Just got home from the race. The wind was up a bit at the start time, and Graham pulled the plug on the swim. Not nearly as bad as last year (I was in that one). He had the pros do the swim, and the age groupers just did the bike and run. Funny thing was that by the time about half of the age groupers were starting, the weather was calm as could be, and everything was fine.

There was a lot of complaining (naturally) that if the pros could do it, the age groupers should be allowed to as well. Last year the complaint was that he shouldn't have started the swim, this year it was that he pulled the plug too soon.

My prediction - the Utah venue is dead. I thought it would be anyway when it didn't fill, but this has to be the death knell. I'm glad, frankly, and I'm a local. What many people don't realize is that even the locals think that the current venue is a joke. There are many other locations here that would be terrific, but Provo and Utah County wouldn't let them make the modifications. And, the local support was poor at best, the community didn't get involved...mostly because many people had no idea that it was even happening. There was virtually no publicity. Too bad, the bike and run courses were alright. Oh well, one for the history books.