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Re: Rolling start at IMTX this year [logella] [ In reply to ]

Apr 1, 15 18:10

logella wrote:

The 2015 event schedule was posted today and I noticed that it's now a rolling start beginning at 6:40 for age groupers. Not clear how they'll handle it if its in the wetsuit gray zone. Perhaps they'll be at the back of the line.

http://www.ironman.com/~/media/f364a47f7c2b4d86bf629bbcfe46ad16/2015%20im%20texas%20event%20schedule%203%2018%202.pdf

What is this horse hockey?? No Friday packet pickup?

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Jim Martin

Apr 1, 15 18:11

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2011, 2012, 2013 for me. 2013 was only time with "corrals/rolling start." To me it was much worse, of course conditions sucked that year too.

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logella

Apr 1, 15 18:19

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That's nothing new. There never is packet pickup the day before an IM.

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Re: Rolling start at IMTX this year [logella] [ In reply to ]

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noneoftheabove

Apr 1, 15 18:56

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Sucks to be me. I haven't completed iron distance since 2004. I hadn't considered that I'd need an extra day off to travel and entertain myself.

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Re: Rolling start at IMTX this year [logella] [ In reply to ]

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ZenTriBrett

Apr 1, 15 19:15

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logella wrote:

That's nothing new. There never is packet pickup the day before an IM.

That's actually one of my biggest gripes. It's an obvious and blatant money grab to get people to spend more money on the race venue. Reeks of squeezing every penny out of the customer by raking them over a forced coal bed of nowhereelsetogo.

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GrimOopNorth

Apr 1, 15 19:31

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texafornia wrote:

logella wrote:

That's nothing new. There never is packet pickup the day before an IM.

That's actually one of my biggest gripes. It's an obvious and blatent money grab to get people to spend more money on the race venue. Reeks of squeezing every penny out of the customer by raking them over a forced coal bed of nowhereelsetogo.

That does suck. Luckily we don't have to put up with that in the England or Wales (yet).

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japarker24

Apr 1, 15 20:15

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texafornia wrote:

logella wrote:

That's nothing new. There never is packet pickup the day before an IM.

You might want to check out IM Maryland