Yeah this is shaping up to be a total shit show. You just kind of have to get there in the morning in the pouring rain and find out via the loud speaker. Apparently they have a few different contingency plans, one of which is, of course, canceling the thing altogether.

My guess is the others include late start, no swim, or duathlon.

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Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.

By 'no swim' I meant that the swim would simply be excluded and there would be a bike then a run. By 'duathlon' I meant there would be a run then a bike then a run.

No, historically IM has gone a "TT" start with situations like this (no swim). Bike + T2/(1) + Run. Other halfs I have done have integrated a short run at the beginning (duathlon) + T1 + Bike + T2 + Run.

It is getting nasty now, but there is a good chance most of the storm will be passed by race start.

Did y'all still have to rack bikes today?

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Let food be thy medicine...

I am not there...but do know Age Groupers did.

Looks like weather is cooperating - would take sub 70 and overcast over the inevitable heat stroke that will be Raleigh...

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On athlete tracker, the age groupers have very fast swim times. About right for a 5K run. Did they shorten the age group swim or change it to a 5K run?? The pro's swim times look about right.

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Geoff from Indy
http://www.tlcendurance.com

looks like it was a swim.

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Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches hammering the bike with the all the other pro men appearing to be in a tight group. Heather Jackson pulling away from Sarah True, but True still in 2nd

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But I agree, it looks like they shortened the age group swim.... to them out before possibly lightening storms roll in?

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