Thom wrote:
Super impressive the race they were able to pull off on a first try. The full support of the community was readily apparent. Awesome swim venue and challenging but fun bike course with the best road surfaces you'll find in Michigan and no auto traffic to deal with.
Going forward they may have to do something about the traffic on the run course. I'm slow so it didn't bother me much but I could see it being frustrating if you are running fast.
Anybody else smell BBQ on the swim course? Maybe I was just hungry.
that wasn't BBQ. that was the smell of my spaghetti burps.
Local radio station this AM was fielding phone calls from locals commenting on the race. Most callers were happy with the race, and thought it was cool that such a large, well known event was in their own back yard. Of course, the glass half empty crowd was represented as well. you know, the usual...people that can't be inconvenienced for a single moment, not to mention an entire day! the horror.
I live in Charlevoix, about an hour north of Traverse city. I thought the event was great. The swim was beautiful ( I knew it would be), the bike was fair, but challenging, and the run was fun because their were so may small crowds of people cheering the athletes on. The finish line atmosphere was epic.
Not everything is as it seems -Mr. Miyagi