I am racing. Wanted to complete an iron-distance race before 40 and when a local race was announced it was a no brainer. I am really excited and believe it will be a great event. This may well be my only 140.6 so hoping for a great day.

No time goal, well at least that I want to say out load.

Live in Lawrenceville, NJ.

" . . . until they picked Atlantic City, been there and have no desire to go back. I was hoping for Mrytle Beach. "
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I've never been to AC, but you have got to be kidding w/ MB!

I'll be at Challenge Roth!

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-Relay or individual?
indi
-First full?
4th
-Where are you from?
boston
-Time goal or just finish?
was looking to break 10, but best friends wedding friday night, then i'm driving to ac on saturday :-(
-Anything else?
yeah, has ANYONE seen anything regaurding bike drop off etc. i haven't foudn jack!

john

I was wondering if they ever explained how they were going to run the marathon on the board walk in the middle of a Sunday afternoon during beach season on the Jersey shore. The field will be too small and too strung out to have a substantial mass to keep the path open, I would think. It may add some extra miles bobbing and weaving around the crowds. And based on the photos from the Challenge site showing the boardwalk, you may have to go way around some people. Boy they grow 'em big on the Jersey Shore.

It will be interesting to see how many individual finishers there are in the full distance. They seem to have changed there focus to aqua bike and relays.

In all seriousness though, good luck to all racing and to Challenge. I hope it works out for them....as much as I thnk AC was a crappy choice for a race, it beats Cambridge. :)

some of you guys gotta lighten up on AC, its not THAT bad! :) i'll still take it over panama city any day.

i have the same question about the boardwalk. there is a 'crossing point' (for lack of a better word) on the boardwalk every block. on a weekend in late june people are flocking over the boardwalk to the beach (or back) at a pretty constant rate. i would guess they're just gonna close off most of the crossing points and funnell people into a few that they leave open and have a cop directing pedestrial traffic when runners aren't coming by.

the other question i have is about the train that runs parallel to the a.c. expressway. it is, i believe, on the north side of the expressway and will have to be crossed to get into the hammonton section of the course. potential exists for having to stop while a train passes. not a huge deal but it could suck to lose 2 minutes for that...

AC is not bad, but hanging at the beach and people watching. Its just not a great place for a 10-16 hour race. I asked the RD by email about the boardwalk issue way back in November. The only response I got was hsi typical crap about "this will be a world class race." Nothing else. I can only imagine that the people waiting to cross with be very pleasant and supportive if they have to wait for runners to cross.

ha! that one almost didn't even need pink!

i don't recall anything too special (re boardwalk) being done for the sprint/olympic delmo puts on in september in a.c.. police at appropriate intersections, obviously, but not too much on b-walk that i can remember. that works out fine but its a much shorter stretch of the boardwalk, its september, and racers havent been going for 8+ hours.

Wouldnt most sprints be done before the crowds even arrive? This race will have runners on the boardwalk during peak beach hours. I just hope challenge thought through this or it could be ugly.

Apparently there was some conflict with road closures and the agriculture traffic in the area during July/August.
Then, moving it to June wasn't popular with the athletes.
And I think some other political issues as well...

I'm glad I competed in Regensburg, it was a fantastic course. I came back to Bavaria and did Roth instead.... mind blown. Never been to IM Kona but I can't imagine it comes anywhere close to Roth. Germany is the best place to race a triathlon.

Roth is definitely on my bucket list, but only after I get my Legacy spot to Kona! :)

sorry I hijacked your bump of this thread. I guess your answer is, not many people are doing CAC.

The CAC website says they closed registration today, and they have about 1200 people registered. I would say thats pretty damn good for a non-IM branded event.

 711 are signed up as individuals (that is to say, actual triathletes) for the full event according to the registration website. But as you suggest, that is not a bad sized field. About the same as a decent non-WTC half iron distance race like Toughman or Musselman. It is about double what I would have expected the field to be.

Looking forward to joining the fun in AC. Flat course only 4 hours from home: what's not to like?

-Relay or individual?
Individual
-First full?
4th stab at this: Lake Placid, Beach 2 Battleship, Kona
-Where are you from?
Gaithersburg, MD
-Time goal or just finish?
12:59:59
-Anything else?
I hope the swim is downhill

has anyone heard or can link me to when athlete checkin etc is???? nothing was sent to me as an athlete yet.

- Relay or Individual? - Individual AQUABIKE
- First full? - No.
- Where are you from? - New York
- Time goal or just finish? - 6:30:00
- Anything else? - glad I'm not running a marathon on the boardwalk. I predict a bunch of cones, with a "patient" summer beach crowd completely supportive and respectful of the space needed by the marathon runners. Plus, all the lovely chanting from the crowd, after 27 Bud Lights. God forbid anybody who resorts to walking - the crowd isn't there to support you. We're in their territory, not vice versa.

There was a newsletter sent on April 18th with expo times and - it's pretty cool - they have a website just for this race and it even has a race schedule which includes when packet pick-up is

please link. i can't seem to find it. i feel really stupid right now

http://challengeatlanticcity.com/event-schedule/

that's all i can find.. no times etc. bike drop off time is when?

I suspect you are worrying way too much here. If I had to guess they will want you to rack your bike on Saturday, likely with a large window of time.

i'm worrying because i'm driving donw from boston on sat morning (best friends wedding friday night.. ugh)

john

this is from the email newsletter #1

• Saturday, June 28
  - TYR Open Water Swim Practice, Back Bays, at Bader Field: 630-930am
  - The "Breakfast with Bob Show": Live ON site Global streaming, with host Bob Babbitt
  - Challenge Sports Medicine Symposium, Caesars AC Hotel, 8am
  - The Day Before... Challenge AC Expo, Ballys Hotel & Casino, 10-5pm
  - Challenge Race & Bike Gear drop-off, Bader Field, 1 pm-7 pm
  - Challenge Pro Athletes Race Forum... Featuring, Challenge Ambassador, "Macca" & 2-Time Ironman World Champion, Mirinda Carfrae, Ballys Hotel & Casino, 2:30-3:30 pm,
  - Challenge AC, Pro Athletes Meeting & USAT Officials Meeting, Ballys Hotel, 4pm
  - Challenge AC Final Pre Course Talk, Ballys, 5pm

Well there it is. Driving down from Boston on Saturday morning should pose no trouble

not sure why i didn't get newsletter 1. thanks folks.

where is athlete check in, packet pickup etc? doesn't seem to say that on there.

john

In the line right above what I bolded... its at the host hotel Ballys