Looks like #836 for me in the half. I’m doing the race morning bike check in, as it is easier logistically for the fam.

Weather is currently trending on the cool side - hope it stays that way!!

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How bad is the Saturday scene for packet pickup and bike-check? I was debating doing race day pickup as I am relatively local, but haven't pulled the trigger on that yet as I figure I may want to go for a swim Saturday to check out the lake temps anyway.

Not me. With all the rain and cold this spring, that swim will be brutal if we don't get some warm weather.

I've done a bunch of their races and everything has always been very smooth. (we are about an hour away and will be doing Sat drop off)

I have done this race 4 times in the last 6 years (the double twice) and check in is never bad at all. When you park on Saturday, you tell them you are there for packet pickup. You have to walk into the park, to the left and down to the far end where the field is. This is where the expo is and finish line is there also.

You must find your bib number from the posted list, or look it up ahead of time. Get in line-get race packet; wristband; swag bag; swim cap; timing chip.
Don't forget your USAT card/ID.

Then go take a dip. The practice swim is from 10-12 on Saturday. The lake is usually comfortable in temp and sun glare is a common issue on race day. Tinted goggles are advised if sunny on race day. You can also see the run up to the bike transition in the parking lot and do a bike ride. Then check in the bike at that point. Bike check in is 10:30-5:30pm.

It does get busy toward the middle and later part of the afternoon so plan accordingly.



For those who will be there doing the half: I see a change in reading the Athlete Guide-only Oly athletes can park onsite...

I hear you on that! I’d like a few warmer days too. My lake is still low/mid 60’s and I haven’t been in it yet.

It is CT so lakes are still cooler in earlier June.

Good luck to you and your son. I did the oly with my boy in 2016 when he was 19. The monsoon came the next day..

Thanks - He's 17 and it will be the 43'rd race we've done together. I hold the head to head lead 41-1 (DNF - flat tire), but I have never beaten him out of the water.

We had our own monsoon at Rev3 DR last year, but it was still a blast.

Only looking at Oly because that's what I'm doing, but it appears the bike course as described in the guide is different than the map on the website. The athlete guide has the course going out of quassy then east on 64 and up tranquility road. The map on the website course page goes out of quassy and west on 64, turning north on tuttle road.

not a huge deal, but gotta trust the athlete guide right?? I did the oly in 2013 and 2014, and the route up tranquility road is what was used then, was the tuttle rd route used in more recent years?

They put out a video with some key facts. Including a description of the bike course. I'm following that.

Huh... I am registered for the Oly but my name isn't on this list.

I'm guessing that is the 'old' course-coming out of the park and going to the left. The gps for that says 2015, which was definitely the old course. The new description mimics the half and goes out of the park and to the right.

Brad-What video did you see?

I'm guessing that the Rev 3 will take good care of you. You need to call/email someone and let them know.

I can tell you, the first time I was signed up for this race, for the HIM-prior to IMLPin 2012, which was going to be my first triathlon, and I was certain that I had signed up in Feb for this race, along with Placid but apparently I did not click on something and I was not registered for Quassy, only IMLP.

I freaked out. Bordeline hysteria.

I went to the venue on check-in day and threw myself on their mercy, and after a minor wait, actually got a number and raced-thanks to Jill. I'll never forget her.

They made it work for me then and I'm sure that the Rev 3 will continue to do what they always do-shine supremely- on taking care of their athlete's.

I'm excited about the race and have done the half before, but parking and traffic looks to be a nightmare with both events on the same day.

I am big fan of Rev3 and this race, but can’t do it this year.

One thing I hope is improved from last year: they had a bunch of high school kids manning the bike check out. The kids couldn’t have given a crap as I strolled by uninspected with my top end bike. I guy near me joked about going back for an upgrade. Not the place to be saving money.

I asked about Swim waves, they said its going to be a self-seeded TT start for the swim.

If you registered after May 7th, you're not on that list. There will be a supplemental list posted at the race site.

I'm in for the half. It will be a complete and utter shitshow (we're moving, I've been sick half the spring, etc.). Say hi - I'll be in the Owen Otter / Sonic Endurance kit.

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They did this at Poconos last year. Seemed to work fine, but hard to tell where you stood in the race. I guess you just have to go as hard as you can and hope its enough.....

Good news - it is going to be warm up here the next few days, so hopefully the water will warm up a bit.

Yea I saw the May 7 thing and realized I registered on the 9th. So I’m not worried. And even if something gets messed up it’s not like I’m a stranger to everyone at Rev so getting it fixed would be easy regardless.

My general rule: every pass is for position. When in doubt, attempt to go faster.

I won't say "actually go faster" because, well, I don't think I'll be doing anything resembling fast next weekend. :)

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Yep...better to be the hunter than the hunted.

Chase ‘em down.

Good luck Dale! I envision you have the P2 all ready to go?

It's close, Jonathan. And it's a sweet ride-many thanks for parting with it and I hope you find a nice upgrade that passes muster with the misses.

Got my 10 speed 808 Zipp w PT embedded now with a new 11 speed hub/cassette. Still dialing in my fit...
But it's a gorgeous bike and I love it!
Dale

Thanks!
I noticed that in the Athlete guide later. I'm such a dork..

Forecast is holding out now, but with rain on Saturday it is going to be a sauna for most of the day. Be ready folks!

Bib #772 here. Trying not to embarass myself too much in the half. Training would indicate otherwise...

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For the past few years, I've always parked at the Amusement Park. This year they only want OLY parking there, not HALF athletes. Has anyone taken the shuttle from Timex on Christian Rd? How do you get your bike back to Timex after the race?

When I did the race in 2015, my wife dropped me off at the race site and went back to our hotel. When she came back later she parked at Timex and took the shuttle. After the race we walked back to where she'd parked - maybe a mile or so.

I too am doing the half, but am doing the race morning packet pickup. I'll park at Timex, then can ride my bike to transition. Afterwards I figure I'll walk back with the family (after they arrive).

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I will be getting a Canyon soon! Good luck at Quassy and maybe I'll see you at IMLP 70.3 in Sept!

yes-I hope so. Canyon sounds excellent!
To Germany from Canada...

I rode two loops of the Olympic course yesterday and the map on the website is correct (given the arrows on the ground). So you head west out of Quassy and turn on Tuttle.

They also took out the short but steep climb on Judd Road at ~mile 11 on the old course, which is a bummer since that was always a fun spot. The return back to the park follows the old Half course.

I think I like the old course better because I liked the section on Tranquility Rd, even with the ruts and potholes. But we’ll see, racing on a course is different than training on it.

Excellent! Thanks for that information/recon.

That means we head out and go RIGHT out of the park (and down a few miles), the way of the HIM for years...for the first AND last ~11 miles before taking the cut through roads (Judd Farm/Townline/Kasson) and then come back on 'Hard Hill Road'. No-I'm not kidding, that's what it's called according to the map. (*but we get to go DOWN it :) )

Yes, I 'loved' hitting the ruts and potholes on tranquility-NOT! I did like the winding end part of the road just prior to Middlebury road. That was always fun and fast-plus a double bonus to beathe a bit easier with a downhill finish. Not in the cards for us this year, though.

strava link??

forecast looking better each day now-with rain coming in a bit earlier and pretty much missing us; seems like it'll be the usual Quassy weather-near perfect (except for that sunday in 2016-which was ugly..)

water temp will be perfect also

Give me cool, overcast, and light wind. Usually when I race Quassy it's either freezing cold or the surface of the sun.

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Anyone know the exact bike course length this year? When I raced in 2015 I had exactly 56 miles on my Garmin. The 2018 course listed on Best Bike Split is only 54.4 miles and on the REV3 site it lists the bike length as 54.5 miles.

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I did the HIM course in 2016 and got exactly 56 miles. I didn't do it last year but I do not think the HIM bike course has changed. (*the run did)

https://connect.garmin.com/.../activity/1200162641

Similar experience except I am not supposed to race haha. I mentioned in another Quassy thread that I was supposed to race, but had surgery a couple months back and so I elected to defer because my training has just been so off since then. I received the email with the bib list and sure enough my name is listed. Totally freaked out and was frantically looking for the confirmation email that I had paid the deferral fee...couldn't find it. Finally I emailed Rev3 at like 9:30 at night and they got back to me in 5 minutes saying that they had mistakenly put my name on the list but I was in fact deferred to next year. I wrote back saying "thanks I thought I was going to end up having to suck it up and race unprepared", they responded with "we can still make that happen" hahahahaha.

Rev3 appears to be extremely mindful of their customers and that type of customer support goes a long way in my book.

It is known to be short this year. You turn earlier to avoid downtown Thomaston and hook up further on 254 cutting out the 1.5 miles.

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Looks like it'll be a nice cool day with pretty low humidity - can't ask for much more in early June!

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Great weather today but Rev3 really dropped the ball with timing this year. They pushed back awards a couple times before cancelling them all together so they could work out whatever went wrong. First time I've ever had that happen, and Rev3 is usually awesome at getting results posted quickly.

It's been hours since the race and I still don't actually know how people placed. All I know for certain is I still can't swim worth s**t.

The results are available online.
http://rev3tri.com/quassy/results/

Not sure what exactly happened but I do feel cheated out of standing on a podium for the second time ever. Hope they figure that out. Weather was perfect! Those damn hills got bigger from 2 years ago-how do they do that??
I saw Nate had 1AG in the half so props to him!

It happened at Knoxville a few years ago-screwed me out of some bucks...IMHO "Free" is too much to pay for a Rev3 event.

Results are posted on that site, but they still haven't worked out all the issues. A few examples:
- aquabike racers are all mixed in with non-aquabike
- check out racer #1500, the guy had a run of -30.29...? I can't even run 10K in +30.29!
- I have a friend who opted to do only one lap of the half and DQ himself, but his time is listed as legit and he's ranked 1st in his age group
- I know another guy who finished in the top 10, has times for all three legs, no penalties, but is somehow listed as a DNF?

so, I hope that get things worked out.

(also, if racer #1500 reads this I'm not trying to call you out personally, just pointing out some weird/impossible timing)

I’m pretty sure the problem is mostly the aqua bike troubles. It was a bad idea to let them go down to the finish line. I had 2 (aquabike) people ask where they finish? And where to drop their chip?

I thought, uh oh, this may be trouble later...

They should be able to fix it quickly though and I’m still a rev3 fan

I’m confident they’ll figure it all out and I’m still a Rev3 fan too. I just want to learn how to run a 10k in -30.

Dude-that’s easy-pick your parents wisely and train like a madman!

I enjoyed the race today (Olympic). Perfect weather. Good thing it wasn't on Saturday, that would have been quite the experience. I too forgot about all those hills. Should have brought the road bike instead :) Props to those who did the half ... humping up Old Woodbury and Highpoint road (twice)!

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It was a fun day! I managed to have the fastest bike split using my road bike in the half. Rear shifter broke on my tri bike a few days before the race. Would have been a lot closer to overall win with my tri bike and my Zoot teammate Steve who won. Congrats to him!!!

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Congrats!

What watts and w/kg got you the best bike split of the day?

I was flirting with the idea of doing the race this year...

Race seems to go very well yesterday despite all the concerns of having both races on the same day. Parking was a breeze, transition was uneventful, swim was much better than I expected, bike was more difficult than I remember but that's probably because I'm getting old, a few marshals on the course, and the run was the usual.

Didn't stick around for awards as I had to get home and even leaving was a breeze.

Great job in my opinion.

Dude

That’s an impressive time on any bike ! I rode a 2-33 on 240 (I weigh about 156)

First time doing it and found it hard to keep the watts up in last 10 Miles or so

Saw you on the podium , nice work , I was up after you taking the 45-49

Hardest run course I have ever done , I was either run low 6’s or shuffling /walking like my granddad up those hills

Good luck at placid

Cheers
Steve

It's a very hilly course - AP was only 263, but NP was 281 - I spent 13 minutes not pedaling at all and 50+ min over 300 watts, mostly on the climbs. I was 167 lbs the day before the race, so w/kg of around 3.5 for AP. Best Bike Split had me around 6 minutes faster on my tri bike. The slight ups and downs (up to around 3%) and the flats (although there isn't much at Quassy) is where the tri bike would have helped out a lot!

I used the road bike because the rear SRAM R2C shifter broke on my tri bike the week of the race. Tried to have it fixed, but not fixable. I could get the 'fix kit' with new internal parts, but decided to just order new shifters. I'm having my local VeloFix guy put them on the bike once they arrive.

The run had a few hills as well. It didn't help that I had to visit the porta-pottie in the middle - trying to get a sleeved suit back on when it's soaked sucks! With the tri bike and not loosing two minutes in the porta-pottie I would have been right around the winning time. At least I feel things are good heading into Placid in seven weeks - better to have a bike issue now then for my A race.

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Really nice work out there yesterday. You always looked like you were on point.

My race pretty much ended at about mile 10 of the bike - started having some sciatica/nerve issues down into my foot, which never went away the rest of the day. I'm also 90% certain that there's either a rear dropout issue on the bike or a bearing issue on the HED3s - but that comes with the territory.

The thing that was frustrating is that when I could run, I was running anywhere from 7:40-9:10 - which is in line with how I glue together a 1:45ish run split. But I could only run for a couple minutes at a time before the back locked up again.

At least I got to cross the finish line with my daughter, and the kit looks good in the real world.

Now to figure out the back (probably a combo of PT/chiro/ART and bike fit), get trained, and actually be ready to race IMFL.

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I thought the race yesterday was great and well run. This was my first time at Quassy and I'd say it's one of the toughest half's I've done, up there with St. Croix and Wildflower.
The weather really cooperated; I could not imagine doing that course in 90+ degrees and high humidity.

On the bike I went 2:42 and had 236AP and 254 NP. My average and normalized both dropped a lot in the last half of the bike due to the downhills. Mid way I was at 245AP 262NP. I weigh around 186.I ended up 5th M45-49 in 5 hrs and seconds.

I think Rev3 needs more timing mats out on that course, especially the 2-loop run. For now I am going to call BS on the 1st Place M50-54 run split of 1:19, unless someone knows him to be an incredible runner. I didn't see anyone running that fast out there.

There also were not enough officials on the course. I only saw one motorcycle with a ref on it all day. Saw some intentional drafting which is inexcusable on a course like that with tons of hills and no congestion. I verbally abused one guy in my age group for blatantly riding 2 feet off someone's wheel. For all the good it did me. He just looked at me and sailed away in his pack of 3, and ended up 3rd M45-49. Is it me or does cheating get worse in the older 40+ age groups?

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Traditionally there have been multiple boxes out on course for splits - both bike and run. Not sure what was up yesterday (If my memory serves me correctly, new timing company this year versus owning/operating all the equipment like they've done in the past).

As for motos, I got passed by officials 6 times out on the bike course - more frequently early in the day, but also a final sweep on the last climb of the day. YMMV.

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Wow, I guess I am glad I didn't wait around for my unexpected podium spot, I called it quits after the 11:45 non-update update.

Did they say anything about award distribution? I asked Eric before I left if I could get my award some other way and he said they could mail it, but I am wondering since they called it completely what they are doing. Selfishly I want that damn trophy as it's my first, and it would have been cool to be up on the podium, but such is life.

Despite all that, I still thought it was a great event, although it was my first time doing Quassy so I have no frame of reference. Either way looking forward to next year's for sure.

The guy who was top 10 was showing up as normal for most of the morning into the afternoon (2:19 finisher right?). Around 12:30 or 1:00 his status must have changed for some reason as I checked the results again and much to my surprise I slid up a spot in our AG Awards from 2nd to 1st. I am assuming they correct him and I move back to 2nd at some point which will deprive me of my glorious AG win, but for my first Oly I'll take 2nd in AG and limp away happy

It looks like they've straightened out a lot of the results issues I was seeing yesterday. At the very least the aquabikes are separated out.

I still don't know why there are still DNFs for several (7?) people who seem to have completed all three legs and have no penalties.

Just checked again and last update is 10:21AM so they are definitely still working on them.

Nice bike split btw. I believe I remember you passing me now based on your post about your Cadence helmet and the way our splits line up. I thought I might be able to go about 1:11, but those hills we're a lot harder than I am apparently. Good work!

Man I am seriously impressed. Nice work to those who made the podium. For those of you who have raced Lake Placid, which do you think is tougher, Quassy or LP? I'm planning on doing the LP half in Sept (first time). Just wondering your opinion comparing the two races. I've done some limited research, but nothing can replace empirical experience!

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Also check out Bib #1026. This guy had the fast run of the day by a few minutes at 1:19. That's very impressive for someone over 50. Also not calling him out but I would have noticed someone in my age group running that fast and he would have passed me. He also had a T1 time of 0.00 so I think it is a timing mix up rather course cutting.

I did both last year and in my opinion Quassy was tougher.

The swim in LP is as easy as it gets. For the bike you really only climb once you get on 86 and head back to LP. Nothing super steep like in Quassy. The run in LP is great and like the bike you only climb once you head back into LP.

However, the weather in LP in September can be hit or miss. Last year it was ~33-35 degrees at the race start. It was pretty cold coming out of the water and then descending into Keene.

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Did he collect his award Biff ?

Quick athlinks search shows a 2 hr half in a half IM

I'm #1500...what a mess.

I finished the Olympic race in 2:20 and my chip didn't work. Even worse, someone else had times linked to my race bib number. Based on photo evidence the timing company "fixed" my finish time on-site by doing some sort of overwrite, but I guess my splits were still messed up.

This morning, I looked again to check the results and my 1st place AG finish is now #484th. Crazy.

I wrote an email to the timing company (and rev3) to see if this will be fixed. I forwarded photos from my wife and Garmin files as well.

Nice race yesterday, but I hope they fix my time! #1500 :)

UKinny, I was going to ask you that. I didn't stick around for the awards.
Maybe he shaved 40 minutes of half marathon.
I don't care too much about coming in third instead of 2nd but I did have Bib #2 so I'd like things to match.

Thanks for the info. This is good to know. Sounds like I should probably get myself a sleeved wetsuit and a hood to be safe.

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Man that really stinks.

I also finished at 2:20 and I'm pretty sure I remember you on course during the run. You and bib #209 passed me a bit before the first mile and then we all stayed within ±1 min from each other and came in right around the same times. But somehow they have you at 484th in your AG and they have #209 listed as a DNF. I hope they get your results straightened out.

I raced the Olympic and had a great time. I usually race the Half but just got back from a week in Japan and was just too tired so I switched to race shorter. I don't recall the last time I did anything shorter than a Half IM. I bet it's been ten years. I really liked the Olympic distance.

Overall I thought it was well organized as usual (the snafu with timing at the end didn't impact me personally). The only thing I disliked was the free beer at the end!! It was non-alcoholic (there was real beer, but it wasn't free for finishers). The dude handing it out was nice, but man, I just don't see the point.

But man I'm reminded that I suck at swimming. Took me the first 1/3 to get focused and relaxed, the second 1/3 to feel a groove and the final 1/3 to remember this was a race! I was MUCH slower than I've been at pretty much any race. I think my previous Quassy 1/2 and even my IM swim times were faster in the past. Whooops!

Also a reminded that I'm not as fast of a cyclist as I thought. I didn't get passed a single time on the bike and passed 100s of people (all those non-sh*tty swimmers ;-). Felt like I was really movin and felt good. But it really wasn't nearly as good as I thought. I think I averaged 18mph. Not sure what happened there. Whoops again.

My run was ok but not as decent as it should have been considering my recent road and trail racing and general run fitness. I started off strong pushing a comfortable 6:25 but I guess the hills got me more than I expected and I ended up around 7:11. For a distance that short I was surprised.

Overall it was a good day, but I was more mediocre than I'd hoped I'd be. Oh well, next year.
My twins loved the rest of the day at the amusement park so that made it a big win as usual.

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I didn't realize that his results were screwed up too. I didn't see him at the race timing tent so I don't know if he figured it out?

Its not a big deal either way...I enjoyed the race and I'll feel the same way about my day whether they fix it or not.

Nice race yesterday!

Same thing happened to me. It appears the athlete 1 bib number higher than me was linked to my number. When looking up results online after the race I noticed my bike and run splits were off from what my garmin had recorded (forerunner 405 so didn't have the swim time). Saw that the athlete above me had identical times for swim, bike, run, and both transitions. Where did you find photos? I didn't see them on the website and was curious if I could piece together my actual time with photos although the swim would probably be difficult with the rolling start. Also tried emailing the timing company but haven't gotten a response.

I only had photos from my wife. The timing officials had a finish line video though, if everything were correct this should match up with your chip and race number.

I’m used to having my chip number scanned/validated against my bib number at sign-in. At Quassy, we just got an envelope with the chip. I wonder how many athletes have mismatches?

I found splits that match my Garmin data associated with a 53 year old woman labelled as DNF. Her elapsed time was 2:19:13. Either she won the women's race by 15 minutes, or she has my chip! (I estimated my time at 2:20, but it was a time trial start so I was a few seconds to cross the start). My current posted time is 4:11, so not even close (maybe hers?).

If anyone else has a weird time, you might find your time linked to another persons chip as well.

They were able to fix my times. #209 is still showing as DNF though. Hopefully he get this fixed.

Hey,

Nice race out there! I ended up 6th OA and think you motored past me in the 2nd half of the ride.

Is that 240 AP or NP? I’m curious what setup were you running for bike/hydration? I had the shiv frame bladder filled along with 2 bottles on the rear which I think was a bad idea for such a hilly course.

I rode a 2:38 and pushed AP 228; NP 241 and weigh about 156-158 lbs as well. Although I think my bike + nutrition was pushing 25lbs 😱

Hi Kev

That was NP - I actually lost my front water bottle at mile 10 even though it was nailed down

A friend I passed at mile 20 have me a drink as the replacements were that real cheap plastic and I literally could not get them into my back bottle cage and I lost all of them - my nutrition was concentrate Carbo Pro so ended up in the Porta potty or whatever they call them in the US

Managed to get through the run though - you live and learn !

Great race , tough course , tough crowd to race with !

Cheers Steve

Good to hear, and gives me more confidence that they'll get all (or at least most) of the results straightened out soon. It is too bad about #209. I hope they fix his too, even if it does bump me from the top 10.

I rode the exact same time 2:38 on AP 223 NP 230 weight 137lbs...

And not super happy by the way the Team wearying blue colors rode and passed me has they were bunch too close for
the little period of time I saw them!

I finished 12th and it was lonely ride after the course seperated Oly and Half...

Got passed by those guys (some drafting way to close) too bad no referee around that time because at 2 of them would have gotten a penalty,
did my own thing let them go and focus on my race!