ChrisM wrote:
Sunrise is 5:36 on race day (twilight at 4:57). I recall when I did it couple years back during mass start the sun was just clearing the surrounding mountains at the end of the second loop. Pros will definitely be in the dark, AGers will have a dark first lap but it’s also now rolling start so not for all
Will be fully light by bike start
The fish will be on their bikes by 6:30, and as you pointed out, the sun does not clear the mountains until about 7:15. If there is any early morning cloud cover, which is not unusual for that locations, it will be very dark at 6:30.
It would be a more viable option if the start was located in the village and if there were not rugged mountain peaks looming to the east. IM CDA had a 6am start later in the year and it worked great, but they have a lower probability of clouds and no huge mountains blocking the sun. The sun had cleared the horizon by 6:20. The pros at Whistler did a 6:30 start. I think that is about as early as you would want swimmers in the water there.
Oui, mais pas de femme toute de suite (yes, but I am not ready for a woman straight away) -Stephen Roche's reply when asked whether he was okay after collapsing at the finish in the La Plagne stage of the 1987 Tour