The swim start at IM Boulder was very spread out: first swimmer got in at 6:20, last around 7:15. About 1200 athletes in total.
This means 1 athlete every 3 seconds.
Result: very relaxed swim (which is probably a good thing in thin air at altitude), no congestion in T1 (and great help from the volunteers there to dress up for the cold) but more importantly no draft packs during the bike part.
Combined with the great tracking app for spectators, I think this is the way to move forward. After all, it is an individual sport!
Too bad this was the last edition of this race. It was really well organized and the course was very nice (bike part 3k short but run part 1.5k too long).
Sam
This means 1 athlete every 3 seconds.
Result: very relaxed swim (which is probably a good thing in thin air at altitude), no congestion in T1 (and great help from the volunteers there to dress up for the cold) but more importantly no draft packs during the bike part.
Combined with the great tracking app for spectators, I think this is the way to move forward. After all, it is an individual sport!
Too bad this was the last edition of this race. It was really well organized and the course was very nice (bike part 3k short but run part 1.5k too long).
Sam