70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short

Nov 11, 06 10:53

Post #1 of 76 (7556 views)

Just to clarify. The course is not short. There was however, what appeared to be a true peloton in various sections for the AG racers. 50 people coming out of the water ~2' apart leads to that. Nature of the race.

Spoke with qcassidy (Andrew Hodges) after the race. It was, according to him, really a different race for AG athletes and pros.

The pro race seemed pretty clean and well marshalled.

As for my own race, good swim, good bike, not-so-great run. Need to work on that whole nutrition thing some. Such is racing...

Thanks for all the support. Saw a lot of ST'ers. desert dude finished very well, for an old guy...

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 10:55

Post #2 of 76 (7549 views)

Great race. Now, what do you consider old? :o)

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 10:57

Post #3 of 76 (7532 views)

solid race jordan, andrew hodges is a machine... he should have been racing in the pro feild.

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 10:59

Post #4 of 76 (7503 views)

thanks for the info. and great race!

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:00

Post #5 of 76 (7497 views)

Congrats Jordan!

I was looking at some of the AG bike splits and indeed some are crazy fast. I hope WTC can figure this out and fix it for next year...

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:20

Post #6 of 76 (7420 views)

I wonder why is a race like this totally flat ( i think )

it should be held in some place with tougher course IMO

Great race jordan

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [sergio] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:25

Post #7 of 76 (7394 views)

Have them call Brad Kearns and do it at the Auburn Toughest Half course. No way to draft in this race. And it WILL seperate the men from the boys!!! By far the hardest race I have ever done.

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Jorge M] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:29

Post #8 of 76 (7367 views)

Listening to a number of AGs after the finish, the word used was Pelletons. Many athletes raced clean, but I heard some pack were so large it was almost impossible to get by them.

Watching the bikes come into T2, I certainly saw good evidence of huge groups finishing together.

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [support crew] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:34

Post #9 of 76 (7348 views)

congrats to Joe on another awesome performance. He is unbelievable. and he just raced IMF one week ago. tell him to take a rest for a day or two now. well deserved.

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [h2ofun] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:39

Post #10 of 76 (7322 views)

well, i dont know that course but a super tough course would be bad too

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:42

Post #11 of 76 (7304 views)

Glad to hear it :)

Congrats on your race! too funny, I'm not sure what time of day you finished but already on ST... LOL

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [sergio] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:43

Post #12 of 76 (7297 views)

It's the wrong course. It is all hills. A sufferfest.

A course like Vineman would be perfect. Some light rollers, with one big hill near the end (about 3/4 through) to splinter things heading into the run. Then a rolling run course. That'd be my pick.

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:49

Post #13 of 76 (7245 views)

maybe something like Timberman... to bad it is usually cold for the time of the year

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Jorge M] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:50

Post #14 of 76 (7233 views)

Timberman is a great course too. There are loads of good courses. Any course where the course record is ~4:00 would be good, assuming the swim/run times are reasonable.

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Jorge M] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:56

Post #15 of 76 (7186 views)

it's been nice in the northeast so far. Not sure about NH today, but it's 58* in Maine!

I love Timberman :)

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 11:58

Post #16 of 76 (7166 views)

Here in Boston the weather is awesome (60+) I can't believe we haven't seen any snow yet!

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Jorge M] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 12:03

Post #17 of 76 (7142 views)

we got a little bit the other day - very light, spitting snow that disappeared immediately.

The snow can hold off... keep the warm weather, I'll have my bike soon and I wish to ride it outside :D

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 12:09

Post #18 of 76 (7118 views)

hopefully it will be like last year. Since it wasn't as harsh as other years, I pretty much rode through the winter!

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 12:17

Post #19 of 76 (7084 views)

Nicely done, Jordan. Top-20 in a loaded field...not too damn shabby!

Would be interesting to see this on a somewhat more "challenging" course to break things up a bit...

Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [sergio] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 12:23

Post #20 of 76 (7049 views)

Lubbock. The Buffalo Springs course is a good mix of flats and hill. Oh, and the wind.

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [doherjo1] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 12:26

Post #21 of 76 (7039 views)

[reply]Lubbock. The Buffalo Springs course is a goo mix of flats and hill.[/reply]

sounds sticky! ;)

Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 12:29

Post #22 of 76 (7026 views)

Congrats!!

Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 12:37

Post #23 of 76 (6993 views)

Great result Jordan. I predict next year will be huge for you.

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [Rappstar] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 12:50

Post #24 of 76 (6954 views)

I concur. The course was pretty spot-on distance-wise. It was a fast course! Even I PR'ed here, a week after my first IM! And I was getting SMOKED on the bike. Must have had 400 people pass me. At least 5 large packs of 30 riders blasted by me, some of them cutting it VERY close when cutting in front of me. I was just thinking about how dangerous some of them were riding when up ahead I saw people's bikes splayed on the pavement and people getting up checking themselves and their bikes. Crash! There were MASSIVE traffic backups as they had set aside lanes for us, and I saw a few cops that had to yell as motorists who were making turns into the race. It must have been a monumental task to do traffic control. My hat's off to the police and race organizers!

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Re: 70.3 -- The Course Is NOT Short [sergio] [ In reply to ]

Nov 11, 06 12:58

Post #25 of 76 (6917 views)

http://www.auburntriathlon.com/

Wondering why a tough course would be bad? At least there would be NO drafting.

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