I'm thinking back to last season's races. I raced just 3 times (2 sprints and a 70.3). I probably shifted from the base bar a dozen times, mostly on the first race of the year which had a multi-loop course. That course featured such niceties as gale force winds getting funnelled between buildings, a quartering tailwind section that led into an uphill 90degree corner into the headwind, 2 U turns per lap (1 wide and 1 tight), and frigid temps which meant that the swim was cancelled due to hypothermia risk.

Mechanical was fine.

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