Like you Matt, I feel as though I was listed as guilty because Scott chose to point out certain names (Ogden, Jonnyo, Kyle) as having ridden the course cleanly. So, because my name was not listed, should I feel proud of my race, guilty of my race, or not care what you think? From my perspective, I got a stand down penalty barely two miles out of T1 for splitting a pass between Jason Shortis and Gordo on a turn leading out of town and had to serve a penalty for this non-drafting infraction up ontop of Richter. You can ask Dave Cracknell, who I was chatting to while waiting for the volunteers to fill out my information, that this took far too long (a few minutes) but that I arrived to the tent in 3rd place and left the tent in 3rd place with no one in sight behind.

Earlier in the race, around mile 7 or 8, I saw you pulled over on the side of the road and you mentioned you had dropped a bottle. I didn't see you again until you put in your move at mile 95. Matt had broken away a few miles before that, Ogden broke away a few miles after that, and I broke away a few miles after that. So I'm not guilty in your eyes, I want you to know I rode alone for ~ 90 miles of the day. I did go through a bad spell during the out & back section, possibly suffering from going out too hard, but then again, I was very motivated to try to ride through as much of the race as possible (rode in 3rd for most of the day). I thought from the speed you passed me around mile 95, you rode a very nice race. But, that was the brief time I saw you out on the course. I just wish, if you're going to take your race report on a public forum, you should mention all names you are attacking (or not attacking).

Racing is not my profession, but I always try MY best out there.

Lars

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Lars Finanger
Odyssey SwimRun