BigDig wrote:
When looking at past Oceanside results remember that they were going to change the swim from a harbor swim to an ocean swim so transition could be set up differently. I think I did almost 14 minutes in transition in 2018 so there is no reason to expect that anyone would spend more than 10 minutes in transition."Ocean swim" and "harbor swim" at Oceanside both still have the same swim out/T1 entrance from the harbor boat launch. the only difference is starting on the beach into the waves or starting in the harbor.. so transition times are the same. Oceanside is going to have longer transition times vs. other races.. the T area is long and it is a long run from from swim out, to the end of the pier, to your bike, then to bike out. Same is true for T2 (but you do get to ride your bike to the end of the pier.. (slowly)
Each race is going to be different depending on how transition is set up. CdA70.3 is "quick" due to a smaller/wide transition area and no extra running. Arizona added a LONG run from swim out to your bike. Just one example on how you really can't compare times from course to course.
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