I was there.. running late forgot my helmet and wasted 20min of road time... would have made my initial start time by 2min despite all that. Ofcourse it was pushed up 14min and I missed the last group because well I didn't know it was the last group. Official on jetski didn't let us start behind the group that literally went out 1min before I reached the shore. There was like about 10 women who also missed the last group (poor race director got an earful).

I calmly asked for a deferment to another race and he said no problem. You are right about the weather... It turned way south in an instant as I was loading my car up to leave... raining sideways, hail, flashes, thunder.. nasty. I was given the option to ride/run and still defer, but glad I said no thanks.

I probably could have made the last group... but damn loud speaker talk is a foreign language.. I had no idea what the guy was saying.