the camera was 170 degree wide angle lense so distorts things some but the argument was it was impossible not to draft and road was packed with cyclists.
I'm just not one of those types that can dig down in aero for 5 plus hours and stay focused on myself. And this wasn't my first ironman race or triathlon so I'm not new to any of this been racing for 24 years doing ironman races since 1991 and quite a few of them.
I AM very observant when racing just way I am. I get made fun of all the time from my team mates(terrapin racing) because I remember so many things from a race including where other people I know were when I saw them how far ahead or behind at turns. But I can almost after a race give in some detail almost every mile of my race just from memory...
thats why I don't post race reports because before I know it its 100 pages long because I remember pretty much every minute and have a very bad filter..
The video is just icing on the cake now I can remember more I guess.
I'm constantly keeping an eye on things.. I wear a mirror for safety but also keep in view folks trying to hang on my wheel as well as others coming up fast to pass and working to stay out of their way even signaling them with my left hand go ahead say when I'm passing a group. Just the way I am. thats why I remembered the mile mark (34.5) when I took the helmet cam video..
Trust me (or not I don't care) but there was plenty of room around me going up 79 more so than last years race where there were packs spread across the road so things this year were an improvement. Even the packs I saw on 20 were smaller than last years which prompted me to finally do this after 10 years of watching it happen.
I'm just not one of those types that can dig down in aero for 5 plus hours and stay focused on myself. And this wasn't my first ironman race or triathlon so I'm not new to any of this been racing for 24 years doing ironman races since 1991 and quite a few of them.
I AM very observant when racing just way I am. I get made fun of all the time from my team mates(terrapin racing) because I remember so many things from a race including where other people I know were when I saw them how far ahead or behind at turns. But I can almost after a race give in some detail almost every mile of my race just from memory...
thats why I don't post race reports because before I know it its 100 pages long because I remember pretty much every minute and have a very bad filter..
The video is just icing on the cake now I can remember more I guess.
I'm constantly keeping an eye on things.. I wear a mirror for safety but also keep in view folks trying to hang on my wheel as well as others coming up fast to pass and working to stay out of their way even signaling them with my left hand go ahead say when I'm passing a group. Just the way I am. thats why I remembered the mile mark (34.5) when I took the helmet cam video..
Trust me (or not I don't care) but there was plenty of room around me going up 79 more so than last years race where there were packs spread across the road so things this year were an improvement. Even the packs I saw on 20 were smaller than last years which prompted me to finally do this after 10 years of watching it happen.