One thing that Jimmy did not mention is that he is totally dependent on volunteer marshals and motorcycle drivers for those marshals to ride on. Often there are more marshals than their are motos available. But sometimes marshals are in short supply as well. Jimmy said he had 14 at IMFL, but I know that he needs more than that. For example there were 25 marshals on motos at IMH. At a race like IMFL, my best guess is that you would need that many or more. However, perhaps not enough motos showed up or that's all the marshals that were available.
Generally speaking on a 112 mile bike course with a race field spread out over 40+ miles, the more marshals the better the coverage is going to be and the cleaner the race is going to be. Just being around riders is often enough of a deterrent to get people to follow the rules.
So here's an idea: If you are really this upset about the drafting - volunteer to be a marshal and if you know someone in a race community where there is a 70.3 or IM race, that has a motorcycle, make them volunteer to drive. This is one thing were, more is more!! :)
Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog
Generally speaking on a 112 mile bike course with a race field spread out over 40+ miles, the more marshals the better the coverage is going to be and the cleaner the race is going to be. Just being around riders is often enough of a deterrent to get people to follow the rules.
So here's an idea: If you are really this upset about the drafting - volunteer to be a marshal and if you know someone in a race community where there is a 70.3 or IM race, that has a motorcycle, make them volunteer to drive. This is one thing were, more is more!! :)
Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog