Definitely slower than most races and I think many fast guys skip this race given how close it is to Kona. That said, a little context
- The distance are pretty acurrate unlike most races (I'm looking at you boulder, Texas, and most other popular courses). My garmin had 2.58 for the swim (though some of that may be due to me not swimming straight), 111.8 for the bike, and an even 26 for the run.
- T1 and T2 are each 0.25 miles. Most of it had to done barefoot or in bike shoes
- Per the garmin the elevation on the bike was 6191 feet. Also there was some cross winds towards the top of 95. Not sure how it affected others, but I had to break aero more than I would have liked as I my front wheel was getting squirrelly.
- holy batman the run was hot. Sunny and 90 during the run and the last part of of the out and back doesn't offer much shade. I was stupid and tried to run a pace suitable for high 70s and paid for it with lots of walking.
But yeah, if you were in the 30-34 age group and were trying to qualify for Kona, this would've been a good one to do. There were 50 slots (the extra 10 since it was the sunset year) for 1100 participants.
Matt
- The distance are pretty acurrate unlike most races (I'm looking at you boulder, Texas, and most other popular courses). My garmin had 2.58 for the swim (though some of that may be due to me not swimming straight), 111.8 for the bike, and an even 26 for the run.
- T1 and T2 are each 0.25 miles. Most of it had to done barefoot or in bike shoes
- Per the garmin the elevation on the bike was 6191 feet. Also there was some cross winds towards the top of 95. Not sure how it affected others, but I had to break aero more than I would have liked as I my front wheel was getting squirrelly.
- holy batman the run was hot. Sunny and 90 during the run and the last part of of the out and back doesn't offer much shade. I was stupid and tried to run a pace suitable for high 70s and paid for it with lots of walking.
But yeah, if you were in the 30-34 age group and were trying to qualify for Kona, this would've been a good one to do. There were 50 slots (the extra 10 since it was the sunset year) for 1100 participants.
Matt