Let's check the results on Monday. At the Blue Water Tri the times posted after the race were different than the results. Overall I thought this was a decent race.

Hi guys. I think the whole race ran long today. I hear that 3disciplines has a reputation for not having accurate distances, and this race certainly helps that argument. I swam in the Island Lake Tri in Brighton 3 weeks ago, and my results for the 800 meters was 15+ minutes. Here, it was 18+ minutes, same distance. Granted, I don't think I swam as strong, but I still came in 12th overall for women there and just don't understand the big difference in the time. Other than that, I enjoyed the swim and looking at the fishes darting in and out of the seaweed.

The bike, advertised at 15 miles, was 16.4 according to my gauge and many others that I talked to...It was a nice course though.

I haven't heard one person say that they thought the run course was accurate. I overheard someone saying that they had heard the run was actually 4 miles, not the 5K as originally advertised. I don't know if it was 4K, but I certainly think it was over 3.12. I know I ran it slower than my normal pace (which averages between 10 and 11 mph, yes, I'm slow...) But here, the results showed I was at a 13.5 pace, and that's CRAZY slow, and I didn't stop either.

My shins are suffering, but it was a beautiful course (other than the part at the end where a pack of us almost got lost because of poor marking...hopefully they fixed that by the time you guys made it around...)

Wow, here I'm thinking my bike computer is off and it reads 16.37

Glad to hear some others are thinking the same way, as I would be seriously upset if towards the end of the season I'm running over 2 minutes slower then my first race in June after a 16 year layoff.

3D has the results posted already.

Only a dozen or so runners in the less then 8 min mile category, and only one sub 7 min mile. Seems a little slow for folks in the top tier of racers.