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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
