I didn't see one so I figured I'd make one. This is one of my favorite races every year!
Good luck to everyone racing tomorrow! Water temperature was 78.1 degrees last I checked. I swam the course backwards late this afternoon and could definitely feel some cooler water being churned up by the chop so I wouldn't be surprised if the RD dropped the thermometer a bit deeper to make the race wetsuit legal. Winds will be from the east south east about 15mph according to Wunderground so expect a slow, choppy swim.
I got here Friday evening and saw Eric Lagerstrom at the Northshore pool. Said hi. Super nice guy. He had his GoPro out so expect a video from him for this race ;) Should be interesting to see him and Cameron Dye duke it out. As a side note, I saw Cameron hanging out in the ISM booth and there was a Ventum nearby with his Wingspan helmet. Did he switch from Fuji?
I watched the Meek and Mighty triathlon this morning. If any of you STers have kids that might be interested in triathlon it's a really well produced super-sprint race with a pool swim. I'd say most of the kids were between 8 and 13 so if you're ever looking for a weekend family triathlon St. Anthony's is a must-do. I have to say, some of those kids are really fast! I clocked one kid who was probably only 11 or 12 swimming ~1:08/100m and he was having to swim around a lot of other kids and angle his flip turns into the next lane. Pretty good!
Some interesting things at the expo: I picked up a little device called a "Velo View" which I'll make a separate post about sometime next week. It's an interesting prism/mirror you can hook to your aerobars so that you can see the road ahead of you while your head is down. I'm going to experiment with it a bit in the next month. Also, I tried on the the new 935xt. I haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere but one of the best features of that watch, IMO, is the new strap. It's not too thick and it's a bit rubbery/stretchy. It's very comfy and secure when on. Also, the reps hinted that they might have a software feature coming to the 935/Fenix 5 that would allow you to rotate the display so that those who where the watch on the inside of their wrist can easily look at their heart rate/pace/power/whatever.
Good luck everyone!
Good luck to everyone racing tomorrow! Water temperature was 78.1 degrees last I checked. I swam the course backwards late this afternoon and could definitely feel some cooler water being churned up by the chop so I wouldn't be surprised if the RD dropped the thermometer a bit deeper to make the race wetsuit legal. Winds will be from the east south east about 15mph according to Wunderground so expect a slow, choppy swim.
I got here Friday evening and saw Eric Lagerstrom at the Northshore pool. Said hi. Super nice guy. He had his GoPro out so expect a video from him for this race ;) Should be interesting to see him and Cameron Dye duke it out. As a side note, I saw Cameron hanging out in the ISM booth and there was a Ventum nearby with his Wingspan helmet. Did he switch from Fuji?
I watched the Meek and Mighty triathlon this morning. If any of you STers have kids that might be interested in triathlon it's a really well produced super-sprint race with a pool swim. I'd say most of the kids were between 8 and 13 so if you're ever looking for a weekend family triathlon St. Anthony's is a must-do. I have to say, some of those kids are really fast! I clocked one kid who was probably only 11 or 12 swimming ~1:08/100m and he was having to swim around a lot of other kids and angle his flip turns into the next lane. Pretty good!
Some interesting things at the expo: I picked up a little device called a "Velo View" which I'll make a separate post about sometime next week. It's an interesting prism/mirror you can hook to your aerobars so that you can see the road ahead of you while your head is down. I'm going to experiment with it a bit in the next month. Also, I tried on the the new 935xt. I haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere but one of the best features of that watch, IMO, is the new strap. It's not too thick and it's a bit rubbery/stretchy. It's very comfy and secure when on. Also, the reps hinted that they might have a software feature coming to the 935/Fenix 5 that would allow you to rotate the display so that those who where the watch on the inside of their wrist can easily look at their heart rate/pace/power/whatever.
Good luck everyone!