AutomaticJack wrote:
Little late, but... They cancelled the swim at 9 pm Saturday night. Reason was dangerous flow and debris. Earlier at the race brief they stated the swim would be shortened to 1000 meters with the 250 meter upstream swim eliminated. Apparently the storm upstream was worse than they thought.
Roads were not good. I saw lots of flats and there were dozens of ejected bottles in a box for claiming after the race. The crater coming off the bridge was responsible for a lot, I'm sure.
My only complaint was bottle hand up on the bike - there wasn't one, if you lost a bottle on the bridge on the first lap you were screwed.
I don't know if this is true, but I was told that J&J wanted to sponsor this year and was told to go away.
J&J decided to opt out....taking the money and spending on international priorities.