weather forecast looks pretty good - high around 25 with some cloud. but looking windy as the day goes on.

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Can’t wait for this - the schedule has been cleared! Rooting for a few of the pros in particular, but more keen to see a close race to the end.

Gonna be a great race.
Want to see where LS can come out of the swim, if he has closed the gap at all.

my picks:

paula
lucy
jodie

i'm guessing that stimpson's ride at daytona was distressed; she otherwise had a strong swim and run and will have the handling skills to manage the course and (let's be honest) the pack dynamics. paula will give up time to lucy on the swim, but should have a few girls to swim with, and anyway it's a short swim. paula should eventually be able to catch up near the end of the ride, or even finish a bit behind. on the run, lucy will put up a solid fight but all else equal paula should run a bit quicker. but both are northern hemisphere girls racing early in the season - who knows?

men:
frodo
hanson
sanders

some of the spoilers could be the guys who are able to essentially race it as a long olympic-distance race. cruz, dapena, butterfield, kanute, lagerstrom...
not really sure what to expect here. yeah, some strong swimmers will be able to make for a fast lead group, but it's only 1.6k, so they won't be putting massive amounts of time in. it's a huge field on a small course, so surely drafting or at least pack dynamics will be a reality. a guy like ditlev might try to get away, but how? it's not a 'head down and hammer' ride like daytona. for that reason i assume a fairly homogenous ride and then a running race. but again . . . who knows?

i do hope challenge has success with this 'middle-distance' type format and the cool venues. really fun to speculate about, and to watch.

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Is the Miami track a lot smaller than Daytona, thus tighter turns??

well yes, each lap is shorter overall, plus they're not racing on the 'oval.' instead, they're using what's called the 'road course,' which is still within the 'stadium' but has many more twists and turns.

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Ah! OK thx. Hmmm...that might make it harder for LS to make up his usual time on the bike.

here we go:
https://www.challenge-miami.com/races/pro-race/

so 8ish turns per lap, in both directions, including a 'hairpin.' but of course it's been designed for really fast cars - maybe bikes will be no worries at race speed. i've raced on one F1 course (montreal) and by and large it was pretty fast, but definitely not an oval.

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We speak in freedom units here in ‘Merica, boy.

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I dont know if 25 is too hot or too cold. But I know it isn't natural.

How can I watch the race?

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Its gonna be AR51 with a hint of marrying your cousin. ;)

Its a joke.... I laughed

Always loved the 'loose' conversion and it's helped frequently with my wife, who's from across the pond: Take Celsius number x 2 +30. Has helped me several times to get on the same page!

25C: 25*2 + 30 = 80

Does anyone know the actual schedule? Livestream starts at 12:30? Men go off when? Women go off when?

Edit: Found it. 1pm women, 3:15pm men. So they are going to overlap the events I guess?

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Dimond Bikes Superfan

i grew up right on the US border (in canada) and i'd say most people used them interchangeably.

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Awesome chart! As an aside from triathlon, I noticed the footnote on the map... I always wonder why oven temps are usually in F here in Canada. I know you can change it to C, but my guess is it is too late for that with recipes that are available in North America (either already made when imperial was more common, or from the US). It's always interesting following a European recipe, and seeing the oven temperature in C.

I would love to support Challenge and $2.99 is a steal. But I WIlL NOT add a CC to my Facebook account - it says ADD, not just pay this one time fee. That sounds like saving my CC online.

Do I misunderstand? Is there another way to pay like straight on Challenge website?

Thanks for the help!

I am unfamiliar with a Miami, Canada?

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in between paris ontario and london ontario

(side note, i've got an american friend who went to the university of miami, ohio. who knew? is there a less miami place on earth than oxford, ohio?)

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Didn't look like it. And you'll be even happier to know that despite there being Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover card logos on the payment page it refused my AmEx saying "we do not accept AmEx" so I got to put two different credit cards in!

I used PayPal. Not sure if that's any better for you

Oh boy

Thanks I saw that but I don’t have PayPal. Oh well. Too bad there is not a Challenge App or something like that.