I think CAC was a solid race. There were just over 550 people in the 70.3 with a lot of no-shows. I might blame the storm the day before for scaring some off but man that made the weather perfect.

Is two miles on the bike course a huge deal? No. But I flatted with 55.5 on the gps and said to myself "Screw it, I'm half a mile from transition". Yeah, I was more than pissed to find that it was actually 2.5 miles because I would have made a very different decision at that moment. Just announce it in advance! It isn't going to scare anyone off and we can all be prepared properly. The map the day before the race said 56. The pre-race meeting the number 56 was thrown around. Then in the results it says 58. Every RD says "It's your responsibility to know the course" - I agree but I should know the distance. I know that where I flatted is the rarity but you can see why I even debated coasting in.

The run: It is what it is. The boardwalk is crowded and unshaded. The issue I had is that the volunteer at turn 3 was giving bad information to people and having people do a little loop before they could head to what was actually going to be turn 2. I stopped and explained to her that she was giving the wrong info and she said "Sorry, I am just a volunteer" - I thanked her for being there for us and explained the turns. Know your course, right?

I think Delmo is a very good RD. My suggestion is to take a good chunk of the run off the boardwalk and only have the final five miles up there. I don't think anyone really enjoys dodging the foot traffic and pedi-cabs so much that they'd be unhappy with a change.

I had a good experience and will consider racing it again. If I were Challenge however I'd consider pushing back the date to September. With Eagleman/Syracuse so close it is in a dead zone. With the demise of the Princeton 70.3 it could really fill a hole in the Fall. My 2 cents.